Bonanno Capo Santora caught on wiretap grooming fellow mobster to take over
Bonanno crime family captain Nicky “Cigars” Santora was caught on secret wire tap telling one of his mob crew to quit acting like a clown as he was grooming him to take over. Santora told fellow...
View ArticleGenovese family soldiers plead guilty to extortion charges
Three mobsters in the Genovese crime family pleaded guilty to extortion charges in a scheme to try to control part of the New York and New Jersey garbage collection industry. Joseph Sarcinella,...
View ArticleBonanno capo Cantarella and kin to get free pass after snitching on Bonannos
Former Bonanno crime family captain Richard “Shellackhead” Cantarella along with his wife Castelli and son Paul are set to be sentenced on a host of crimes but are likely to get a free pass in return...
View ArticleGenovese family controlled New Jersey based illegal sports betting ring busted
An illegal sports betting ring in New Jersey allegedly run by the Genovese crime family that took in an alleged $1 million dollars of wager per week has been busted up. FBI and local law enforcement...
View ArticleColombo mobsters Tommy Shots and Little Dino denied new trial set for sentencing
Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli the former action boss of the Colombo crime family and fellow mobster Dino “Little Dino” Saracino had their motion for a new trial denied. Brooklyn Federal Judge Brian...
View ArticleBonanno mobster Santoro has violent side caught on wiretap
Anthony “Skinny” Santoro was one of the seven mobsters busted last july on charges of racketeering, loan sharking, extortion , and drug dealing. He is allegedly a member of a crew led by veteran...
View ArticleMobster wanted to whack Johnny Carson according to new book
According to a new Johnny Carson biography the TV icon had a run in with the New York Mafia. Carson in 1970 was having drinks at Jilly’s Saloon Frank Sinatra’s favorite bar in Manhattan when he tried...
View ArticleColombo family capo turned rat Russo to be rewarded for his cooperation
Anthony “Big Anthony” Russo former captain in the Colombo crime family turned rat is hoping to be rewarded for his cooperation. According to Brooklyn federal court documents federal prosecutors are...
View ArticleColombo family mobster Scopo beats rap by passing away
Ralph Scopo Jr a soldier in the Colombo crime family has passed away at the age of 63 from heart and liver failure. Scopo was among those arrested by the feds in the historic take down against the...
View ArticleColombo capo turned rat Anthony Russo cashes in for his cooperation
Anthony Russo a former capo in the Colombo crime family who turned on his fellow mobsters hoped his cooperation would buy his freedom. Wednesday he was rewarded with just that as he was sentenced to...
View ArticleLucchese family gambling bust in New Jersey finally moving forward
New Jersey is finally turning up the heat on a racketeering case against the Lucchese crime family of the New York mafia. In may of 2010 thirty four members and associates of the Lucchese family were...
View ArticleConnecticut based Gambino Family mobsters sentenced
Richard Uva and Victor Amereno both alleged members of the Gambino crime family have been sentenced for their parts in a large scale illegal gambling operation in Connecticut. Uva was said to be the...
View ArticleColombo family capo Teddy Persico Sr back on streets
Theodore “Teddy” Persico Sr a long time Colombo crime family capo and brother of imprisoned for life Colombo boss Carmine “Junior” Persico is back on the streets after serving the last 22 years in...
View ArticleMafia rats hit the stand to testify against former Colombo consigliere Joel...
Prosecutors are out to prove that Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace the former consigliere for the Colombo crime family ordered the killing of NYPD cop Ralph Dols. Dols was shot to death outside his home in...
View ArticleJailed Colombo mobster Gioeli claims dead underboss ordered Dols murder not...
Former Colombo crime family acting boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli claims feds are trying to frame fellow mobster Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace with murder of NYPD cop Ralph Dols. Cacace is currently on...
View ArticleBonanno Captain DeFilippo dies in prison
Long time Bonanno crime family captain Patrick DeFilippo has passed away in federal prison at the age of 74 according to Bureau of Prisons reports. He was reported to have suffered from...
View ArticleColombo mobster Joel Cacace acquitted of NYPD cop killing
Colombo crime family mobster Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace has been acquitted of ordering the murder of NYPD cop Ralph Dols back in 1997. It only took the federal jury four hours of deliberating to come...
View ArticleGenovese mobsters plead guilty to racketeering and extortion
A group of Genovese crime family mobsters and associates have coped plea deals to a range of mafia crime. In April of 2012 eleven wiseguys were busted on charges ranging from shaking down San Gennaro...
View ArticleGenovese family turncoat Anthony Arillotta set for sentencing
Genovese crime family mobster turned rat Anthony “Bingy” Arillotta is set to be sentenced in March for his part in the murder of Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno the Genovese family boss in Connecticut among...
View ArticleColombo family mobster Edward Garofalo Jr setenced to 7 years
Edward “Tall Guy” Garofalo Jr a reputed enforcer for the Colombo crime family has been sentenced to seven years in prison for murder conspiracy, witness tampering, and extortion. The 46 year old...
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