2 Islanders among those charged in mob linked WTC scheme

Two Staten Island men were among eight who extorted money from a Boston demolition company at the World Trade Center construction site and ripped off union pension funds for the Colombo crime family, federal prosecutors charge.
Reputed Colombo associate Robert C. Bombino, 47, of Meade Loop in Richmond Valley, and Louis Romeo, 44, of Atlantic Avenue [...]

A MULTI-million dollar family drug empire allegedly run by members of the Italian mafia has been busted this morning following police raids in Sydney and Mildura

At 6 am, 200 officers swooped on properties across south-west Sydney and Mildura in Victoria.
Firearms and Organised Crime Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Arthur Katsogiannis said police would be alleging that the people involved were “very dangerous.
He said the raids were the culmination of an eight-month investigation by officers with Strike Force Baranbali, a joint operation [...]

Intuitive L.I. man hopes to connect with spirits of those whacked by mob for new show ‘Ghostfellas’

Think of it as the supernatural “Sopranos.”
Actors, cameramen and the curious went deep into Staten Island’s William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge Friday in search of spirits of the dead.
Not just any dead – but those snuffed by the mob whose relatives hope to reach them in the great beyond.
Searches for “Ghostfellas” is the concept of [...]

Mobster charged in jeweler’s slaying

A Genovese crime family captain has been charged with racketeering and robbery conspiracy in connection with the slaying of a Grasmere jeweler outside a West Brighton restaurant two years ago.
Anthony Antico, 74, planned the robbery of jewelry and cash from Louis Antonelli, according to an indictment filed by Brooklyn federal [...]

Italy’s most wanted mafia boss arrested in San Pedro Alcantara

CIRO FIGARO, listed as one of Italy’s most wanted and dangerous men, was arrested last week in San Pedro Alcantara. He did not resist arrest, and at the same time, the son of another mafia boss who allegedly owed him money, Ciro Russo, who he was holding in San Pedro Alcantara against his will, was [...]

abc40 Investigates: Springfield’s Organized Crime

Six years after reputed mob boss Al Bruno was gunned down while walking from a card game, a series of arrests have been made and all of the suspects are allegedly connected to organized crime with a chain of command trailing to New York.
However, local police have said the face of organized crime has [...]

Favor for ‘Goodfellas’ actor Anthony Borgese gets Gambino soldier Joey Boy Orlando 51-month sentence

A reputed Gambino soldier was sentenced Wednesday to 51 months in prison for siccing two goons on a deadbeat as a favor to “Goodfellas” actor Anthony Borgese.
Joseph (Joey Boy) Orlando was secretly recorded by an informant, gleefully discussing the vicious beating, prosecutors said.
The victim, who was not identified, owed a large sum to an upstate [...]

Retired FBI Agent Recalls Inflitration of Gambino Crime Family

Joaquin “Jack” Garcia is not a professional actor, and yet his persuasive portrayal of a `wise guy’ led to numerous arrests of many high-level mafia soldiers in 2005.
In what the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) describes as one of the most successful undercover operations in its history, Special Agent Garcia infiltrated the renowned Gambino crime [...]

Mafia Today Update

Just to let everyone know I’ve decided to hang onto MafiaToday.com and try and improve it.
First of the improvements in the pipeline will be a forum , I expect to have this up and running in the next few weeks.
Forums can be hard to moderate and if any of the regulars here are interested in [...]

Richmond man accused of helping steal millions in Brooklyn bank heist

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A professional heist man from Richmond with ties to the Gambino crime family helped steal millions from a bank in Brooklyn a year ago, only to be done in by some blood he left at the scene, federal and local authorities allege.
Afrim Kupa, 37, and a crew of burglars used a [...]

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