EventsEvents connected with organized crime and the New York Mafia.Early Organized CrimeAmerican counterfeiting in the late 1890s was dominated by dangerous Italian-born outlaws that had found a foothold in the US.The Ignatz Florio Co-OperativeThe failure of Giuseppe Morello’s New York real estate and banking business.The Barrel MurderThe discovery of a body stuffed into a barrel leads to the capture of “boss-of-bosses” Giuseppe Morello.The Grocery ConspiracyIgnazio Lupo and a Mafia conspiracy to commit bankruptcy fraud by concealment of assets amounting to $500,000.The Murder StablesThe history of the infamous East 108th Street stables, and the war between the Neapolitan gangs of East Harlem.The Struggle for Control1910-1918. A long running battle between New York’s gangs to control the city’s lucrative rackets.Joe Petrosino MurderJoe Petrosino of the NYPD, who made it his mission to smash the Black Hand & Mafia gangs, is murdered in the line of duty.The Morello and Lupo TrialThe Secret Service begin to track the Mafia leaders, Lupo and Morello under suspicion of counterfeiting, leading to the pair’s downfall.Al Capone and The Secret ServiceIn 1930, Al Capone met with the Secret Service and introduced them to a NYC based informant.
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