Alleged Mafia Assassin’s Trial Continues

Charles Carneglia, a reputed mob assassin, is on trial in Brooklyn on charges that he killed five people in gangland violence going back decades — including the 1976 murder of Brooklyn court officer Albert Gelb.
In opening statements yesterday, federal prosecutor Marisa Seifan stated that Carneglia gunned down Gelb just days before the officer was to [...]

Mafia bosses seek sun and safety on la costa nostra

Scruffy and unkempt, Antonio Caiazzo seemed like just another Italian who had come to Spain for the sun and good life. The reality was very different: he was one of the deadliest capos, or bosses, of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia.
Caiazzo, 51, who was arrested in Madrid this week, was involved in [...]

Judge’s fair-trial acid test

It was scary watching Charles Carneglia pour water into his glass yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. After all, he was the mob’s go-to guy whenever John Gotti or his capos wanted a body dissolved in acid. One informant says he even tossed finger bones in a Gambino soldier’s soup once to prove [...]

Mafia chief taught daughter ‘morals’

Jailed Mafia supremo Toto Riina taught his daughter “good manners, morals and respect,” she said in an interview published Wednesday.
“My father has been presented as cruel and bloodthirsty, almost like an animal, as someone who was even capable of having children killed,” Maria Concetta Riina told the left-of-centre Italian daily La [...]

Trial ordered for alleged ‘Delco Nostra’ member

Louis “Bent Finger Lou” Monacello was ordered to stand trial on assault charges today after a government witness testified that back in July he agreed to pay $2,000 to have mob rival Marty Angelina beaten.
Frank “Frankie the Fixer” DiGiacomo said Monacello paid him the money in two installments and that part of [...]

Mobster Charles Carneglia disposed of body in acid, then gave boss the finger – in his soup: feds

Reputed mob hitman Charles Carneglia dissolved a murder victim’s body in acid – and tossed the man’s finger bones into another gangster’s soup as proof, the feds charged Wednesday.
The nightmarish account is described in the government’s last-ditch bid to convince Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Jack Weinstein to let cooperating witnesses testify [...]

Prolific mob hitman sentenced to life in prison

Frank Calabrese Sr. — one of the Chicago Outfit’s most prolific hitmen — was sentenced today to life in prison in the landmark Operation Family Secrets case.
A jury had found Calabrese, 71, responsible for seven of the 13 killings that federal authorities had charged him in. The jury deadlocked on the [...]

From mob to Mr. Rogers

Fearsome reputed hit man Charles Carneglia has undergone a wiseguy makeover on the eve of his federal trial.
A prison barber did wonders for Carneglia, transforming him from a scary Charles Manson look-alike to a craggy Gorton’s Fisherman. Carneglia’s ponytail is gone. The stringy, white hair and flowing beard have been neatly trimmed.
The fearsome enforcer for [...]

Two suspected Italian mafia bosses arrested in Spain

MADRID (AFP) — A suspected Italian mafia leader on the run for nearly two years and his alleged deputy have been arrested near Madrid, authorities said on Tuesday.
The two men were arrested late Monday after they left a restaurant in Majadahonda outside the Spanish capital following an investigation by Spanish and [...]

Accused Swindler Cosmo Owed Thousands to Mob

Accused Ponzi-schemer Nicholas Cosmo onced owed tens of thousands of dollars in gambling debt to the Genovese crime family, the latest twist in a scheme federal authorities believed bilked small investors out of $370 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
A former Genovese family associate, Michael Durso, who is [...]

Next Page »