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Please add Geni profiles for people involved with “ the Jewish Mafia .” organized crime emerged within the American Jewish community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been referred to variously in media and popular culture as the Jewish Mob, Jewish Mafia, Kosher Mafia, Kosher Nostra,[1][2] or Undzer Shtik (Yiddish: אונדזער שטיק). The last two of these terms are direct refer...
The Purple Gang, also known as the Sugarhouse Gang, started off as petty thieves and extortionists, but they quickly progressed to armed robbery and truck hijacking under the tutelage of older neighborhood gangsters (Charles Leiter and Henry Shorr). They gained notoriety for their operations and savagery, and they imported gangsters from other cities to work as "muscle" for the gang. There are...
Irish Gangs in America==== Aim of this project is to create a collection of profiles of Irish gang members, please feel free to add anyone not already listed in this project.=== The Irish Mob is one of the oldest organized crime groups in the United States, in existence since the early 19th century. Originating in Irish American street gangs of the 19th century Irish gangs date at least to the ...