During the late 1920s, Mafia kingpin Charles “Lucky” Luciano and a number of other Italian gangsters organized themselves into a national syndicate, with  Jul 31, 2015 In his book, Barrett writes that Testa and a partner, who together headed a Philly mafia hit-squad called the Young Executioners, bought the  Mar 9, 2014 Las Vegas was once regarded as an “open city” for more than two dozen Mafia families across the country. Many had representatives in Las 

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Mar 8, 2005 Vegas and the Mafia - The mafia has controlled everything from the corner drug dealer to labor-union leadership to high-level politicians.