Mafia boss Carmine Persico has 100 year prison sentence upheld
Carmine “Junior” Persico the boss of the Colombo crime family was sentenced to 100 years in prison for a racketeering conviction in the 1986 Mafia commission trial. The aging mobster has been...
View ArticleColombo family mobster John Franzese denied compassionate release
John “Sonny” Franzese the former underboss of the Colombo crime family has been denied compassionate release consideration by a federal prison warden. Franzese has a long history in the New York...
View ArticleFilming of The Life and Death of John Gotti begins July 25
The Life and Death of John Gotti is a biopic about the life of infamous New York mafia boss who controlled the Gambino crime family. John Travolta is set to play the role of “the Dapper Don” in the...
View ArticleGambino family mobster Joseph Isgro gets sweet plea deal
Joseph Isgro a reputed Gambino crime family mobster was given an offer from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office that he couldn’t refuse. The sweet plea deal allowed Isgro to plead guilty to...
View ArticleNew York Mafia members busted in massive pot operation
Twenty-two defendants which included reputed mobsters from four of the five New York mafia families were busted on drug,tax fraud, and illegal gambling charges. According to prosecutors, the mafia...
View ArticleLucchese family mobster Michael Capra pleads guilty
Lucchese crime family mobster Michael Capra pleaded guilty to extortion charges and is now awaiting sentencing. He copped to threatening to beat down deadbeat debtors including an elderly victim in...
View ArticleLucchese family mobster Daniel Capra pleads guilty to extortion
Lucchese crime family mobster Daniel Capra plead guilty to two counts of extortion on Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court. The 58-year-old mobster along with his brother Michael who plead guilty last...
View ArticleMassive Mafia bust targets Philly mafia boss and NY Mafia capos
More than 40 people were arrested including mafia captains, soldiers, associates and even a mob boss during a massive FBI bust targeting Cosa Nostra. According to reports, the organized crime...
View ArticlePhilly mafia boss Joey Merlino facing multiple charges in latest indictment
Joseph Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia was busted in a sweeping indictment along with members of the New York mafia. In total 46 alleged members and associates from four of the...
View ArticlePhilly mobster Joey Merlino released on $5 Million dollar bail
Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia has been released from prison on $5 million dollars bail. Merlino has been in prison since he was arrested along with more than...
View ArticleLucchese family capo Carmine Avellino takes plea deal
Carmine Avellino a longtime Lucchese crime family capo has agreed to a plea deal according to reports and now faces up to 33 months behind bars. The reputed mobster was charged with extortion and...
View ArticleThe Life and Death of John Gotti begins filming
Filming has finally started on The Life and Death of John Gotti the biopic about the life of infamous New York mafia boss. News of the upcoming film broke back in 2010 but it’S been a bumpy road for...
View ArticleFeds alleged Mafia network “East Coast LCN Enterprise” a farce
The latest target of federal indictments against the mafia is an alleged mob network being called the “East Coast LCN Enterprise” by the feds. According to the feds, the Cosa Nostra network...
View ArticleEast Coast LCN Enterprise mobsters pack court room
Over 40 accused mobsters from various organized crime families who are allegedly part of an “East Coast LCN Enterprise” packed a federal courtroom in Manhattan. They are charged with various crimes...
View ArticleKey East Coast LCN Enterprise mobsters facing a mountain of evidence
According to reports, the feds have both audio and video evidence against key figures of what they have labeled as the East Coast La Cosa Nostra Enterprise. The four and a half year investigation...
View ArticleCadillac Frank Salemme formally indicted for 1993 New England mafia hit
A recently unsealed federal indictment has charged former New England mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme and Paul Weadick a Burlington plumber with murder. According to the indictment, they...
View ArticleColombo Family captain Luca DiMatteo gets 33 month sentence
Aging Colombo crime family capo Luca DiMatteo has been sentenced to 33 months behind bars for extortion. DiMatteo plead guilty to extorting a local business owner for over 10 years with help of his...
View ArticlePhiladelphia mafia off the hook after Joey Merlino indictment
When authorities from New York hit Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph Merlino last month with racketeering charges from a long-running investigation it was thought that the fall out could impact his...
View ArticleBonanno mobster that helped whack Sonny Black denied compassionate release
A judge has denied a bid for compassionate release from prison for Bonanno crime family mobster Ronald “Monkey Man” Filocomo. The 66-year-old Bonanno family associate admitted to whacking mafia capo...
View ArticleMafia prince Michael Persico hopes mom can help keep him out of prison
It has been more than four years since reputed mafia prince Michael Persico pleaded guilty to loansharking after agreeing to a plea deal. Michael, the son of imprisoned Colombo crime family boss...
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