The New York Mafia

Dominick Rizzo was a soldier in the DeCavalcante Family active in gambling rackets for the New York City faction of the Family.

Known as "Shorty" in the underworld, Dominick Allocco was a prolific narcotics dealer and vicious gunman and contract killer.

Few organized criminal networks in the United States have ever enjoyed the colorful history and awesome power as the one that developed in the City of Chicago.

Joe Cirelli may have maintained a clean public image, but his behind-the-scenes influence in the Mafia ran deep as he quietly partnered with Lucky Luciano.

Johnny Dio would become one of the most recognized and notorious gangsters in the U.S. and the preeminent labor-union racketeer in the nation.  

Although truck hijackers and thieves were in no short supply and came in all shapes and sizes and ethnicities, generally speaking, this racket was the domain of Cosa Nostra.