Black Hand (Italian: Mano Nera) was a type of Italian extortion racket. Originally developed in the eighteenth century, Black Hand extortion was exported...

early 1880s Black Hand (extortion), an extortion racket practised by the Camorra and Mafia members in Italy and the United States Black Hand (Chicago),...

Black Hand extortion was a criminal tactic used by gangsters based in major cities in the United States. In Chicago, Black Hand extortion began around...

Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Guillen, Matthew (2007). Reading America: Text as a Cultural Force...

itself, which it is not. The Black Hand was a criminal society, but there were many small Black Hand gangs. Black Hand extortion was often (wrongly) viewed...

Black Hand is a 1950 American film noir directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Gene Kelly as an Italian immigrant fighting against the Black Hand extortion...

Castellano Biography portal Law portal Italy portal New York City portal Black Hand (extortion) Crime in New York City Warner, Richard N. (February 2011). "On...

Despite his power and political clout, Gallucci was subject to Black Hand extortion and his rule was challenged frequently. In 1915, he was killed by...

The Yiddish Black Hand or the Jewish Black Hand Association was a criminal organization and extortion ring that operated on New York's Lower East Side...

and Las Vegas. Italian organized crime in Detroit originated in Black Hand extortion rings, which preyed upon the southern Italian and Sicilian immigrant...