Author name: Gary Jenkins

A popular culture phenomenon has been the success of a reality show titled The Mob Wives. My friend and fellow Mob chronicler, Ed Scarpo publishes a page dedicated to inside information about the show on  his blog, Cosa Nostra News. I think the most interesting person on Mob Wives is Karen Gravano. Karen’s father is Sammy […]

The Chicago Mob‘s man in Las Vegas, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was operating without a casino license. I did some legal work for the Missouri Gaming Commission and I know the background check is extensive, even for a retired police officer. Lefty could never have been approved with an arrest for bribery of a college athlete

Think of yourself as a New York State Trooper in upstate New York. Now, picture that trooper  observing a gathering of men entering a country estate owned by a shadowy character who is unknown to neighbors. Then, visualize these men all dressed in sharkskin suits, alligator shoes, skinny ties and fedora hats. See the circle driveway filled

It is not too late to sign up for my webinar for Grantham University. The webinar is November 13, 2014 from 7:00 to 8:00 P.M. I have been asked to be an adjunct instructor and teach a course titled, Intro to Organized Crime, for their Criminal Justice Department. I am going to use clips from my

I found the below Documentary on You Tube. I recommend it if you want to learn more of the back story behind the DeNiro film, Goodfellas. This tells the un-glamerous story of a real life professional criminal and based on the book, Wiseguy. Nicholas Pileggi‘s book Wiseguy was a great depiction of a certain class of criminal

As most of you know, I obtained the entire set of tapes and transcripts from the “Strawman” case. This successful prosecution by the F.B.I. uncovered the domination of the Central States Teamster’s Pension Fund by the leaders of the Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Kansas City La Cosa Nostra families. The only recordings available were the

I recently was made aware of an interesting new mob book about Al D’Arco by two of the most respected experts in East Coast Mob activities. Jerry Capeci and Tom Robbins have covered the New York City  Organized Crime scene for several decades. In Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al D”Arco, the Man Who

The Courier for the Kansas City Mob was bringing $40,000 a month back from the Tropicana. The Stardust skim was much larger and that is calculated in the millions every year. Despite the fact that Lefty Rosenthal was an informant, the Stardust courier was never intercepted. They did set the FBI up one time to

In the below clip, Nick Civella discusses political donations in Nevada with Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna. A lot of these conversations were recorded inside the law office of James Patrick Quinn. Civella and his upper echelon mobsters often gathered at this law office to discuss their skimming and other business activities in Las Vegas. They believed

As most folks know, the Midwest La Cosa Nostra Families influenced the Teamster’s Central States Pension Fund to loan money to unqualified persons to buy casinos. Below is a clip from Gangland Wire that tells exactly how that worked. The Battle For Las Vegas by Denny Griffin tells this story as well as anybody.