Similarly, prosecution witnesses in organized crime cases may be threatened or assaulted. The principal conspirator was Philadelphia-New York racketeer Harry Stromberg, better known as "Nig Rosen." Joseph Ida, Boss 31 Information supplied by various law enforcement agencies. Sometimes they muscle their way in through brute force. The first myth which bookmakers preach is that their operations are local, and that no outside syndicate controls them. 234 Commutation of the sentence of Louis Barish, File No. When DeRamo's headquarters was raided, it yielded over 500 pounds of films. The first involves George Barrow, alias "Skinney Barret," supervisor of the Reading crap game. During his trial federal agents and other witnesses established the fact that a major portion of Parenti's unreported income came from numbers operations he was controlling. The Kefauver Committee hearings in 1950-51 dealt with major racketeers in Pennsylvania but not with any particular Cosa Nostra or national affiliation. 16246, 16774. As owners and stockholders in major local companies and as principal employers in many areas of the state, racketeers can more easily obtain the community respect and admiration which they seek. He had been strangled with a venetian blind cord, and his body was dumped in a mine shaft. Organized Retail Theft to the crimes code, a felony offense for individuals guilty of managing an ORT "Enterprise". (Philadelphia: US. In addition to the numbers operations unraveled at the Maloney trial, federal authorities were successful in bringing a number of other major prosecutions in Pittsburgh: 1. Instead he saved them and turned them over to federal authorities after he was indicted in federal court on charges of perjury stemming from another inquiry. Have its people at every major racetrack in the country. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. In 1963, State Police officers raided Whitaker's operation in Pottsville. Resolve to fight the crime. "[99] The wire room syndicate was found to: One of the key participants in the wire room was Warren Picillo, described by the U.S. Justice Department as a Cosa Nostra member from Rhode Island. The illicit narcotics traffic is a tremendous business. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal Nos. 118 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, May 16, 1968, p- 9. 165 U.S. vs. Lippi, et al. "Dial it. A modern system would prevent loss of good data, reduce wasteful duplication of effort, and facilitate the sharing of information. The influence of LCN had been depressed quite a bit by 1980, there was pretty much nothing left there by the early 1990s. 4. (Research has shown that the "high risk" label attached to many borrowers is unfair and that they are as dependable as others who reccive loans from legitimate concerns. [123] The narcotics were imported to New York City and were distributed to Philadelphia as well as the major American urban centers of Cleveland, Chicago, and Los Angeles. It is totalitarian in organization. The first is the operation of an individual enterprise by a syndicate, employing its own members. In 1961, IRS agents raided the plush Colony Inn, a horse parlor operated by Tom Malone, nephew of then Assistant to the Commissioner of Police David Malone. Occasionally a debtor who has flagrantly defaulted in payments will be beaten to set an example for others. This form is available through the various Federal Agencies websites. The two were later convicted of the charges. Peter Maggio. 85, April, 1961 Term of Grand Jury. Annual interest on the loans ranged between 100% and 1000%. p. 83. (Pittsburgh: US. In May of 1968, State Police again raided Whitaker's operation, and records showing a volume of over $70,000 per day were seized. In March of 1968 Cosa Nostra Boss Sam Cavalcante was indicted in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, for conspiring to rob four players who patronized his dice game in Trevose, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. February 21, 2023. When a federal grand jury in Philadelphia was probing the still's ownership, Newark Cosa Nostra leader Antonio Caponigro assaulted an ATTU agent in the witness waiting room, and was later convicted of the resulting charge.[140]. from Baltimore and from Kansas City, Missouri, The treasury balance ticket racket in the Scranton area was believed controlled by Lou Cohen, and in the western portion of the state by a lieutenant of Cosa Nostra Boss John S. LaRocca. This multi-million dollar market has been monopolized by organized crime. Another goal should be to reduce the smuggling of cigarettes into Pennsylvania. In that year State Police arrested over 40 numbers bankers, public officials, and political leaders for conspiring to commit acts of bribery to protect the Erie numbers racket. Later Riccobene was supported in a bid for a commutation of sentence by State Senator Vincent Scarcelli. They seek (a) monopoly and (b) freedom from law enforcement and regulatory interference, Because syndicate-dominated businesses seek monopolies, they often violate extortion and anti-trust laws. 139 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1959, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960), p. 222. Indicted along with Amato were his successor, Boss John S. LaRocca, three caporegimes in the Pittsburgh family, and prominent leaders in both the Detroit and New York City area Cosa Nostra families.[27]. There is a very prosperous regime in the city of Chester, Delaware County. [17] Commission members usually serve for a period of five years. We are able to document conclusively that (1) organized crime exists in Pennsylvania, (2) numerous levels of organization are involved in the operation of illegal activities, and (3) the provision of illegal goods and services in Pennsylvania depends upon immunity and insulation from law enforcement and prosecution efforts. In 1967, two companies owned by Piccolo received contracts from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and the Naval Air Engineering Center for a total of over $900,000. The Russell Bufalino Family (Northeastern Pennsylvania). 133 U.S. vs. Sindone (Philadelphia: US. Present information, much of which is new and some of which is presented here for the first time, permits us to relate individual cases from a more comprehensive and accurate overview. 227 An account of former Councilman Alexander's testimony may be found in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, September 27, 1956, p. 1. 88 U.S. vs. LaGorga (Pittsburgh: Office of the U.S. Commissioner, Western District of Pennsylvania) ; Commissioner's Transcript No. criminal enterprises. Text Size: A A A Print A provision of this statute is set to expire in 2023. The final point on the continuum is filled by organizations which seek to monopolize all forms of highly organized and many forms of less organized crime. It was found that a number of employees of these firms had criminal records, and that Piccolo and two of his sons were members of the Cosa Nostra. The subversion of government which results from bribery or illicit influence creates an atmosphere in which individual agencies become reluctant to pursue organized crime. 732-205, 206. Its actions are not impulsive but rather the result of intricate conspiracies, carried on over many years and aimed at gaining control over whole fields of activity in order to amass huge profits.[1]. 229 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, May 16, 1968, p. 9. 171 For a summary of the legally wiretapped conversations, see Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, December 10, 1954, p. 3; July 10, 1956, p. 3; and August 19, 1956, sec. But as syndicates have grown and evolved they have come to employ more varied und sophisticated means. 732-205(a)(6). 14871. Chester We turn to the greater Philadelphia area to reach Pennsylvania's most dangerous city, Chester. "[12] Families are divided into "regimes" which are supervised by "caporegimes. (Pardon file #3824), 3. 22254. 141 DeCavalcante transcripts, vol. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Any such drive must include the city councils and county commissioners who chart the direction of law enforcement by controlling the operating budgets. Only a few selected persons need be influenced to negate the efforts of an entire agency or even of the entire criminal justice system. [78] Following this robbery, DeCavalcante was charged with extorting additional sums from the same victims. 13: 20-21. 69-459. 52: 1585 ff. 17496 and 18023. For purposes of illustration, the problem will be discussed first as it concerns infiltration and control of legitimate businesses, and sccond as it involves labor-management racketeering. 32-34, 37-A, 38-42, March, 1958 Term of Grand Jury. 7: 168-181. ")[21] Fifth, the tie of mutual obligation binds all members together in a tight relationship. Despite the fact that legislation has been proposed or is pending in Pennsylvania, little movement toward passage currently exists. In 1958 the local was the subject of an extensive hearing before the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activilies in the Labor-Management Field. The victims of organized criminal force and violence fall into three categories: (a) competitors or rivals; (b) consumers of organized crime services or products; (c) law enforcement authorities. The conspiratorial planning of criminal syndicates is fulfilled in individual acts of gambling, murder, extortion, and sale of narcotics. 158 U.S. vs. Bruno, et al. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. [114] The matter began when three "quick money" promoters bought a community center in a racially changing white neighborhood for $90,000 and planned to sell it to a Negro civic association for $165,000. Criminal syndicates are pyramids of individual rackets and differ according to the number, variety, and size of rackets controlled. 19537. (Pardon file #9170), 5. The Pennsylvania State Police can focus their activity in those regions where the strength of organized crime is the greatest, and thereby hurt the rackets and prod local authorities into more effective action. Organized crime also strikes directly at the more affluent sectors of Pennsylvania. Small-Town Mafia: Organized Crime in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. The only logical conclusion that can be drawn from the foregoing information is that organized criminals in Pennsylvania have benefited from the method of administering criminal justice. At an arbitration meeting Bruno ruled that the promoters had a remaining debt of only $15,000, to be paid to Bruno's underboss Ignazio Denaro. One example of a career criminal engaged in narcotics trafficking is Harry Riccobene, a high-ranking member of the Angelo Bruno Cosa Nostra family. J. Shane Creamer, Attorney-in-Charge, U.S. Department of Justice, Pennsylvania Task Force Against Organized Crime, Philadelphia, RESEARCHERS AND WRITERS: 836. The attorneys in the criminal division are organized into thirteen sections with a Chief Deputy Attorney General (CDAG) in charge of each section. 69-158; and New York Times, August 1, 1969, p. 167. 83 U.S. vs. Ferrone, et al. A number of instructive examples exist which demonstrate the categories of crimes in which organized crime syndicates become involved via the business sector. (Camden: U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey), Criminal Court No. 194 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, August 19, 1939. Such reciprocal arrangements promote friendship and stability, and lessen the likelihood that rivalries will lead to violence and law enforcement attention. If possible, organized crime units of attorneys and investigators should be created and mandated to focus exclusively on the rackets. 131 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 81, 1958, pp. They are Angelo Bruno, Frank Jaskiewicz, and Max Weisberg. Through committee staff testimony it was established that Tollin was supplying Pennsylvania bookmakers with betting information. The DeCavalcante family achieved national notoriety in 1969 when 2000 pages of eavesdropped conversations were released in federal court in New Jersey. [187] In still another investigation, former 107 official Joseph McGrael was indicted for conspiring to hijack a shipment of air conditioners. As these peddlers of influence become more and more involved in nullifying positive government action, the entire mood of a community is affected. John Rogers Carroll, former Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia Territories Financial Support Center (TFSC), Tribal Financial Management Center (TFMC). Recently addressed topics include firearm pre-emption and Pennsylvanias mandatory reporting statutes. (Camden: U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey), Criminal No. [97] U.S. Justice Department spokesmen commented that racketeers chose Philadelphia as the center for the sports service because "they know Philadelphia is one of the easiest places to buy their freedom, Most gamblers in this area with long arrest records seldom have a conviction. The earliest Mafia-connected immigrant of record in Pennsylvania was Steven LaTorre, who came from Montedoro, Sicily, in 1880 with his wife and children and a number of other such families and settled in the Pittston area of Luzerne County. 162 For an account of Murschetz' statements to the press, see Pittsburgh Press, January 8, 1959, p. 1. The chief enforcer for Minker's syndicate was John Wittig, a convicted murderer. Government Printing Office, 1967), p. 221. 190 U.S. vs, Alaimo, et al. Authorities believed they had been killed to prevent them from exposing corruption in the union. PITTSBURGH, PA - A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has returned two separate, but related, Indictments following a five-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking and violence in and around Wilkinsburg and the East Hills neighborhood in Pittsburgh, United States Attorney Scott Brady announced today. The sections in the Criminal Law Division are: Appeals and Legal Services Sectionis responsible for representing the Commonwealth in all criminal appeals that involve the OAG and for advocating the position of the Attorney General on important issues in cases prosecuted by the county district attorneys. 130 Commonwealth vs. Riccobene (Philadelphia: Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County), Bill Nos. 46 U.S. vs. Ucciferri, et al., sup. 156 U.S. vs. Mannarino, et al. The importers, traffickers, wholesalers, and pushers engaged in it have lengthy criminal records. In 1970 he was indicted in federal court in Camden for extorting money from restaurants in Southern New Jersey.[189]. 228 Ripepi Extradition Case, Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County; Hearings on February 3, 1967. The Grosso operation was found to handle an annual volume of $12 million. Illegal gambling operations are the most lucrative of organized criminal activities, and to protect them from costly disruption, gambling syndicates seck to undermine the machinery of criminal justice. RESOURCE AGENCIES: 63-192. 6-7, 388-389; see also, Report on the Activities and Associations of Persons Identified as Present at the Residence of Joseph Barbara, Sr., at Apalachin, New York, on November 14, 1967, and the Reasons for their Presence, State of New York Executive Department, Office of the Commissioner of Investigation (Albany: April, 1958), pp. 235 Commutation of the sentence of John Wittig, File No. It is essential that all law enforcement agencies take strong measures to ensure their own integrity. On Memorial Day of 1927, two rival racketeers were brutally slain and four others were wounded in a daylight assassination attempt. embarrassment at the threatened exposure of the victim's financial condition acts as a deterrent to his reporting forceful collection to law enforcement authorities. 84 U.S. vs. Cole, et al. General Manager of Medico Industries, Inc., in Luzerne County. He was convicted for his part in the Reading still case and two other cases involving stills in Southern New Jersey. 1. The merchandise was subsequently sold, in violation of federal bankruptcy laws. They will go to any lengths to protect their criminal enterprises and will take extreme measures against anyone Who causes them trouble. Developing resolve means concentrating all presently available resources, although these fall short of what is really needed, on convicting top racketeers. Other such charges are brought to our attention by whistle blowers and, on a number of occasions, state officials or employees have stepped forward to report a bribery attempt. Linda Lupold In 1956 Anthony Benedetto was found bludgeoned and shot to death on the floor of his auto. 182 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiseal Year 1960, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961), p. 312. On a lesser scale these concerns have been traditional centers of neighborhood social life where most illegal numbers, treasury balance, punchboard, and sports betting has taken place. Mafia societies sprang up in many communities where the immigrants settled, and a number of these were in Pennsylvania. Soon thereafter Philadelphia police officers again raided the wire room, now operating at a different location. William Medico. Federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities have developed a number of other major narcotics cases in Pennsylvania in recent years. They are as follows: Prior to the release of the DeCavalcante transcripts little was publicly known about La Cosa Nostra in Pennsylvania. In effect the pardon cleared LaRocca's record and left the government without a deportation case. La Cosa Nostra and independent organized crime figures have been actively engaged in labor-management racketeering throughout Pennsylvania since the 1930's. District Court, Northern District of Ohio), Criminal No. On February 19, 1969, Mastrangelo's Blue Jay Pool Room was raided by State Police officers, and two of his associates were arrested and later indicted for operating a dice game. At times, he must he ready to back up his sinister reputation, since his effectiveness may depend upon public belief that he is ruthless - depend, that is, upon fear. 2. Scro supervises a contingent of approximately eight Cosa Nostra members in Erie County. 221 An account of former Judge Bonnelly's testimony can be found in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, April 10, 1964, p. l. 222 US. [84], In 1963, FBI agents raided the innocent looking Terry's Cigar Store in Pottsville, the seat of Matthew Whitaker's multi-million dollar bookmaking enterprise. His advisory role later led to trouble with the Federal Government, and in 1969 he was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York for allegedly refereeing a dispute concerning which of two Cosa Nostra families would have jurisdiction over the kickback from a Teamsters Union pension fund. Lombardo utilizes a triangulated methodology in his research, including: interviews with police officers, federal agents, federal prosecutors, college professors, racket subculture residents, associates of organized crime figures, as well as organized crime members. Two members are in state prisons; Harry Riccobene, serving the remainder of his 1956 narcotics conviction, due to parole violation; and Samuel DeBella, serving 1 7 1/2 to 15 year term for burglary and robbery. Bureau of Investigative Services is composed of those units and programs which provide support in the areas of intelligence gathering and analysis, including special operations program, computer forensics, electronic surveillance, and technical services. During the prohibition era Bazzano successfully consolidated Sicilian, Calabrian, and Neapolitan factions in the Pittsburgh bootlegging underworld. For the first digit of the winning number, the winning prices for the first, second, and third races are used. If arrests were made, I'd try to get Maloney to get as many discharges [from magistrates] as possible and have no more than one held for court.". 520, August, 1959 Term of Grand Jury. The Pennsylvania Organized Crime Commission's 1980 report identified Bufalino as a silent partner in Medico Industries, the largest supplier of ammunition to the U.S. government. At a public hearing, the Commission of Investigation presented a map showing interstate gambling ties between the following cities in New York and Pennsylvania:[81]. Violence is sometimes utilized by racketeers to drive out competition as thoroughly and quickly as possible. [208], Cosa Nostra Boss Angelo Bruno of Philadelphia, in a conversation with Sam DeCavalcante on February 11, 1962, in the offices of Bruno's Penn-Jersey Vending Company, asserted that police officers had earlier been about to arrest both him and his wife on lottery charges, but that he had paid them to take him alone. The daily cost of maintaining heroin addiction has been estimated at roughly $15, giving an average yearly cost of $87 million for all addicts in Pennsylvania. (Philadelphia: US. Murschetz stated that the racketeers told him they "wanted [my] business as a front for expanding gambling operations in Beaver County."[162]. 5301 Jonestown Road, Linglestown, PA 17112, United States. Loan shark enforeers often resort to acts of violence to collect their loans. races). 1. 246 Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated, Title 71, secs. It has long been assumed that organized crime exists because it pays outright bribes to public officials. The source of the drug was traced to a French-Corsican associate of Stromberg's named Saul Gelb. The Justice Department was convinced, he said, that "there are links between 107 and the Mafia in Philadelphia. A person who has been convicted of an offense may be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding: (1) $50,000, when the conviction is of murder or attempted murder. Second, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is extremely vulnerable to police involvement in protection for numbers operators Third, the official attitude of the administration of the bureau - to plead that numbers gambling exists but that the bureau must be more concerned with other forms of crime - has resulted in the tendency for many of the personnel to become complacent with respect to numbers gambling enforcement. [54] In 1966 the International Association of Chiefs of Police published a study of the Pittsburgh Police Department in which it asserted. Cosa Nostra leaders Russell Bufalino, Angelo Sciandra, Giaocchino Parisi, and Joseph Scalleat of Pennsylvania and James Plumeri of New York have owned and continued to own dress companies that maintain a rigidly low wage scale.[159]. 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