Ralph Scopo
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Ralph "Little Ralphie" Scopo (1932-1993) was a New York mobster and a member of the Colombo crime family involved in extortion and labor racketeering as union president of the Concrete Workers District Council, and later a subject of suvailance by undercover federal agents [1]. As Gennaro Langella's consiglieri, Scopo was one of the many high ranking members inprisoned during the Mafia Commission Trial in 1986. He later died of natural causes while in a federal penitentiary.
[edit] Futher reading
- Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
- Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
- Goldstock, Ronald. Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. New York: NYU Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8147-3034-5
- Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra. New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0
- Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick. Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime. New York: NYU Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8147-4247-5
- Raab, Selwyn. The Five Families: The Rise, Decline & Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empire. New York: St. Martins Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8
[edit] External links
- New York Times: Jury Is Told Crime Families Control Concrete Business by Ronald Smothers
