John La Rocca

John La Rocca

In the Pittsburgh Mafia family, until 1956, the leader of the Mafia family was Frank Amato. He ran it until he was struck by a kidney disease and was forced to resign and become the underboss. His place was taken by Sebastian LaRocca known as "John" LaRocca. It is said that there were family relations between Franck Amato and La Rocca.

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THE ARRESTS

THE ARRESTS

Once the secret service agents had a clear idea of ​​the organization that dealt with the counterfeiting and the sale of fake dollars, they began to plan the capture of the members of the Morello gang...

23 Sep 20218min

THE SECRET SERVICE'S INVESTIGATIONS

THE SECRET SERVICE'S INVESTIGATIONS

In the summer of 1909, the secret services received complaints from banks and shop owners for the large amount of counterfeit currency injected. initially the investigations did not lead to concrete r...

11 Sep 20218min

COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (2° part)

COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (2° part)

In January 1909, media were procured for printing the counterfeit dollars. Therefore Comito and the men on the farm began printing Canadian $ 5 proof bills. Immediately after obtaining the first Cinà ...

30 Jul 20218min

COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (1° part)

COUNTERFEIGHT IN HIGHLAND (1° part)

The character on which this case revolves is Antonio Comito. Born in 1880 in Catanzaro, before emigrating to New York in June 1907, he had worked as a typographer. Once in the United States of America...

20 Jul 20219min

THE TWO MURDERS ATTRIBUTED TO THE MORELLO GANG

THE TWO MURDERS ATTRIBUTED TO THE MORELLO GANG

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. The crimes for which the Morello gang was suspected were numerous and varied. Most of these went undiscovered but three murders were initially attributed ...

23 Jun 20217min

LUPO WOLF

LUPO WOLF

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. Ignazio Lupo was born in Palermo in March 1877. His family of origin was part of a Palermo mafia gang and he himself was part of a gang of extortionists. ...

20 Jun 202110min

GIUSEPPE MORELLO LEADS THE FIRST MAFIA FAMILY IN AMERICA

GIUSEPPE MORELLO LEADS THE FIRST MAFIA FAMILY IN AMERICA

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in Em. Giuseppe Morello was another and dangerous, he used to wear a .45 caliber pistol on his belt and a knife tied to his left leg, the tip of which was covere...

14 Mai 202120min

THE FIRST AMERICAN MAFIA FAMILY

THE FIRST AMERICAN MAFIA FAMILY

Music by Syon (Thomas Nicosia) Prelude in EmThanks to the investigations of the Secret Services aimed at the contrast and the falsification and spending of counterfeit banknotes in New York, the evide...

17 Apr 20214min

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