TWO PICTURES OF THE MAFIA AND BLACK HAND; Significant Parallel Between Conditions in Regard to the Mafia as Described in Sicily And as It Is Illustrated in Case Of Maresse on Staten Island.

BLACK HAND BAND A NATIONAL ORDER; Seized Letters Show That Society Has Members All Over the United States. ALLIED WITH THE MAFIA Vicarrio, One of the Prisoners, Believed to Have Been Connected ...

When the Black Hand’s Francesco ‘Frankie Yale’ Loele ran the docks, he had his fingers in many pies. “Yale skimmed everything in Red Hook. If you ran a whorehouse, Yale collected.

These days, Red Hook is best known for its IKEA furniture store, currently the only one in New York City. Bloomberg. When the Black Hand’s Francesco ‘Frankie Yale’ Loele ran the docks, he ...

Carter spearheaded an investigation that included raids on brothels across New York City. The evidence gathered led to Luciano's 1936 conviction on more than 60 counts of forced prostitution. He ...

A New York state judge who engaged in a prolonged, offensive rant after a melee erupted at a high school graduation party should be removed from office, a judicial watchdog panel ruled.

Gradually, particularly in the 1930s and afterward, the New Orleans phase faded and the Mafia scene shifted to New York, leaving New Orleans with a diminished presence in the crime world.

Below, the authors share an excerpt from the new book. Dive into the crime-riddled history of Red Hook on December 12th when Benson and DiMatteo join Untapped New York Members for a free virtual talk!

Paul Moses’ gripping new book tells a story that begins in Sicily on Friday, March 12, 1909, at 8:45 p.m. Three gunshots thundered in the night, and then a fourth.

9 indicted in Mafia-led racket, including a New York police detective and defendants nicknamed "Joe Fish" and "Sal the Shoemaker" August 17, 2022 / 6:22 AM EDT / CBS/AP ...

How a trailblazing Black lawyer took down a top New York City mafia boss. This Black History Month, PBS News Weekend is highlighting stories of Black Americans whose lives and work are lesser ...