New Suit against Bulgarian Mafia Boss Involves His Family

A brand new suit has been filed against sentenced Bulgarian crime boss Dimitar Zhelyazkov, aka Mityo Ochite, and members of his family.
The new suit is for large-scale money laundering against Zhelyazkov, his mother Stanka, his uncle Ivan, and the woman that he has been living out of wedlock Antigona.
The charges say that [...]

‘Nostra’ members admit guilt for roles in bookmaking ring

They carried interesting mob nicknames like “Frankie the Fixer” and “Ralphie Head” and were part of the gang dubbed Delco Nostra, but their cases ended quietly with pleas, including one entered Nov. 20 by 43-year-old Louis “Bent Finger Louie” Monacello.
Wednesday, Monacello of South Philadelphia, said to be a Philly mob enforcer, [...]

Have the Mafia moved to SA?

Organised crime syndicates, including Mafia organisations, are believed to have moved their financial operations to South Africa, says award-winning journalist John Grobler.
Grobler, who was speaking at a briefing on organised crime and money laundering at the Institute for Security Studies in Cape Town on Monday, said it was because money laundering [...]

Seattle Godfather Pleads Not Guilty

A month after a federal indictment was issued against them, Northwest strip club mogul Frank Colacurcio Sr. and five others involved in his businesses appeared in court Friday to answer charges of racketeering, money laundering and facilitation of prostitution.
Facing U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. Donohue, Colacurcio, his son, Frank Colacurcio Jr., [...]

Seattle Godfather Colarcurcio indicted

About an hour after a grand-jury indictment was unsealed Tuesday accusing him of racketeering and other crimes, Frank Colacurcio Sr. lounged in a blue bathrobe in the master bedroom of his airy Sheridan Beach home, a red throw blanket draped over his lap.
As cable news buzzed on his TV, the 92-year-old patriarch [...]

Italy: Mafia suspects arrested in national raids

Milan (AKI) – Italian police arrested 39 people accused of mafia association, attempted murder, explosives trafficking, money laundering and other crimes in nationwide raids early Thursday. In a major operation, paramilitary Carabinieri police raided several locations in northern, central and southern Italy.
The police were backed by sniffer dogs, helicopters and [...]

For ‘Ralphie Head,’ there’s still time for Louie

Rest easy, Louis Prima fans. Yesterday’s conviction of mob associate Ralph “Ralphie Head” Abbruzzi – this time in connection with the “Operation Delco Nostra” gambling probe – doesn’t mean that his next South Philly gig has been canceled.
Abbruzzi, 59, once described by federal prosecutors as “drawn to organized crime and gangsters [...]

Today’s mob goes corporate

If not for the U.S. marshals who led him in and out of court, Arthur Gianelli could pass for one of those Wall Street scoundrels who’ve sucked the life out of our 401(k)s.
The reading glasses were gently perched near the tip of his nose. His silver hair was swept back into a [...]

Reputed mob associate’s wife pleads guilty in federal court

 
The wife of reputed Mafia associate Arthur Gianelli pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering, money laundering, and other charges just as she was about to stand trial with him and three other people.
Mary Ann Gianelli, a 52-year-old nurse from Lynnfield and the sister-in-law of convicted former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr., admitted that she [...]

Organized crime figures lose appeals

ATLANTA — Two leaders of an organized crime enterprise known as “the Corporation” or “Cuban Mafia” have failed in bids to overturn lengthy prison terms and forfeiture of more than $2 billion.
Jose Miguel Battle Jr. was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $642 million, [...]

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