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  Murder, Inc. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Murder, Inc., as it was called by the press, was a chapter of a so-called National Crime Syndicate in the USA.
Murder, Inc. was established in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1920s by Joe Adonis, and initially led by Martin "Buggsy" Goldstein and Abe "Kid Twist" Reles.
The Murder, Inc. idea was based on the fact that killers would be strangers to the city, and sometimes even their victims, and therefore harder to trace.
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 murder inc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 AllRefer.com - Murder, Inc. (Crime And Law Enforcement) - Encyclopedia
Murder, Inc., name given to the band of professional killers who operated (1930–40) throughout the United States as the enforcement arm of the Syndicate, composed of the national heads of organized crime.
With Albert Anastasia, allegedly the connection between the Troop, as the gunmen of Murder, Inc., were called, and the Syndicate, the band committed well over a hundred murders.
However, the mysterious death of Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, chief killer of Murder, Inc., and the state's star witness, hampered the prosecution.
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 MurderInc.com - The Squad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Murder, Incorporated was run by two of the toughest individuals to come out New York City.
Murder, Inc. was the enforcement arm of the Syndicate.
Below, you will find a number of Jewish and Italian members of Murder, Inc. Some were convicted, some were executed themselves, but they were probably the toughest guys to walk around the streets of New York City, and didn't need a license to kill, just a contract.
www.murderinc.com /squad   (589 words)

  
 Murder Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Murder, Inc. could not be used to kill civilians, only those involved with the Mafia.
Estimates of the number of people slain by Murder, Inc. range from 200 all the way to 1,000, in a six year period.
Two of the most famous victims of Murder, Inc. are Louis (Pretty) Amberg (left), a notorious gangster and killer himself, and Dutch Schultz, a member of the syndicate.
www.thelaborers.net /newspapers/Murder.html   (814 words)

  
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This would later be known as Murder, Inc. The purpose of Murder, Inc. was to maintain and enforce the discipline of the board among syndicate rank and file.
Because these murders were also done as being strangers with one another, motive made it extremely difficult for police to identify and even harder to find.
These murderers were paid extremely well for their services, between one to five thousand dollars for one assignment.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Parliament/3806/murder.html   (714 words)

  
 Affidavit: Drug Money Backed Murder Inc.
Rap industry insiders have told investigators that the successful Murder Inc. music label was bankrolled by a notorious drug dealer who also was involved in a shooting of hip-hop superstar 50 Cent.
Murder Inc. is now home to top-selling recording artists such as Ja Rule and Ashanti.
It is well-known in the music industry that McGriff has provided Murder Inc. with 'muscle.'" The unnamed informants also linked McGriff to acts of violence, "including the shooting of a rap artist named 50 Cent who wrote a song exposing his criminal activities," the court papers allege.
www.billboard.com /bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1880141   (546 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Murder,-Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities.
Albert Tannenbaum, nicknamed Allie or Tick-Tock, was a Jewish- American hitman for Murder, Inc....
The Half Moon Hotel in Coney Island, New York was where Abe Reles, informant for the FBI who brought down numerous members of Murder, Inc....
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Murder,_Inc.   (1537 words)

  
 Murder Inc. in Hot Water - May 14, 2003 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
May 14, 2003, 1:30 PM PT According to the feds, Murder Inc.'s hard-core image as "the most dangerous record company" is not merely gangsta posturing, and a new civil suit has been filed against the label to prove it.
Feds raided Murder Inc.'s offices in January on suspicion of an illicit partnership between childhood pals Gotti and convicted druglord Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff, who were working together on Crime Partners, a movie starring Snoop Dog, Ice-T and Murder Inc. artist Ja Rule.
Murder Inc. was founded by Gotti in 1999 after he scored $3 million in seed money from Def Jam.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,11797,00.html?newsrellink   (617 words)

  
 Should Ashanti Leave Murder Inc? - Rap Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Murder Inc. rapper Cadillac Tah has an album coming out soon, but I don't hear the streets talking about it.
Now, Murder Inc, the label with the ominous name, is being linked to some serious allegations.
April 2003 Murder Inc. Records rapper Dexter Ottley was arrested along with Murder Inc executive, Tarik Williams, and rapper Cadillac Tah.
www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art9536.asp   (533 words)

  
 RollingStone.com: Irv Gotti : Feds: Murder Inc. Had 50 Shot : News
Irv Gotti may be CEO of rap label Murder, Inc., home of Ja Rule and Ashanti, but, according to a newly released I.R.S. affidavit, it is notorious New York drug kingpin Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff who is calling the shots.
Murder, Inc. pays McGriff large sums of cash, covers his travel and many of his business expenses, and its offices -- particularly the CEO's office -- on Eighth Avenue in Manhattan are the venue from which McGriff conducts much of his criminal empire.
The testimony was used January to justify a federal seizure of McGriff's bank accounts and for a raid on Murder, Inc.'s offices.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/_/id/5935296   (293 words)

  
 Murder Inc May Have Paid Supreme. Inc Denies Wrong - Rap Basement Message Board
As investigations are underway probing the relationship between Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff and Murder Inc., sources close to the federal investigation say the label put McGriff on their payroll under a phony name when the former Queens drug lord was released from prison.
In a report by the LA Times, Chuck Philips (the writer who wrote B.I.G. plotted ‘Pac’s murder) revealed McGriff allegedly gave a fictitious name when he was arrested for a parole violation and claimed he was an employee of Def Jam; the name was supposedly the one he was being paid under.
An affidavit filed by the investigators who were responsible for the raid of the Murder Inc. offices also asserts McGriff may have played a role in the stabbing of 50 Cent outside of the Hit Factory in 2000.
www.d12world.com /board/showthread.php?t=47375   (347 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate (Quality Paperbacks Series)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Murder Inc." was written by a former Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York-Burton Turkus.
Murder, Inc. is the answer to the myriad of question history class never answered.
Read along and watch Murder Inc. bring and end to prohibition, and how this same group was taken down as the author, a former Brooklyn DA, sent seven of the men to the chair.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306804751?v=glance   (1568 words)

  
 Murder Inc., by Charley Reese
The idea is to hire some of the worst of the worst – members of Saddam's old secret police – to infiltrate the resistance and finger key players for the American murder squads.
How many of the thousands we murdered were actually Viet Cong and how many were innocent Vietnamese, nobody knows, except perhaps the South Vietnamese who were involved.
Cold-blooded murder is cold-blooded murder, whether the hit man works for the mob or the U.S. government.
www.antiwar.com /reese/reese9.html   (715 words)

  
 Murder, Inc. on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Law-enforcement authorities led (1940-41) an assault on Murder, Inc.; it resulted in numerous convictions and several executions, including that of Buchalter.
Murder in Texas weaves trail back to Maine ; A Portland man is accused of killing James Junkins of Biddeford while they were traveling in southeast Texas.
La chanteuse Ashanti, produite par le label "Murder Inc" Le label de hip hop américain "Murder Inc", qui produit la chante.
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 Printer Friendly Version - Murder Inc. mogul may face slay rap   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The feds are expected to rap imprisoned drug kingpin Kenneth (Supreme) McGriff and Murder Inc. records founder Irving (Irv Gotti) Lorenzo with racketeering, murder and money laundering charges this week, the Daily News has learned.
Two associates of McGriff's already have been charged with Smith's murder, and prosecutors are weighing whether to seek the death penalty against them.
Late last year, the feds put the squeeze on Murder Inc.'s bookkeeper Cynthia Brent and the rapper Ja Rule's manager, Ron (Gutta) Robinson, charging them with conspiring to launder more than $1 million in drug cash.
www.nydailynews.com /news/v-pfriendly/story/274548p-235089c.html   (289 words)

  
 Murder, Inc. Muscle Linked To Three Homicides - April 27, 2004
APRIL 28--The narcotics kingpin at the center of the federal criminal probe engulfing one of rap music's leading labels is suspected of ordering several murders, including a double homicide in Baltimore and the revenge slaying of a New York rapper, The Smoking Gun has learned.
The federal investigation is also focusing on McGriff's alleged involvement in three murders during the summer of 2001, according to a confidential search warrant affidavit obtained by TSG (a copy of which you'll find at left).
The supposed role of Smith, who was shot to death as he sat in a car parked on a Queens street, in the Johnson homicide is not detailed in the affidavit sworn by Detective William Courtney.
www.thesmokinggun.com /archive/0426043murder1.html   (749 words)

  
 MURDER, INC. by Mark Gribben
This is the story of Murder, Inc. from its beginning as the brain child of Johnny Torrio and Lucky Luciano to the death of Albert Anastasia, the "Lord High Executioner" of the Syndicate in 1950s.
At the height of its efficiency, Murder, Inc. was probably responsible for a thousand killings from coast to coast.
Until it was broken by a stool pigeon with first-hand knowledge of dozens of killings, Murder, Inc. operated quietly and ruthlessly, rubbing out gangsters who had run afoul of the cartel and lawmen who threatened its existence.
www.crimelibrary.com /gangsters_outlaws/gang/inc/1.html   (1345 words)

  
 411mania.com » Music » Murder Inc.
Murder Inc. founder could be arrested this week...
Murder Inc. head isn't scared of the government...
With the feds investigating Murder Inc, Ja Rule is taking a step out of the spotlight...
www.411mania.com /music/indextopic.php?musiccode=88   (289 words)

  
 Murder Inc. Gunning for 50? - Sep 07, 2005 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Federal agents and prosecutors are probing whether a notorious Queens drug lord and employees of the "world's most dangerous music company" conspired to assassinate rival rapper 50 Cent and may have been behind the 2002 slaying of Run-D.M.C. deejay Jam Master Jay.
The document was part of a previously sealed search warrant affidavit and included in a petition last week by the defense lawyer for Murder Inc. bigwig Irving "Irv Gotti" Lorenzo.
The paperwork related to the government's seizure of Murder Inc.'s bank accounts over the straight-to-video movie Crime Partners, starring Snoop Dogg, Ice-T and Murder Inc. star (and avowed 50 Cent enemy) Ja Rule.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,17310,00.html?rsslatest   (661 words)

  
 Rap News Network - D-12's Proof Was Attacked By Murder Inc.
According to Proof, he was involved in the altercation with Murder Inc. while in the Miami area working on the debut album of Motown recording artist, Dina Rae.
The beef between Murder Inc. and Shady Records/G-Unit has been escalating for months since the signing of 50 Cent to Shady/Aftermath.
Murder Inc. declined to comment on this story.
www.rapnews.net /StaticArchive/256041   (449 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - Murder Inc. Probe Leads To Arrest, Alleged Ties To 50 Cent Shooting
Also arrested at the time was Murder Inc. artist Caddillac Tah, who was not charged and was later released.
But while Ottley may be the only person arrested from the Murder Inc. family thus far, he might not be the last.
The investigation of McGriff and Murder Inc. is still ongoing and neither McGriff nor Gotti has been charged with anything (see "Drugs, Friends & Allegations: Inside The Murder Inc. Raid").
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1471692/20030502/murder_inc_.jhtml?headlines=true   (784 words)

  
 Record Label Drops Murder, Keeps Inc.
he hip-hop record label Murder Inc., saddled by a federal investigation and a volatile public feud between two leading rappers, is looking to clean up its image.
Murder Inc., a subsidiary of Def Jam Records, was once one of the biggest labels in hip-hop, with multiplatinum-selling artists like the R&B singer Ashanti and the rapper Ja Rule.
But in the last year its music has been overshadowed by Ja Rule's feud with the rapper, 50 Cent, a rivalry played out in print and on albums, by a continuing federal investigation into whether Murder Inc. was founded with drug money, and by the killings of members of both rappers' entourages.
www.nytimes.com /2003/12/04/arts/music/04MURD.html?ex=1385874000&en=da295208c39cf7c2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND   (609 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Affidavit: Drug money backed Murder Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
NEW YORK (AP) — Rap industry insiders have told investigators that the successful Murder Inc. music label was bankrolled by a notorious drug dealer who also was involved in the shooting of hip hop superstar 50 Cent.
The affidavit, signed by an Internal Revenue Service agent, accuses Kenneth McGriff — the convicted leader of a murderous drug gang in Queens — of forming an illicit partnership with Murder Inc. owner and longtime friend Irv Gotti.
But an escalation of violence in the rap world — including the unsolved, execution-style slaying of rap icon Jam Master Jay in Queens — prompted investigators to make arrests and seize documents early this year during raids on the offices of Murder Inc. and other locations.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2003-05-02-murder-inc_x.htm   (584 words)

  
 Murder, Incorporated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Now these two armchair warriors, Bush and Cheney, ensconced safely behind the greatest phalanx of personal protection ever seen in history, are sending out a new generation of young people to kill and die.
Like their predecessors in the Vietnam War, they are twisting the faith and idealism of patriotic young soldiers and turning them into instruments of murder.
Certainly not to "bring the perpetrators of September 11 to justice," the ostensible purpose of the war.
www.rense.com /general32/murder.htm   (986 words)

  
 Murder Inc. Bookkeeper Charged In Laundering   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The bookkeeper for rap label Murder Inc. was indicted on money laundering charges by federal prosecutors who are probing ties between drug dealers and the recording home of such platinum-selling acts as Ja Rule and Ashanti.
Cynthia Brent, 39, was arrested at her New Jersey home yesterday (Nov. 8) and was charged with laundering drug proceeds and structuring cash deposits to avoid federal reporting requirements.
Murder Inc. changed its name to the Inc. earlier this year after executives said the label's image was hurt by court filings alleging that they had been laundering drug money from a Queens crack dealer, Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff.
www.billboard.com /bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000709220   (234 words)

  
 Murder, Inc. Death Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Murder, Inc., Death Division, is dedicated to promoting integrity and honor within the online gaming community.
Server name is "Murder Inc." and it is a 32 man server with stat support.
Name is: “Murder, Inc. –Death Division-“ (IP: 70.86.55.52).
www.death-division.com   (130 words)

  
 CNN.com - Record label drops Murder, keeps Inc. - Dec. 4, 2003
Gotti, whose real name is Irv Lorenzo, said he is dropping the word "murder" from his record label Murder Inc. The company's new name: The Inc.
Murder Inc. has been the focus of a federal investigation involving charges of money laundering and possible connections to a drug dealer.
Gotti said he thought up the name Murder Inc. after seeing a documentary about mobsters who called their crew "Murder Incorporated." He thought it was catchy and appropriate, since his company creates chart hits.
www.cnn.com /2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/03/murder.inc   (414 words)

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