Lucchese crime family scion Steven Crea Jr. wants to be tried separately from four other co-defendants including his dad in an upcoming mafia trial. The 46-year-old alleged mob captain is the son of Lucchese family underboss Steven “Wonder Boy” Crea. Both father and son have been charged in the 2013 murder of former Purple … [Read more…]
Bad Blood a six-part series tells the story of former Montreal Godfather Vito Rizzuto and the powerful Rizzuto crime family. The Mafia series is based on the best selling book written by Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso called Business or Blood: Vito Rizzuto’s Last War. Actor Anthony LaPaglia plays the role of Vito Rizzuto with … [Read more…]
Settimino Mineo the new boss of Italy’s Sicilian Mafia and more than 40 other alleged mobsters were busted during a recent Mafia raid in Sicily. Mineo now 80 years old has been a member of the historic mob family for decades and has had previous run-ins with authorities. He and his fellow mobsters now … [Read more…]
Hamilton mobster Domenico Violi was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. The three-year-long police operation dubbed “Project OTremens” penetrated the highest levels of organized crime according to Canadian authorities. During Project OTremens the FBI in New York was conducting a parallel but separate probe leading to the takedown … [Read more…]
Joey Merlino the alleged boss of the Philly mafia is set to surrender to the Bureau of Prison’s today to start his two-year prison sentence. Skinny Joey will once again be a guest of the government after pleading guilty to a gambling charge as part of the East Coast LCN Enterprise case. Merlino survived … [Read more…]
Lombardi’s Pizza obtained a permit back in 2016 to open up a restaurant in Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino last December. But a recent investigation uncovered alleged ties to the Mafia leading State gaming regulators to revoke the legendary pizzeria’s permit. According to investigators, the Mafia was allegedly attempting to get a toehold in Pennsylvania casinos … [Read more…]
On this episode of Mob Talk with Mob experts George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser we get a look back at some interesting Mafia history. The guys go one on one with former FBI undercover agent Michael McGowan. During his career, McGowan was able to infiltrate three Cosa Nostra families including the New England and … [Read more…]
Leonardo Rizzuto was arrested back in 2015 and charged with conspiracy to smuggle drugs and gangsterism. It was part of an investigation into a drug trafficking alliance between the Montreal Mafia, bikers, and street gangs called Project Magot. During this time authorities identified Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito as interim heads of the Rizzuto crime … [Read more…]
The current Philly Mafia has been somewhat of a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma at least when it comes to most of its hierarchy. There have been plenty of theories as to the Cosa Nostra family being split into at least two factions and maybe more. With key Scarfo era mobsters … [Read more…]
Members and associates of the Bonanno and Gambino families of the New York Mafia were busted last year on drug trafficking, loansharking and firearms charges in a joint U.S.-Canada operation. During the investigation called “Project OTremens” a confidential informant secretly video and audio recorded his 2015 induction into the Bonanno crime family. According to … [Read more…]
Newly released documents from Operation Magot offers a look into the inner workings of the Montreal Mafia after the death of Vito Rizzuto. Investigators secretly placed cameras and recording devices in the office of Mafia-linked lawyer Loris Cavaliere which led to multiple arrests in 2015. Among those arrested were Stefano Sollecito, Leonardo Rizzuto, and … [Read more…]
Infamous Boston mafia boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was killed in a West Virginia prison on Tuesday. He was killed just one day after being transferred to the new facility according to the Bureau of Prisons. The 89-year-old mobster has spent the last seven years behind bars. Whitey Bulger eluded law enforcement for more than … [Read more…]
Vincent Zito a 77-year-old loan shark with reported links to the New York Mafia was found assassinated in his Sheepshead Bay home on Friday. According to police sources, he was shot two times behind the head in an apparent mafia style execution. Zito’s body was found by his grandson after returning home from school. … [Read more…]
This episode of Mob Talk with George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser takes a look at the Joey Merlino sentencing and its impact on the Philly mob and more. Joey was sentenced to 24 months behind bars after pleading guilty to a gambling charge in the East Coast LCN Enterprise case. As Merlino left the … [Read more…]
Joey Merlino plead guilty to a gambling-related charge back in April after the feds failed to get a conviction in the East Coast LCN Enterprise case. A hung jury allowed the alleged Philadelphia mafia boss to walk free but as the feds moved for a retrial a plea deal was reached calling for Joey … [Read more…]