Yakuza vs. Yakuza in a ‘Sea of Blood’
JAKE ADELSTEINThe schism in the Yamaguchi-gumi is generating one violent incident after another, but authorities believe the worst is yet to come. Beware the Ides of March.TOKYO — Molotov cocktails,...
View ArticleKinahan gang linked to UK horse race fixing criminal outfit
Ken FoyThe murderous Christy Kinahan cartel is heavily involved with two English criminals deeply associated with horse race fixing.A special Herald investigation reveals that the notorious English...
View ArticleGardai closely watch mob boss suspected of ordering murder of Vinnie Ryan
• BY CATHAL MCMAHON• Gardai are closely watching a mob boss suspected of ordering the murder of Vincent “Vinnie” Ryan.The gangster, nicknamed Mr Big, is also believed to be linked...
View ArticleFBI finds human remains in dig for Boston mob victim
Authorities have not confirmed if the body is that of the mob victim.The FBI confirmed that human remains have been recovered during a dig to find the body of a Boston mob victim missing since 1993,...
View ArticleOhsho learned of shady transactions one month before president was slain: panel
OSAKA – A third-party panel that has been investigating a possible connection between the Kyoto-based Ohsho gyoza (dumpling) restaurant chain and a yakuza syndicate Tuesday released a report revealing...
View ArticleFrom Armenia to Australia, how the mob controls the trafficking of...
PENNY BRADFIELDIn America, they are called the "Five Families". The term refers to the five major New York organised crime families of the Mafia, with a history that can be traced in the United States...
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Confessions of a mob doctor
A showgirl dead in a lift. A tycoon knocked out cold by a call girl. Just two entries in the Las Vegas casebook of Dr Ivan Mindlin Jeremy ClarkeWe’d done the wine-tasting — eurgh — and our coach party...
View ArticleWhat happened to Anthony Catalano: His family wants to know
By Peter BellaAnthony Catalano was last seen on video surveillance cameras leaving his condo building at 8747 w. Bryn Mawr. He drove off in his Mercedes Benz and vanished. His family filed a missing...
View ArticleHistory repeats as mobster murder returns to the streets
Cameron StewartChip Le Grand “Gotcha.” It was the last word Calabrian fruiterer Alfonso Mura¬tore heard before the gunman wearing a balaclava pumped three bullets into his head outside his Hampton...
View ArticleWhy gangland lawyers sometimes end up a victim of their own success
Troy LennonORGANISED crime gangs have ways to avoid their operations being shut down by police or having gang members locked away. One way is to hire legal minds to defend them in court or to exploit...
View ArticleProsecution claims cash flowed to alleged Bonanno crime boss
By Mira Wassef |MANHATTAN, N.Y.— The money flowed up to the "old boss."Any proceeds from gambling and loansharking activities eventually made its way through the Bonanno crime family hierarchy and...
View ArticleMobster U: Even the Mafia benefits from more school
IAN MCGUGANTake a tip from the Mafia: It pays to stay in school.Mobsters with more education enjoy significantly higher earnings, according to a new paper that digs into the history of Italian American...
View ArticleBonanno mobster Ronald Giallanzo back in prison after violating release...
BY JOHN MARZULLI The party's over for a Bonanno gangster who was caught mingling with mobsters in violation of his supervised release.Ronald Giallanzo, a made man and the nephew of acquitted Lufthansa...
View Article‘Adopted son’ of crime boss John Gotti claims credit for FBI raid on...
BY JOHN MARZULLI John Gotti must be spinning in his coffin.The late Gambino crime boss’ so-called “adopted son” Lewis Kasman is claiming credit for the FBI raiding the Florida home of a former deputy...
View ArticleCommittee Rejects Philly Mob Boss' Home As Historical Landmark
LAURA WAGNERAngelo Bruno, Philadelphia's mob boss in the 1960s and 1970s, was killed by a shotgun blast in 1980 as he sat in a car in front of his house on 934 Snyder Avenue.The grisly story is no...
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Gotti Underboss Fights for Audiotapes He Says Prove He Didn’t Plot Murder
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.MAY 6, 2016One evening in December 1989, John Gotti had a conversation with his acting underboss, Frank Locascio, about murdering a troublesome underling in the Gambino crime...
View ArticleMobsters in the News: Gotti Underboss Fights for Audiotapes He Says Prov...
Mobsters in the News: Gotti Underboss Fights for Audiotapes He Says Prov...: By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.MAY 6, 2016 One evening in December 1989, John Gotti had a conversation with his acting underboss,...
View ArticleThe Cleveland Mafia: Death of a don ignites Bomb City, USA
For decades, John Scalish ran the Cleveland mafia like a well-oiled machine. His sudden death 40 years ago unleashed one of the biggest outbreaks of mob violence in American history -- when the city...
View ArticleAfter dangerous Mediterranean voyage, migrants in Sicily face uncertainty,...
June 7, 2016 at 7:53 PM EDTAs summer arrives, thousands of migrants are embarking upon perilous Mediterranean crossings to get to Europe. In Sicily, authorities attempting to deal with the influx...
View ArticleTwo Calabrian mafia members to be extradited to Italy
The Federal Justice Office has authorised the extradition to Italy of two members of the ‘Ndrangheta, a mafia organisation based in Calabria in the south of the country. They had been arrested on March...
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