Indictment Unsealed Charging Colombo Family Administration Member Theodore Persico and Seven Other Defendants

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

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

For Immediate Release
February 24, 2010 United States Attorney’s Office
Eastern District of New York
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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?

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!

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

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 [...]

Obama and the mob: Combating organized crime takes backseat in White House

There is a feeling that permeates throughout the law enforcement community that organized crime gangs are getting a free ride during the Obama Administration. While most of the focus of federal law enforcement is on counterterrorism, counterintelligence and cyber crime, federal police agencies must still contend with more traditional anti-crime operations including emerging organized crime gangs. [...]

‘Goodfellas’ mobster is arrested in metro-east

The former mobster who inspired “Goodfellas” was arrested Sunday in Fairview Heights because he had “one too many” drinks in a hotel lobby, he said.
Henry P. Hill, 66, of Topanga, Calif., was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the Drury Inn Hotel, 12 Ludwig Drive in Fairview Heights.
“I got a [...]

Murder charge is dismissed against reputed N.J. mob boss

A Superior Court judge today dismissed the murder charge against a reputed mob boss accused of gunning down a man 32 years ago in a Bridgewater motel parking lot.
Michael Coppola, 63, was accused of shooting John “Johnny Cokes” Lardiere, 68, of Maplewood multiple times outside the Red Bull Inn on April 10, [...]

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