Charges Called ‘New Low’ for Gambinos

When members of the Gambino crime family correctly suspected in the late 1990s that a nephew of one of their most powerful captains was cooperating with the government, they plotted to kill him, the authorities say.
But before carrying out the plot, they sought permission from the captain, who was in prison at the time.
The [...]

US crackdown on mafia sees 14 mobsters charged.. including boss who ordered execution of own nephew

A MAFIA Don ordered the murder of his own nephew for ratting on the notorious Gambino family.
Daniel Marino, a top member of the Gambino ruling council, condemned Frank Hydell to death over claims that he was a “grass”.
Mob hitmen then lured Hydell, 31, to a New York nightclub, where they shot him three times in [...]

Bail set at $2M for alleged Gambino crime family member

Bail was set at $2 million on Wednesday for alleged Gambino crime family member Onofrio Modica, who is charged with, among other things, racketeering in connection with the deaths of two people.
Modica was among 14 alleged Gambino crime family members charged in New York on Tuesday with counts including murder, racketeering, prostitution of minors [...]

Son of mafia hit man Anthony (Tony Roach) Rampino convicted

Like father, like roach.
The son of drug-dealing mob hit man Anthony (Tony Roach) Rampino was convicted for endangering the lives of his seven passengers in a drunken, 100-mph drive down the Long Island Expressway.
A Queens Supreme Court jury found Anthony Rampino, 35, guilty of reckless endangerment, driving while intoxicated, vehicular assault and other charges.
One of [...]

Vincent Basciano Trial Update

After Dominick Cicale testified in the case of John A. Gotti Jr., Vincent Basciano’s lawyers are asking the government to turnover docuemnts which show the movement of Basciano and Gotti when they were both lodged at the Metropolitan Correction Center.
This was the period in “King of The Godfather’s “when Basciano in Chapter 28 has been [...]

Gotti Junior may have killed his brother, but Frank Silva Jr. says, ‘Not interested’

Frank Silva Jr can live without knowing who killed his kid brother, even if federal prosecutors can’t.
The New Jersey man, standing in his front door Friday, said he’s ignored testimony this week that mob legacy John A. (Junior) Gotti stabbed and then taunted a dying Daniel Silva back in 1983.
“Not interested after 26 years,” the [...]

Mama Gotti goes wild: wails ‘Why don’t you just kill him now!’ at judge in Junior trial

“Why don’t you just hang him now!” the matriarch of the Gotti clan shouted at Judge Kevin Castel at the end of a hearing for her son John A. (Junior) Gotti Friday in Manhattan Federal Court.
“They’re trying to kill him before trial,” Victoria Gotti said. “These are the good guys? God help [...]

Mobster Makes Offer on French Connection Case

In prison, far from the Brooklyn haunts where his name was scrawled in blood, Anthony Casso stews. He stews over old vendettas. He stews over betrayals of the flesh — heart problems and prostate cancer.
And Mr. Casso, the once fearsome underboss of the Lucchese family who is now serving multiple life sentences [...]