French connection Part 1
The French Connection was a global heroin trafficking network run by Corsican and Marseillaise clans between the 1940s and 1970s. Partnering with the American Mafia, they refined Turkish opium into 98...
24 Jul 0s
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 Jun 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 Des 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 Nov 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 Okt 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 Okt 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 Jun 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 Mai 20255min
