Mobster's Grandson Elected Mayor of New York Village
Sunday, 26 Apr 2015 10:56 PMBy Greg McDonaldPhilip Gigante, grandson of Genovese crime-family godfather Vincent "The Chin" Gigante is the new mayor of Airmont, New York, and not all the townsfolk are...
View ArticleThe Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Former FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty...
The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Former FBI Agent Pleads Not Guilty to Perjury: By Chelsea Rice and Hilary Sargent Boston.com Staff Retired FBI supervisor Robert Fitzpatrick was arraigned...
View ArticleFlorist to the mob had offers he couldn't refuse
By JOHN M. GLIONNA Selling flowers is too girlie? Think again, says a florist who served tough guys and wiseguysWhen John Ferraro was a kid in the South Bronx, he thought arranging flowers was for...
View ArticleEx-mobster: Gotti family ordered cyber ‘hit’ on me
By Gary BuisoHe’s no Facebook friend of ours.Instead of using brickbats or Berettas, relatives of notorious Mafia boss John Gotti are delivering a beatdown to a former Gambino enforcer the 21st-century...
View ArticleCocaine ring based in New York pizzeria broken up, say Italian police and FBI
At least 16 arrested in Calabria, Italy, and New York in operation that police say shows how ’Ndrangheta crime syndicate has expanded US tiesA major cocaine trafficking ring run out of a New York City...
View ArticleReputed mob enforcer pleads guilty to threats, violence to collect debts
By Jason MeisnerChicago Tribunecontact the reporterReputed mob associate loses tough-guy demeanor as he pleads guilty in court to extortion.Reputed Outfit associate Paul Carparelli was caught on...
View ArticleNew York mobster held over cocaine smuggling ring with Italian mafia boasted...
Mainland Italian Ndrangheta crime syndicate made £44billion in a year - more than fast food chain McDonalds and Deutsche Bank made combinedAlleged broker Gregorio Gigliotti said he want to dissolve...
View ArticleThe New York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob : Joseph "Big Joey"Massino
The New York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob : Joseph "Big Joey"Massino: Joseph "Big Joey" Massino's current residence is located in Howard Beach, Queens. His home is within close...
View ArticleThe New York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob : Anthony "Tony Bender"...
The New York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob : Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo: The business dealings and interaction of gangsters are built upon double crosses and betrayals, but even...
View ArticleThe American-Jewish Gangster: Mob boss planned hits at Burger Ranch, nursing...
The American-Jewish Gangster: Mob boss planned hits at Burger Ranch, nursing hom...: A leader of one of Israel’s most powerful mob families planned hits on his rivals in meetings held at a Burger Ranch...
View ArticleThe American-Jewish Gangster: Gunsel
The American-Jewish Gangster: Gunsel: Gunsel PRONUNCIATION: (GUHN-suhl) 1. A gun-carrying criminal. 2. A tramp’s young intimate companion. Alteration of the Yid...
View ArticleKeeping the yakuza away from the 2020 Olympics
by Jake AdelsteinThe 2020 Olympics in Tokyo should be a cause for celebration but this may depend on who you talk to.Takajima Publishing released a book by Yoshinari Ichinomiya in June 2014 titled...
View ArticleJapanese yakuza fugitive arrested in Bangkok
Immigration authorities today arrested a fugitive yakuza gangster wanted by Japanese police after hiding for years in Thailand.Minoru Hirata, 51, was arrested Tuesday at a golf course in Bangkok,...
View Article'Ndrangheta Mafia's 'sacred cattle' under threat as Calabrian authorities...
The free-roaming white cows have caused damage, ruined crops and pose a danger to traffic, but animal rights activists have launched a petition to save the animals that mobsters see as a sign of their...
View ArticleNine-year-old boy under 24-hour guard as 'one of the most bloodthirsty' Mafia...
The danger was confirmed by wire-tapped conversations where the mobster referred to an attack that was currently in preparationMichael Day A bewildered nine-year-old in Sicily has been given the...
View ArticleThe godfather of ganja comes from a legendary Mafia family
By Toby RogersDuring Prohibition, it was booze. Then gambling, racketeering and cocaine. But today, the New York mob makes big money from an unlikely product — marijuana. And the godfather of ganja is...
View ArticleMan accused of plotting to extort or harm real estate mogul
PHOENIX (AP) — A Scottsdale man has been arrested for allegedly trying to hire undercover police detectives to extort or harm a real estate mogul who won a $1.2 million lawsuit against him, authorities...
View ArticlePolice: Suspected Jewel Thief Tied to Organized Crime
By Julie Carey and James Doubek Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the organized crime connection to a local ring of jewelry thieves. (Published Thursday, May 14, 2015)Fairfax police...
View ArticleTwo men caught in ‘sniper van’ sentenced on weapons charges
JIM MUSTIANTwo men caught in Jefferson Parish last year driving a van that appeared to be outfitted for an assassin were sentenced to federal prison Thursday on weapons charges, ending a bizarre case...
View ArticleThe New England Mafia: Mexican cartel meetings in New England, elsewhere ...
The New England Mafia: Mexican cartel meetings in New England, elsewhere ...: 5 Investigates exclusively obtains video of secretly recorded meetings BOSTON —A far-reaching three-year FBI investigation...
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