Charlestown Mob refers to any of several Irish MafiaOrganized Crime groups in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and has been a dominant part of Boston's history for much of the 20th Century. The Irish Mafia has been one of the leading organized crime in America since the late 1800s. ... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by criminal organizations. ... Charlestown is the name of several places in the world: Australia Charlestown, New South Wales Ireland Charlestown, County Mayo Saint Kitts and Nevis Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Charlestown, Canouan South Africa Charlestown, KwaZulu-Natal United Kingdom Charlestown, Cornwall Charlestown, Derbyshire Charlestown, Dorset Charlestown, Fife United... State nickname: Bay State Official languages English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney (R) Senators Edward Kennedy (D) John Kerry (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 44th 27,360 km² 25. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ...
The community was being overrun by the Irish Mob, a group of violent career criminals who ran a major PCP and cocaine distribution center.
As a result of three years of extensive investigations in Charlestown, by July 1994, 40 defendants were indicted on charges that included racketeering, murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and armed robbery.
One reason for the success of the Charlestown investigation is that it was a collaborative effort that used the resources and talents of many law enforcement agencies.
Charlestown’s 1636 action preceded by 11 years the passage of a law by the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s legislature requiring all towns to maintain free public schools.
This was a symptom of the town’s growth due to the migrations of job seekers to urban industrial plants and the waves of foreign immigration, especially during the period of the Irish potato famine in the 1840’s.
Charlestown’s willingness to adopt innovations in education blossomed again in the l820s and 1830s with the founding of two of the earliest boarding schools in the country for the intellectual training of young ladies.