C of C 12-1-18 - Author of "Inside" about Organized Crime in Chicago and other Cities
Channel: Tim Bolger
Date: 2018-12-15

Meetings # 3,505 - "Inside" by Scott M. Hoffman is an intriguing work detailing the internal workings of the Outfit, an organized crime family, which originated on the South Side of Chicago during prohibition and rose to power in the 1920s. The Outfit has been involved in a wide variety of criminal activities including gambling, loan-sharking, prostitution, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, labor racketeering, adult and child pornography, political corruption, and murder. The individuals and events in Inside are composites of real people and real events. 

Scott M. Hoffman is a native of Chicago. He is a graduate of Long Island University-Brooklyn with a B.A. in Journalism. For thirty-five years he worked for the City of Chicago in the Departments of Purchasing and Finance. "Inside" is his first published book.

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