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 [...]

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
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 [...]

Reputed acting crime boss pleads guilty to racketeering charges

Daniel “The Lion” Leo of Rockleigh, the reputed acting boss of the Genovese crime family, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
Leo, 69, currently in serving a 60-month federal prison sentence for his conviction on extortion charges in October 2007, faces 40 years in prison when he is sentenced April 2.
At the [...]

Rival groups prime to replace Montreal Mafia: Experts

How Montreal’s Italian Mafia reacts to the brazen slaying of the first-born of its jailed leader Vito Rizzuto will reveal whether the once powerful operation is truly in shambles, experts say.
As homicide detectives continued their probe into the Monday slaying of Nick Rizzuto, 42, in a gritty west-end neighbourhood, the aftermath of an unprecedented and [...]

The Latest News on MafiaToday.com

Mafia – mention this simple word and it sends shudders down one’s spine. That is because the mafia has earned a nasty reputation for doing evil beyond the unthinkable. These evil acts are portrayed in movies, television shows, news, and in this day and age, on the internet.
MafiaToday.com is a great example of how far [...]

Canada’s alleged Godfather pleads guilty

MONTREAL – The octogenarian father of a reputed Montreal mobster will learn next month whether he will walk free despite having admitted for the first time in court that he is part of a criminal organization.
Nicolo Rizzuto, 84, the father of Vito Rizzuto, 62, the reputed head of the Montreal Mafia, pleaded [...]

Gotti’s Book Reveals Mom Stabbed Mafia Boss Dad

Mafia princess Victoria Gotti is preparing to release a sensational new tell-all about her mafia family, and excerpts of the book were released today in which she reveals that her mom once stabbed her father with a fork during an argument.
Victoria Gotti, daughter of the late mob kingpin John Gotti, said [...]

Mafia Underboss Jerry Angiulo merits trappings of Navy funeral

One-time Boston mob chief Gennaro “Jerry” Angiulo will have a naval honor guard march and play taps at his funeral in deference to his four years of World War II service, a source with knowledge of the funeral arrangements confirmed last night.
The convicted Patriarca mafia family underboss, who served 24 years in [...]

Mafia Looking For Cut Of Stimulus Pie

Everybody is looking for stimulus money.
From bridge builders to food stamp recipients, from roofers to subway riders, from teachers to housing project residents, people are eager to feel some part of a tidal wave of federal dollars in their lives.
The mob is eager, too.
Federal and state investigators who track organized crime believe that some members [...]

Italian Mafia and the Naples, Camorra and Puglia Mafia Family

Sicily’s Italian ‘Mafia’ has a somewhat vague and disputed origin, with some historians placing it in the 19th century and others dating it significantly earlier. The precise date of the term’s birth is a debate for linguists, but in practical terms, organized crime has been in Italy for well over a century. In the modern [...]

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