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Non-Italian European mafias in USA?
Probably the best-known non-Italian 'ethnic-based mafia' that operated in the USA was the Unione Corse.
This group were not North-European, but were part of the Corsican Mafia and maintained the so-...
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What did Murder, Inc call itself?
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Based on reports in declassified FBI files and contemporary reports in the US media, it seems likely that the members of "Murder, Inc." referred to themselves as "the Combination", although we ...
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Why did J. Edgar Hoover publicly deny the existence of the Mafia for so long?
David Carter's "Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution" actually discusses this. Not only did the mafia run many of the gay bars in New York and other places, but they also ...
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Do there exist or have there ever existed "gang war referees"?
In 1931 The Commission was formed by the Five Families (five leading New York City mafia families), one of which was that led by gangsters Charlie [Lucky] Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin [Bugsy] ...
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What effect did the Mafia have during World War 2?
One thing the Mafia did, for the British, was help with the return of two Generals & an Air Marshal to British lines after their escape from an Italian POW camp - when Italy surrendered & the ...
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Have American gangsters ever helped their government in war time out of patriotism?
Given that the answers so far are not sufficient because they are only subsuming the Wikipedia link pointed out by Clint Eastwood , I line out the answer given in Wikipedia and give out the sources in ...
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Non-Italian European mafias in USA?
Ethnic organised crime is almost always formed when there is an emigration from a poor country into an urbanised area in another country. Especially where the emigrants form a permanent lower class, ...
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Have American gangsters ever helped their government in war time out of patriotism?
yes. WWII. Italian mob helped with Italian campaign.
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