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The book outlines the rise and fall of 19th century gangs in New York City, prior to the domination of the Italian-American Mafia during Prohibition in the 1920s. Focusing on the saloon halls, gambling dens, and winding alleys of the Bowery and the Five Points district of Lower Manhattan, the book evokes the destitution and violence of a turbulent era, when colorfully named criminals like ...
The Maceo Organization, also known as the Maceo Syndicate, was a criminal organization, that ran Galveston, Texas politically and criminally throughout most of Galveston's open era.
January 17 – In the midst of the First Mafia War on Sicily, Mafia boss Salvatore La Barbera disappears.; January 23 – Angered by the kidnapping and murder of Kenosha vending machine distributor Anthony J. Biernat case, Wisconsin Governor John W. Reynolds, former state attorney general, says bluntly that organized crime has a strong network across the state, centered in Milwaukee, Kenosha ...
The Famiglia Vagabonda first emerged in Marion County in 1908 as a group of Italian-born criminals under the leadership of Frank Pisconeri. The gang carried out a campaign of extortion in the Italian community and was also involved in gambling, narcotics trafficking, bootlegging, prostitution, kidnapping and murder. [2] "
The CIA-Mafia Link. New York: Manor Books, 1975. Cain, Michael J. The Tangled Web: The Life and Death of Richard Cain—Chicago Cop and Mafia Hitman. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-60239-044-7. Giancana, Sam and Chuck. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America. New York: Warner Books, 1992.
The book is a revealing tale of life in the Mafia. It gave an in depth look at the Los Angeles crime family, The Chicago Outfit , and The Cleveland crime family . Amongst the notable mobsters prominently featured are Jack Dragna , Mickey Cohen , John Roselli , Sam Giancana , Frank Bompensiero , Louis Tom Dragna , Dominic Brooklier , Michael ...
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Anthony Samuel Carollo (/ k ɑː ˈ r ɔː l oʊ / kar-AW-loh, [citation needed] Italian:; November 24, 1923 – February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo.