The first Lord of the mafia. Macfol J.

Syndicate, mafia, cartel, organization, cosa nostra. These names are firmly associated with the name of the famous gangster Al Capone. However, the founder of the powerful criminal empire was far from he. For decades, remaining almost invisible to both the mafia itself and for government agents, the cartridge and teacher Kapone pulled the strings, the Prophet of the vice named Johnny “Jay T.” Torrio. He so widely spread his networks that only half a century after his death, Washington dared to remove the secrecy vulture from the materials of the federal investigation in his case. Murders, extortion, control over prostitution, gambling business and illegal alcohol trade, buyinglescent and retail of corrupt politicians and police officials - on the pages of this book, these and other aspects of the gloomy biography of a person, which was called the “smartest of all criminals”.