Winnie the Pooh leads to gangster’s arrest

One of Italy’s most wanted mafia godfathers has been arrested after seven years on the run after police traced him to his wife’s mobile registered in the name of Winnie the Pooh.
Vittorio Pirozzi, 58, who was on Italy’s 100 most wanted mafia gangsters list, had been a fugitive from the Italian police since 2003, during [...]

“Did the Mafia kill JFK” Special with New Oswald,Ruby,Marcello Info

This Sunday the Discovery Channel is running two back-to-back documentaries exploring the role of the Mafia behind the assassination of President John F. Kennedy:
New information and never before heard details of a startling confession raise new questions on just who was behind the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent killing of [...]

Russia salutes its mafia as the good guys

The scene could have come straight out of The Godfather. More than 1,000 mourners, mainly burly men wearing black leather jackets and chunky gold chains, gathered to pay their last respects to Vyacheslav Ivankov, Russia’s most notorious crime boss.
Watched by police, the mourners placed elaborate wreaths beside the luxurious coffin, which [...]

Reputed mobster Luppino dies

Vincenzo (Jimmy) Luppino died peacefully this week, surrounded by his loving family. But the Burlington resident and one-time mobster might have gone out in a more spectacular way as is common in his business.Noted crime writer James Dubro interviewed killer Ken Murdock in 1999 for a magazine article and he spoke [...]