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Inside the Mafia

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

A three-part series by Paul Meskil , crime reporter for the New York Daily News, who has investigated the Organisation for 40 years and reveals the inside story of its rackets and rituals.
1: Lucky's Mob
' Whatever happened in the past is over, there is to be no more hatred among us.'
When SALVATORE ' LUCKY LUCIANO formed New
York's bootlegging gangs into the Unione Siciliano in April 1931, he divided the city into five Mafia territories. Today the same five families - Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese - control a secret financial empire which rivals Wall Street. Producer
GERRY NORTHAM BBC
Manchester long wave only

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Paul Meskil
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Unione Siciliano
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Gerry Northam
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