Sugar Wars is the true story of one of the most prolific and influential Mafias in the United States.  The Cleveland Mafia grabbed a large piece of the US market during Prohibition, thanks in large part to their prime position in America's sugar-producing heartland.  Without that sugar to make ethanol, the bootleggers were powerless, and the Cleveland Mafia took full advantage of that fact.  The Cleveland Mafia loomed over the entire nation, and one family loomed large above the Cleveland Mafia: the Lonardo family.

Sugar Wars is based on the life of recently deceased former Mobster Angelo Lonardo, founding father of the Cleveland mafia.  Angelo Lonardo was one of the highest-ranking Mafia chieftans to turn state's evidence until Gambino family underboss Sammy "the Bull" Gravano.  After turning on the Mob and helping the U.S. government take down dozens of his former friends and colleagues, Angelo was granted access to the FBI's Federal Witness Protection Program. 

After several years living in obscurity and on his deathbed, he came out of hiding at 90 years old to tell his story of the Cleveland Mafia.

 Corn…..Sugar…..Blood…..Sugar Wars