How the Mob Controlled 100 Million Pounds of Fish Every Year

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For sixty years, New York City’s seafood didn’t just pass through the docks — it passed through the hands of the Mafia. From the cold, foggy mornings of the 1920s to the federal raids of the 1980s, the Fulton Fish Market was more than a market — it was a billion-dollar empire run by the Genovese crime family. Every crate, every truck, every pound of fish paid a quiet tax to the mob. This documentary uncovers how Joseph “Socks” Lanza, Carmine Romano, and Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno turned the nation’s seafood supply into one of the longest-running rackets in American history — where ice, labor, and timing were weapons as powerful as any gun. From FBI wiretaps to the 1987 RICO raids and the final federal takeover in 2005, witness how the mob controlled 100 million pounds of fish a year — and how it all finally came crashing down. 📜 All events in this documentary are based on verified historical records, court documents, and FBI case files. 🔖 Hashtags #RealHistory #MafiaDocumentary #FultonFishMarket #GenoveseFamily #OrganizedCrime #TrueCrime #MobHistory #AmericanGangsterHistory #LaborRacketeering #WorldWarTales #StreetFiles #FBIInvestigations #RICO #NewYorkHistory #TrueStory #FishMarketEmpire #MobControl #CorruptionExposed #USHistory #DockMafia Sources: “Joseph Lanza” — Wikipedia article on his control of the market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lanza Wikipedia “Carmine Romano” — Wikipedia article, Genovese capo who ran the union & market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine_Romano Wikipedia AmericanMafia.com — Feature article “For decades, mob rule was an intractable fact of life at the Fulton Fish Market.” https://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_459.html americanmafia.com UPI Archives — “Feds try to seize Fulton Fish Market” (Oct 16, 1987) https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/16/Feds-try-to-seize-Fulton-Fish-Market/2533561355200/ UPI Springer chapter — “The Last Waterfront: The Fulton Fish Market and the ILA as Family Businesses” https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-1-4615-4883-6_5.pdf SpringerLink “Bloody Reign of Joseph ‘Socks’ Lanza” — Crime & Cocktails article https://crimeandcocktails.net/the-bloody-reign-of-joseph-socks-lanza-the-mobster-who-ruled-the-docks/ crimeandcocktails.net “People of NYC – Fulton Fish Market” — article on mob & Genovese control https://www.crumplab.com/peopleofnyc/book/Manhattan/Liu_5.html crumplab United States v. Local 359, 705 F. Supp. 894 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) (case file) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/705/894/1978481/ Justia Law “N.Y. Mayor Aims to Force Mafia Out of Fish Market” — Deseret News (Feb 2, 1995) https://www.deseret.com/1995/2/2/19156994/n-y-mayor-aims-to-force-mafia-out-of-fish-market/ Deseret News “Government acts to end fish market corruption” — UPI Archives https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/10/15/Government-acts-to-end-fish-market-corruption/5837561268800/ UPI