How the Coronavirus is hurting the New York Mafia

Money from Illegal Sports Betting

Putting a freeze on the New York mafia is no easy task. Even Bobby Kennedy and Rudy Giuliani tried but could not freeze their activities. Then along came COVID-19. The cancellation of all major sporting events across the entire country has hit the mafia’s illegal gambling business with a historic blow. “There’s never been a … [Read more…]

Mafia Profits set to grow once Quarantine is lifted

Italian Military officers wearing face masks outside Duomo cathedral, closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Mafia profits are set to grow once quarantine is lifted. It looks like the Italian Mafia, and for that matter mafia from all over the world, will significantly increase their profits due to the coronavirus pandemic by way of adapting their drug networks and seizing new business opportunities. As Italy desperately struggles to deal with … [Read more…]

Drugs and Corona: How the Pandemic is Hurting Organized Crime

Carabinieri officers wearing face masks on patrol.

Cesare Antonio Cordi stood behind the fence of an abandoned house smoking a cigarette. Unknown to the 42-year-old ‘Ndrangheta leader, police officers had been tracking his movements for a week in the remote Calabrian village of Bruzzano Zeffirio located at the southern tip of mainland Italy. Police were patrolling the town to enforce the government’s … [Read more…]

Mobster Joseph Gambino Dead at 84

Joseph Gambino, Dead at 84

Mobster Joseph Gambino has died at the age of 84. He was the son of the “Boss of all Bosses” Carlo Gambino and a one-time partner in a multimillion-dollar mafia organization in the Garment District. A Lucrative Trucking Business Along with his older brother Thomas, Joseph Gambino oversaw a mob-controlled trucking business. For decades they … [Read more…]

The Fasciani Clan is the Mafia, says the Court

Carmine Fasciani

The supreme court of Cassation has said that the Fasciani clan is one of Rome’s mafia groups, explaining a November sentence that convicted clan members of mafia crimes. The court said that in the 1990s, the Fasciani clan activities took them from a street gang to one that uses full mafia methods. They aren’t the … [Read more…]

‘Ndrangheta Mafia boss is captured thanks to the coronavirus quarantine

Cesare Antonio Cordi arrested. Abandoned streets are what helped police the most.

  ‘Ndrangheta mob boss Cesare Antonio Cordì, 42 Captured in Calabria Quarantined streets in Italy helped police find the mobster ‘Ndrangheta Mafia boss Cesare Antonio Cordi, 42, was captured today and you can thank Italy’s Coronavirus quarantine. The empty streets were perfect for spotting cigarette smoke coming from an abandoned house. The Police were checking … [Read more…]

Reporter Threatened by The Camorra

Gennaro Del Guiudice who was threatened by the Camorra

It’s a war for control of anything illegal within the Pozzuoli area. It was less than 48 hours since reporter Gennaro Del Giudice reported in the Cronaca Flegrea newspaper about a drug dealer’s car being riddled with bullets. But still, last week the sound of gunfire rang out again in the 600 accommodations area of … [Read more…]

Gomorrah Actor Trapped at Home with Dead Sister’s Body

Gomorrah actor Luca Franzese whose sister died from the Coronavirus COVID-19

Luca Franzese, who has appeared in the mob TV show Gomorrah said his sister Teresa Franzese, 47, died at her Naples home on Saturday. Her body has since tested positive for the Coronavirus COVID-19. He had to wait days for someone to remove her body. He posted videos online to try and get the word … [Read more…]

DeCavalcante Crime Family Associate Sentenced

Mario Galli III, a DeCavalcante crime family associate who plead guilty to drug and firearm charges

Mario Galli III, 28, from Toms River New Jersey and an associate of the DeCavalcante crime family has been sentenced to five years in federal prison – and probably much more. In exchange for leniency, Galli plead guilty on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Trenton to possession of drugs and possession of a … [Read more…]

Murder outside Chicago Mob Bar

Thomas Tansey charged with first-degree murder

Richard’s Bar, a popular mob hangout on Chicago’s West Side was the scene of murder last week. Thomas Tansey 30, was arrested and has now been charged with murdering Kenny Paterimos in-front of the bar. Richard’s Bar is the longtime headquarters of the Chicago Outfit’s Grand Avenue crew which is run by well-known Chicago mafia … [Read more…]

“Coronavirus COVID-19- The Mafia Impose Quarantine?”

Coronavirus COPID-19. Will the mafia impose quarantine?

First published on Facebook a few hours ago by Alessandro Campi, Professor of political science at the University of Perugia, Italy, he wrote “ “I ask the mafia, the ‘ndrangheta, the sacred crown and the Camorra to impose, in the vast territories controlled by them, the mandatory home quarantine for all their countrymen who have … [Read more…]

A 50 year-old mob killing is finally cleared off Chicago PD’s books

Frank Calabrese Sr

Chicago detectives worked hard last year to clear hundreds of murder cases off their books. The oldest one from 1966 is that of Larry Stubitsch, a Chicago Outfit loan shark and partner of Frank “Frankie Breeze” Calabrese,” one of the most feared mobsters in the city’s history. Outside a popular lounge and known mob hangout … [Read more…]

The Mobsters who Fled to Britain

Mobsters who fled to Britain

When the authorities start closing in on the Italian crime world, even the toughest mobsters flee to Britain. Some to hide and blend in; Some so they can keep running their criminal organizations Being associated with the Mafia is not recognized as a crime in Britain. The Mafia isn’t even recognized as a criminal organization. … [Read more…]

Giorgio Barresi Killed in possible Mafia hit?

Georgio Barresi who was gunned down in his driveway

Giorgio Barresi, 42,  has been identified by Hamilton police as the man who was gunned down in his driveway on Monday night. Barresi was a real estate agent in Stoney Creek and is survived by a wife and three children. Reports of shots fired started coming in around 10:45 pm on Monday but despite the … [Read more…]

Ex-Mafia boss Rocco Arico has been questioned in the killing of Carl Williams’ Bodyguard

Rocco Arico was questioned in prison about the murder of Richard Mladenich

Arico, who is currently serving a 12-year sentence for drug trafficking, extortion and weapons charges was questioned last week at Barwon Prison by the Purana organized crime taskforce regarding the murder of Richard Mladenich 20 years ago. It is generally regarded as one of the most significant killings in Melbourne’s mob war. Cold Blooded Murder … [Read more…]