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In the mid-1970s, there were a series of gangland murders,
committed by unknown killers, often wielding .22-caliber revolvers.
At first these murders seemed unconnected, but law enforcement
started noticing links to organized crime and by 1978, federal
authorities were involved in the investigations. The FBI compiled a
list of 25 gangland figures killed, from potential witnesses and
low-level associates, to made men. All shot with a .22 between 1975
and 1978, all from the same batch of guns purchased in Florida,
some even the same weapon. The main suspects were members of the
East Harlem Purple Gang. Starting on the fringes they quickly
became a violent offshoot syndicate of the Mafia, some even became
high-ranking members of the Genovese, Bonanno, and Lucchese
families. Often serving as freelance hitmen, kidnappers, and drug
traffickers, their exploits quickly crossed into mythology. The
Purple Gang became an almost obsession with the media. Accounts of
the Gang's activities popped up in the newspapers across the
country in the late 1970s. They were the shadow army of the
underworld and every law enforcement agency's favorite suspect.
They were accused of being behind all the major mob hits through
the early 1980s and became the ultimate boogeyman in the era of mob
upheaval and a flailing New York City mired in crime and financial
woes. Digging through the mystery and mythos, Scott Deitche brings
the gritty City of the late 1970s and early 1980s back to life in
this in-depth account of the Purple Gang, the real members, their
operations, and where some of the major players are today.
Bootleggers, gambling, ringleaders, arsonist, narcotics dealers and
gang murders --a variety of characters flourished in the era known
as Prohibition, and Tampa, Florida was where thye battled for
supremacy of criminal underworld.
The Mafia in the United States might be a shadow of its former
self, but in the New York/New Jersey metro area, there are still
wiseguys and wannabes working scams, extorting businesses, running
gambling, selling drugs, and branching out into white collar
crimes. And they are continuing a tradition that's over 100 years
old. Some of the most powerful mobsters on a national level were
from New Jersey, and they spread their tentacles down to Florida,
across the Atlantic, and out to California. And many of the stories
have never been told. Deitche weaves his narrative through
significant, as well as some lesser-known, mob figures who were
vital components in the underworld machine. New Jersey's organized
crime history has been one of the most colorful in the country,
serving as the home of some of the most powerful, as well as
below-the-radar, mobsters in the Country. And though overshadowed
by the emphasis on New York City, the mob and New Jersey have, over
the years, become synonymous, in both pop culture and in law
enforcement. But for all the press that has been dedicated to the
mob and New Jersey, for all the law enforcement activity against
the mob, and for all the pop culture references, there has never
truly been an examination of the rise of the mob in New Jersey from
a historical perspective. Until now. In Garden State Gangland,
Scott M. Deitche sets the historical record straight by providing
the first overall history of the mob in New Jersey, from the early
turn of the century Black Hand gangs to the present, and looks at
how influential they were was, not only to goings-on the Garden
State but across the New York metro region and the country as a
whole.
Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster but he never wanted to be
part of the mob. For 50 years, from the pre-Castro Havana casinos
to Los Angeles, Trascher stole from mob-owned casinos, scammed
gangsters, and was one of the top bookies in the country. He capped
his career as a confidential informant for Florida law enforcement
and was the source for getting inside the Trafficante Mafia family.
Balls is written by Scott Dietche and Ken Sanz. Sanz is a former
Florida Department of Law enforcement special agent, and was
Eddie's handler and friend for over 20 years.
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