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Mafia victims criticise Godfather tours by son of infamous Sicily boss

                   Addiopizzo group condemns tourist venture of Angelo Provenzano, whose father ordered notorious murders of anti-mafia magistrates Falcone and BorsellinoThose aged over 50 with a...

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Wife of mafia boss in London suburb says pair left Sicily 'for their children'

Anne Skinner tells court why they left Italy, where husband Domenico Rancadore faces seven years in jail for mafia links Sicilian mafia boss Domenico Rancadore, who is fighting extradition to Italy,...

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In Sicily, on the hunt for the last mafia fugitive

Cosa Nostra boss Matteo Messina Denaro has evaded arrest for 20 years. But for how much longer? The December 2013 arrests of 30 of Matteo Messina Denaro's affiliates and family members – among them his...

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Most of mob’s big shots ate lead at last meals

NEW YORK DAILY NEWSWednesday, April 1, 2015, 12:00 PMFRANK CASTORAL (Originally published by the Daily News on April 3, 1992. This story was written by Joseph McNamara.)With John Gotti’s fate decided...

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Mob Priest: Heaven Is Full of Made Men

In Italy, the Pope told gangsters that they’re excommunicated. Here in America, they’re not taking the pontiff’s words too literally.With one edict, Pope Francis may have turned away mobsters from...

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Accused Bonanno mobster turned down promotion to consigliere, lawyer says...

BY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWSThey made him an offer he refused.Getting promoted to the powerful position of consigliere in a Mafia crime family apparently isn’t what it was once cracked up to...

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Learning valuable lessons from the yakuza?

by Jake AdelsteinSpecial To The Japan Times “He had connections and interactions with individuals related to the yakuza. Why on earth would he be appointed a (Cabinet) minister? The responsibility of...

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Montreal mobster mysteriously vanished in 2012, but only now are police...

 Adrian Humphreys | April 7, 2015 Montreal PoliceGiuseppe “Joe” Renda, who would now be 56, vanished after leaving his Westmount home at lunchtime on May 4, 2012, Montreal police say. His car was later...

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Pros from 51 countries examine transnational organized crime

George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies    Story by Christine June   GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – During his welcoming remarks, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. (retired) Keith Dayton, director of the...

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Genovese Crime Family ally gets 28 months

By Politicker Staff | 04/15/15 4:33pm A North Jersey man was sentenced today to 28 months in prison for his role in the affairs of the Genovese organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the “Genovese...

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1 WTC contractor charged with money laundering, fraud

Man allegedly hid ties to Bonanno crime family from company with $11M contractA Queens man who is allegedly affiliated with the Bonanno crime family was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of channeling...

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Parents of ‘murdered mob victim’ suing crime-family turncoats

By Kathianne BonielloThe parents of an apparent mob murder victim have filed a $10 million wrongful-death claim against two crime-family turncoats.Carmine and Rosa Gargano say wiseguys Dino Calabro and...

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Mob-connected matriach Eleonora Gigliotti ordered held without bail after she...

BY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWSShe's one rough mama.The matriarch of a mob-connected family charged with using their Italian restaurant in Queens to facilitate drug trafficking schooled her...

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Florham Park man gets prison time for role in mafia

Staff report 1A Florham Park resident was sentenced Wednesday to 28 months in prison for his role in the affairs of the Genovese organized crime family.Nunzio LaGrasso, 64, engaged in a pattern of...

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London Mafia Mobster's Sentence 'Extinguished'

Domenico Rancadore, known as "The Professor", spent two decades hiding out in Britain before his arrest.A mafia gangster who was due to be extradited to Italy from the UK has been told he no longer has...

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Photos Allegedly Linking an Olympic Official to the Yakuza Keep Causing Him...

By Jake AdelsteinFor months, people have seen photos circulating online that allegedly show Japan Olympic Committee Vice Chairman Hidetoshi Tanaka hobnobbing with Japanese yakuza bosses. But on...

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Tokyo cops arrest yakuza for extortion in Shibuya

By Tokyo Reporter oA Yamaguchi-gumi allegedly demanded payment from a restaurant's street tout Shibuya, TokyoTOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Saturday announced the arrest of an organized...

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US Treasury Freezes Assets of Japanese Yakuza

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer The U.S. Treasury Department says it has taken action against a major affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest and most prominent "yakuza" crime...

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5 Little-Known Historic Mob Locations In Kansas City

By GINA KAUFMANN, SYLVIA MARIA GROSS & MATTHEW LONG-MIDDLETONMany Kansas Citians have heard of the Union Station Massacre or the River Quay explosion — two of the more infamous episodes in KC's...

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