Mafia investment ‘gave Silvio Berlusconi his big break’
February 4, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The Mafia invested heavily in a 1970s housing project which gave Silvio Berlusconi his big break in business, an Italian court heard.
The allegation that Sicily’s Cosa Nostra helped finance the project was made in a Palermo court by Massimo Ciancimino, the son of a Mafia don who was close to the head of the Sicilian [...]
Mobsters ditch car near anti-mafia summit
January 22, 2010 by The Boss · 2 Comments
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 [...]
‘Ndrangheta ‘most insidious’ mafia State, region must step up, says Napolitano
January 22, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta mafia has become ”perhaps the most insidious breed of organized crime in Italy,” Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said Thursday.
The Italian State and Calabria itself must step up the fight against the deep-rooted syndicate, the president told law enforcement chiefs and local authorities. Napolitano congratulated police for cracking down hard on ‘Ndrangheta since [...]
Could This Be the End of the Celebrity Mobster?
January 16, 2010 by The Boss · 10 Comments
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 [...]
Mob murder in Montreal could trigger bloodshed in New York
It happened 400 miles away on the Monday after Christmas, but the daring assassination of a mob prince in Montreal is the hot topic of conversation among New York wiseguys, and has already sparked hot debate among the already feuding factions of the beleaguered Bonanno crime family.
Ever since Nicholas Rizzuto – the son of imprisoned [...]
Disgraced South Florida attorney sent to prison
January 9, 2010 by The Boss · 3 Comments
A disbarred South Florida attorney was sentenced Friday to 43 months in prison for participating in schemes orchestrated by a local crew of mobsters affiliated with the Bonanno crime family of New York.
Kenneth Dunn admitted that he became entangled with organized crime two years ago, conspiring to forge checks, launder money and sell off documents [...]
Feds near sting of gambling ring run by Gambino mobsters in Brooklyn
January 8, 2010 by The Boss · 4 Comments
Prosecutors are closing in on dozens of Gambino mobsters in Brooklyn and Staten Island running a multimillion-dollar online sports betting ring, the Daily News has learned.
The two-year investigation is focusing on a high-tech operation that used text-messaging, BlackBerrys and other sophisticated devices, and stretched from New York to Aruba to Costa Rica.
Prosecutors used extensive wiretaps [...]
Bulgarian ‘crime boss’ charged over Tsankov murder
January 8, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged a suspected criminal leader in connection with the murder on Tuesday of a crime journalist and radio show host.
Krasimir Marinov, known as “The Big Margin”, arrested hours after the killing, has now been charged with incitement to murder.
Boris “Bobbie” Tsankov, who reported on the mafia in Bulgaria, was killed on a [...]
Bulgaria mafia chronicler Boris “Bobbie” Tsankov killed
January 6, 2010 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
A PROMINENT Bulgarian crime writer who chronicled the affairs of the local mafia in a book published two months ago was shot dead in broad daylight on a crowded street in central Sofia yesterday.
The killing of Boris “Bobi” Tsankov (30), well known as a radio presenter, follows a similar fatal attack on another crime writer [...]
Mobsters should learn to be more social
January 6, 2010 by The Boss · 2 Comments
The problem: A power vacuum in the Montreal Mafia. The solution: Social networking.
Nicolo (Nick) Rizzuto was gunned down in Notre Dame de Grâce last week. His untimely passing suggests a degree of organizational disarray in organized crime.
As you read these words, old men in grey fedoras are sipping espresso in as-yet-
unfirebombed cafés and discussing what [...]