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Category Archives: American Mafia
Las Vegas and the Mob – Part Two
In Part One we discussed how the mob had worked their way into Las Vegas using a number of surreptitious means. Gangsters such as Meyer Lansky and ‘Bugsy’ Siegel built The Flamingo Casino using money obtained from sources such as … Continue reading
Las Vegas and the Mob – Part One
We’ve written with some detail elsewhere about the history of the mafia in the United States from the early days of the 20th century through to the establishment of mafia families on the east coast and the RICO (Racketeer Influenced … Continue reading
United States – Italian Mafia – Part Four
In our fourth article on the subject of the Italian mafia in the United States we will begin by explaining the organisational structure and then in Part Five we’ll move on to documenting some of the major families still influential … Continue reading
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Tagged associates, boss, capo, caporegime, consigliere, hierarchy, john gotti, mafia structure, soldiers, underboss
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United States – Italian Mafia – Part Three
Previously we talked about how, during the 1920s, the mafia had made huge amounts of money from the illegal sale and distribution of alcohol. This ended in 1933 when abolition was itself abolished and it became legal to sell alcohol … Continue reading
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Tagged american mafia, howard hughes, italian mafia, jail sentences, las vegas, longshoremen, new york, RICO, teamsters, unions
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United States – Italian Mafia – Part Two
Previously we discussed the modest beginnings of the Italian mafia in North America and how during the nineteenth century they had been restricted to the small areas traditionally inhabited by immigrants to the United States, specifically areas such as East … Continue reading
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Tagged american mafia, cullen-harrison, history, luciano, maranzano, new york, prohibition
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United States – Italian Mafia – Part One
A multitude of television programmes and movies have, over the years, introduced us to what Hollywood and various television companies regard as the U.S.-Italian mafia organisations. These have of course been of various levels of quality and fact, perhaps the … Continue reading
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Tagged david hennessy, history, new york mafia, origins, sicily, us mafia
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