[107] Arrested were notorious racketeers from Pittsburgh, Steubenville, Ohio, and Youngstown, Ohio, areas. Citizens come to doubt the efficacy of government. A modern system would prevent loss of good data, reduce wasteful duplication of effort, and facilitate the sharing of information. However, since that time the narcotics traffic in Philadelphia has markedly increased. As a result of that probe, twenty men were convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice. In that year, control of the family passed to Frank Amato, Sr., of Braddock. In 1968 Medico Industries received a $3.9 million defense contract to produce 600,000 missile warheads for rockets to be used in Viet Nam. Often they are accustomed to operating in an atmosphere of high pressure and force, and racketeers feel that such methods are necessary to achieve their cooperation. In addition to the above five, other Cosa Nostra families have been known to operate in Pennsylvania at various times, although their members do not reside in the state. [150], 5. In 1965 Minker was again convicted in federal court with Joseph Fiorini, who operated one of Minker's sub-banks. Over the years authorities have discovered a number of clandestine "summit" meetings of organized crime leaders, and investigations of these have given authorities a more accurate picture of the internal problems of crime syndicates in Pennsylvania. An associate of Russell Bufalino. Colonel Frank McKetta, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police But because embezzlement of huge sums of money has proven lucrative for organized criminal syndicates, they have entered the field and are deeply entrenched in its operations. Senate Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959), Pt. For substantial progress to come to the impoverished cores of our cities, the presence and influence of organized crime will first have to be eradicated. 131 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 81, 1958, pp. The three resident families (Bruno, Bufalino, LaRocca) have been the subject of the greatest attention. [6] Russell Bufalino. (1) organized crime is a highly sophisticated, diversified, and widespread phenomenon which annually drains billions of dollars from the national economy by various patterns of unlawful conduct including the illegal use of force, fraud, and corruption; 732-205, 206. Small-Town Mafia: Organized Crime in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. When such organized crime infiltration of both labor and management. The threshold problem, however, is a lack of resolve. The estimated tax frauds involving Esposito's three stills totaled over $4.5 million.[142]. Barbara later moved to Binghamton, New York, and finally to Apalachin, where he purchased a palatial country estate that was to serve as the site of the 1957 Apalachin convention. Joseph N. Pecora was convicted in federal court in Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1968 for selling altered alcohol spirits in refilled liquor bottles. Our society respects wealth and economic power. 31 Information supplied by various law enforcement agencies. [188] Soon thereafter McGrael developed new interests in Hotel and Restaurant Local 170 in New Jersey. The real danger imposed by criminal domination of the legitimate business sector comes from the power and prestige which this status confers. Criminal syndicates seek not only monopolistic control over all gambling, loan sharking, and other racketeering crimes in their areas, but also a share of the profits from large burglary, bank robbery, and auto theft rings and other professional crime organizations. Of the over 375 legitimate businesses controlled or infiltrated by, or linked to, organized crime in Pennsylvania, most are either owned by or directly tied to the interests of the upper-level Cosa Nostra and independent organized crime leaders. Agents of the FBI conducted a series of raids in Easton in 1967 on a local gambling operation directly tied to the Cosa Nostra in New York. 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. 3. 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. In 1956 Harry Riccobene was termed "the number one man in the drug racket in Philadelphia" by the Philadelphia police. Usually labor leaders are paid sums of money in return for the assurance of labor peace. He was invelved with slain racketeer Gregory Cownden in West Virginia-Pennsylvania gambling rackets. 8 Third Interim Report, U.S. Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Washington, D.C.: US. Gonzalez was fatally shot on May 6, 1995 by Robert . 32 The structure of the Philadelphia Cosa Nostra family appears in Measures Relating to Organized Crime, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures of the Committee on the Judiciary Hearings (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969), p. 128. Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Following the Gorey and DeGeorge murders, authorities began inyestigating reports that one of the prizes in the factional struggle for 107's leadership was control over gambling and loan sharking at trucking terminals and warehouses. Both Ida and Olivetto attended the 1957 Apalachin conclave and were apprehended. 128 U.S. vs. Poliafico, et al. To support and encourage joint participation, funding is available to reimburse municipal law enforcement personnel for overtime with related benefits and authorized case expenses while assisting the OAG in designated task force investigations. 14628. Russell Coombs, Assistant Counsel, U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Committee on the Judiciary. Senate Bill No. [8] The Committee also concluded that this organization was the "cement" binding together many independent and local criminal syndicates throughout the country. 2. He was sentenced to a term of 7 1/2 to 15 years. [193] In 1939 Pecora and LaRocca were arrested together in 2 numbers raid at LaRocca's headquarters. In this way the franchise payment is made by patronizing a service and paying for it. The tremendous appetite for all types of illegal gambling has been reflected in a wide variety of games of chance. The first is the operation of an individual enterprise by a syndicate, employing its own members. In 1970 Ianelli pleaded guilty to a bookmaking charge in Allegheny County and was given a hand-slap $500 fine. 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. The Drug Strike ForceSection is charged with providing onsite legal assistance and direction to Bureau of Narcotics Investigation and Drug Control Agents as they jointly develop complex cases for prosecution against narcotics traffickers and their organizations throughout Pennsylvania and across state borders. 2 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year. 2. Other members of the organization were charged for a variety of crimes, including attempted murder, bank robbery, and counterfeiting. I have something to do with it, but he takes care of it."[45]. Organized crime expert Ralph Salerno has termed the kinds of crimes that contribute toward planning and insulation of the syndicate "strategic" crimes. Government. Another individual mentioned by Bruno as being in the numbers racket was Phillip Testa, Bruno's chief caporegime, currently under federal indictment for lying on a Federal Savings and Loan application: "Phil has to make a living. 208 Commonwealth vs. Illgas, sup. 3, p. 774. 137 Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 31, 1967, Bureau of Narcotics, U.S. Treasury Department (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968), p. 6. Violence against Law Enforcement Officers. (Philadelphia: US. In 1967 the President's Crime Commission found that "today the core of organized crime in the United States consists of twenty-four groups operating as criminal cartels in large cities across the nation."[10]. Vigorous state, federal, and local enforcement activity has affected the flow of illegal narcotics in Pennsylvania. Pardoned in 1947 by Governor James Duff for the crime af robbery. On February 11, 1962, DeCavalcante visited Angelo Bruno in Bruno's offices at the former Penn-Jersey Vending Company in Philadelphia. All were subsequently convicted and given small fines. [29] Bureau of Narcotics investigations revealed that LaRocca had attended an organized crime meeting in Sierra Madre, California, on March 14, 1956, in company with Gary, Indiana, racketeer Anthony Pinelli, Los Angeles Cosa Nostra boss Frank DeSimone, and Salvatore Marino, a caporegime in the LaRocca family residing in California. A number of major narcotics peddlers in Philadelphia supply the entire Delaware Valley area. The Drug Strike Force lawyers provide similar assistance to the Pennsylvania State Police, upon request. In May a second raid was conducted at twenty-two locations in seven cities affiliated with the New Kensington operation. One of the greatest tests of the new federal anti-gambling law took place in Philadelphia. Within this section is the Capital Litigation Unit. At present, a project under the direction of the United States Department of Justice, with the participation of the Crime Commission, is being conducted to develop a computerized data system that would serve as a prototype for a state-organized crime intelligence network. Soon thereafter Local 1 was disbanded, and a new Local 410 of the Restaurant Workers Union was chartered to organized lunch-counter employers. 147 U.S. vs. Lagana, et al. While in the grand jury waiting room, he assaulted an Alcohol Tax agent who had tried to photograph him, and was convicted in 1959 of the resulting charges. (Pittsburgh: U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. This form is available through the various Federal Agencies websites. An index is found in the original report on Pages 129 through 136. [152] In 1963 and 1967 Pecora's gambling casinos in West Virginia were raided by FBI agents and were the subject of two federal anti-racketeering prosecutions. Seized in the raid were Philadelphia Cosa Nostra boss Angelo Bruno; his chief lieutenant Phillip Testa; and Gerald Laietta, a caporegime in the Vito Genovese Cosa Nostra family from New York. Subsequently the stocks were recognized as stolen and vonZamft was arrested. When Cosa Nostra member Harry Riccobene was searched by Philadelphia police in 1968, they found an address book listing the names and addresses of prominent political officials, labor leaders, and labor racketeers. Since these occurrences, the leadership of Local 107 has changed hands, and incidents of racketeering in the union have diminished. The Attorney General could highlight local inaction and encourage stronger local efforts by sending in prosecutors from the Department of Justice to initiate organized crime cases or to supersede district attorneys in such cases when necessary. 103 Scranton Times, August 6, 1960, p. 1. 11: 43. But, as is rarely understood, organized criminals are also in the business of serious crime - extortion, arson for hire, murder and physical violence, fencing stolen property, hijacking, and narcotics trafficking-about which American society today is angry and fearful. In 1968 the brothers were sentenced to terms of from six months to three years each. It is essential that all law enforcement agencies take strong measures to ensure their own integrity. Treasury Balance Tickets, Betting Pools, and Punchboards. 157-70. 193 See Deeds, Office of the Prothonotary, Allegheny County Courthouse, Pittsburgh, vol. In 1958 a special federal grand jury probing organized crime and corruption in Western Pennsylvania heard testimony from Alvin Murschetz, independent operator of Al's Music Company in Beaver County. No harm could be greater than this. Asimov, Isaac. 511, 512, 947, 948, October, 1965 Term of Grand Jury; also, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, February 7, 1965, p. 1. District Court, Easton District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. In an attempt to consolidate his power, Pollina plotted the murder of his principal rival, Angelo Bruno, A "contract" for the murder of Bruno was let by Pollina to Ignazio Denaro, Pollina's underboss. An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice. (This information was obtained during forty-one hours of legally wiretapped conversations in 1955). Only the brute force of honest law enforcement and vigorous prosecutorial agencies can pierce this shield and destroy it. In 1963, agents of the FBI were alerted to an interstate extortion-loan shark racket centered in Philadelphia and New Jersey. After hearing both sides in an arbitration proceeding, the Commission decided in favor of deposing Pollina and making Bruno the boss. 140 U.S. vs. Caponigro (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. [30], Federal and state authorities estimate the size of LaRocca's family at thirty-two members, who control organized crime in Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Mercer, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties, The structure of the LaRocca family is as follows:[31]. County. 199 Donald Cressey, Theft of the Nation (New York: Harper and Row, 1969), 2. The staff is dedicated solely to environmental crimes investigations and prosecutions. In 1961 the New York State Temporary Commission of Investigation planned a series of coordinated raids in conjunction with New York State Police. When he went home that night, he called his girl friend, who told him she had received two threatening telephone calls, one of them saying, "If [borrower] don't pay the loan we'll cut off your teats and send them to him in a box."[199]. These officials commmunicate in various ways to their subordinates that organized crime cases are not to be pursued or that they are to receive lenient treatment. Joseph Ida, Boss In 1966 a federal grand jury indicted over ten individuals for their part in a national sports wire service which was run from an innocent-looking room on Chadwick Street. Monte had been convicted on an carlier lottery charge in 1964. 21760. 6. 7] demonstrates that Pennsylvania ranks substantially behind the Federal Government and behind other states with serious organized crime problems in enacting needed legislation. Cristina, et al. 438, October, 1969 Term of Grand Jury, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 20, 1969, p. 1. In July of 1965 the restaurant was destroyed by fire; Migliazza collected his insurance; DeCavalcante was presumably paid in full. (Pittsburgh: US. to the Fiocca brothers, leaving both of them unconscious, a third muscle man picked up one of the brothers and pitched him through a taproom plate glass window. [52] A close associate of Perri's, Joseph "Pope" McNally. A long-time associate of Parenti's, Ludwig Iskra, testified that he worked for Parenti in Bethlehem and handled Parenti's numbers operation there.[73]. It was higher than in 87.7% U.S. cities. 122 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1958, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: US. A partner in the Knox Coal Company in Luzerne County, Sciandra made the first inroads into the United Mine Workers Union. 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. La Cosa Nostra and independent organized crime figures have been actively engaged in labor-management racketeering throughout Pennsylvania since the 1930's. Finally Cosa Nostra boss Angelo Bruno found out about the affair, and demanded a meeting with Konigsberg and his boss, Cosa Nostra caporegime Joseph Zicarelli of Jersey City. Criminal syndicates are pyramids of individual rackets and differ according to the number, variety, and size of rackets controlled. 242 Henry S. Ruth, Jr. "Why Organized Crime Thrives," Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. Former Franklin Township police Sgt. Sometimes threats are enough to produce compliance, and actual crimes of violence do not occur. The major defendant, Angelo Piazza, was a known associate of Cosa Nostra boss Russell Bufalino. Despite the fact that legislation has been proposed or is pending in Pennsylvania, little movement toward passage currently exists. 188. Some of them have been involved in mob dealings, political corruption, piracy. (Pardon file #9170), 5. The following discussion should put to rest for good the contention that the corner bookie answers to no one above himself; that local bookmaking should be tolerated because the bookmakers are known to the community; and that off-track betting, illegal though it may be, should not be treated as criminal because it is harmless. (Philadelphia: US. Russell Bufalino (Northeastern Pennsylvania). 20571. Between March and December of 1959 it acquired goods worth $1.2 million wholesale. As more and more areas of public life become regulated, more and more citizens try to evade the regulations in order to maximize their profits and minimize disruption in their operations. The ensuing trial later resulted in a mistrial, and Whitaker was not retried until May of 1970, when he was convicted on four counts of conducting a bookmaking operation. In 1959 US. Known as one of the largest bookmakers in the nation, Whitaker was termcd by the Attorney General of the United States as "a substantial bookmaking and layoff operator in Pennsylvania" and "a member of the Beckley-Nolan syndicate"[87], These federal actions are in marked contrast to the inability of criminal justice authorities in Schuylkill County to prosecute Whitaker. Cosa Nostra leaders Anthony Ripepi (LaRocca Family) and Michael D'Alessio (Genovese Family) attended, as well as Louis. Prominent among the people who cause racketeers hardship are law enforcement authorities. Konigsberg continued his threats to the trio, so one of them, Joseph Zavod, went directly to Colianni for help. At its peak in the 50s and 60s, Abe Minker. The next boss was Joseph Bruno (no relation to Angelo), who ruled from 1927 until 1944, His headquarters was first centered in Bristol, then in Trenton, New Jersey. 174 Philadelphia Inquirer, October 15, 1949; and New York Times, October 15, 1949, p. 30. Monopolies. Bruno was given the additional privilege of having Pollina murdered in retaliation, but he decided against this. Criminal syndicates are composed of men, differentiated by the ranks they hold and the roles they fill, who contribute in some way to the management of a criminal enterprise. These cases are primarily prosecuted by county District Attorneys but large and complex gun trafficking organizations are often adopted by federal prosecutors in the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania. Although shot three times in the head the formant survived to name his assailant, who is now under indictment in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. --The General Assembly finds that: (1) organized crime is a highly sophisticated, diversified, and widespread phenomenon which annually drains billions of dollars from the national economy by various patterns of unlawful conduct including the illegal use of force, fraud, and corruption; (2) organized crime exists on a large scale within the The firm subsequently went bankrupt making the payments, and Stirone was sentenced to a term of ten years for the crime. The information concerning the conspiracy was not released to Pennsylvania authorities until long after the statute of limitations expired. 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. All available data indicate that organized crime flourishes only where it has corrupted public officials.[206]. Invisibly and indirectly its power and influence and hence its immunity have been established throughout the system. Major gambling-corruption networks have been discovered in other Pennsylvania communities, In Erie in 1954, Pennsylvania State Police officers arrested forty individuals on charges of gambling, conspiracy, and bribery, Among these forty were the Mayor, a member of the police vice squad, and two officials of the Erie Democratic Party. The Grosso operation was found to handle an annual volume of $12 million. Government spokesmen commented that "any bookie or bank that wanted to survive had to subscribe to the service. The same process is used to select the second digit (4th and 5th races} and third (6th and 7th. The John Sebastian LaRocca Family (Southwestern Pennsylvania). sup. According to historians, organized crime in Reading dates as far back as the 1920s under leader Max Hassel. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. The vast majority of cases investigated by the Criminal Prosecutions Section falls into three categories and under three provisions of the Commonwealth Attorneys Act. The first boss of the Southeastern Pennsylvania family, Salvatore Sabella, was tried in 1927 for the murder of two rival bootleggers. The indictment was later nol-prossed by the U.S. Attorney. 1615 dealing with this subject was introduced on September 9, 1969, and referred to the Judiciary Committee on September 9, 1969. Labor racketeering violence continued in the 1960's, and only recently have violence and extortion taken a more subtle and businesslike tone. Organized Crime Task Forces, U.S. Department of Justice: Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Manhattan, Newark, and Philadelphia. Linda Lupold Another form of insurance fraud concerns the illegal diversion of assets of insurance companies. [231] Since the 1930's Riccobene had been convicted in four major narcotics cases, and he was listed as a major violator by the federal Bureau of Narcotics. Plopi died of a heart attack in the summer of 1969. 1951), p. 61. [*In June of 1970 a special grand jury in Philadelphia recommended the indictments of Angelo Bruno, Frank D'Alfonso, and Albert Schwartz relative to an alleged gambling conspiracy which took place at the meeting.]. 67-110; and Commonwealth vs. Janelli (Pittsburgh: Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County), Bill No. Bankers and Telephone Employees Company, a subsidiary firm, also became involved in financial difficulties. 73 U.S. vs. Parenti (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. The first involved Emmanual Riggi, caporegime in the Vito Genovese family, who was convicted of extorting money from Chemsteel Construction Company in Pittsburgh. 85, April, 1961 Term of Grand Jury. 70-126 and 70-289. [219] At the trial Police Chief Charles Wade revealed that he had actually purchased the office of Chief of Police from Minker for $10,000, and that he took orders from Minker in all matters relating to vice and gambling enforcement. Reading. 200 Commonwealth vs. Fina (Philadelphia: Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County), Bill No. History of Criminal Syndicates in Pennsylvania. After immigrating from Sicily, Bufalino rose through the organized crime ranks in the early 20th century to become one of America's most feared Cosa Nostra bosses by the 1950s. They invest in each other's legal and illegal enterprises, and provide hard cash when the other needs it in short order. "[57], While pursuing numbers gambling enforcement in Pittsburgh, the Internal Revenue Service developed an income tax evasion case against Assistant Superintendent of Police Lawrence Maloney, who was charged with failure to report bribes from numbers bankers as a source of income. Lima came from a family connected to organized crime. In 1967 the Detroit Strike Force of the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated a series of interstate raids against a syndicate that was, among numerous other crimes, engaged in printing illegal football betting pool ecards and transporting them from Erie to Pittsburgh and Flint, Michigan. Guerrieri and sixty-two other persons have been indicted in the counterfeiting scheme. Once of the first known meetings took place in 1932 in New York, to discuss the murder of Pittsburgh Mafia leader John Bazzano, Sr. Then-current national Mafia leaders in attendance were Albert Anastasia of New York, John Oddo of Brooklyn, Paul Palmieri of New Jersey, Santo Volpe of Pennsylvania, and Sam DiCarlo of Buffalo and later Youngstown, Ohio. Resolve to fight the crime. The immunity granted under this statute would apply to "any transaction, matter or thing" concerning which the witness is compelled to testify, and therefore it is an example of "transactional" rather than "use" immunity. During the period from 1890-1920 thousands of Sicilians and Italians emigrated to the United States. Original competitors or rivals may be hired by the syndicate-dominated business. He told the press that attempts had been made by New York racketeers to move into Beaver County and take over his business. The Section consists of a Section Chief, litigation attorneys, legal support staff, and the Asset Forfeiture Administration Unit which is tasked with administering and liquidating all forfeited property. Available manpower from vice or racketeering units should be directed toward implementing these strategies, rather than just compiling numerous vice arrests. Caporegime, Angelo Bruno Cosa Nostra family. The 2019 Pottstown crime rate fell by 6% compared to 2018. 48 Commonwealth vs. Robinson (Philadelphia: Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County), Bill Nos. [120] After entry at New York or Montreal, the quantities of pure heroin are broken up into smaller lots, and the drug is diluted with milk sugar. District Court, Fastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal Nos. The Criminal Law Division is headed by an Executive Deputy Attorney General (EDAG), who is the Director and has overall responsibility for ensuring that the functions of the Division are properly administered. Near the point where planning and organization require several layers of authority and specialization. A related approach involves having state and local administrative and regulatory agencies adopt stringent measures to curtail organized crime's infiltration of the private sector. Although Maloney was acquitted of the tax evasion charges, all government witnesses who testified passed polygraph tests relative to the payment of bribes to Maloney. On June 11, 1968, New York City police officers raided a New York restaurant and apprehended Philadelphia Cosa Nostra Boss Angelo Bruno, Brooklyn Boss Joseph Colombo, and New York City Boss Carlo Gambino. Pittsburgh. The publicity attendant to the Apalachin meeting deterred Cosa Nostra leaders from scheduling similar conferences in the immediate future. In November of 1968, Pennsylvania State Police officers raided the Abington Press in Clarks Summit and seized 62,000 illegal football pool tickets, ready for distribution throughout the state. There are approximately twenty-five numbers banks in the city of Philadelphia. At the very top is the "banker," who is usually a major organized crime figure with a lengthy criminal history. [192] Pecora had a record of gambling and labor law violations, and had later business dealing with Cosa Nostra boss John LaRocca. (Philadelphia: US. The purposes of the meeting, according to federal law enforcement authorities, were these: 1. 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