Cohen's Gang

Cohen's Gang (formerly known as 'Carlos' crime syndicate') is a major criminal organisation based in Los Angeles, working under the thump of the Marina Family. The crime syndicate plays a major role in L.A. Noire, but only a minor/cameo role in Mafia II.

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The gang was originally run by infamous gangster Alvin De Carlos on behalf of the Marina Family, of whom Carlos was a close associate and soldier of.

After Carlos broke off of Marina mob because of the huge amount of money he had been paid with by William Calvin Morgan to join his regime, he gave the leadership of the gang to his second-in-command, Mickey Cohen. Cohen had a long time rivalry with the L.A. mob boss Jack Dragon. While Alvin was in charge he had managed to form somewhat of an alliance between the organisations as Dragon respected Carlos as he had the Commission's backing, while he viewed Cohen as two-bit street thug. After Carlos' move to Orinion, Dragon made many attempts on Cohen's life, they remained enemies until Dragon's death in 1974.

Events of L.A. Noire
Cohen's main rival is indeed Jack Dragon, but the gang's main enemy in the game comes in with the unlikely form of Courtney Shelton and a group of former U.S. Marines who had stolen army surplus morphine and were selling it to Cohen who said he would distribute it slowly which he didn't, this caused many deaths as Cohen was unaware of how powerful the morphine was.

Eventually Courtney asked his fellow war veteran and Sergeant Jack Kelso for help and they met with Cohen.

Cohen was unimpressed with Kelso's attempt to threaten him and he ordered the deaths of Shelton and the other Marines involved in the Coolidge heist.

Cohen's hitmen murdered four members of Courtney's group: Eddie McGoldrick, Chris Majewski, Walter Beckett and Michael Driscoll. Cohen's hitmen also tried to kill Felix Alvarro, Patrick Connolly, and John Higgins.

Known members

 * Alvin De Carlos - leader, former
 * Mickey Cohen - new leader
 * Guy McAfee - second-in-command
 * Raul Marina II
 * Roberto Gattos
 * Ettore Sporco
 * Walter Steiner
 * William Goldberg
 * Steven Bigelow
 * Jose Ramez
 * Lenny Finkelstein