More than 50 people have been arrested in a raid against one of the most powerful mafia groups in the world. The raid on the 'Ndrangheta mafia, dubbed Operation Karpanthos, involved more than 400 officers from Carabinieri police. Some 38 people have been jailed, six put under house arrest and eight given orders not to leave their hometowns, the force said. The operation was led … [Read more...] about Operation Karpanthos: More than 50 arrested after raid on Italy’s most powerful Mafia
Organized Crime
Organized Crime in the 1920’s and Prohibition
What a time the 1920’s was, with the party atmosphere it was certainly a time of great criminal activity, with the prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression. The people turned more and more to criminal activity, organized criminals such as the American mobsters and European crime syndicates thrived, most common people looked upon these … [Read more...] about Organized Crime in the 1920’s and Prohibition
Death to the “Mustache Petes”
The Mafia, an Italian Criminal Organization, came to America in the same wave that brought legitimate Italian immigrants to the U.S. in the 1890s. Restricting their criminal activities to Italian neighborhoods, Mafiosi held high positions in the Community. They controlled jobs and political power, operated prostitution rings and gambling halls and ran the notorious Black … [Read more...] about Death to the “Mustache Petes”
SLUM GANGS – The Roots of Organized Crime
New York City's street gangs of the 19th Century included the Plug Uglies, Kerryonians, Dead Rabbits, Chichesters, Roach Guards, Whyos, Shirt Tails and others, all of whom committed robberies and engaged in turf wars. In 1863 such gangs also partecipated in the anti-Civil War draft riots, in wich hundreds died. The 1890s saw a huge influx of European immigrants arriving … [Read more...] about SLUM GANGS – The Roots of Organized Crime
