Blood & Volume:
Inside New York's Israeli Mafia
by Dave Copeland
May 2007 | $22.00 | Hardcover | ISBN: 978-1-56980-327-1
In the 1980s, a multimillion-dollar drug distribution and contract-murder syndicate led by murderous gangster Johnny Attias rose to prominence in Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Calling themselves the Israeli Mafia, the gang made Attias, along with pals Ran Ephraim and Ron Gonen, richer than they had ever dreamed, but brought on troubles they never expected. In Blood & Volume: Inside New York's Israeli Mafia, author Dave Copeland gives an exclusive and never-before revealed look into one of the most successful Israeli gangs ever to operate on American soil. While the book presents an intimate portrait of Gonen, Ephraim, and Attias, it focuses most deeply on the life and crimes of Ron Gonen. A charismatic rogue, Gonen lived life in the fast lane and eventually spiraled out of control. Blood & Volume is filled with paranoid mobsters, clever scams, deep betrayals, and the struggles Gonen faced as he tried to find redemption and do the right thing by his young daughter and family. Readers will see firsthand the crimes that could have propelled Gonen and his gang to the top of the New York underworld—if he hadn't agreed to cooperate with federal law-enforcement officials first.
