L'episodio esplora come la mafia di Cleveland abbia investito enormi capitali nella città, portando a una violenta lotta per il potere dopo la morte improvvisa del boss locale.
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00:11A gang manages its territory through shady business,
00:16terror and a precise code.
00:21Break this code or challenge the criminal gang.
00:26And your fate is already sealed.
00:32Especially for the sophisticated and innovative Cleveland Mafia.
00:38This gang disciplinedly builds a powerful and profitable empire.
00:44Only to collapse disastrously.
00:48Here are three stories about one of the most dynamic criminal families in the mafia landscape.
00:54In the first, the Cleveland Mafia bets on a risky venture out West.
00:59The banks didn't want to invest in Las Vegas, so the mafia brought the money there.
01:05In the second, an unexpected death puts Cleveland's control at risk.
01:10Everything fell apart in that total chaos.
01:15Finally, a family member breaks the code of silence
01:19and reveals the inner workings of the entire American mafia.
01:23No matter what they offer you, you must not snitch, you must not betray.
01:31These are the stories of the Cleveland Mafia.
01:35This is Criminal Gangs, the dark chronicles.
01:441944
01:46Cleveland, Ohio
01:49After making his fortune in bootlegging during Prohibition,
01:54The Cleveland Mafia expands its operations in every direction.
01:58Whether it was extortion or illegal gambling
02:03or to fix races at the hippodrome,
02:06The Cleveland Mafia tried to get into every industry to make money.
02:12Their numerous criminal activities are controlled by the crafty Cleveland boss,
02:19John Scalish.
02:21John Scalish was known to be particularly cautious in business.
02:26he was very careful with money.
02:28The Cleveland family wanted to have a foot in the criminal business,
02:33but at the same time keep the other in legal activities.
02:37But behind a veil of apparent respectability,
02:40The Cleveland Mafia is ruthless and cunning.
02:44My grandfather, Frank Brancato, had a normal job,
02:48He sold cars, but he was also a bank robber and a murderer.
02:52Violence was used when necessary,
02:56but the murders were well planned and went undiscovered.
03:02Cleveland keeps his crimes secret
03:05thanks to the strict observance of silence,
03:08the mafia code of silence.
03:10Anyone who reported the family's activities to the outside world risked their lives.
03:17John Scalish's key advisor, or counselor,
03:22He is Milton Rockman, a notorious Jewish mafia boss.
03:28Milton Rockman had connections to the underworld of major cities.
03:33People knew who he was.
03:37Through Rockman, the Cleveland Mafia
03:39adds Ohio and Kentucky casinos
03:42to the growing list of its thriving businesses.
03:46Gambling had become the main item
03:49of the Cleveland Mafia's revenue.
03:53In those years, some casinos grossed up to $300,000 a week,
03:59nearly $4 million in today's money.
04:01The Cleveland Mafia makes a lot of money,
04:05but is about to embark on a very ambitious undertaking,
04:09which represents a big gamble.
04:191949.
04:21Las Vegas.
04:23Locking in great potential,
04:25mafia organizations along the entire coast
04:28they start investing in this little town in the desert.
04:30But the Cleveland Mafia doesn't do that.
04:34At least not yet.
04:36Milton Rockman is attracted
04:38from the potential of the Desert Inn,
04:40a casino hotel born from an idea
04:42of entrepreneur Wilbur Clark.
04:44But there's a problem.
04:47The resort is only half built.
04:49Wilbur Clark did not have the necessary resources
04:53to complete the Desert Inn.
04:55Rockman proposes to John Scalish to invest,
04:59but the stakes are high.
05:02The Desert Inn needs significant capital
05:04just to open the doors.
05:06one million three hundred thousand dollars.
05:09More than sixteen million today.
05:12John was hesitant to invest such an amount,
05:16because it meant getting involved in an activity
05:18over which he had no control.
05:19Other mafia organizations had burned down in Las Vegas.
05:24The most illustrious example in this sense
05:26This is the case of the New York mafia
05:28and the disastrous financing of the Flamingo Hotel
05:31by Bugsy Seagull.
05:33The Flamingo cost much more than expected.
05:38New York families were furious about this.
05:44Bugsy Seagull is mysteriously murdered,
05:47according to some, as punishment
05:49for mismanaging mafia money.
05:52Wilbur Clark must therefore be sure
05:55to be able to complete the Desert Inn.
05:58When you do business with the mafia,
06:00if something goes wrong,
06:02you can find yourself in very serious trouble.
06:091950.
06:09Las Vegas, Nevada.
06:13Financed by the Cleveland Mafia,
06:15entrepreneur Wilbur Clark
06:16must finish building his casino hotel,
06:20the Desert Inn.
06:22Will the entrepreneur be able to satisfy his investors?
06:25or it will turn out to be a disastrous operation
06:28like Bugsy Seagull's Flamingo?
06:32The hotel was inaugurated on April 24, 1950.
06:38And it was an immediate success.
06:43But Wilbur Clark is not at peace yet.
06:46Must make the Desert Inn
06:48generously repays his mafia financiers.
06:52Clark wasn't causing any problems,
06:55so he was safe.
06:57This is how you should deal with organized crime.
07:00You don't have to make him angry.
07:02Wilbur Clark supports the Cleveland Mafia
07:05with a share of the Desert Inn's revenue.
07:08$40,000 a month in cash,
07:10the equivalent today of nearly $5 million a year.
07:13In those years, Las Vegas witnessed
07:16to an impressive economic boom
07:18which went on for a long time.
07:20Even though they took control
07:22of a part of Las Vegas,
07:24Unexpected events threaten their power in Cleveland.
07:34May 26, 1976.
07:37Cleveland, Ohio.
07:40John Scalish, Cleveland boss,
07:43undergoes scheduled heart surgery.
07:46Open-heart surgery in 1976
07:49It was certainly not a walk in the park.
07:52According to the doctor, the surgery was a success.
07:59Instead, John died shortly after in a hospital room.
08:03But the most relevant issue for the Cleveland family
08:06it's just that we don't know who the new boss will be
08:09of the criminal organization.
08:12John Scalish had not named a successor
08:15and that left a void in Cleveland
08:17that a certain number of people wanted to occupy.
08:22The problem is that for years
08:25John Scalish had stopped recruiting new members
08:28and there are few possible candidates.
08:31Vying to lead the Cleveland Mafia
08:33There are
08:34veteran caporegime James Licavoli,
08:38outsider and local union leader John Nardi,
08:42who is not a full member, however
08:44of the Cleveland Mafia.
08:46John Nardi often got angry
08:49and he was always looking for a fight.
08:51And finally the favorite,
08:52Scalish's deputy chief,
08:55Angelo Lunardo.
08:57But Milton Rockman
08:59he made an unexpected statement.
09:03Scalish wanted it to be
09:04James Licavoli, his successor.
09:09While the rest of the Cleveland Mafia
09:11swears allegiance to Licavoli,
09:14John Nardi refuses.
09:18Nardi did not want to comply
09:20the rules of the family game
09:22and he would have fought
09:23to try to get the role of boss.
09:29John Nardi needed an ally
09:32that he hated the Cleveland organization
09:34as much as he
09:35and found Danny Green.
09:38Danny Green is an Irish-American gangster.
09:42He is ambitious and ruthless.
09:45Characteristics that make him
09:47John Nardi's perfect ally.
09:50Danny Green had only one goal,
09:53to take over the racket from the Italian-American mafia.
09:56So, for the Cleveland Mafia,
09:58It had to be eliminated.
10:01But in the fight for Cleveland
10:03They are John Nardi and Danny Green
10:06to strike first.
10:10August 22, 1976.
10:14Police find Cleveland deputy chief's car,
10:18Leo Moceri.
10:19The trunk is covered in blood.
10:23No body was ever found.
10:27But there was a rumor going around in the environment
10:28that Danny Green
10:30had asked Nardi to kill
10:32and Leo Moceri.
10:33The cabbage swears revenge
10:35and unleash an all-out war
10:38with Nardi and Green.
10:40On both sides
10:41a manhunt had begun
10:42no holds barred.
10:45While the death toll
10:46it grows on both sides,
10:48the fight for control
10:50of criminal activities in the city
10:52puts at risk
10:53the Cleveland Mafia empire.
10:591976, Cleveland, Ohio.
11:04The Deadly War
11:05between the new mafia boss
11:07James Licavoli
11:08and challengers Danny Green
11:10and John Nardi
11:12explodes throughout the city.
11:18During that period
11:19There have been 31 attacks.
11:25Cleveland was the epicenter
11:27of violence and destruction
11:28for several years
11:30during that terrible
11:31power struggle.
11:33May 17, 1977.
11:37After many failed attempts
11:39to the mafia boss
11:40of Cleveland
11:41James Licavoli
11:42another opportunity arises
11:44to eliminate John Nardi.
11:45The mafia took revenge
11:47blowing up
11:48Nardi's car
11:49in the small and quiet
11:50union parking lot
11:52of the workers.
11:57The Death of John Nardi
11:59but it doesn't stop
12:00his ally
12:01Danny Green.
12:03They tried
12:04to kill him three times.
12:07Danny Green
12:08he felt invincible
12:10as if it were
12:11a cat with nine lives.
12:13Licavoli has increased
12:15the pressure
12:15on his subordinates
12:17so that they would capture
12:18Danny Green.
12:19He said
12:19Where?
12:20What is he doing?
12:22We have to get it.
12:23He didn't sleep there.
12:28October 6, 1977.
12:31The Cleveland Mafia
12:33you take a very high risk.
12:36The hitmen park
12:38a car full of dynamite
12:39next to that one
12:40by Danny Green
12:41while he
12:42he's at the dentist.
12:44And when they saw
12:45Danny Green to go out
12:46and go up
12:47on his car
12:48they blew up
12:50the device.
12:53Danny Green
12:54dies in the explosion.
12:56But an attack
12:57so violent
12:58in broad daylight
12:59turns on the spotlight
13:01on the Cleveland Mafia.
13:03They wanted to eliminate him
13:04at all costs
13:05and they did
13:06a risky step.
13:07But
13:08they paid for it
13:09the consequences.
13:10Thanks to some
13:11eyewitnesses
13:12for the murder
13:13by Danny Green
13:14they are condemned
13:15three people.
13:17But the cabbage
13:18it seems untouchable.
13:20Obviously
13:21no one believed
13:22that they had been
13:23those three people
13:24at will
13:25to plan
13:26the murder
13:26by Danny Green.
13:28But only
13:29federal legislation
13:30he could help us
13:31to strike
13:32who really had
13:32the attack was decided.
13:351982.
13:37On the basis
13:38of the Rico Act
13:39federal prosecutors
13:41they have him condemned
13:42the cabbage
13:42and other mafiosi
13:43of Cleveland
13:44by association
13:45to commit crimes
13:46finalized
13:46to the murder
13:47by Danny Green.
13:49In prison
13:49the cabbages
13:50he never spoke
13:51with no one.
13:52He maintained
13:53silence.
13:54The cabbages
13:54it's out now
13:55from the games
13:56and Angelo Leonardo
13:57become the boss
13:58ad interim
13:58of the family.
14:00When it ends
14:01in the crosshairs
14:01of federal prosecutors
14:03his actions
14:05they will score soon
14:06destiny
14:07of the mafia
14:07of Cleveland.
14:151982.
14:16Federal prosecutors
14:18they hunt down
14:19to what remains
14:20of the mafia
14:21of Cleveland.
14:21A fist
14:22of men
14:23guided
14:23from the boss
14:24ad interim
14:24Angel
14:25Leonardo.
14:27To survive
14:28they have tightened
14:28alliances
14:29with subjects
14:30that in conditions
14:30normal
14:31they wouldn't be
14:32never been
14:32accepted
14:33in a family
14:33mafia.
14:34It was about
14:35of criminals
14:36traditional
14:37in many cases
14:38traffickers
14:38of drugs
14:39and some
14:40of them
14:40authors
14:41of multiple
14:41murders
14:42and this
14:42he did
14:43to take a shot
14:43my
14:44investigate.
14:44In 1983
14:46on the basis
14:47of the Rico Act
14:48the prosecutors
14:49federal
14:50they condemn
14:51Angel
14:51Leonardo
14:51for eight
14:52murders
14:53and for the
14:53check
14:54of a
14:54net
14:55of drug trafficking.
14:57Until
14:58at that moment
14:59very few
15:00mafia bosses
15:01they had been
15:01condemned.
15:03Was
15:03a success
15:04and had
15:04great resonance
15:05national.
15:07Angel
15:07Leonardo
15:08he is condemned
15:10to prison
15:11for life.
15:12Angel
15:13Leonardo
15:13had more
15:1470 years old
15:15in 1983.
15:17Where you go
15:18take
15:18a decision
15:19pass
15:20the rest
15:20of his life
15:21in prison
15:22or go out
15:23and live
15:23in peace
15:24the years
15:24that he had left.
15:26An agent
15:26of the FBI
15:27he had
15:28left
15:28a ticket
15:29to visit
15:29when he found out
15:30that his appeal
15:31it had been
15:32rejected.
15:32He called
15:33that agent
15:34and asked him
15:34is it still available?
15:36Alone
15:36those three words.
15:37his
15:39move
15:39next
15:40will have
15:41repercussions
15:42on the whole
15:43the mafia
15:43American.
15:481985
15:49Cleveland
15:52To avoid
15:53to spend
15:54the last years
15:54of his life
15:55in prison
15:56the boss
15:56mafioso
15:57Angel
15:57Leonardo
15:58contact
15:59the FBI
16:00and declares
16:01to want
16:02collaborate.
16:03The agents
16:05the agents
16:05they accepted
16:05right away
16:06and he
16:06he said
16:07I can give you
16:07information
16:08on almost
16:09all the bosses
16:09mafiosi
16:10of the country.
16:12Leonardo
16:12and the government
16:13they reach
16:14an agreement.
16:15In exchange
16:16of freedom
16:17Leonardo
16:17will have to
16:18to testify
16:19in every process
16:20where it will be
16:20required
16:21from the public
16:21ministry.
16:24To save yourself
16:25Leonardo
16:26viola
16:27the rule
16:28most important
16:29of an organization
16:31mafia.
16:32One of the rules
16:33to follow
16:34when it is
16:35in the mafia
16:36it's the rule
16:36of silence.
16:37You don't have to do
16:38the spy
16:39you must not betray
16:40It does not matter
16:41what they offer you.
16:43Him
16:44was
16:45one of the bosses
16:45mafiosi
16:46of the highest rank
16:47that he has
16:48violated
16:48the code of silence
16:49one of the most powerful
16:51that it was done
16:52after you
16:52saying
16:53I'll tell you
16:54all that
16:54what do I know
16:55on the world
16:55underground
16:56of the disease.
16:58Leonardo
16:59testify
17:00in favor
17:00of the prosecution
17:01in processes
17:02of the mafia
17:02in Chicago
17:03and Detroit
17:05and he is a witness
17:06key
17:07in the historical
17:08process
17:08of the commission
17:09against five
17:10families
17:11from New York
17:12and leadership
17:13national
17:14of the mafia
17:15American.
17:16The decision
17:17by Angelo
17:17Leonardo
17:18to pass by
17:19on the side
17:19of justice
17:20has to say the least
17:21terrified
17:22the leadership
17:23mafia
17:23from all over the country
17:24why Leonardo
17:25he knew the bosses
17:27of every city
17:28of the United States
17:28and he knew
17:29what they were
17:30doing.
17:31He started
17:32to tell
17:33of how
17:33the mafia
17:33of Cleveland
17:34had allied herself
17:35with other groups
17:36in Chicago
17:37in Milwaukee
17:38and in Kansas City
17:39not only
17:40to earn
17:41with the casinos
17:42existing
17:43but also
17:44to invest
17:44that money
17:45and in general
17:46the proceeds
17:46of the mafia
17:47in construction
17:48of new ones
17:48casino
17:49in Las Vegas.
17:51He illustrated
17:52down to the smallest details
17:53these operations
17:54and gave
17:55in that way
17:56a contribution
17:57decisive
17:57to the condemnation
17:58of approximately
17:5817 different ones
17:59mafiosi
18:00throughout the country.
18:03All processes
18:04they ended
18:05with a conviction
18:05and they involved
18:06top officials
18:07of mafia families
18:09throughout the United States.
18:11In the end
18:12as a last part
18:13of his agreement
18:14in 1988
18:17Angelo Leonardo
18:18appears in front
18:19in the Senate
18:19of the United States
18:20and reveals details
18:23on the functioning
18:23internal
18:24of the American mafia.
18:26My name is
18:27Angelo Leonardo
18:29I am 77 years old
18:31and I'm a member
18:33of the organization
18:34Cosa Nostra.
18:36He had fallen
18:37a veil.
18:38Leonardo
18:38had revealed
18:39politics
18:40of the mafia
18:41its processes
18:42decision-making
18:43and the government
18:43he had realized
18:44that it was about
18:45of an organization
18:46complex
18:47with many members.
18:48Leonardo
18:49revealed
18:49to the public
18:50every aspect
18:51of the American Mafia
18:52from the lace
18:53to traffic
18:54of drugs
18:54to wear and tear
18:55he told everything
18:56and I believe
18:57that he was pushed
18:58even from a desire
18:59of atonement
19:00as well as
19:01from interest.
19:02After the bloody
19:03struggle
19:03for power
19:04of the 70s
19:05and the wave
19:06of the processes
19:07of the 80s
19:08which swept away
19:09the vertices
19:10of the mafia
19:10of Cleveland
19:11public disclosure
19:13of his secrets
19:13more intimate
19:14strikes a blow
19:15mortal
19:16to this organization
19:17criminal
19:18a flourishing time.
19:19have the same
19:21boss
19:21for 32 years
19:22it may seem
19:23a strong point
19:24but he contributed
19:25to the collapse
19:26of the entire castle
19:27because his successor
19:29it probably wasn't
19:30the best candidate
19:31possible
19:32and the circumstances
19:33which he had to manage
19:34they brought it
19:35to make choices
19:36which have determined
19:37the fall
19:38of the whole family.
19:41The rise
19:42and the decline
19:43of the mafia
19:43of Cleveland
19:44they reflect
19:45Good enough
19:45the scheme
19:46that we saw
19:47in other cities
19:48of the United States.
19:50After the period
19:51golden
19:51since the 50s
19:53in the 80s
19:54and above all 90
19:56the crime
19:57organized
19:57traditional
19:58it has shrunk
19:59in the United States
20:00to be
20:01the shadow
20:01of himself.
20:04Thank you all.
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