Organized crime in America is fairly fixed in its geographical associations, not counting the Corleones of Long Island. Chicago has The Outfit. New England the Patriarcas. New York the fabled Five ...
John Stanfa found himself in a crime war with Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino throughout the 1990s By 1990, mob veteran John Stanfa took over from Nicky Scarfo as the leader of the Philadelphia family ...
The bloody mob war that is the focus of the 2025 Netflix series “Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia,” is full of the murder and mayhem, treachery and deceit that have been the hallmarks of the nation ...
Netflix's Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia outlines the battle for power among rival mafiosos in the 1990s. One of its subjects, Joey Merlino, was convicted on racketeering charges in 2001. He ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) George Anastasia, Rowan University (THE CONVERSATION) The bloody mob war that is the ...