Informer: The History of American Crime and Law Enforcement - October 2021: The Mafia in California

by Thomas Hunt, J. Michael Niotta, Justin Cascio

This Informer issue focuses on the mafiosi of California, particularly those who relocated to the Golden State after launching criminal careers in other regions.California-related articles Trail of Mafia murder of Barnett Baff linked Corleone, East Harlem and the ghettos of Los Angeles;- Sam Streva and the 'San Pedro gang';- Was California murder victim Nick DeJohn a victim of Chicago's Cheese War?- Golden State often unfriendly to transplanted mobsters;- San Francisco boss Francesco Lanza held key role with Colorado's Mafia;- New Orleans connection to San Francisco Francesco DiFranchi.Other articles in this Reinhold Forgotten leader of a big-time robbery gang;- Another, other family of Nick Gentile;- Police rarely appear on U.S. postage;- New York revolutions in policing and crime.Contributors to this Michael Niotta PhD, Justin Cascio, Thomas Hunt, Michael O'Haire, Lennert van 't Riet and Jeffery S. King.In addition to ebook and paperback formats, the issue is available in print and electronic (PDF) magazine formats through the MagCloud service.

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2021

About the author

I am a writer/researcher on the subject of organized crime (American Mafia). I most recently authored, Wrongly Executed? The Long-forgotten Context of Charles Sberna's 1939 Electrocution. I publish a quarterly true crime journal, Informer, and The American Mafia history website as well as a number of blogs. I co-wrote DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime with Michael A. Tona and Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia with Martha Macheca Sheldon. I contributed the American Mafia history sections to the Australian published, Mafia: The Necessary Reference to Organized Crime. I moderate Mafiahistory.us and Facebook discussion groups on Mafia history. Previously, I served as editor of several dmoz.org categories related to organized crime.

Married with three children and (too) numerous pets, I live and work in the Middlebury VT area.