Originally Posted By: Dwalin2011
That's an interesting question, I was asking myself this too, why no ethnic Anglo-Saxon mobs in the USA. In the UK, there are plenty of local mafia-type organizations, but they never took hold in America. The Shelton brothers maybe are the only exception (the ones who were at war with Charlie Birger during Prohibition, bombed his headquarters from an airplane even). I am not 100% sure they were really Anglo-Saxon though, anyone could confirm or refute this?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelton_Brothers_Gang

Ancestors of the Shelton Brothers Gang trace their roots back to Ireland, under the surname "Hunter".Nope they was Irish.