Playboy's History Of Organized Crime Part Ix: A Little Light On The Syndicate

April, 1974

Playboy's History of Organized Crime Part IX: A Little Light on the SyndicateMiddle age is the time when men who have reached the pinnacles of their chosen professions begin to receive the public recognition, esteem and other rewards that accompany wealth and power. So it was in the late Forties and early Fifties for a small group of very wealthy businessmen, mainly Italian and Jewish, who, along with the 20th Century, had reached their middle years. They were the men who had helped create and w...