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John Gotti’s German Enforcer

May 5, 2017 by Seth Ferranti 2 Comments

Suited up and sporting a pompadour, “the German” can be seen lurking menacingly outside John Gotti’s social club, the Ravenite, in FBI surveillance footage and news clips from the 1980s. A feared gangland gunslinger, Joe Watts played a pivotal role in organized crime as a strong-arm enforcer who wasn’t afraid to put in the “work.” While relatively ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: crime, earner, enforcer, Gangsters, Italian, Joe "The German" Watts, John Gotti, Mafia, mob, Organized Crime

Hollywood Mob Characters and Where They Came From

March 10, 2017 by Seth Ferranti Leave a Comment

Hollywood Mob Characters and Where They Came From The Mafia and its various members have been emulated many times on the silver screen. Here’s a list of prominent mobsters and the actors who portrayed them on the screen or the films that influenced them into a life of crime. Sammy “The Bull” Gravano/The Godfather The Godfather had far and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Street Lit & True Crime Tagged With: Al Capone, art imitates life, Goodfellas, Hollywood, Mafia, mob, movies, Scarface

The Solntsevskaya Brotherhood by Niko

October 1, 2015 by Seth Ferranti

The Solntsevskaya Brotherhood by Niko It’s impossible to talk about the history of modern Russia without mentioning that lawless period of free-for-all mayhem that was the 1990s. When you look at Moscow today you see a modern metropolis. OK maybe Russia isn’t the freest country in the world, but people in the major cities live just as well as ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Publications Tagged With: assassinations, criminal groups, Europe, heroin routes, KGB, Mafia, mob, Moscow, Niko, Organized Crime, Russia, Solntsevskaya Bratva, The Solntsevskaya Brotherhood, warfare


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