(Camden: U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey), Criminal No. 3. In 1956 the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office revealed attempts by Cosa Nostra leader Angelo Bruno to take over control of Local 1 of Independent Unionist of America. The Allegheny County sheriff never picked up the writ informing Ripepi and the others of the suit. Erie resident Michacl Maggio was arrested, along with associates Joseph Giacolone of Flint, and Caesar Montevecchio and Chris Calabrese of Erie. 1. Each CDAG reports to the Criminal Division EDAG. In its final report in 1952 the Special Federal Grand Jury concluded: Soon after we convened we learned of the shocking conditions that existed in the City of Philadelphia with reference to the organized rackets in the numbers and bookmaking operations. Henry R. Wray, Deputy Attorney General. 4. If arrests were made, I'd try to get Maloney to get as many discharges [from magistrates] as possible and have no more than one held for court.". These racketeers haye subsequent criminal records confirming their continued participation in organized crime activities. [205], Today's corruption is less visible, more subtle, and therefore more difficult to detect and assess than the corruption of the prohibition era. [84], In 1963, FBI agents raided the innocent looking Terry's Cigar Store in Pottsville, the seat of Matthew Whitaker's multi-million dollar bookmaking enterprise. 157-70. Through its infiltration of businesses and labor organizations, organized crime has a crippling impact on the freedom and integrity of the private sector. According to historians, organized crime in Reading dates as far back as the 1920s under leader Max Hassel. The primary mission of the statewide Gun Violence Section and the Philadelphia Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF) is to investigate straw purchasers and illegal transfers of firearms by researching the origins of recovered crime guns. (Philadelphia: US. In 1958 the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics culminated a major narcotics conspiracy case against national Cosa Nostra boss Vito Genovese and over fifteen other major Cosa Nostra leaders. Pittsburgh-area Family 4: 108, 7: 168-181); Philadelphia (vol. Second were the major wholesalers, and third the high-level distributors. Sam DeCavalcante once described the strength of this custom to his brother: In every town there are people who are obligated to do me favors. Furthermore, police should broaden the scope of their effort by hiring attorneys and accountants, They should unite to expose and challenge improper political influences. The Pennsylvania Crime Commission has concluded that there are five national "core group" Cosa Nostra families whose members reside and work in Pennsylvania. It can help to plan strategies and to coordinate law enforcement activity. Often they are welcomed with open arms. Reading, or "Wincanton," as it was called by the President's Crime Commission, was known as a wide-open city prior to the past seven years of reform, and numerous prosecutions revealed that a criminal-political elite was dominating it.[214]. Gerald Shur, Chief, Intelligence and Special Services Unit, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Appendix B -Wincanton: The Politics of Corruption. 204 U.S. vs, DiRugeris, et al. Restaurants and Taprooms. 2. Prior to his murder on November 25, 1963, IRS agents had raided his home and found large quantities of cash. [14] Two other ranking officials in Cosa Nostra families are significant; the "underboss" ("sottocapo") and the counselor ("consigliere"). In 1995 the Attorney Generals Child Sexual Exploitation Task Force was created to arrest child pornographers as well as investigate and capture child predators before they strike by using proactive, undercover operations. 2. Text Size: A A A Print A provision of this statute is set to expire in 2023. Assaults on federal law-enforcement officers are also quite common. In 1959 the Organized Crime Section of the U.S. Department of Justice obtained convictions in two Pennsylvania labor extortion cases. The family gradually took over both coal companies and locals of the United Mine Workers Union and benefited from the "sweetheart" contracts that could thus be obtained. In 1970 he was convieted of conspiring to transport a stolen $500,000 U.S. Treasury bill from Philadelphia to Indianapolis. Another form of insurance fraud concerns the illegal diversion of assets of insurance companies. All were charged with interstate travel in the operation of a crap game run in South Philadelphia,[76] Capello and soldiers Frank Narducci, Dominick DeVito, and Joseph Lazzaro, and proposed member Frank Sindone, were convicted on November 10, 1966, in federal court on pleas of nolo contendre. [44] Bruno also implicated a life-long friend of his and convicted narcotics peddler, Peter Casella, in his numbers operation. The role of the Organized Retail Crime Investigator is to identify, investigate, and resolve external theft and organized retail crime within an assigned geographic area. Each CDAG reports to the Criminal Division EDAG. Dominick Alaimo, Soldier Usually the forms of coercion and extortion are kept secret by the victims, but sometimes the means of exploitation surface. It is essential that all law enforcement agencies take strong measures to ensure their own integrity. 19431. The firm subsequently went bankrupt making the payments, and Stirone was sentenced to a term of ten years for the crime. In attendance were major Cosa Nostra racketeers from Pennsylvania as well as powerful independent racketeers from Delaware County. n. 211, "Sentence Hearing.". Later Abe Minker, John Wittig, and Alex and Louis Fudeman were indicted and eharged with blackmail. (Scranton: U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. (Pittsburgh: US. Other citizens quickly recognize the hazards of cooperation with law enforcement authorities. Monte was later convicted of operating a numbers lottery, and Potnick was arrested in 1970 for helping plot a multi-million dollar series of burglaries in Delaware County.[151]. [127] In 1954 he was one of the principal traffickers arrested by Bureau of Narcotics Agents who broke up a large heroin wholesaling operation active in Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. In 1964 the Mid-City Development Corporation needed $1.25 million to purchase an industrial building complex. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS [56] He estimated that the numbers volume in Allegheny County was "$230,000 per day or $71 million per year. It was found that Morano had been befriended by an undercover agent and that Morano had possibly led the agent to Ferrone's gambling operation. Because the odds are so heavily weighted against the player, the profits are tremendous. 90 U.S. vs. Rinaldi (Scranton: US. (Philadelphia: US. These largely federal cases signal the failure of state and local criminal justice officials to deal with the problem. In San Francisco, shoppers complain that makeup and mascara are under lock and key. Agents in GVTF are also assigned to investigate gun crimes with multiple federal agencies including the FBI, ATF and U.S. All witnesses testified that they had known Barrow as a law-abiding citizen with a reputation for honesty. A former bootlegger in Delaware County, Heller was Superintendent of Sanitation in Upper Darby in 1956 when it was found that he had a substantial interest in the City Wide Sanitation Service and Atlas Rubbish and Salvage Company of Philadelphia, along with notorious racketeers Sam Hoffman and Max Weisberg. (Subsequent investigation has fixed the number of "core group" Cosa Nostra families at twenty-six.) The RICO Act applies to thirty-five different criminal offenses. 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. Strong, creative leadership is essential if law enforcement is to be improved. Second, the monopoly which many racket-dominated corporations enjoy provides a stable source of income, increased by the control they maintain over an entire market or area. Former Franklin Township police Sgt. Criminal justice agencies react to a political environment just as all public agencies do, and when influential leaders do not want a particular matter pushed, they see to it that their subordinates do not push it. One alternate tactic is bombing. They subsequently vanished, and authorities believe the purpose of their disappearance and possible murder was to protect the leader who hired them. 32. In Pennsylvania, three of the five resident Cosa Nostra families have members who either have narcotics convictions or are suspected of having been active in narcotics traffic. The U.S. Bureau of Narcotics (predecessor to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) traced the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh traffic to New York City and Montreal, Canada, where large quantities of pure heroin were imported from mainland Italy, Sicily, and the French Riviera. Monastero. "[207] During the height of federal anti-racketeering enforcement in Philadelphia during the 1960's, the principal numbers banks were intensively investigated and periodically raided. 3, p. 774. The illegal traffic in punchboards and betting pools continued. In 1960 Phillip Gelso, President of Number 14 Coal Company in Luzerne County, and Samuel Gelso, Vice President, were indicted along with three officials of Local 7519 of the United Mince Workers Union in a sixty-count indictment. Generally criminal syndicates are organized along lines more of influence than authority. The embezzlement case was prosceuted by the. Con 8 h 0 hoc ke n. PA 19428 (215)834-1164. Government spokesmen commented that "any bookie or bank that wanted to survive had to subscribe to the service. General terms of payment are "six-for-five" per week, or a return of six dollars for every five borrowed. This entails a fight against improper political interference in the entire criminal justice process from investigation to incarceration, which includes police, prosecutors. The attorneys of the Section also supervise money laundering investigations and litigate the resulting prosecutions when appropriate. Home / Statutes of Pennsylvania / Consolidated Statutes / Title 18. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have long been major centers for illegal traffic throughout the United States. 5. In Hazleton, Cosa Nostra associate Fred Correale (brother of the late Caporegime Paul Correale) was indicted in 1969 on a number of charges of corporate and individual tax evasion, involving Correale Mining Company, Correale Construction Company, and subsidiary firms. RESOURCE PERSONNEL: Vigorous, responsive officials conform to political "realism" or leave government, Countless others are deterred from even trying to enter and improve it. In May of 1967, IRS agents arrested two principal bookmakers in the Pittsburgh area, Augustine Ferrone and William Mendicino, who were accused of laying off bets with a Las Vegas operator. Examples of such providers include nursing homes, hospitals, medical supply vendors and medical professionals (physicians, dentists, pharmacists, etc.). 13225; also, Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1959, p. 216. When one of the principal defendants, Joseph Migliazza, was arrested, he bore a slip of paper with the notation "$200.00-ice." Self-policing methods should be adopted throughout the criminal justice system; not just by the police, but also by prosecutors, court clerks, probation offiicers, and judges. 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. 3-5. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Competitors of criminal syndicates are the most frequent victims of violence. sup. Jordan's manager Don Nesseth and a promoter, Leonard Blakely, were threatened with violence if they did not turn over a fixed percentage of Jordan's winnings to Palermo, Carbo, and two Los Angeles Cosa Nostra enforcers. 56 Statement quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 16, 1968, sec. Dennis Marsili, an author and retired New Kensington police officer, wrote"Little Chicago: A History of Organized Crime in New Kensington, PA.". )[109] Whatever the reasons for their poor credit rating, ignorance and the inability of borrowers to obtain legitimate credit lead them into the clutches of a loan shark, The result is a major law-enforcement problem, caused in part by often violent methods of collection. "[26] Today the Bufalino family controls organized crime in the counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Berks, Schuylkill, and Carbon Counties, and extends into the New York state areas surrounding Lewiston, Binghamton, and Apalachin. The Commonwealth Attorneys Act and thirty additional statutes provide extensive powers of prosecution to the Attorney General. While evidence does not always exist of specific bribes, key officials go to bat for racketeers for unexplained reasons when the latter get into trouble with law enforcement authorities. It replied that. Traditionally, crusading journalists and law enforcement agencies have exclaimed that racketeers were moving into the field of legitimate business and that this has posed a threat to the general public. He usually has two principal lieutenants, one to deal with sports bookmaking and the other to take care of his numbers operations. It is not, however, worth public debate whether criminal syndicates in a community are local or Cosa Nostra controlled. from Baltimore and from Kansas City, Missouri, The treasury balance ticket racket in the Scranton area was believed controlled by Lou Cohen, and in the western portion of the state by a lieutenant of Cosa Nostra Boss John S. LaRocca. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. This same professional criminal described a loan-shark operation for which he served as bookkeeper. The family structure is as follows:[32]. After it was approved, the borrower went to the large offices of a multi-million dollar legitimate business owned by a caporegime in the Angelo Bruno family and received a check for $10,000. Usually labor leaders are paid sums of money in return for the assurance of labor peace. They done the same thing in Pittsburgh. The Section is also responsible for coordinating investigations and prosecutions of drug diversion cases within the Office of Attorney General. The Cosa Nostra has been actively engaged in illicit narcotics trafficking in Pennsylyania, and federal prosecutions have shown this organization to enjoy within the state a near monopoly over importation and distribution of heroin and other addicting drugs. Scranton. Only the brute force of honest law enforcement and vigorous prosecutorial agencies can pierce this shield and destroy it. 189 U.S. vs. McGreal, et al. He complained that his associate in numbers gambling in Bristol, Pennsylvania, James Goia, was cheating him out of profits. THE CRIMINAL SYNDICATES IN PENNSYLVANIA ARE DESCRIBED AND DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES AND THE BUSINESS AND LABOR INVOLVEMENT WHICH CONSTITUTE THE INDUSTRIES OF ORGANIZED CRIME. 732-205(a)(6). Philadelphia GVTF is a partnership dating back to 2007, between OAG agents, Philadelphia police officers and detectives and the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office. 177 U.S. vs. Stirone, et al. Local 830, the Board found, had used "intimidation and coercion" to force three small independent beer distributors to sign union contracts. 22434. In 1960 Nick Stirone, President of Pittsburgh Hod Carriers Local 1058, was convicted along with two associates of extorting over $31,000 from a ready-mix concrete company in Pittsburgh. In 1961, IRS agents raided the plush Colony Inn, a horse parlor operated by Tom Malone, nephew of then Assistant to the Commissioner of Police David Malone. FBI agents conducted a sweeping raid in November of 1967 and apprehended over thirty individuals from the Detroit-Flint, Michigan and Pittsburgh-Erie, Pennsylvania areas, The principals in the raid were Joseph Giacolone, an associate of Detroit Cosa Nostra leaders, and Michael Maggio, who was allegedly responsible for printing illegal football pool tickets in Erie. In 1968 the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office prosecuted three loan sharks for usury and extortion, When detectives raided one of the loan shark's homes, they found two rifles and three automatic pistols. In the vonZamft case, reckless diversion of assets of a legitimate business led to purchase of stolen stocks. In 1960 Frank Palermo, Sr., and Paul John "Frankie" Carbo were indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles for extorting purse money from heavyweight boxer Don Jordan. Most of these cases would be directed to one of the lawyers in the Public Corruption Section. Reading. Legitimate businesses dominated by organized crime figures have received a number of lucrative public contracts. Previous congressional hearings, grand jury investigations, and law enforcement efforts centering upon organized crime in Pennsylvania have highlighted particular individuals or individual communities. 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. These families are based in Michigan, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island. In order to help them meet Konigsberg's terms, Jimmie Roberts negotiated an additional loan from a South Philadelphia loan shark, Armand Colianni, who, through Roberts, lent them $5500 and demanded $11,000 in return. It did have a reputation for a while though. Following Saia's death, Cosa Nostra member Frank Palermo, Sr. and independent racketeer James Singleton took over his bank.[195]. As another step toward protection, the office, or "sub bank" as it is often called, will call the writer or courier at a particular time and location so that the writer or courier will not be able to give authorities the telephone number of the office, should he be arrested and choose to cooperate. [22], Independent criminal syndicates are organized in somewhat the same manner, but the traditions are not nearly as old or pervasive. Some are employed directly in operations such as crap games or loan sharking, Others ("money movers") assist the cash flow from these operations through hidden conduits either to other criminal enterprises or to legitimate business "fronts." 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. [6] For the first digit of the winning number, the winning prices for the first, second, and third races are used. Major Lehigh Valley racketeer John C. Parenti was convicted of income tax evasion in federal court in 1969. For purposes of illustration, the problem will be discussed first as it concerns infiltration and control of legitimate businesses, and sccond as it involves labor-management racketeering. This he did at a personal meeting with the leader, who okayed a loan for $10,000, The loan was to enable the professional criminal to open an ostensibly legitimate food retailing operation in Philadelphia. Revelations by Cosa Nostra member Joseph Valachi (1963-1965). This multi-million dollar market has been monopolized by organized crime. we are approaching the realm of professional crime (burglary, larceny) and organized crime (gambling, narcotics trafficking). Gottobrio had figured in a 1949 scandal involving wideopen casino gambling in Maple Shade, New Jersey. The argument is, "If you don't take it someone else will, and I'll get off anyhow. 11 DeCavalcante transcripts, vol. 14628. Nicholas Piccolo. The repayment of his debt may be a small monetary gain for the syndicate, but the message to other debtors is significant. [209] Frank Jaskiewicz, one of the largest independent racketeers in Philadelphia, was so powerful that he was advised of planned police raids; he tipped off these affected. 236 Information supplied by the Organized Crime Division, Philadelphia Police Department. In the event of multi-agency cases, this Section coordinates with the appropriate District Attorneys Office to decide the equitable sharing of the assets. [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. [*D'Agata subsequently pleaded guilty to this charge in federal court.] District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Owns North Star Cement Block Company and was identified in testimony before the McClellan Committee in 1959 as having an interest in the coin machine business in Pittsburgh and in Gary, Indiana, and the laundry and overall supply business in the Detroit area with Cosa Nostra leaders Sam Tocco and Anthony Zerilli. Bruce Burns, Area Co-ordinator, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Monopolies. Ippolito "Lee" Gonzalez, left, and Charles "Shovel" Staples, right, as seen in a recent prison photo. Johnny went from a jail cell to employment with the Minker mob. The earliest Mafia-connected immigrant of record in Pennsylvania was Steven LaTorre, who came from Montedoro, Sicily, in 1880 with his wife and children and a number of other such families and settled in the Pittston area of Luzerne County. Washington County Cosa Nostra caporegime Antonio Ripepi enjoys. [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. 22755. 7] demonstrates that Pennsylvania ranks substantially behind the Federal Government and behind other states with serious organized crime problems in enacting needed legislation. Originally three years, Barrow's sentence was soon (on October 5, 1964) reduced to two years. That's all I take, I don't want the other stuff. 556, 557, 570, March, 1969 Term of Grand Jury; also, "Three Arrested in South Philadelphia Numbers Raid," Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, December 18, 1969. Migliazza then borrowed $1300 from DeCavalcante and subsequently claimed he was unable to repay the debt. (Pardon file #3824), 3. A-1785) see Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1956, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957), pp. From the three resident Cosa Nostra families in Pennsylvania, the following individuals attended:[36], 1. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Such reciprocal arrangements promote friendship and stability, and lessen the likelihood that rivalries will lead to violence and law enforcement attention. Significantly, all three bosses are currently under federal indictment for their activities: Bruno and Colombo for income tax evasion; Gambino for plotting an armored car robbery. 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. In 1951, testimony was given before the Kefauver Crime Committee by State Police Captain Harry McElroy concerning the illegal traffic in treasury balance tickets in Pennsylvania. The growth of the Internet has been astronomical, and regrettably, predators are using the Internet as their primary means of contacting and communicating with their young victims. In addition to help at sentence hearings, political officials can give assistance to racketeers who are incarcerated for long periods or who need to erase their criminal convictions in order to secure licenses or other privileges. Most of these were involved in numbers gambling operations.[60]. The most instructive example of the syndicate organization of a professional crap game is offered by the Reading game, raided by FBI agents on January 20, 1962, and termed "the largest crap game in the East. 106 U.S. vs. Ciancutti, et al. The operator was allegedly told that he would no longer be permitted to conduct business in Clairton, and that Ripepi's firm, Keystone Music Company, was "the official machine company for the city, its mayor, and chief. 107 Measures Relating to Organized Crime, p. 180. On November 14, 1961, he was arrested for burglary in New Castle. The Section is staffed with attorneys, agents and support staff located in offices in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Norristown and Wilkes-Barre. The categories of crime make a lengthy and frightening list. 80 Final Report of the Investigating Grand Jury, Court of Quarter Sessions of Northampton County, February, 1967. In this way the franchise payment is made by patronizing a service and paying for it. In Task Force Report: Goals for Justice, published in January, 1969, the Pennsylvania Crime Commission highlighted the organized crime problem and named the Cosa Nostra families operating in Pennsylvania. Approximately 15,000 treasury balance tickets were seized, and Wedra was convicted in federal court in Scranton for failure to purchase a wagering occupational stamp. They seek (a) monopoly and (b) freedom from law enforcement and regulatory interference, Because syndicate-dominated businesses seek monopolies, they often violate extortion and anti-trust laws. 5. They can also provide assistance to local agencies. In February of 1967, Henry Petersen, Chief of the Organized Critne and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice, charged that "Local 107 has always been one of the most corrupt unions in the country. Jukeboxes and Vending Machines. This includes federal habeas corpus and class actions filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies are targets of corruption and political influence. The section also works closely with the Pennsylvania State Polices Organized Crime Division throughout the Commonwealth. As his sottocapo (underboss) he chose Russell Bufalino, the son of Angelo Bufalino, a close personal friend of Barbara's. At this point the second phase occurs. Riccobene has a record of four narcotics convictions, ranging from the 1920's until his latest in 1956. The real danger imposed by criminal domination of the legitimate business sector comes from the power and prestige which this status confers. Investigations conducted by Pennsylvania State Police and local authorities in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia reveal that most numbers syndicates are run similarly. By exerting their influence less directly, they can cause the honest "raiding" police officer to be transferred to a distant detail. 199. (Pittsburgh: US. 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