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Black Hand (Chicago)

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Black Hand extortion was a criminal tactic used by gangsters based in major cities in the United States. In Chicago, Black Hand extortion began around 1900 and had all but faded away by 1920, replaced by the "Mafia." The Mafia was initially organized by Johnny Torrio and further organized by Al Capone sometime later.[1] Black Handers in Chicago were mostly Italian men from Calabria and Sicilian men who would send anonymous extortion notes to their victims emblazoned with a feared old country symbol: the "Black Hand". The Black Hand was a precursor to organized crime (Mafia) although it is still a tactic practiced by the Mafia and used in organized crime to this day. Black Hand blackmail was also common in New York and New Orleans. Victims would pay up or be beaten, shot, or have their place of business bombed.