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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…
14 hours ago
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 Nap…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
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 eme…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
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 organi…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
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. Hi…
8 months ago
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 offi…
11 months, 1 week ago
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 . Chic…
1 year ago
PAUL RICCA PART 1°
Paul Ricca whose real name was Felice De Lucia, of Italian descent, was born on November 14, 1897 in Naples , Campania, to Antonio and Maria Annunzia…
1 year, 1 month ago
JOE VALACHI REVEALS THE SECRETS OF COSA NOSTRA PART 2°
Joe Valachi was the first “pentito” in the history of the Italian-American mafia, he was the first to reveal the name of Cosa Nostra to the world. Hi…
1 year, 3 months ago
JOE VALACHI REVEALS THE SECRETS OF COSA NOSTRA PART 1°
Joe Valachi was the first “pentito” in the history of the Italian-American mafia, he was the first to reveal the name of Cosa Nostra to the world. Hi…
1 year, 3 months ago