Slain Prohibition agent Eugene Jackson recognized during Black History Month
African Americans have served in law enforcement in many ways, and they’ve been essential in efforts to curb the power…
Year: 2015
Mickey Cohen ran high-stakes gambling in L.A.
“In rich and hedonistic Los Angeles, where many of the Golden Age movie moguls participated in high-stakes gambling on a…
Israel awash in Mob crime and corruption
The headlines look like they were ripped from American newspapers of the Prohibition era: “Another Mafia killing season may be…
Feds agree to reduce oversight of once-Mob-corrupted Teamsters Union
Las Vegas doesn’t have a statue of Jimmy Hoffa, but some folks think it should. Hoffa, the one-time president of…
Anthony DiLapi’s Murder: February 4, 1990
As misting rain fell in the late afternoon, Anthony Dilapi strolled into the darkened, underground garage of his Hollywood apartment….