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 [...]

Gambino capo Gregory DePalma dies in prison

The gangster whose loose lips helped sink the leadership of the Gambino Crime Family has died at a federal prison where he was serving a nearly–year stretch for racketeering.

Gregory DePalma, 78, an admitted capo in the notorious Mafia crime family, died Nov. 20 at 5:54 p.m. at Butner Federal Medical Prison in [...]

Mob-made: retired FBI agent shares story

NEWTOWN — Not many people get to meet a mobster in a friendly situation, let alone hear a ranking member of New York City’s Gambino crime family, with the title “made man,” describe his daily tasks.
But that was one of the surprise perks members of the Newtown Police Academy got this year.
Standing [...]