Features The Mob's infiltration from the East to the West coast into the booming cities of Las Vegas and Hollywood throughout the first half of the 20th century. The titles contained in this set are: Las Vegas - The City The Mob Made; and Hollywood vs. The Mob. Special features include: Vegas & The Mob timeline, and Hollywood actor and the real-life Mob boss photo slide show comparison. Warning: Contains material suitable for mature audiences.

Organized crime in America has a long and sordid history that can be traced back to street gangs of the 1800s. The violence and corruption escalated and captured the attention of the nation during the Prohibition Era when Lucky Luciano, John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bugsy Siegel, and Al Capone became household names. The Mafia's influence has infiltrated big business and politics while being a permanent area of focus for law enforcement and the...

"This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. It examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communications methods, origin myths, symbols, and the like that imbue the gangsters with the pride and nonchalance that goes hand in hand with their criminal activities. Mobsters are everywhere in the movies, on television, and on websites. Contemporary societies are clearly fascinated by them. Why...

A multigenerational history of the Cuban mob in the United States examines the role of South Florida's exile community in building a criminal empire as part of a plot to reclaim Cuba from the Castro regime.