The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino [Kindle Edition] Author: Matt Birkbeck | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BDQ3AVQ | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Secretive—even reclusive—Russell Bufalino quietly built his organized crime empire in the decades between Prohibition and the Carter presidency. His reach extended far beyond the coal country of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and quaint Amish farms near Lancaster. Bufalino had a hand in global, national, and local politics of the largest American cities, many of its major industries, and controlled the powerful Teamsters Union. His influence also reached the highest levels of Pennsylvania government and halls of Congress, and his legacy left a culture of corruption that continues to this day.
A uniquely American saga that spans six decades, The Quiet Don follows Russell Bufalino’s remarkably quiet ascent from Sicilian immigrant to mob soldier to a man described by a United States Senate subcommittee in 1964 as “one of the most ruthless and powerful leaders of the Mafia in the United States.”
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- File Size: 3814 KB
- Print Length: 304 pages
- Publisher: Berkley (October 1, 2013)
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BDQ3AVQ
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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This books describes organized crime activities in Northeast Pennsylvania. Readers of organized crime and Northeast Pennsylvania history may find this book fascinating. There are several points of interests to Political Science students.
Some observations the author makes that are of interest to Political Scientists are the following:
Rossario "Russell" Buffalino was the mob boss who organization the meeting of mob bosses in 1957 which the police raided. This raid confirmed suspicious that mob organizations had interconnections.
Buffalino's territory included northeast Pennsylvania and parts of New York State. Northeast Pennsylvania, in the 1940s, was known for garment companies that were controlled by Buffalino that paid low wages in hopes of undercutting higher wages of unionized garment workers in New York City.
Buffalino often picked which people would run and be elected to county and local political offices. He led a political operation which rigged election results.
Buffalino was close to U.S. Rep. Dan Flood. Flood helped Medico Industries, in which Buffalino had a major interest, in obtaining military contracts. Rep. Flood resigned from Congress in lieu of facing a second trial for accepting illegal funds from lobbyists and contractors. His trial was suspected of having a fixed juror. Although Flood was not charged with anything regarding this, the FBI had wiretaps of Flood and Medico officials discussing deals.
Buffalino also controlled illegal gambling of sports betting and poker parlors in the Scranton-Wyoming area. Buffalino received a commission and a percent of gross profits from these operations. He also persuaded local police to look the other way at these illegal activities.
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