Romania: Former Organized Crime Prosecutor and Former Tax Chief Arrested for...
Romanian authorities have detained the country's former chief prosecutor for organized crime and the former head of the tax authority, both of whom are suspected of taking bribes from a businessman to...
View ArticleJapan’s Biggest Mob Group Splits Under Money, Police Pressure
Police fear gang war in Japan as factions break away from powerful Yamaguchi-gumi yakuzaThe Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest and most powerful yakuza group, is undergoing a major split on its 100th...
View ArticleFormer Mobster Sues Government for Tapes in Murder Case
Frank LoCascio says 26-year-old recordings could free him from his prison sentence, but the government has declined to release themBy MICHAEL SICONOLFIA civil suit filed this week by former mobster...
View ArticleChicago's Polish Robin Hoods — the Panczko brothers
(Chicago Tribune)Ron GrossmanContact ReporterChicago TribuneWho needs Capone and Dillinger when you have the Polish Robin Hoods of Chicago?Newspaper editors long indulged Chicagoans' fascination with...
View ArticleThe Prohibition Gangsters in Pictures: Secret gadget to bust prohibition-era...
The Prohibition Gangsters in Pictures: Secret gadget to bust prohibition-era speakeasies: By Mark Frauenfelder Robert Tetro patented this gadget in 1930 to help prohibition-era enforcement agents...
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Mafia boss dad was 'like Pope Francis'
The daughter of mafia boss Vittorio Casamonica, who was last month given a lavish funeral in Rome, has sparked more outrage after comparing him to Pope Francis.Vera Casamonica has further enraged...
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Why Do We Admire Mobsters?
BY MARIA KONNIKOVAMobsters are often portrayed as men who care about their communities and who live by their own codes of honor and conduct, impervious to the political whims of the establishment.In...
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Bonanno crime family associate gets 33 months for money laundering
By Selim AlgarAttorneys for 'Goodfellas' mobster want rap sheet off limitsJudge sends elderly mobster back to prison for meeting with criminal pals'Goodfellas' mobster confronted by victim's family at...
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Glen Rock man admits to running phony investment company
BY STEPHANIE AKINHe promised unsuspecting clients lucrative returns on investments including a casino on “the last oceanfront property in Atlantic City,” a pizzeria in the Bahamas and a Florida...
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Death penalty sought for 'Big Tony' in businessman's slaying
CURT ANDERSON, AP LEGAL AFFAIRS WRITERFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Anthony "Big Tony" Moscatiello deserves the death penalty for coldly ordering the mob-style slaying of a South Florida businessman to...
View ArticleThe New England Mafia: A Strange, True Story of the FBI and Organized Cri...
The New England Mafia: A Strange, True Story of the FBI and Organized Cri...: Whitey Bulger is the name you know, but things were far bigger and more complex than you might imagine. BY T.J. ENGLISH...
View ArticleThe New England Mafia: Boston Mobster Buddy McLean's Son Pens THE IRISH K...
The New England Mafia: Boston Mobster Buddy McLean's Son Pens THE IRISH K...: The new crime film "Black Mass," set to open Sept. 18, was filmed in Boston and is based on the 2001 book "Black Mass: ...
View ArticleThe Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Irish barber's bond with gangster...
The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Irish barber's bond with gangster Reggie Kray: Thursday 10th September 2015 ● CRIME DESKBy Lynne Kelleher An Irish barber has revealed for the first time how...
View ArticleThe Prohibition Gangsters in Pictures: The Rienzi Hotel
The Prohibition Gangsters in Pictures: The Rienzi Hotel: The Rienzi Hotel, NE corner of Clark, Diversey and Broadway (then called Evanston Blvd), Lake View, 1908, Chicago. The Rienzi is most reme...
View ArticleRECIPES WE WOULD DIE FOR: Pizza Rustica - Pizza Chena
RECIPES WE WOULD DIE FOR: Pizza Rustica - Pizza Chena: Recipe Time: 21/2 hours, plus time for cooling FOR THE DOUGH: 6 cups all-purpose flour, plus more as needed 1/4 teaspoon sal...
View ArticleRussian Mafia Gangster: The Refugee Crisis Has Produced One Winner: Organi...
Russian Mafia Gangster: The Refugee Crisis Has Produced One Winner: Organi...: By MISHA GLENNYSEPT. 20, 2015 Photo A migrant family from Syria arriving in a small boat to the Greek island of Kos after...
View ArticleRussian Mafia Gangster: Russia Charges Head of Oil-Rich Region With Organi...
Russian Mafia Gangster: Russia Charges Head of Oil-Rich Region With Organi...: Eduard Gismatullin Stepan Kravchenko The governor of Russia’s oil-rich Komi region, was arrested on suspicion of fraud...
View ArticleThe Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Ireland's Costa Mafia's blood bond...
The Wee Book of Irish-American Gangsters: Ireland's Costa Mafia's blood bond is the envy of ...: By Nicola Tallant THEIRS IS A BOND OF BLOOD ENVIED BY THE RUSSIAN, BRITISH, EASTERN EUROPEAN, MOROCCAN...
View ArticleThe Latest: Judge agrees with jury, gives ‘Big Tony’ life
By Associated Press September 17FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The latest on the case involving Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello in the mob-connected 2001 slaying of a prominent South Florida businessman during...
View ArticleMobster Frank "Whitey" Bulgar's ties to Las Vegas
By George Knapp , Matt Adams | madams@8newsnow.comActor Johnny Depp plays notorious gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in the movie "Black Mass" which opens this weekend.The movie tells the story of his...
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