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Revisiting an Old Neighborhood

February 5, 2012
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Crime writer Megan Abbot looks back at Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, once the stomping ground for Genovese boss Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno. David Durk and Ira Silverman wrote in their 1976 exposé The Pleasant Avenue Connection, "If you knew the right people, you could go there at three in the morning and borrow...

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Mob Expert Capeci Picks Top Mob Stories for 2011

December 30, 2011
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Looking back at 2011 there seemed to be no shortage of New York mob stories. Mob expert Jerry Capeci former New York Daily News reporter, runs the website Gang Land News. On Thursday, he picked the top mob stories of 2011. Hands down, he writes, the top story was the Mafia Takedown arrests of...

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No Borders or Ethnicity for Organized Crime: Experts

December 1, 2011
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Organized crime in the Balkans is a relatively new phenomenon, evolving during the wars on the Peninsula in the late 20th century. Economic blockades and weak post-war provided a favorable environment for criminal gangs, according to Assistant Professor Vera Stojarova of the Czech Republic's Masaryk University in Brno. "Although less notorious than Russian or...

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Tommy Lucchese: The Quiet Don

November 27, 2011
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Tommy Lucchese: The Quiet Don

One of the mob’s most powerful leaders in the 20th century was Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese, who lived quietly at 106 Parsons Blvd. in the exclusive Malba section of Whitestone for many years. Lucchese emigrated to the United States in 1910 at age 10 from Palermo, Sicily. He worked as a laborer in 1915 and...

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Long Shadow Of The Sicilian Mob

November 15, 2011
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When choosing a location for a family vacation remote usually equates to relaxing – but when your bed and breakfast was previously owned by a Sicilian Mafia boss, the charm of isolation can begin to fade. Salvatore Riina, otherwise known as The Beast, personally ordered the murders of magistrates, policemen and scores of rivals...

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Book Review: Mafia Inc.

November 12, 2011
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As with its actors and professional football players, Canada’s Mafia families were long considered to be little more than farm teams for their many big brothers to the south. Montreal journalists André Cédilot and André Noël turn this notion on its ear to show that, perversely, this country’s organized crime underworld is arguably deeper,...

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Silvio Berlusconi’s Success – Why?

November 12, 2011
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has signaled that his days in power are coming to an end. Despite repeated scandals, he won three elections and set a postwar record for the length of his premiership. The BBC’s David Willey, who has covered Italian politics for four decades, asks how he did it. Over the...

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Counterpoint: Is The Russian Mafia Dangerous?

November 12, 2011
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The U.S. Department of State claims that Russia has the most dangerous mafia. It must be mentioned, however, that the names of the mafioso's unveiled by the State Department mainly belong to the citizens of Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Armenia and some other countries. Experts agree that this ill-conceived document may now impede the easing of...

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Mob Scene, Breaking the code of silence

October 26, 2011
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The sanctity of Omerta, the mob's code of silence, isn't as important to today's mobster. George explains why more wiseguys are becoming informants. addGooglePlusOne(10383, "http://newenglandorganizedcrime.com/mob-scene-breaking-the-code-of-silence/");

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Al Capone and The Untouchables

October 16, 2011
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It's said, “History is written by the victors” a quote attributed by some to Winston Churchill but no competent, authoritative quotations source unequivocally attributes this quote to him. That's really not important, whats important is the truth that lies within the statement, a truth that must be recalled whenever one is involved with the...

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