Manhattan Italian emigration. Lucky Luciano established Cosa Nostra in Manhattan, forming alliances with other criminal enterprises, including the Jewish mob, led by Meyer Lansky, the leading Jewish gangster of that period. From 1920–1933, Prohibition helped create a thriving black market in liquor, upon which the Mafia was quick to capitalize. As in the whole of New York City, Manhattan experienced a sharp increase in crime during the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1990, crime in Manhattan has plummeted in all categories tracked by the CompStat profile. A borough that saw 503 murders in 1990 has seen a drop of nearly 88% to
Meyer Burger Meyer Burger Meyer Burger Technology AG is a worldwide operating mechanical engineering company based in Thun, Switzerland, with a focus on solar technologies. The company was founded in 1953 as a producer of watch jewel manufacturing machines and later switched their focus on specialized saws in 1960. In 1999 was the incorporation of Meyer & Burger Holding Ltd, incorporated in Zug, Switzerland, and had the Swiss market launch of the first band saw for the solar industry. They founded subsidiaries in China and Japan in 2003, positioning the company in the Asian markets, because of the growing solar industry there.