Playboy's History Of Organized Crime Part Vi: The Heat's On
January, 1974
Playboy's History of Organized Crime Part VI: The Heat's OnPart VI: The Heat's OnBy the Early Thirties, it seemed that nothing could halt the spread of underworld power. Most of the country's major cities and many of the smaller ones were, in important ways, controlled by criminals. Politicians and police took money and orders from the racketeers; businessmen facing bankruptcy during the Depression had no-where else to turn for cash, and so feel under their control; unions sought their services...