Irish American organized crime gang based in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, founded in the 1950s by the McLaughlin brothers. The gang controlled gambling and loan sharking on the docks and carried out contract killings for the Patriarca and Genovese crime families. They were involved in a violent gang war with the Winter Hill Gang from 1961 until their demise in 1966.
CRIMENET has extracted 14 linkages for this organization, including 2 cooperative ties across 2 organizations and 12 conflicts across 2 organizations.