If you were a longshoreman from the 1920s to the 1950s, you lived in fear of this man. Though his reign and reputation were barely a footnote in history, the power Albert Anastasia wielded over the New York harbor was absolute. Anastasia proved that if no one is willing to testify against you… you can get away with just about anything.

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