In addition, the Criminal Law Division may prosecute referrals from a district attorney based on lack of resources or a conflict of interest, and may handle criminal appeals as the law provides. Pleas for a light sentence for Riccobene were made by then City Councilman Raymond Pace Alexander. 2 The FBI does not publish arson data unless it receives data from either the agency or the state for all 12 months of the calendar year. Until the highest levels of political leadership are interested and engaged in the issue af organized crime control, the law enforcement agencies under them cannot be expected to give the matters adequate attention, Honest public officials in every community need help from their colleagues if any progress is to be made. In 1958 the local was the subject of an extensive hearing before the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activilies in the Labor-Management Field. 203 U.S. vs, Caponigro (Philadelphia: US. From Harding . In the Migliazza case, illegal gambling led directly into loan sharking, and then to arson and insurance fraud. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. As more and more areas of public life become regulated, more and more citizens try to evade the regulations in order to maximize their profits and minimize disruption in their operations. Indicted were Joseph Rubino and Vincent Munjone, two of the major racketeers in the Lehigh Valley area, as well as seven other assistants. In 1940, three Philadelphia Cosa Nostra associates disappeared, and in 1967 the FBI located their automobile buried in a reputed Cosa Nostra graveyard in Vineland, New Jersey. The odds and payoffs for these bets are drastically reduced, but many bettors like to vary their plays from day to day. Prohibition-era [ edit] Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, That convention was a major meeting of top Mafia. (Philadelphia: US. In 1964 Migliazza borrowed $12,000 from Cosa Nostra Boss Sam DeCavalcante in order to repay a gambling debt. 1983 which challenge the constitutionality of criminal justice procedures, such as execution protocols, at both the trial and appellate levels. The daily cost of maintaining heroin addiction has been estimated at roughly $15, giving an average yearly cost of $87 million for all addicts in Pennsylvania. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957), p. 51. Often the banker will scatter his offices in different locations throughout the city in order to avoid detection, and numbers writers or runners phone in their bets to the bank so that they can then destroy all gambling records. [182] Also in that year the Philadelphia District Attorney's office found instances of "blackmail, looting from 107's treasury, and violence against non-members. Each CDAG reports to the Criminal Division EDAG. Perjury. 49 U.S. vs. DiRugeris, et al. Both Ida and Olivetto attended the 1957 Apalachin conclave and were apprehended. In 1958 a Cosa Nostra member and participant in the Apalachin meeting was indicted on thirty-four counts of receiving legal paynents from the Knox Coal Company in Luzerne County. 4, p. 1016. They will go to any lengths to protect their criminal enterprises and will take extreme measures against anyone Who causes them trouble. Colombo associates Cosmo and Frank Cangiano, Dominick Ariale, and Thomas Gambardella were indicted along with Pittsburgh racketeer Anthony DeRamo for their part in transporting a million dollars worth of films. Lombardo utilizes a triangulated methodology in his research, including: interviews with police officers, federal agents, federal prosecutors, college professors, racket subculture residents, associates of organized crime figures, as well as organized crime members. In 1969 Rubino was indicted by a federal grand jury in Scranton on charges that as a convicted felon he illegally possessed a firearm.[146]. 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.". 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. DiGirolomo supervises DeCavalcante's interests in the Bucks County area, along with Vincenzo Gioe of New Jersey. In an attempt to consolidate his power, Pollina plotted the murder of his principal rival, Angelo Bruno, A "contract" for the murder of Bruno was let by Pollina to Ignazio Denaro, Pollina's underboss. Fourteen Cosa Nostra leaders were apprehended and charged with loitering, including some who would later be catapulted into national prominence. Bureau of Investigative Services is composed of those units and programs which provide support in the areas of intelligence gathering and analysis, including special operations program, computer forensics, electronic surveillance, and technical services. Records showed that bribery of law enforcement authorities was involved in four of the major numbers banks, operated by Francis and Edward Fina, George Illgas, Pasquale Monzelli, and Romualdo Ucciferri and Michael Keilyk. Formerly owned the Penn Drape and Curtain Company and City Auto Service in Pittston, which were sold to a Pittston redevelopment authority in 1961. Pardoned in 1954 by Governor John Fine for the crimes of larceny, receiving stolen goods, and operating a lottery. In 1945 Joseph Saia, the leader of a numbers bank in Upper Darby, was murdered. Pages in this web version have been numbered to correspond to the printed report. (Philadelphia: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. Soon thereafter he relinquished his control, and it passed to Anthony DiLorenzo, a rising member of the Vito Genovese family. 22907; and U.S. v. Mosiello, et al. If possible, organized crime units of attorneys and investigators should be created and mandated to focus exclusively on the rackets. 69-19. Records seized by Philadelphia police officers, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation help piece together a picture of the enormous volume of business done by these banks: Other numbers banks have been the subjects of federal and local enforcement activity. 157 U.S. vs. Correale, et al. Such businesses are kept in order to create an image of the "friendly corner" candy or cigar store bookie, who handles nickels and dimes to make a little more money. Two brothers, Edward and James Datillo, were indicted on charges stemming from violations of the Small Loans Laws and Consumer Discount Act. When the District Attorneys Office litigates the case, this Section requests the District Attorneys Office send the equitable share to this office. 185 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, March 30, 1967, p. 24. Before he was arrested, Skrepenski said, he could make $2,500 a day swiping power tools and selling the loot to ring leaders. "[216] In 1959 the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the U.S. Department of Justice described Reading "a vice area of considerable magnitude. See the data declaration for further explanation. When Cosa Nostra member Harry Riccobene was searched by Philadelphia police in 1968, they found an address book listing the names and addresses of prominent political officials, labor leaders, and labor racketeers. (Pardon file #2593), 6. 4. 67-110; and Commonwealth vs. Janelli (Pittsburgh: Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny County), Bill No. 5. In addition, the Appeals and Legal Services Section provides general legal and research support to the Criminal Law Division, coordinates and schedules all matters to be brought before the statewide investigating grand juries. When the casino was raided by IRS Intelligence agents, four New Kensington police officers were located inside[106] The case was a product of vigorous undercover work conducted by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit of the Internal Revenue Service and the Intelligence Division of IRS. The DeCavalcante transcripts contain a discussion by Ignazio Denaro, underboss of the Angelo Bruno family, concerning an individual who committed bombings. 26 Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Pt. In fact, Rosario (Russell) Bufalino was credited with arranging an infamous "Apalachin Convention" of leading organized crime figures in 1957. 184 Commonwealth vs. Cohen et al. 3. 2. 2: 98-99); Allentown (vol. 2, p. 1. 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. Former Franklin Township police Sgt. [139], The still had a capacity for producing 4800 gallons of untaxed liquor per day and involved a tax fraud of over $3.9 million. Charge up to $175 for disseminating information from each race. Pottstown, PA crime, fire and public safety news and events, police & fire department updates 13540. At the same time, Heller's Company was negotiating a contract for hauling rubbish in Delaware. Federal authorities believed that the Datillos were lending the money of the late Cosa Nostra caporegime Felix "Skinny Razor" DeTullio, who was one of the fifteen principal loan sharks in Philadelphia. In 1961 six major figures in the LaRocca Cosa Notra family were convicted of running a wide-open gambling casino in New Kensington. Konigsberg then granted them a thirty-day extension - for an additional $5000 interest. A DISCUSSION OF THE STRATEGIES USED AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME IN PENNSYLVANIA CONSIDERS PAST LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE EFFORTS, AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STATE COMMISSION AND POLICE FORCE, AS WELL AS THE FEDERAL STRIKE FORCE AND THE OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968. The three resident families (Bruno, Bufalino, LaRocca) have been the subject of the greatest attention. 398 (P.N. Government spokesmen commented that "any bookie or bank that wanted to survive had to subscribe to the service. 2, p. 1. 374 (November, 1967), 119. In 1951 the Kefauver Crime Committee concluded that a nationwide crime syndicate known as the Mafia operated in many large cities and that its leaders usually controlled the most lucrative rackets in these areas. In 1958 and again in 1960 he was convicted of assault and battery on police officers and was fined $10 in each case by Philadelphia magistrates. 57 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 16, 1968, sec. out competition. Although not as well known as Italian, Irish, Russian mafias, the Polish Mob has a presence in many urban Polish American communities. Four members of the Angelo Bruno family in Philadelphia have narcotics convictions: Peter Casella, Harry Riccobene, Anthony Narcisi, and Vincent Fusci. Consumers of organized crime products and services who can not or will not pay for what they purchase are sometimes subjected to violent methods of collection. [129] Later in 1956 Riccobene was convicted on state charges in Philadelphia of dealing in heroin. The Section regularly provides assistance, occasionally in-depth support, to county prosecutors with respect to federal habeas corpus cases, most frequently involving capital sentences, and provides training for prosecuting attorneys and law enforcement officers. They may encourage the promotion of a cooperative official, or they may arrange for him to receive shares of stock in a business dominated by organized crime. Police efforts against organized crime where it exists need to be substantially improved. 227 An account of former Councilman Alexander's testimony may be found in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, September 27, 1956, p. 1. (Philadelphia: US. New York City. Criminal syndicates are composed of men, differentiated by the ranks they hold and the roles they fill, who contribute in some way to the management of a criminal enterprise. 4, p. 1057. 161 Report of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania on Vice Conditions in Berks County, quoted in the Reading Times, November 16, 1967, p. 1; also, Commonwealth vs. Fudemun, et al. [121], In 1959 the Bureau of Narcotics completed a major narcotics conspiracy case which reveals the dimensions of the traffic. Narducci was convicted in 1960 of the slaying of Attilio Romolini, whom he had shot three times in the head. The same process is used to select the second digit (4th and 5th races} and third (6th and 7th. Some of them have been involved in mob dealings, political corruption, piracy. In 1967, more than a hundred FBI agents conducted a series of raids in Easton, Pennsylvania, and apprehended over twenty persons for conducting an interstate bookmaking operation in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. [152] In 1963 and 1967 Pecora's gambling casinos in West Virginia were raided by FBI agents and were the subject of two federal anti-racketeering prosecutions. The number of organized retail crime associations (ORCAs) has grown steadily in recent years, with a primary emphasis on assisting law enforcement, retail investigators, and prosecutors with the identification, investigation, and prosecution of those involved in organized retail crime. In 1970 Ferrone was convicted and sentenced to a term of ninety days. However, more subtle means than outright bribery are used by the crime syndicates to nullify governmental opposition. 111 Information contained in a statement submitted to the Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia in 1967. Either they have defaulted on prior obligations or they are unable to provide collateral for the loan they presently seek. 3, pp. (Scranton: US. 2713 (d)(2)). vs. Barrow, et al. Seized in the raid were Philadelphia Cosa Nostra boss Angelo Bruno; his chief lieutenant Phillip Testa; and Gerald Laietta, a caporegime in the Vito Genovese Cosa Nostra family from New York. Legislation to establish a more professional district attorney system should also provide for the State to assume financial support of district attorneys. Stefano Magaddino of Buffalo (Erie County, Pennsylvania). 15687. Finders' fees, commmissions, and other monetary rewards often come within the margin of legal but unethical "conflict of interest" conduct. When such organized crime infiltration of both labor and management. Pursuant to the Commonwealth Attorneys Act, the Office of Attorney General does not have original jurisdiction to investigate or prosecute environmental crimes. I have something to do with it, but he takes care of it."[45]. But, as is rarely understood, organized criminals are also in the business of serious crime - extortion, arson for hire, murder and physical violence, fencing stolen property, hijacking, and narcotics trafficking-about which American society today is angry and fearful. Today the infiltration of legitimate businesses and racketeering in labor-management relations has grown to immense proportions. Immunity. The indictment was later nol-prossed by the U.S. Attorney. 122 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiscal Year 1958, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: US. In 1960 one of the major violators in the Philadelphia-New Jersey area was Ignatius Esposito. Most criminal prosecutions are initiated pursuant to the Solid Waste Management Act, Clean Streams Law, Air Pollution Control Act, Radiation Protection Act or Oil & Gas Act. 68-242. Comprehensive legislation is needed to cover the granting of immunity in judicial, administrative, or legislative proceedings but limiting the scope to the use of the compelled testimony or anything derived from it. (a) Offense defined.--A person commits organized retail theft if the person organizes, coordinates, controls, supervises, finances or manages any of the activities of an organized . Although in firm control of his family, Ida ran his operations through his sottocapo (underboss), Marco Reginelli of Camden, who attracted most of the public and law enforcement attention. Four goons showed up at the jeweler's store and glared at him. REFORMS IN PENNSYLVANIA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, BOTH STATE AND LOCAL, ARE ALSO REVIEWED. Major Cosa Nostra leaders from Pennsylvania and New York have dominated the industry and the trucking and labor unions which service it. In 1963 S. Steinbrecker declared bankruptcy and it was later found that $140,000 worth of goods was illegally sold. Louis Fabrizio, President of Knox Coal Company, was also indicted, for making the $7650 in illegal payments. When one of the principal defendants, Joseph Migliazza, was arrested, he bore a slip of paper with the notation "$200.00-ice." [191] The Gelsos had long been known to federal authorities as close associates of the Cosa Nostra family run by Russell Bufalino in Luzerne County. And, finally, they should provide general training on organized crime for all policemen and intensive advanced training for all specialists. 182 Annual Report of the Attorney General of the United States for Fiseal Year 1960, U.S. Department of Justice (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961), p. 312. Loans averaging $300 were floated at rates from 10% to 25% per week. Subsequent publications and prosecution established the following:[7], The crimes associated with the Keilyk-Ucciferri bank are numerous. [71] Erie Cosa Nostra leader James Salamone, convicted in the 1954 gambling scandal, was sentenced to a one-year federal term in 1961 for income tax evasion, A federal agent testified at his trial that Salamone admitted that he obtained his income from numbers gambling. Before the deal could be consummated, the Detroit Cosa Nostra received wind of it and became furious. In December of 1966 the company was declared insolvent. [130] Despite the fact that this was his fourth narcotics conviction, a plea was made for a light sentence by Philadelphia City Councilman Raymond Pace Alexander. (Philadelphia: US. Harold Rosenn, Esquire, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania At the street level there are as many as 5000 loan sharks who lend amounts of $300 to $500. There are two classes of loans handled by loan sharks: (a) small loans made to individuals for quick purchases or payment of pending bills or gambling debts; and (b) large loans made to speculators and promoters engaged in "quick money" schemes whose questionable nature closes off legitimate loan sources. Drug Strike Force lawyers routinely utilize the Statewide Investigating Grand Jury and electronic surveillance as investigative resources and prosecute their criminal cases in the various counties within their assigned region. that Cosa Nostra leaders were interested in moving into MeKeesport but that Plopi refused to relinquish his territory. 732-205(a)(6). (Pittsburgh: U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania), Criminal No. 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. Frank Sindone had a conviction for narcotics violations and arrests for assault and robbery. [30], Federal and state authorities estimate the size of LaRocca's family at thirty-two members, who control organized crime in Allegheny, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Fayette, Mercer, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties, The structure of the LaRocca family is as follows:[31]. The RICO Act applies to thirty-five different criminal offenses. Criminal charges investigated by and referred to him by a Commonwealth agency arising out of enforcement provisions of the statute charging the agency with a duty to enforce its provisions. 71 P.S. 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. At Whitaker's federal trial he was found to be running an interstate bookmaking operation receiving illegal odds and race results from a notorious sports service in Baltimore, Chicago, and Fort Worth. The second area was the western portion of the state, with tickets flowing into Pennsylvania from Jamestown, New York and Youngstown, Ohio. The kinds of criminal operations carried on in this way escape the comprehension of most citizens. 66 U.S. vs. Fiorini, et al. At times, as with the "corner-store" bookie, he cultivates a spuriously disarming and comfortable impression. 19431. [52] A close associate of Perri's, Joseph "Pope" McNally. (Philadelphia: US. Fifteen major, management-level racketeers and 143 associates were convicted. Con 8 h 0 hoc ke n. PA 19428 (215)834-1164. 13: 21-73. "[74] Other significant examples exist. Third, all members are sworn to an oath of secrecy, referred to as "omerta," which, translated literally, means silence. In such an atmosphere the honest police officer and public official become demoralized and sometimes take the option of accepting a small bribe. 241 The following Cosa Nostra members are in federal prison, for the following offenses: Peter Casella is serving a 40 year sentence for illegal traffic in narcoties; Frank Palermo, Sr., is serving a 15 year sentence for extortion. 16214. Linda Neumayer, EDITOR: 35 DeCavalcante transcripts, vol. [34] [*Ciotti has since moved to Covington, Kentucky.] On June 7, 1969, Whitaker was again raided by the Pennsylvania State Police. In the city of Pittsburgh there are many independent numbers banks, each completely controlled by a neighborhood banker who pays some form of tribute to La Cosa Nostra. The family structure is as follows:[32]. He was invelved with slain racketeer Gregory Cownden in West Virginia-Pennsylvania gambling rackets. The DeCavalcante family achieved national notoriety in 1969 when 2000 pages of eavesdropped conversations were released in federal court in New Jersey. Louis Lanni, President of Local 830, was indicted for extortion and for receiving illegal payments from trucking companies. Despite the fact that legislation has been proposed or is pending in Pennsylvania, little movement toward passage currently exists. Finally Migliazza announced his inability to pay and his plan to burn down his restaurant and pay DeCavalcante with the insurance money he would recover. Local 830, the Board found, had used "intimidation and coercion" to force three small independent beer distributors to sign union contracts. Donald Cressey described a vivid example in his book, Theft of the Nation: In Philadelphia, a jeweler with a penchant, for gambling was the valued client of a local usurer because he repaid his loans punctually. Authorities announced charges against 12 people and 14 businesses accused of obtaining thousands of fraudulent license plates and renting them, avoiding more than $1 million in parking fines and. Mario Guerrieri, a non-member associate of the Cleveland, Ohio, Cosa Nostra family, was indicted on October 31, 1968, by a federal grand jury in Cleveland which charged him with planning to commit a series of post office burglaries in Pennsylvania and nearby states. [66] Fiorini and Minker were charged with conspiring to evade and defeat collection of federal wagering taxes. In 1969, FBI and Pennsylvania State Police officers raided the bookmaking operation of Robert Ianelli, termed the largest bookmaker in the Western portion of Pennsylvania. [61], 2. Barbara later moved to Binghamton, New York, and finally to Apalachin, where he purchased a palatial country estate that was to serve as the site of the 1957 Apalachin convention. Denaro spoke of an individual named "Dean" who "threw the bomb he used to work for them when he got pinched. (3) $15,000, when the conviction is of a felony of the third degree. Violence is sometimes utilized by racketeers to drive out competition as thoroughly and quickly as possible. 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. SUPPORTING STAFF: Research by the Pennsylvania Crime Commission shows that six Cosa Nostra members have been given gubernatorial pardons by Pennsylvania governors. . Anthony Scotchel, 1968: Scotchel operated a gambling house in Morgantown, West Virginia, which was a territory controlled by the Southwestern Pennsylvania criminal syndicate. Unlike the franchise arrangement where a powerful Cosa Nostra organization and a less powerful independent strike an agreement, the mutual investment arrangement occurs between racket organizations of almost equal size and power. Suspected Cosa Nostra member Frank Monte was convicted in federal court in 1958 along with Delaware County racketeer Max Potnick, for operating an illegal still. In Pennsylvania, as in all of the United States, the organized crime syndicates accumulate much more wealth than do all other criminals combined. Organized crime also strikes directly at the more affluent sectors of Pennsylvania. In addition, the Grand Jury offices are in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Norristown. Philadelphia GVTF is a partnership dating back to 2007, between OAG agents, Philadelphia police officers and detectives and the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office. 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