Mother, son with Mafia ties plead guilty to involvement in Taunton extortion ring
August 26, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
The wife and son of a Rhode Island mobster accused of shaking down bookies in Taunton for more than 20 years pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to charges of interstate extortion.
Anthony St. Laurent Jr., 44, and his mother, Dorothy St. Laurent, 71, entered their pleas as part of an agreement they reached last [...]
Italy: Mafia suspects arrested over ex-mayor’s murder
June 30, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
June 29–Italian paramilitary police on the southern island of Sicily have arrested five suspected members of the mafia accused of murdering a local mayor 18 years ago. Vincenzo Napolitano, a former mayor in the western town of Riesi, was thought to have been allied with a rival crime family and was killed in front of [...]
Retired Ann Arbor FBI agent recalls taking infamous photo of a Mafia meeting in the Dexter area
June 28, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
Physical surveillance (fisur, not to be confused with elsur, electronic surveillance) has been an investigative tool probably for as long as there have been investigations.
It can provide valuable intelligence and incriminating evidence. But it is also manpower and time intensive. For those conducting the surveillance, it can mean long hours of tedious inactivity punctuated by [...]
Indictment Unsealed Charging Colombo Family Administration Member Theodore Persico and Seven Other Defendants
March 10, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Charges Include a Colombo Family Kickback and Extortion Scheme on Demolition Work at the World Trade Center Construction Site
NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An eight-count indictment was unsealed this morning in Brooklyn federal court charging eight defendants – Theodore Persico, Jr., Michael Persico, Thomas Petrizzo, Edward Garofalo, Jr., [...]
Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily
The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping out criminal turf in Florida _ part of an international sweep aimed at further crippling the storied Gambino organized crime family and disrupting its ties to the Italian mob.
Wiretaps and surveillance revealed that suspected Gambino solider Gaetano [...]
Retired FBI Agent Recalls Inflitration of Gambino Crime Family
March 3, 2010 by The Boss · 6 Comments
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 Family Members, Associates Charged with Racketeering, Extortion and Other Crimes
February 26, 2010 by The Boss · 5 Comments
For Immediate Release
February 24, 2010 United States Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of New York
Contact: (718) 254-7000
Superseding Indictment Unsealed Charging Luchese and Bonanno Captains, Soldier, and Associates Variously with Racketeering, Racketeering Conspiracy, Extortion, and Other Crimes
An 18-count superseding indictment was unsealed this morning in Brooklyn federal court charging nine defendants variously with racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and other [...]
Could This Be the End of the Celebrity Mobster?
January 16, 2010 by The Boss · 10 Comments
Predicting the demise of the Mafia is like predicting the demise of the “Rocky” franchise: Every time you think you have finally heard the last of it, it rears its ugly head.
That said, with the announcement on Wednesday that the United States attorney’s office in Manhattan would — really, this time — give up chasing [...]
Detroit Mob Confidential DVD Must have for any Mafia Enthusiast!
January 15, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Detroit Mob Confidential explores the history of Detroit’s La Cosa Nostra Family, which, in many ways, is the most successful crime family in the United States.
Detroit’s family has had only 2 Dons, the current boss has served for 30 years and is the longest serving mob Don in America. The documentary consists of interviews with [...]
Alleged mob henchmen plead not guilty to charges
December 23, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Two reputed wiseguys federal prosecutors say were part of an advance team for the New York Colombo crime family trying to encroach on Boston’s enfeebled Mafia pleaded not guilty yesterday to racketeering charges.
Franklin Goldman, 66, of Randolph and Edmond Kulesza, 56, of Somerville are alleged to have been members of a local crew run by [...]
