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Joseph Laratro – “Corona Numbers King”
Joseph (Joey Narrow) Laratro was born in 1916 at 108-57 Fiftieth Ave., in the Corona section of Queens and raised...
The Papalia Regime of Hamilton, Ontario
Papalia first came to the attention of American authorities in the late 1950s as a key player in a multinational...
Genovese Family
Carmine (Carlo) Mastrototaro
Quiet, respected...and a moneymaker. Three attributes that made his bosses love him...next up, Carlo Mastrototaro
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Hidden Mob Paradise
Long Beach, New York Long Beach, Long Island, and it’s adjoining neighborhoods have always been a desired summer vacation destination....
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Gambino Family
Pasquale Crapanzano – “The Union Soldato”
Pasquale (Patsy) Crapanzano was born in 1911. He resided at 182 Locustwood Boulevard in Elmont, Long Island. Crapanzano was a...
Frank Pasqua – “The Chicago Pharmacist”
Frank (Big Frank) Pasqua was born in 1923 in NYC. He resided for many years in the Bronx. He also...
The Rackets
The Loansharking Racket
It is said that the gambling business, in all its various forms, is the very lifeblood of organized crime. Nipping...
Read moreThe Cigarette Bootlegging Racket
While it lasted, cigarette smuggling was one of the greatest rackets the Mafia ever invented! A cash cow that for...
Read moreThe Garment Industry – Mobtown, USA
One of the most important industries to New York’s economy, and to the whole nation, was the garment industry which...
Read moreGarbage Racketeering
One of the more durable underworld rackets created over the years has been the Mafia’s infiltration of the garbage carting...
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Friends of Ours
Lucchese Family
Harry Davidoff – “The Gangy All Here”
Harry (Little Gangy) Davidoff was born in 1917 in the Brownsville/East New York section of Brooklyn. He resided in the...
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Colombo Family
Ferdinand De Lucia – “A Dangerous Guy”
Ferdinand De Lucia was an inducted soldier and top “torpedo,” serving as an enforcer for Profaci. He was considered one...
Pasquale (Checko Brown) Fusco
A little known, but top aide to Colombo capo Buster Aloi over the years was Pasquale Fusco. Better known as...
Gangland Wars
The Gallo-Profaci War claimed scores of lives and left many more wounded, as gunman from both sides went out daily...
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The Banana War of the 1960s would splinter the Bonanno Family and turn the streets of New York City into...
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The Third Colombo War was a 1920s Chicago-style underworld battle that consumed not only the Colombos, but also the other...
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Youngstown, Ohio holds a special place in gangland - it was a town built for the mob! But why did...
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DeCavalcante Family
Jesse Smith – “Mob Jesse James?”
Jesse Smith was born in 1921 in NY. He resided at 1375 Oak Lane in East Meadow. He was the...
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