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Ex-Mob Boss Gets 4 Months for Meeting Friend

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated PressA reputed former mob boss was ordered back to prison Friday for violating parole, and his lawyer complained that the FBI would pursue his client "to the grave."Joseph...

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Mobster’s son pleads guilty to digging up mafia victim’s body

By Selim AlgarVincent Asaro, left , was arrested in January in connection with the 1978 Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport.Photo: Gregory P. MangoThe mobbed up son of alleged Lufthansa heist mastermind...

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Arson-related conviction overturned for mob informant

By Frank Donnelly | fdonnelly@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A longtime mob informant, found guilty for his role in an arson on Staten Island committed by gangsters he informed on, has had his...

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Bail reduced for some alleged Genovese crime family associates

By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com MORRISTOWN — Bail was reduced for several of the alleged Genovese crime family associates accused of running illegal financial schemes and sports...

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Portuguese emigrant detained in US, money-laundering for the mafia

A Portuguese man has been detained in the American state of New Jersey on charges of being part of an elaborate money-laundering scheme for the Italian mafia. Abel Rodrigues, originally from the Minho...

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John Gotti brought spotlight on Mafia to Queens

John Joseph Gotti Jr. was an Italian-American organized crime figure best known in the 1980s as the powerful, media-courting boss of the Gambino Mafia family. He was the fifth of 13 children born on...

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New Jersey Mafia Bust Proof that Sports Betting Needs Oversight, Says State AG

OCTOBER 23, 2014 BY DAVID SHELDON A New Jersey Mafia bust supports the idea that sports betting in the Garden State needs to be legalized in order to keep criminal elements out, according to the...

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Feds urge leniency for turncoat hitman Joseph ‘Joey Caves’ Competiello

The ex-Colombo hit man came forward to solve the 1997 gangland killing of NYPD cop Ralph Dols. BY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSunday, October 26, 2014, 4:00 AMFederal prosecutors are going to bat...

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Reputed mobster nabbed with Lyndhurst men followed in infamous father’s...

BEHIND THE STORY: Although his notorious father once remained a fugitive for 11 years, reputed Genovese crime family member Vincent Coppola was on the lam all of one day before New Jersey State Police...

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The Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather Part 2

The Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather Part 2

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The Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather

The Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather

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Roger Touhy, Gangster: Madison's Wonder Bar Steakhouse has mob history, g...

Roger Touhy, Gangster: Madison's Wonder Bar Steakhouse has mob history, g...:  The 85-year-old Wonderbar Steakhouse in Madison was a mob hangout for many years. It was built by Roger "The Terrible" ...

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Former ILA Officials in New Jersey Plead Guilty to Extortion

Submitted by Carl Horowitz Northern New Jersey's International Longshoremen's Association Local 1235 has remained a profit center for the Genovese crime family despite the reform process set in motion...

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Rice to Blakeman: Disclose business relationship with ex-father-in-law Myron...

By Laura Figueroa Democratic congressional candidate Kathleen Rice has taken aim at Republican opponent Bruce Blakeman's business relationship with his ex-father-in-law Myron Shevell, citing Shevell’s...

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Gambino mobster charged in ’02 hit

Feds: Gennaro Bruno was gunman in Howard Beach Bosshart murderby Peter C. Mastrosimone, An associate of the Gambino crime family was arrested Tuesday in Las Vegas and will be brought back to New York...

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11 Alleged Mobsters Busted on Loansharking, Gambling Charges

By David Porter Members and associates of one of New York's legendary crime families used check cashing businesses and a Newark restaurant to run a racketeering enterprise that reaped millions of...

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'Goodfellas' Actor Files $250 Million Lawsuit Over 'Simpsons' Mafia Character

Frank Sivero's suit alleges that 'Simpsons' character Louie's "appearance and mannerisms are strongly evocative" of the actorBy Ryan Reed Frank Sivero, best known for playing mobsters in The Godfather...

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The New England Mafia: Mafia induction recording made history 25 years ag...

The New England Mafia: Mafia induction recording made history 25 years ag...: By Shelley Murphy   Mobsters from throughout New England gathered at a modest home in Medford on Oct. 29, 1989, to baptize...

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By Frank Donnelly |  Volkan Mergen contended, in a secret tape, that he could not back out of his role in an arson on Staten Island for fear of exposing himself as a mob snitch, said court...

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'Idol's Eye' Movie Canceled: Robert De Niro and Robert Pattinson ThrillerBy Zac Gille 'Idol's Eye' production shut down: Robert De Niro, Robert Pattinson and Rachel Weisz to have starred in Olivier...

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