Solving The Crime: An Intro to The Story Behind The Fertitta/Zuffa Assassination of PRIDE
By: Rich Bergeron PART ONE OF A TWO-PART SERIES [mpinpage] SOME HISTORY BEHIND ZUFFA’S FOUNDING “FAMILY” It is important to frame this piece with a bit of Fertitta “Family” history. “The magazine is probably best known outside Japan for its role in the scandal which led to Romanian gymnasts Corina Ungureanu, Lavinia Milosovici […]
Fertitta Family’s Organized Crime History Offers Clues to Current Station Casinos Crisis
Chapter One: The Maceos and Fertittas establish rackets and roots in Texas: By: Rich Bergeron [mpinpage] CLICK ON THE THUMBNAILS BELOW TO SEE THE IMAGES AT FULL SIZE Sam and Rosario (Rose) Maceo blossomed from humble Italian-born barbers to booming businessmen overseeing a vast array of organized crime operations from prohibition bootlegging to the […]