Mafia Book by Brooklyn’s Rackets Chief Hits Shelves
May 13, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
JAY STREET – A local prosecutor’s outspoken account of investigating organized crime, and how Brooklyn federal prosecutors tried to steal credit from local authorities, hit bookstore shelves Tuesday. Assistant District Attorney Michael Vecchione, chief of the rackets division at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, co-wrote Friends of the Family: The [...]
CHARLIE ROSE ‘WHACK JOB’
March 23, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Bring me the head of Charlie Rose!
No, not the PBS talk-show host. The other one the legendary Mafia-busting prosecutor.
Unfortunately, bumbling mob cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa and the Mafia assassin they dispatched to Long Island didn’t know the difference and nearly bumped off public television’s dapper yapper.
So says “Friends of [...]
Alphonse Persico life sentence may end control of Colombo crime family
Colombo boss Allie Boy follows in dad’s steps – to prison
The Persico clan has maintained control over the Colombo crime family for more than three decades – but its iron grip may be at risk.
Crime boss Carmine (The Snake) Persico and his son, Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico, have prevailed despite tough [...]
Mobster’s Offer to Help Recalls Lucchese Crime Family History
February 25, 2009 by The Boss · 25 Comments
Ex-mob underboss Anthony Casso could reveal information about the French Connection drug case. The episode sheds light on Casso’s dark past and the history of the Lucchese crime family.
Casso Seeks Release to Leak Drug Bust Information
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso—the 66-year-old former underboss of the Lucchese mafia family who is serving multiple life [...]
