Hairy how about this recent case:

"Giuseppe “Joe” Petrosino, known as “the Detective in the Derby,” was a pioneer in taking down organized crime back in the early 1900s and was the NYPD’s secret weapon when it came to fighting Italian mobsters."

http://nypost.com/2014/06/23/italian-police-solve-105-year-old-nypd-mob-detectives-murder/