Antonio “Toto” Ruggirello died this week from COVID-19 at the age of 83. Ruggirello was a soldier in the Detroit mob and the last of the notoriously tough Ruggirello brothers who once controlled the organized crime in Genesee and Washtenaw counties. One of the secrets Toto may have taken to the grave is what he … [Read more…]
Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent, will produce “Black Mafia Family” through his production company G-Unit. For the first season, Starz has ordered eight episodes which it will co-produce alongside 50-Cent and Lionsgate. “Black Mafia Family” is based on the true story of the Flenory brothers. Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” … [Read more…]
Gino Accettola, a 52-year-old man with ties to Detroit’s “Tocco crew” Mafia, gambled away over $6 million of investors’ money that was supposed to be used towards construction projects. The investors then sued the casino saying they should be held responsible for the loss. According to official court papers, the swindled investors loaned a large … [Read more…]
The Detroit Mafia also referred to as the Tocco-Zerilli crime family or the Detroit Partnership has a long and interesting history dating back to the 1900s. The mid-west organization was recognized by The Commission and became one of the 24 original Mafia families that comprised Cosa Nostra in America. The mafia in Detroit grew in … [Read more…]
York Regional Police Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau targeted the Figliomeni Crime Family in the latest Mafia raid. According to the official YRP Press Release “Project Sindacato” the investigation into the Figliomeni Family began back in 2018. It focused on the clan’s money laundering, loan sharking and illegal gaming operations. Intelligence gathered during the … [Read more…]
Vincent Esposito the son of former Genovese crime family boss Vincent (The Chin) Gigante has agreed to a plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy. According to his plea deal, the 51-year-old mafia scion is now facing up to 30 months behind bars and has agreed to a $3.8 million dollar forfeiture according to the NY … [Read more…]
The Mafia no longer has any influence on the waterfront according to officials from the International Longshoremen’s Association. But the Waterfront Commission continues to bring forth cases against ILA members with alleged ties to organized crime. According to the commission in just the past year, they have uncovered longshoremen with connections to the Colombo … [Read more…]
One of Italy’s most wanted fugitives Ndrangheta mafia boss Antonio Pelle has been captured after being on the run for the last five years. Pelle 54, was found hiding in a bunker at his home built between his sons room and a bathroom. The Ndrangheta boss climbed out on the top of an armoire … [Read more…]
The once powerful Corleone clan once sat atop the Sicilian mafia under former boss of bosses Bernardo Provenzano before being decimated by a wave of arrests. The Italian mafia clan was on the brink of being wiped out according to authorities but its fortunes seem to be changing. Carmelo Gariffo, 47, a nephew of … [Read more…]
Going into the new year of 2015 who do you think is the most powerful mafia family outside of the five families of the New York mafia ? An interesting question that is often asked to many people in and around mob circles and that is often disagreed upon by most. Many of the … [Read more…]
The ranks of the New England mafia also known as the Patriarca crime family has been decimated over last few years under constant pressure by the feds. The power base of the mafia family has seemingly now shifted from Rhode Island to Boston after losing many of its leaders and Assistant Special Agent of … [Read more…]
On the seventh day of deliberation the jury in the federal racketeering retrial of reputed Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph Ligambi and his fellow mobster and nephew George Borgesi reached a partial verdict. The jury sent a note to U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno just after 10 am today indicating that they had reached a … [Read more…]
Philadelphia mafia associate and plumber Francis “Frankie The Fixer” DiGiacomo throws the defense team a curve ball in the re-trial of reputed mob boss Joseph Ligambi and nephew George Borgesi. In the previous Philly mob trail in 2012 DiGiacomo was called as a witness by the prosecution but provided an underwhelming performance calling Ligambi … [Read more…]
The last year has been very interesting for La Cosa Nostra families across the United States. Many mafia families have seen changes with in their hierarchy due to law enforcement convictions, death natural or otherwise, and other various reasons over the last year. We have put together a list of the current 2014 mafia … [Read more…]
It has been a year since Vito Rizzuto has returned to the streets of Montreal doing so in the middle of a Mafia war that targeted the Rizzuto crime family. He has since taken back the reigns of the Montreal underworld bringing renewed peace between the opposing factions according to mafia experts in Canada. … [Read more…]