The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “13 richest female gang leaders in history.”
- The real-life rise and fall of Griselda Blanco—cocaine ‘godmother’ of the ‘70s
- Meet the First Woman to Lead a Mexican Drugs Cartel
- How a Single Mom Became the Boss of Guatemala’s Drug Lords
- 10 Major Drug Defendants Extradited from Mexico to the United States
- Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14-Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon
- Ping v. United States – Opposition
- Reputed mafia ‘godmother’ arrested at Rome airport
- Treasury Designates Financial Empire of Key Mexican Money Launderer Blanca Margarita Cazares Salazar
- United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Jemeker Mosley Thompson, Defendant-appellant, 126 F.3d 1032 (7th Cir. 1997)
- Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem’s ‘Numbers Queen,’ Dominated the Gambling Underground and Made Millions
- Leader of Alien Smuggling Ring with Ties to Los Angeles Street Gang Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
- Drug Traffickers and the Freedom of Information Act
- Italian police arrest women said to head Naples mafia
