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Made Men: The True Rise-and-Fall Story of a New Jersey Mob Family
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1256:List of Italian-American mobsters by organization
459:Goldstock, Ronald, Martin Marcus and II Thacher.
169:Joseph Miranda served in the armed forces during
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248:Is the Mafia Still a Force in America?
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183:Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante
132:Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante
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360:"N.J. Mafia Family Gets New Boss"
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358:Troncone, Tom (June 23, 2006).
187:Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi
153:"the Old Man", Miranda was the
1773:Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
21:Joseph Miranda (game designer)
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463:. New York: NYU Press, 1990.
449:. New York: NYU Press, 1999.
435:. New York: NYU Press, 1994.
817:List of Mafia crime families
702:1998 Bank of America robbery
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386:"Joseph Anthony Miranda"
328:McDonald, Devin (2006).
275:"What's Left of the Mob"
223:"Joseph Anthony Miranda"
199:Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo
144:Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo
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1487:Colacurcio Organization
1567:Velentzas Organization
1537:Philadelphia Greek Mob
1450:Mafia Commission Trial
1444:Pizza Connection Trial
1034:10th & Oregon Crew
949:Greenwich Village Crew
806:Italian-American Mafia
112:Joseph Anthony Miranda
1522:Musitano crime family
1294:Black Hand in Chicago
1024:Angiulo's Boston crew
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195:Elizabeth, New Jersey
1737:Operation Underworld
1727:Operation Old Bridge
1658:New Springville Boys
1542:Rizzuto crime family
1532:Papalia crime family
1517:Luppino crime family
1507:Inzerillo Mafia clan
1497:Cotroni crime family
1381:Palermo Mafia summit
873:New Springville Boys
567:Giuseppe Schifilliti
330:"Newark, New Jersey"
1799:Buster from Chicago
1763:Hired Truck Program
1742:Operation Wasteland
1668:South Brooklyn Boys
1643:Marat Balagula gang
1427:Castellammarese War
959:Springfield faction
760:Philadelphia family
364:Articles & News
336:. AmericanMafia.com
181:under both founder
138:, he became acting
1778:Rochester bombings
1663:Rudaj Organization
1638:Maceo Organization
1593:Bumpy Johnson gang
1588:Bugs and Meyer Mob
1547:Sacra Corona Unita
1398:Kefauver Committee
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822:Mafia bibliography
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