Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement - May 2014: The Early New York Mafia: An Alternative Theory

by Richard Warner, Angelo Santino, Lennert van`t Riet

Sicilian hometown allegiance and kinship ties may have played larger roles in early Mafia development than previously thought. Informer devotes an entire issue to a groundbreaking discussion of the evolution of the early New York City Mafia and the foundations of the city's well known crime families. Using government records, other archival sources and published accounts, the writers follow offshoots of established Sicilian underworld organizations from Palermo, Corleone and Castellammare del Golfo as these propagate in a new land. They define relationships among and within the developing crime families and explore factional frictions through two early Mafia wars. The discussion is accompanied by photographs, maps, charts and timelines. More than two hundred endnotes are provided.

195 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 2, 2019