Black Hand (Italian: Mano Nera) was a type of Italian extortion racket. Originally developed in the eighteenth century, Black Hand extortion was exported...

early 1880s Black Hand (extortion), an extortion racket practised by the Camorra and Mafia members in Italy and the United States Black Hand (Chicago),...

Black Hand extortion was a criminal tactic used by gangsters based in major cities in the United States. In Chicago, Black Hand extortion began around...

Black Hand is a 1950 American film noir directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Gene Kelly as an Italian immigrant fighting against the Black Hand extortion...

itself, which it is not. The Black Hand was a criminal society, but there were many small Black Hand gangs. Black Hand extortion was often (wrongly) viewed...

Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Guillen, Matthew (2007). Reading America: Text as a Cultural Force...

Despite his power and political clout, Gallucci was subject to Black Hand extortion and his rule was challenged frequently. In 1915, he was killed by...

Castellano Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Crime in New York City Warner, Richard N. (February 2011). "On...

Manfredi Mineo. Biography portal Law portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Citations Capeci, Jerry (2004). The Complete Idiot's Guide to the...

Morello family's counterfeiting operation, the barrel murders, and the black hand extortion letters. On November 15, 1909, Morello, Lupo, and others were arrested...

melee combat, for which the game uses a system dubbed "BlackHand", after the Black Hand extortion method. Once the player has locked onto an NPC, either...

Inspired by Black Hand extortion methods of Camorra gangsters and the Mafia, some gay and lesbian activists attempted to institute "purple hand" as a symbol...

and Las Vegas. Italian organized crime in Detroit originated in Black Hand extortion rings, which preyed upon the southern Italian and Sicilian immigrant...

York, but never went on trial. In 1915, Dragna was arrested for Black Hand extortion of a Long Beach man and served three years in prison. Dragna was...

The Yiddish Black Hand or the Jewish Black Hand Association was a criminal organization and extortion ring that operated on New York's Lower East Side...

by Yale, and joined Torrio's organization. Yale's gang engaged in Black Hand extortion activities and ran a string of brothels. Their gang became the first...

and bystanders. Their bombing methods borrowed from the Italian Black Hand extortion rackets, in which the attacker would write a threat of future violence...

per month from his various legal and illegal operations. By 1909, Black Hand extortion was a serious threat to Colosimo in Chicago. He brought in gangster...

Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Warner, Richard N. (October 2011). "Gaspare Messina and the Rise...

Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Crime in New York City List of people who disappeared This timeframe...

11th Street in an effort to force owner Francisco Spinelli to pay Black Hand extortion demands. After his arrest Pinzolo gave up his boss Giuseppe Costabile...

loansharking. Semi-organized Sicilian American- and Italian American-run "Black Hand" extortion rackets first emerged in Cleveland about 1900. The Cleveland Division...

Inspired by Black Hand extortion methods of Camorra gangsters and the Mafia, some gay and lesbian activists attempted to institute "purple hand" as a warning...

to Cleveland, Ohio. Milano and his brother Frank were active in Black Hand extortion and bootlegging during prohibition. His younger brother Frank was...

secluding himself in a suite for eight years in paranoia that the Black Hand extortion racket was targeting him. In 1920, a Van Nuys guest unsuccessfully...

dealt with Italian criminals emigrated to the United States and the Black Hand extortion rackets, also attended the Cuocolo Trial to study the organisation...

("Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion") is a fictional organisation featured in the James Bond novels by Ian...

dealing and extortion. The party's history is controversial. Scholars have characterized the Black Panther Party as the most influential black power organization...

murders of Frank Griga and Krisztina Furton along with the kidnapping, extortion, and attempted murder of Marc Schiller. The gang was composed mostly of...

includes jailhouse stabbing attacks on other inmates, drug trafficking, extortion, and a sexual assault. He was a high ranking made man in the Mexican Mafia...