THE MAFIA AND DRUG TRAFFICKING PART 3
An overview of post-war transatlantic heroin trafficking. Collaborations between French labs and the Sicilian Mafia formed an airtight, secure system ensuring safe transfers, structured payments, and ...
6 Kesä 12min
THE MAFIA AND DRUG TRAFFICKING PART 2°
The decision by major bosses such as Luciano, Adonis (Milan) and Coppola (Rome) to establish their homes far from Sicily, in large cities such as Naples, Milan and Rome, was based on specific strategi...
12 Joulu 202510min
THE MAFIA AND DRUG TRAFFICKING PART 1°
Before the rise of the Cosa Nostra, illegal drug trafficking in New York was mainly controlled by Jewish criminal organizations. Arnold Rothstein emerged as the leading Jewish crime boss in New York i...
9 Marras 20258min
SAM TEETS BATTAGLIA
Salvatore Joseph Battaglia, known as “Sam,” was born on November 5, 1908, in Chicago and was a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit mafia organization. Sam Battaglia began his criminal career at ...
20 Loka 202510min
TONI ACCARDO
Tony Accardo, nicknamed "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna," is considered one of the longest-serving and most successful mob bosses in American history. His intelligence, prudence, and ruthlessness allowed ...
5 Loka 202511min
Frank Nitti
His official name in the United States was Frank Ralph Nitto, but after his birth in Italy on 27 January 1886, he was registered at the registry office in Angri, in the province of Salerno, as Frances...
29 Kesä 202510min
PAUL RICCA PART 2
In the early 1940s, Nitti convinced Ricca and the rest of the Outfit's management to extort money from film studios in Los Angeles, California . Chicago gangster John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli control...
28 Touko 20255min
