Organized Crime

Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90

At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families in New York.

By Clyde Haberman

Basketball (College) Boston College College Athletics Deaths (Obituaries) Gambling Hill, Henry Kuhn, Rick (1955-2024) Organized Crime Racketeering and Racketeers

Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal

While playing basketball at Boston College, he participated in a point-shaving scheme with Henry Hill, the mobster later portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas.”

By Richard Sandomir

Books and Literature Brandt, Charles De Niro, Robert Deaths (Obituaries) Hoffa, James R I Heard You Paint Houses (Book) Movies Organized Crime Scorsese, Martin Sheeran, Frank The Irishman (Movie) Writing and Writers

Charles Brandt, Whose Book Inspired ‘The Irishman,’ Dies at 82

“I Heard You Paint Houses,” his true-crime best seller about the death of Jimmy Hoffa, was brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

Daggett, Harold J. East Coast (US) Freight (Cargo) Gulf Coast (US) International Longshore and Warehouse Union International Longshoremen's Assn Labor and Jobs Organized Crime Organized Labor Pensions and Retirement Plans Port of New York and New Jersey Ports Ships and Shipping Strikes United States Maritime Alliance Wages and Salaries Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

Harold Daggett, Port Strike Leader, Seeks Big Raises for Dockworkers

Harold J. Daggett is seeking big raises for longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts who have fallen behind workers on the West Coast.

By Peter Eavis