James J. Bulger: James “Whitey” Bulger, leader of the Winter Hill Gang (a gang formed in 1972 that was a combination of two gangs formed into one; they used fear to keep power in Boston), was an American crime boss who, was a prominent figure in organized crime from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s. Bulger was involved in a street gang as a teenager and was arrested several times, on charges ranging from forgery to assault and battery. His criminal record only escalated from there as he and couple other men were convicted for armed robberies, extortion, money laundering, racketeering, drug dealing, and murders. He was guilty on 31 of 32 counts, including 11 murders. He was accused of 19 murders, but was only guilty for 11. Bulger was given …show more content…
Informants: Someone who provides privileged information about a person or organization is known as an informant. Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi, top echelon informants, have been feeding information to the FBI as early as the 1960’s, but sadly for the wrong reasons. Bulger and Flemmi continuously meet with long time friend and FBI agent John Connolly to provide information, some true and some false about other criminals and gangs in the area. Bulger did this to design protection for him, delude other investigators, and get the competitive edge he wanted. John Connolly was determined to keep these men on the streets, where they could access the most information, that if another investigator came close to his informants, he did everything he could to shield them from them (“The ‘Whitey” Bulger Trial--June 12--Opening …show more content…
Richard Buccheri: Richard Buccheri, general contractor, built a screen house behind a home where Bulger kept all his guns and ammunition and was the scene for vicious extortions. At the time, Buccheri did not know this is what the screen house was being used for, but was asked to come back to what he thought would be another building project. To his surprise, he arrived to an angry Whitey Bulger who took a gun to his mouth, threatening to kill him and his family, about a property matter that affects his friend. That is when Buccheri quickly agreed to an extortion of $200,000, so he could get himself out of there alive (Lavoie; “The ‘Whitey” Bulger Trial--June 12--Opening
John Gotti John Gotti: The American Mobster This is a story about a New York mobster, who was the Godfather of the Gambino Family. Today he is serving a life sentence in Marion Federal Penitentiary on 43 counts of racketeering, multiple murders, loan sharking, gambling, and even jury tampering. John Gotti was born October 27, 1940 in the Bronx. John Gotti had 12 other brothers and sisters.
Corruption is a persistent problem that plagues the world and it knows no boundaries. Transparency International defines it as the “abuse of entrusted power for private gain” (2013). For the purposes of this thread, ‘corruption’ is defined as any individual, collective, or structural act or process that permits the use of public authority or position for private gain. This definition captures the broad and many ways individuals and institutions abuse power and the public trust. In regard to whistleblowing, much conflict stems from the context in which the whistleblower is viewed. We will examine the case of NYPD Narcotics Detective Frank Serpico who was regarded a snitch and a rat by fellow officers who were on the take and complete a what would you do dilemma.
James “Whitey” Bulger was born on September 3, 1929. His life of crime began when he was fourteen years old. When he was fourteen he was arrested for larceny. Larceny is just a different word for stealing. Bulger had also joined the “Shamrocks” street gang by then. Not too long after he was arrested for theft, he got arrested for assault and armed robbery. The judge sent him to a juvenile detention center.
NEW YORK, Apr. 2, 1992 -- The infamous “Teflon Don,” John Gotti, former head of the Gambino family, was convicted and sentenced to life in prison today without possibility of parole. He was convicted on 5 counts of murder (Castellano and Bilotti, Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), conspiracy to commit murder, illegal gambling, loan sharking, racketeering, extortion, obstruction of justice, bribing a public official and tax evasion (Goodstein, 1992). Acting as boss, John Gotti was believed to have made the Gambino family more than $500 million in revenue from illegal gambling, drug trafficking, extortion, and stock fraud (“John Joseph Gotti Jr”, 2014). During the trial, the judge ordered that the jurors stay anonymous, identified only by number, in order to avert a repeat of the jury tampering that occurred involving previous trials with Mr. Gotti (FBI, 2007).
Frank Serpico, an Italian born in Brooklyn, and a former NYPD patrolman in the early 1970s. He was assigned to 81st precinct then work with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation for about two years. During his time of being a cop it was a lot of corruption especially for the NYPD because of drug dealers, gambling and protection. Serpico was a man who couldn’t be quiet. He noticed on his first day of work that his coworkers were dirty; sharing money that received from the criminals. He refused to go along with the system and when he was first offered a bribe, he reported it to his fellow workers. However, his allegations were intentionally damaged. He knew it wasn’t right and wants to reveal the situation and change the whole criminal justice
Alphonse Gabriel Capone was the most notorious bootlegger in American History. He was born on January 17, 1899 and died of a heart attack on January 25, 1947. Capone grew up in Brooklyn and became a member of the Five Points Gang. During a street fight he had received a scar on his face that gave him the nickname “Scarface”. Capone quickly moves up the ranks in the mafia world, often noticed for his toughness, in 1919 he grabbed the attention of mobster John Torrio of Chicago. Capone was promoted to bodyguard of the mob boss James Colosimo. When Capone moved to Chicago, bootlegging was just starting to blow up. These bootleggers pounced on the opportunity to completely control the business of making, importing, and distributing alcohol and all alcohol products. Alcohol wasn't the only flourishing industry for the the mob, they also did trade in
In the 21st century, the world as we know it suffers from psychotic, demented, treacherous and, sophisticated crimes. This world would be corrupt without a tunnel of light if it was not for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, also known as the FBI, is a corporation that seeks fidelity, bravery and, integrity for the United States of America. The FBI researches shocking and concerning crimes the news reports about politics, war and, safety that we hear on the television about issues that are being reported to the people. These cases of transgression are missions the FBI analyzes, such as hacking information from double spies, locating terrorists, seeking pedophiles, cracking down unknown mobsters, gang leaders and serial killers, white-collar crime, public corruption, cyber-crime, counter intelligence and civil rights.
Alphonse Capone was born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York to Gabriele and Teresina Capone. He grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of two gangs; the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. Alphonse did well at school until the 6th grade when he was expelled for retaliating against a teacher who hit him. He was fourteen at the time. He became part of the Five Points gang in Manhattan and worked in gangster Frankie Yale's bar, the Harvard Inn, as a bouncer and bartender. While working at the Inn one night, local gangster Frank Gallucio was drinking with his sister at the Harvard Inn. Capone approached the girl to compliment her, and Gallucio took offense to him started a fight. Gallucio pulled a knife and cut Capone's face three times. That is how "Scarface" came to be.
Al Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 17,1899. He was the fourth of seven sons and two daughters. His parents, Gabriel and Theresa, were one of thousands of Italians who arrived in New York in 1894 for a better living. The early Capone was slashed with a knife across his left cheek by a young hoodlum in a restaurant , For harassing a woman, prompting the later nickname ‘’Scarface.’’Then Capone met a gangster named Johnny Torrio, who taught Capone how to build a corporate empire. Torrio moved from New York to Chicago in 1909 to help run a giant brothel business. In 1919 Capone joined Torrio’s James Street Boys gang in Chicago, Where he had become an Influential Lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. In 1925, Al Capone became boss when Torrio was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. As Prohibition began, New bootlegging operations opened up and drew in immense wealth. Capone started running gambling, prostitution, and gunning down rival gangs. Capone kidnapped opponents, election workers and threatened voters with violence. Later he eventually won office in Cairo but then his brother frank had been killed in a shootout with the Police of Chicago. Capone left for Miami with his wife and children and bought Palm Island estate,...
Attention Getter: Jeffrey Dahmer, The Zodiac Killer, Donald Henry Gaskins, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, Amelia Dyer, Jane Toppan, these are the names of some of the most notorious serial killers the world has ever come to see, and there are many more where that came from.
...Sheriff Lawrence Rainey. Three defendants had no verdict. Judge Cox sentenced Bowers to ten years and Cecil Price to six. In defending his sentences Judge Cox was quoted as saying, “They killed one nigger, one Jew, and a white man. I gave them what I thought they deserved.”
The very famous gangster, Alphonse Capone also known as, “Al Capone” was born in Brooklyn, NY on January 17, 1899. Born from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone rose to be one of the most famous gangsters of all time during United States’ Prohibition era. At the time his family moved into the US, he already had 2 other brothers before he was born. His father and mother were from Italy, Gabriele and Teresa, they moved in at a poor apartment where Al was later born. The place where he lived was a very law abiding place, where from a young age it was notable that he would grow up to be in a world of crime. Capone at a young age, went to a catholic school, where he was an outstanding student, and had a very promising
Ted Bundy was one of the most vicious serial killers in American history. He confessed to 28 grotesque murders in the 1970’s but the actual number of his victims remains
Jon Venables and Robert Thompson of Liverpool, England, made international headlines in November of 1994, when they were convicted of murdering James Bulger, age two. The two boys, both ten at the time of the slaying, lured James away from his mother in a shopping mall, took him to a nearby railroad track, beat him brutally and left him to be cut in half by a train (Seifert 56).
Informants are people who provide information of an investigative nature to law enforcement. They can be anyone from your regular, average citizen, fellow law enforcement officers, mentally ill people, and criminals and their associates....