Black Hand (Chicago)
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Black Hand (Chicago)
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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 1900 and had all but faded away by 1970, replaced by the Mafia. The Mafia was initially organized by Johnny Torrio and further organized by Al Capone into the extant Chicago Outfit sometime later.
Black Handers in Chicago were mostly Italian men from Calabria and Sicily who would send anonymous extortion notes to their victims emblazoned with a fe
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Criminal tactic used by gangsters
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hand_(Chicago)
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2024-04-13T23:18:56Z
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