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The Battle for Las Vegas/Cullota
- Item Number
- NV - 1906
- Estimated Value
- 35 USD
- Sold
- 17 USD to bluesboy
- Number of Bids
- 3 - Bid History
Item Description
The Battle for Las Vegas by Dennis N. Griffin - From the 1970s through the mid-1980s, the Chicago Outfit dominated organized crime in Las Vegas. Unreported revenue, known as the "skim," from Outfit-controlled casinos made its way out of Vegas by the bagful, ending up in the coffers of the Windy City crime bosses and their confederates around the Midwest. To ensure the smooth flow of cash, the gangsters installed a front man with no criminal background, Allen R. Glick, as the casino owner of record, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthaal as the real boss of casino operations, and Tony Spilotro as the ultimate enforcer, who'd do whatever it took to protect their interests. It wasn't long before Spilotoro, also in charge of Vegas street crime, was known as the "King of the Strip." Federal and local law enforcement, recognizing the need to rid the casinos of the mob and shut down Spilotro's rackets, declared war on organized crime. The Battle for Las Vegas relates the story of the fight between the tough buys on both sides, told in large part by the agents and detectives who knew they had to win.
Cullotta by Dennis N. Griffin and Frank Cullotta. From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamouns bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in Cullotta he admits to it - and in graphic detail. This no-holds-barred biography chornicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trustd lieutenant in tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas.
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