I recently read Jason Ryan's book "Hell-Bent". It's about a homegrown Hawaiian crime syndicate (similar to the Dixie mafia in the Deep South) that allegedly ran gambling, dope, protection, prostitution,...on the island from the 1960's to the 1980's. It's a great book. It describes in great detail the nefarious activities of several of the island's native heavyweights at the time, such as Wilford Pulawa, Henry Huihui, Larry Mehau, Alvin Kaohu, Eric Naone, Ronnie Ching,...

Anyone heard about these guys back in the 80s?