Jacob Gurrah Shapiro Fur Industry Mafia Enforcer

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
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Author: Robert Grey Reynolds Jr ISBN: 9781311746153
Publisher: Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr Publication: March 5, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
ISBN: 9781311746153
Publisher: Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr
Publication: March 5, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Jacob Gurrah Shapiro was a Mafia enforcer in the fashion fur industry. He worked as a lieutenant to the notorious Louis Lepke Buchalter who was himself executed at Ossining Prison (Sing Sing) in 1944. Shapiro and Buchalter were a tandem that single handedly dominated an industry in which shopkeepers and manufacturers were intimidated into paying tribute for Mafia control of striking workers. Over a period of time Shapiro and Buchalter collected hundreds of thousands in extorted money from merchants in the New York City garment industry.

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Jacob Gurrah Shapiro was a Mafia enforcer in the fashion fur industry. He worked as a lieutenant to the notorious Louis Lepke Buchalter who was himself executed at Ossining Prison (Sing Sing) in 1944. Shapiro and Buchalter were a tandem that single handedly dominated an industry in which shopkeepers and manufacturers were intimidated into paying tribute for Mafia control of striking workers. Over a period of time Shapiro and Buchalter collected hundreds of thousands in extorted money from merchants in the New York City garment industry.

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