Members and associates of the Gambino crime family and the Bonanno crime family on Long Island were the targets of the latest New York mafia bust.
A new 13-count indictment was unveiled by federal prosecutors charging six members and associates of the Gambino family and one member of the Bonanno family with various charges including racketeering conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and illegal gambling. According to the feds, this criminal activity took place in both Long Island and Brooklyn between January of 2014 until December of 2017. Among the Cosa Nostra mobsters busted were John (Johnny Boy) Ambrosio an alleged acting Gambino family capo and Frank (Frankie Boy) Salerno an alleged Bonanno family soldier. It is also alleged that Thomas Anzaone, Alessandro (Sandro) Damelio, Joseph Durso, Anthony Rodolico and Anthony Saladino are associates of the Gambino family as reported by the NYdailynews.
“John Ambrosio”
According to prosecutors, Ambrosio was captured on tape telling someone “you can play right here” and “save gas money,” in reference to an illegal casino the Long Island mobsters were running. They also claim several of the suspected wiseguys were involved in distributing various kind of illegal drugs including cocaine. According to authorities Saladino and Salerno sold wholesale quantities of cocaine to undercover officers. The FBI’s Assistant Director-in-Charge said, “The arrests, in this case, prove organized crime families haven’t gone away, and continue to plague our communities with their general disregard for anything other than their own greed.” The joint organized crime operation is yet another example of the NY mafia families finding ways to work together to earn.
The suspected Long Island mobsters were set to be arraigned in federal court in Central Islip by United States Magistrate Judge Gary Brown.
Yet another joint venture between families! These guys are seemingly working together all over NY and elsewhere more than ever to keep the cash flowing. Got to wonder if this bust isn’t some how tied into the information the feds are getting from their latest rat Pete Lovaglio.
if you read about the case in depth you will see there heavily involved in street level drug trafficking. the myth that Cosa Nostra doesn’t deal in drugs.
yeah I think that myth has been busted for a while now. These guys know there is a lot of money in drugs and are def heavily involved on many levels,.
haven’t seen him post in a while but the MAFIA predicted the next major bust was gonna be the Gambinos
There have def been some hits on the fringe Gambino guys be interesting to see if they can into that hierarchy anytime soon. Have to figure Cali is a name on every ones list.
I’m not wishing they get the hierarchy, I hope they continue to lose. The System always wins I like to see them lose once in a while.
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/12/13/le-futur-parrain-libere-de-prison
there saying the next godfather of montreal
The Gambinos had an bust coming they had been too quiet for some time. This case is interesting they took down salerno from the Bonannos though he is Mancusos nephew and his communicator with the streets the reason why he got made back in 2015 was that very reason and by all accounts has influence in the family able to communicate with the family for Mancuso one of the guys behind that power struggle back when Palazzolo and Cammenero were at odds over leadership within the family. Will be interesting to see how this affects Mancuso influence especially since Mancuso got moved to a prison in texas which made it already difficult to communicate with the family
This definitely shows that they’re still out there, but until I see figures like multi-million or billion dollar attached to their operations, I’m not that impressed.