Hitmen: the mafia, drugs, and the East Harlem Purple Gang

Origins -- What's in a name? -- A capacity for violence -- The drug game -- Rockland County -- The Milgram murder -- .22 caliber killers -- The shopping spree -- The viserto drug trial -- The early eighties -- A killing on thunderboat row -- The crackdown -- The Michael Meldish murder -- The le...

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Autor principal: Deitche, Scott M. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham Boulder New York London Rowman & Littlefield [2022]
En:Año: 2022
Acceso en línea: Índice
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Sumario:Origins -- What's in a name? -- A capacity for violence -- The drug game -- Rockland County -- The Milgram murder -- .22 caliber killers -- The shopping spree -- The viserto drug trial -- The early eighties -- A killing on thunderboat row -- The crackdown -- The Michael Meldish murder -- The leaders of the families.
"The East Harlem Purple Gang emerged in early 1970s and quickly earned a reputation for violence, contract killings, drug operations, and became the farm team for the Mafia. Hitmen uncovers their dark and twisted history in the gritty New York City organized crime scene of the 70s and 80s"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:x, 178 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:9781538153567