How The Mob Infiltrated The American Meat Industry and Made Millions

Описание: For nearly half a century, America’s meat and poultry industry wasn’t just about farms and factories — it was about the Mob.
From the cold warehouses of Brooklyn to the kosher butcher unions of the Bronx, crime families like Lucchese and Gambino quietly seized control of the nation’s food supply. They didn’t need guns — they used contracts, permits, and inspectors.

This documentary reveals how Operation Meat Hook exposed one of the most profitable and least-known rackets in U.S. history.
Discover how the Mafia infiltrated kosher unions, rigged meat prices, and turned every steak and chicken sold in New York into a piece of their empire.

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Sources:

U.S. Department of Justice – Organized Crime Section
Anatomy of a Scam: A Case Study of a Planned Bankruptcy by Organized Crime (Murray Packing & Pride Wholesale)
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitiz...

United States v. Pride Wholesale Meat & Poultry Corp. (378 F.2d 231, 2d Cir. 1967)
Federal appellate case linking mob-controlled meat distributors to racketeering.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/...

TIME Magazine – “Doing Business with the Mob” (March 17, 1986)
Coverage of Paul Castellano’s control of Dial Poultry and Gambino-linked food distribution.
https://content.time.com/time/subscri...

The New York Times – “Mob-Controlled Meat Companies Targeted in Federal Raids” (July 12, 1984)
Report on FBI raids during Operation Meat Hook.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/12/ny...

FBI Archives – Organized Crime Task Force Files, 1970–1990
Case notes on food distribution, poultry union control, and Lucchese family labor racketeering.
https://vault.fbi.gov/organized-crime

The Mob Museum – Profile: Tommy Lucchese
Biography detailing Lucchese’s labor union rackets and control of the kosher poultry trade.
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/tommy-l...

New York State Organized Crime Task Force – “Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction and Food Distribution Industries” (1990)
Detailed report on Lucchese and Gambino infiltration of food supply and meat distribution.
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view...

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY (1983–1986)
Labor Racketeering Reports: The Commission Case and Operation Meat Hook.
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ust/n...

The Washington Post – “Mob’s Quiet Grip on America’s Food Chain” (Dec. 1985)
Exposé on Gambino and Lucchese-linked wholesale food monopolies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...

Crime and Justice Journal – “The Meat Hook Case: Labor Corruption and Organized Crime in the Food Supply Chain” (Vol. 19, 1989)
Scholarly analysis of Operation Meat Hook and the federal response.
https://academic.oup.com/jcj/article-...

U.S. Department of Justice – Organized Crime Section
Anatomy of a Scam: A Case Study of a Planned Bankruptcy by Organized Crime (Murray Packing & Pride Wholesale)
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitiz...

United States v. Pride Wholesale Meat & Poultry Corp. (378 F.2d 231, 2d Cir. 1967)
Federal appellate case linking mob-controlled meat distributors to racketeering.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/...

TIME Magazine – “Doing Business with the Mob” (March 17, 1986)
Coverage of Paul Castellano’s control of Dial Poultry and Gambino-linked food distribution.
https://content.time.com/time/subscri...

The New York Times – “Mob-Controlled Meat Companies Targeted in Federal Raids” (July 12, 1984)
Report on FBI raids during Operation Meat Hook.
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/12/ny...

FBI Archives – Organized Crime Task Force Files, 1970–1990
Case notes on food distribution, poultry union control, and Lucchese family labor racketeering.
https://vault.fbi.gov/organized-crime

The Mob Museum – Profile: Tommy Lucchese
Biography detailing Lucchese’s labor union rackets and control of the kosher poultry trade.
https://themobmuseum.org/blog/tommy-l...

New York State Organized Crime Task Force – “Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction and Food Distribution Industries” (1990)
Detailed report on Lucchese and Gambino infiltration of food supply and meat distribution.
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view...

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Attorney’s Office, SDNY (1983–1986)
Labor Racketeering Reports: The Commission Case and Operation Meat Hook.
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ust/n...