Category Archives: Not News

Mafia Busting In Cuba

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on March 27, 2012

@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Chuck Goudie for WLS reports in the 1940's the revolutionary Fidel Castro got rid of Cuba's corrupt dictator Fulgencio Batista and sent the mob back to America. During that time every major Havana hotel and casino … Continue reading →

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Providence’s Federal Hill vs. Boston’s North End

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on January 30, 2012

A really nice pictorial stroll down the streets of Boston’s North End and Providence’s Federal Hill, both centers of organized crime. Both have been the the Little Italie's of their respective cities for well over a century, yet the two … Continue reading →

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Western Massachusetts And The Mob

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on December 11, 2011

Since the days of Prohibition the New York-based Genovese crime family has controlled the underworld in Springfield, MA. Beginning in 1919, Springfield's Carlo Sinischalchi was labeled "King of the Bootleggers," but less than a year later he was shot and killed. … Continue reading →

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From the Mafia to the Hells Angels – What It Takes to Go Undercover

by fdvent1 (online) Posted on March 2, 2011

Serving as an undercover agent sounds thrilling — creating a fake identity, running around with criminals, infiltrating secret organizations. But everything we think we know about the trade of being an undercover agent comes from TV and movies.  In order … Continue reading →

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