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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...

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The 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...

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Florist 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...

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Ex-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...

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Cocaine 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...

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Reputed 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...

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New 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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The 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...

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Keeping 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...

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Japanese 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,...

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'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...

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Nine-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...

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The 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...

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Man 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...

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Police: 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...

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Two 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...

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The 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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