THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Is Pennisi's stuff considered reliable? His piece on street tax was interesting.

There is a tow truck war going on in Canada currently, seems to be lots of money involved. Fraud is a prevalent part of the hustle. You say fraud, but can you give some examples? They got cloned police radios, false insurance claims, shootings and murder, it’s pretty creative and fresh. https://www...

What was the general consensus on taxes? Not just street taxes or weeklies but taxes being used for punishments for mistakes rather than getting killed/demoted?

Hey, So we all know the usual. The extortion, the labor unions, the drugs and so on. However, I've always been interested in what the mob conducted in terms of the more unorthodox schemes and scams. It's always been fascinating to see how creative some of these people would get in the search of cash...

I don't know if this is off-topic, or even appropriate for this forum, but I had an acquaintance show me what seems to the Solly D's actual Facebook profile. It seemed like BS at first, but judging by the pictures it does really seem to be him, which beckons the question... do mobsters, especially h...

Sorry if this has been asked, but I was wondering about the details of Gotti and the Aryan Brotherhood's connections. I know he supposedly hired them to kill another inmate, but is it true he originally hired the AB for protection, refused to pay and then got attacked? All the articles I've found on...