Why the Italian-American Mafia Wants to Control Labor Unions: Money, Power, and Corruption

How organized crime families infiltrated American labor unions, exploited workers, controlled businesses, and built powerful criminal enterprises. For decades, the Italian-American Mafia, also known as La Cosa Nostra, recognized that controlling a labor union could be just as profitable as…

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The Clinton Administration and the American Mafia: Political Connections, Organized Crime, and the Questions That Remain

Evidence labels used throughout this article Label Meaning in this article VERIFIED Established by a primary document (court record, congressional report, agency release) or by at least two independent, reliable contemporaneous sources CREDIBLE BUT UNCONFIRMED Reported by a reliable outlet…

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Gallo Crime Family, Colombo, Genovese, Gambino

Gallo Crew The Gallo Crew Membership Boss Joseph “Crazy Joe” Gallo Soldiers Larry GalloPete DiapoulasFrank IllianoCarmine PersicoBobby BorielloNicholas BiancoVic AmusoJoseph LuparelliJoe GioelliMichael RizzitelloJohn CutroneGerry BascianoSteve CirilloJohn CommaratoAlfonso SerantonioJoseph YanconeEugene LaGanaFrank BalzanoSergio GalloDan CantellianiLenny DelloLouis MarianiJoseph Cardiello Associates Albert GalloJerome JohnsonHugh…

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