Colombo family mobster turned Christian speaker Michael Franzese beats bad check writing rap

Charges were dismissed against a Colombo family mobster-turned-Christian motivational speaker who was busted for writing bad checks, officials said Wednesday.
Michael Franzese, a Brooklyn-born wiseguy once nicknamed “The Prince of the Mafia,” was arrested in Tennessee last month for writing a pair of phony $5,400 checks to a former business manager.
The charges were dropped Tuesday after [...]

Italian Mob’s Profits Soar in Lousy Economy

Italy’s Mafia cleaned up to the tune of $109 billion in profits last year thanks to a well-honed knack for wringing money out of desperate people in a recession.
Italian crime syndicates raised profits by almost 8 percent in 2009 over the previous year by taking advantage of Italy’s distressed economy, according to a new report [...]

Mobsters ditch car near anti-mafia summit

Police in Italy say they have arrested a man linked to a car packed with explosives found near the site of an anti-mafia summit meeting.
The discovery of the vehicle near a Calabrian airport follows a bomb attack earlier this month on the town of Reggio Calabria’s main courthouse, Italy’s ANSA news agency reported Friday.
A [...]

Ex-Colombo family mobster Michael Franzese, a born-again Christian, busted for writing bad checks

An ex-Colombo family mobster who left the Mafia to become a born-again Christian motivational speaker was busted in Tennessee for writing bad checks, officials said Monday.
Michael Franzese, the Brooklyn-born mobster once nicknamed “The Prince of the Mafia,” was led from a plane on the runway in Knoxville in handcuffs Friday night, police said.
The ex-wiseguy – [...]

‘He was kindest, sweet gentleman’

From those who have been personally moved to those who are merely fascinated, the slaying of Nick Rizzuto Jr. Monday has gripped Gazette readers. Here are a selection of comments that have poured in to the website:
From decisiontime: “Now the authorities have to make a decision. The drug trade will never disappear from the Montreal [...]

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 [...]

Russian Mafia Linked To Hacking

Computer hackers breached the local authority bank accounts in November 2008 and redirected 34.000 dollars in taxpayer money to Russia in an elaborate computer hacking scheme.
The scheme, involved hacking into the local authority computers to steal passwords to withdraw cash through wire transfers, there were four illegal transfers found during a 10-day period.
The money was [...]

The Mafia

The Mafia or ‘Cosa Nostra’ (translated meaning ‘our thing’) originated in Palermo, Sicily mid 19th century after the unification of Italy. It was originally formed to protect the commoners from the police, government organisations, and criminals. Because of this, they were regarded as heroes, protecting their own people. There was (and still is) one strict [...]

Happy Christmas from all the staff at Mafia Today

Happy Christmas 2009 from all the staff at Mafia Today!

Vincent Basciano Trial Update

Lawyers for Vincent Basciano have asked the court to permit him increased visits at the Brooklyn MDC. In a letter to Judge Nicholas Garaufis, Basciano’s lawyers are asking that he be allowed a visit with the mother of his youngest son Anthony every other week and that his family be allowed visits on alternate weeks.
As [...]

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