Original Gangsters, a True Crime Talk Podcast

Black Organized Crime and the Italian Mafia: the Heroin Years

07.19.2022 - By Original Gangsters, a true crime talk podcastPlay

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We start the episode by discussing iconic Harlem drug kingpins of the 1970s, such as Melvin Combs (P-Diddy's father), Frank Matthews, Nicky Barnes, and Frank Lucas. Legendary DEA undercover agent Frank Panessa joins us and explains how the African American crime bosses and Italian Mafia worked together as a global heroin network.

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