Frank Lucas
This Harlem-based drug smuggler was mostly notorious in the 60’s and 70’s. The man was so deep in the heroin business that he actually sold about one million dollars worth on a daily basis. At his peak he had a personal net worth of $52 million and a whole bunch of heroin stashed in between his own assets.
Semion Mogilevich
Russian organized crime also pays well. Semion didn’t just stick to drugs like many criminals on this list but ran his organization like the Mafia organizations of old. He dealt in arms trafficking, contract killing, smuggling, kidnapping, prostitution, and all of this on a global scale. He’s currently still free and living in Moscow with a net worth of $10 billion.
