Gambino Family

Mafia Hit Man Trades Corpses for Art Canvas

February 5, 2010 · 7 Comments

Mob Killer Emerges from Dismembering, Ratting and Witness Protection at Outsider Art Fair When Dominick Montiglio was only 2, his “Uncle Nino” — captain of the notorious Gambino crime family — banished the boy’s alcoholic father from his home and took on the role of surrogate and godfather. Anthony ‘Nino’ Gaggi and his crew, headed by Roy DeMeo, set an early example for Montiglio, reportedly murdering 200 people and dismembering their bodies at Brooklyn’s Gemini Lounge, also known as the “Horror Hotel.” “I lived the life,”... [Read the full story]

Sonny Girard

The Mob & America: 1932-1946 by Sonny Girard

February 4, 2010 · 6 Comments

Lately there has been a lot of focus on Italy’s government and its links to the Mafia, Camorra, ‘Ndrangheta, and, to a lesser extent, Sacre Corona Unita, the Pugliese organized crime group. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of having dealt with the Mafia, as well as his close associate, Senator Marcello Dell’Utri. Given the centuries old relationship of the Mafia to Italian authorities, it’s not surprising. What is a surprise is that so many have forgotten that in the short history of the United States, there has been a comparable one at the top level... [Read the full story]

Colombo Family

Feds Line Up Tough One-Two Punch For Colombo Top Guns

February 3, 2010 · 3 Comments

The feds have just lined up a tough one-two punch against two top Colombo family mobsters awaiting trial for six mob murders, Gang Land has learned. The mob hits include the 1997 execution slaying of New York City police officer Ralph Dols. Sources say prosecutors plan to unleash two new turncoats against family “street boss” Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli and consigliere Joel (Joe Waverly) Cacace later this year. Charged 13 months ago with murders that qualify for capital punishment, Gioeli, 57, and Cacace, 68, are still sweating out a final decision by the feds on the death penalty issue. One... [Read the full story]

Lucchese Family

Craigslist ‘mob thug’ sings the bruise

January 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A tough-guy Mafia associate who prosecutors say tried to steal an engagement ring in a brutal mugging says he’s the one who was roughed up. “I’m innocent. Completely innocent,” Gerald DeGerolamo, 65, told The Post, sporting bandages on his nose and head while awaiting a court appearance. Law-enforcement sources said DeGerolamo replied to a Craigslist ad for an engagement ring posted by David Cushman, and the two agreed to meet Dec. 26 in front of 125 Christopher St. When Cushman took out the ring, the ex-con sprayed him with Mace and shoved him to the ground, court papers... [Read the full story]

New Jersey Mafia

Top Brooklyn HS coach in bet probe

February 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

One of Brooklyn’s most successful high school baseball coaches is under investigation by the District Attorney’s Office for his alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar, mob-linked online sports-gambling operation, sources told The Post. Dennis Canale, 67, a retired NYPD cop who has coached the Xaverian HS varsity team for 10 years, abruptly retired from his coaching duties and took a medical leave from his job as the school’s building manager in late December. His departure came shortly after prosecutors filed papers naming a former Xaverian freshman coach, Gerard Bruzzese,... [Read the full story]

General

Dillinger’s getaway car sells for $165,000

January 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A 1930 Ford Model A used by bank robber John Dillinger to evade federal agents sold at auction Saturday for $165,000. The car, sold at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., had a cameo role in the 2009 movie “Public Enemies” starring Johnny Depp. This car was used in Dillinger’s 1934 escape from the Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, Wis. Dillinger and his gang had been staying at the lakeside resort when the proprietor tipped off the FBI. A team of agents attempted to surround the house, but Dillinger and his partners Homer Van Meter and John... [Read the full story]

Sicilian Mafia/Ndrangheta

Mafia investment ‘gave Silvio Berlusconi his big break’

The Mafia invested heavily in a 1970s housing project which gave Silvio Berlusconi his big break in business, an Italian court heard. The allegation that Sicily’s Cosa Nostra helped finance the project was made in a Palermo court by Massimo Ciancimino, the son of a Mafia don who was close to the head of the Sicilian mafia’s “boss of... [Read more of this review]

Witness links Berlusconi associate to top mobster

PALERMO, Sicily (Reuters) – The key witness in a Mafia trial in Sicily told a court Tuesday that a close ally of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had direct links with the former “Boss of Bosses” of the Cosa Nostra. Massimo Ciancimino, son of a convicted Mafia associate and former mayor of the Sicilian capital Palermo, told the court... [Read more of this review]

Battling an Image and Reality, Berlusconi Takes on the Mafia (Real and Fictional)

ROME — It seemed a spirited defense of his nation’s reputation: calling organized crime groups “a terrible pathology,” Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday criticized movies and television shows that fictionalized the Mafia for giving Italy “a negative image abroad.” Such shows, he said, were “an ugly trend” that he hoped would... [Read more of this review]

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