- The AmericanMafia
The New York families first oversaw the city of Providence, Rhode Island, with its heavy Italian population, before the leadership came from Boston. The city became an important underworld power base after the emergence of Raymond L. S. Patriarca. Th ... http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/New_England-Providence.html
| | - The Providencemob
If ever there was a state that gleefully thumbed its nose at Prohibition, it was Rhode Island, a reporter wrote. Throughout the Roaring Twenties, Rhode Island was probably the most antiProhibition state in the union.Rhode Island and Connecticut were ... http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/providence_mob/
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