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A power struggle ensued within the Boston mob as rival gangs fought for illegal gambling, bootlegging, loan sharking and rackets. East Boston mobster Filippo Buccola emerged as the boss of the Boston family. [12] In December 1930 or early 1931, a Mafia meeting was held in which Messina was elected the temporary Capo dei capi of the wider ...
The Winter Hill Gang was a loose confederation of American organized crime figures in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was generally considered an Irish Mob organization, with most gang members and the leadership consisting predominantly of Irish-Americans, although some notable members, such as Stephen Flemmi and Johnny Martorano, are of Italian-American descent.
James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (/ ˈ b ʌ l dʒ ər / ⓘ; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang, an Irish Mob group based in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, northwest of Boston.
Three inmates charged in the violent killing of notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger while imprisoned with him in West Virginia have accepted plea agreements, court filings show.
A Cleveland organized crime figure. McGinty was a member of the Cleveland Syndicate with Jewish gangsters Moe Dalitz, Louis Rothkopf and members of the Italian Mayfield Road Mob. [16] The Syndicate operated casinos in Youngstown, Florida, and Northern Kentucky. McGinty and other members of the Syndicate were founders of the Desert Inn. [17 ...
Dozens of gang members operating mostly out of a public housing development in a Boston neighborhood have been accused of dealing drugs, targeting their rivals in shootings and recruiting young ...
Francis Patrick Salemme (August 18, 1933 – December 13, 2022), sometimes spelled Salemmi, also known as "Cadillac Frank" and "Julian Daniel Selig", was an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts who became a hitman and eventually the boss of the Patriarca crime family of New England before turning government witness.
Fotios "Freddy" Geas -- the ex-Mafia enforcer already serving a life sentence -- was given an additional 25 years by a judge Friday for bludgeoning New England crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger to ...