RICO
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Philadelphia Mob War — Mafia Power Struggle of the Early 1990s
The Philadelphia Mob War is a series of murders, shootings, and racketeering acts in which John Stanfa's faction battled Joseph 'Skinny Joey' Merlino's younger crew for control of the Philadelphia crime family.
The Mafia Commission Trial — The Five Families Prosecution
The Mafia Commission Trial was a landmark 1985–1987 federal prosecution targeting the leadership of New York's Five Families organized crime network under RICO statutes.
The Academy at Ivy Ridge — institutional abuse scandal
The Academy at Ivy Ridge case involves systematic abuse allegations at a for-profit boarding school for troubled teens in New York, operated by Robert Lichfield from 2001 to 2009.
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Philadelphia Mob War — Mafia Power Struggle of the Early 1990s
The Philadelphia Mob War is a series of murders, shootings, and racketeering acts in which John Stanfa's faction battled Joseph 'Skinny Joey' Merlino's younger crew for control of the Philadelphia crime family.
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia is a Netflix docuseries about the U.S. government's historic 1980s RICO prosecution of all five New York Mafia families, culminating in the landmark Mafia Commission Trial.
The Mafia Commission Trial — The Five Families Prosecution
The Mafia Commission Trial was a landmark 1985–1987 federal prosecution targeting the leadership of New York's Five Families organized crime network under RICO statutes.
The Academy at Ivy Ridge — institutional abuse scandal
The Academy at Ivy Ridge case involves systematic abuse allegations at a for-profit boarding school for troubled teens in New York, operated by Robert Lichfield from 2001 to 2009.
The Mafia Commission Trial — RICO Case Against the Five Families
The Mafia Commission Trial was a landmark U.S. federal RICO prosecution (1985–1986) targeting the bosses of New York's Five Families for running the Mafia Commission as a criminal enterprise.
The John Gotti Case — Gambino Boss and the RICO Conviction
The John Gotti case is a landmark U.S. federal RICO prosecution in which Gambino crime family boss John Gotti was convicted in 1992 of ordering the 1985 murder of Paul Castellano and running a vast racketeering enterprise in New York.
The Philadelphia Mob War — Stanfa vs. Merlino 1993–1995
The Philadelphia Mob War was a 1993–1995 Mafia power struggle between boss John Stanfa and rival Joseph 'Skinny Joey' Merlino, resulting in multiple murders and federal convictions.