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FEATURED: “Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses” by Damion Keith Blake

Amazon — In Don Dada: Assessing the Socio-economic and Political Power of Jamaica’s Mafia Bosses, Damion Blake takes on a controversial subject: the Jamaican don.

The Jamaican don is a non-state actor, a male figure, usually from the community in which he plays a leadership role, and who wields considerable power and control inside that nation’s garrison communities. Garrisons in Jamaica are poor inner city communities characterized by homogeneous voting patterns for one of Jamaica’s two major political parties: the People’s National Party and the Jamaica Labour Party.

Prosecutors Cite Lyrics in Chicago Rapper Lil Durk Murder for Hire Indictment

Chicago rapper Lil Durk is the latest hip hop artist to be indicted on criminal charges and the authorities are digging in the crates and referencing his song lyrics to use against him.

According to justice.gov, Durk Banks, 32, a.k.a. “Lil Durk,” “Blood,” and “Mustafa Abdul Malak,” is charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of use of interstate facilities to commit murder-for-hire resulting in death, and one count of using, carrying, and discharging firearms and a machine gun and possession of such firearms in furtherance of a crime of violence resulting in death.

Widow of Assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Indicted for His Murder

According to Associate Press— In a bombshell turn of events, the wife of a President has been charged with aiding in his murder.

Haiti’s former First Lady and widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others were indicted by a judge responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.