THE MAFIA AND DRUG TRAFFICKING PART 1°

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 in the 1920s. Historical sources describe him as the head of drug trafficking in New York at that time, before he was murdered in 1928, but they also point out that he was a powerful gangster involved in various other criminal activities, including gambling and smuggling. His death created a power vacuum in the New York criminal world, which allowed the Cosa Nostra to gradually establish itself in the drug trade

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LUCKY LUCIANO 5° PART

LUCKY LUCIANO 5° PART

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 5 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story.Become a support...

10 Helmi 202410min

LUCKY LUCIANO 4° PART

LUCKY LUCIANO 4° PART

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 4 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story.Become a support...

19 Tammi 20246min

LUCKY LUCIANO 3° PART

LUCKY LUCIANO 3° PART

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 3 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story.Become a support...

16 Tammi 20248min

LUCKY LUCIANO 2° PART

LUCKY LUCIANO 2° PART

Lucky Luciano, the man who changed the mafia into the criminal organization we know today. This is part 2 of a 5 part series about Lucky, listen to all 5 and learn all about his story.Become a support...

26 Joulu 20237min

LUCKY LUCIANO 1° PART

LUCKY LUCIANO 1° PART

Charles “Lucky” Luciano can be called the one who brought the Mafia to a far-reaching level of influence. He was considered by Time Magazine among the 20 most influential men of the twentieth century....

17 Joulu 20239min

JACK LEGS DIAMOND

JACK LEGS DIAMOND

Diamond's gang began working for Rothstein in various capacities as bodyguards and ensuring, with the use of firearms, that agreements were kept. Rothstein was not a gangster; rather he was a forward-...

8 Joulu 20238min

DUTCH SCHULTZ

DUTCH SCHULTZ

Arthur Simon Flegenheimer was born on August 6, 1902 in the Bronx, a populous neighborhood of New York. Known as Schultz the Dutch. He is the son of two poor German immigrants of Jewish origin. His fa...

4 Marras 202311min

VIRGINIA HILL

VIRGINIA HILL

Virginia Hill, the Alabama farm girl who became the queen of the mafia. She was born in Lipscomb, Alabama, on August 26, 1916. As a child, she and her parents and nine siblings moved to Georgia. Tired...

22 Loka 20237min

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