Documents organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal clean-up effort. This book explains how Cosa Nostra families gained a foothold in the labor movement, and used this power to become part of the political and economic power structure of 20th-century urban America.
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats. This work brings together leading experts to describe crime prevention and security protection in the electronic age. It provides information ranging from government requirements that facilitate spying to methods of digital proof.
The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats. This work brings together leading experts to describe crime prevention and security protection in the electronic age. It provides information ranging from government requirements that facilitate spying to methods of digital proof.
Telling the story of the relationship between organized crime and organized labor, as well as federal efforts to clean up unions, this book sheds light on the influence of the mafia in American unions, and the efforts of law enforcement to erase the shadow that the mob has left on the labor movement.
Tell a real inside story from a man who observed the day-by-day behaviour of mafia, 'instinctual killers', and for whom 'it was a matter of principle to destroy them'. This work provides details of mob intrigue, drug deals, gambling rings, hits, bloody gangland wars, and even a plot to plant a 'mole' in the Cleveland FBI office.
How New York City Was Liberated From the Grip of Organized Crime
No other crime group has infiltrated labour unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organised crime families. One cannot understand the history and political economy of New York City in the 20th century without focusing on the role of organised crime in the urban power structure.
