Feds have charged five individuals with alleged links to the Colombo crime family for their roles in a scheme to defraud New York’s Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union. As part of the scheme the men were attempting to secure a union card and job for Benjamin Castellazzo Jr according to the feds. Benjamin Junior … [Read more…]
Matteo Renzi the new prime minister in Italy says that his administration plants to break the Italian Mafia. He says they are going after “Mafia Inc.” first off by continuing the attack on the finances of the mob which laundered through legal businesses and other assets. In January it was announced that new measures … [Read more…]
Another son of legendary mob boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico is set to start a prison sentence for his mob ties. Michael Persico is set to join his father Carmine and his brother Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico behind bars after his sentencing on February 28th baring any postponements. Michael was believed by many to … [Read more…]
Major mafia raids were conducted this morning in a joint operation between the FBI and Italian Police targeting the Gambino crime family of the New York mafia and the Calabrian Mafia or Ndrangheta in Italy. The two notorious organized crime families were involved in a drug trafficking operation that operated a new drug smuggling … [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…]
According to court papers Anthony “Tony Lodi” Cardinalle the owner of the Satin Dolls strip club that was the setting for the Bada Bing strip club on hit TV series The Sorpano’s is a real life mob rat. Feds claim that Cardinalle is an associate of the Genovese crime family. He was arrested along … [Read more…]
With the recent acquittal and release of reputed Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph Ligambi and the unsettled state of the crime family the big question is who takes control of the organization. There seems to all of a sudden be a number of guys back on the streets in Philadelphia who may feel that they … [Read more…]
Colombo crime family captain turned rat Reynold Maragni has the feds in his corner requesting a lenient sentence in exchange for his cooperation. Maragni was busted in 2011 on a variety of charges including racketeering and decided to become a federal witness and cut a deal with feds. He wore a spy type watch … [Read more…]
Putting pieces together from court records we were already able to identify two of the four government informants as former Bonanno crime family bosses Joseph Massino and Sal Vitale. Now a third informant has been identified as Gaspare “Gary” Valenti a cousin of reputed Bonanno family captain Vincent Asaro. Valenti implicated Asaro in the … [Read more…]
After two and a half years in prison and two racketeering trials reputed Phialdelphia mafia boss Joseph Ligambi is released. The remaining count against Ligambi of conspiracy and illegal gambling were dismissed by Judge Eduardo Robreno after prosecutors notified him they would not seek a third trial against the alleged Philly mob leader. Ligambi … [Read more…]
Reputed Lucchese family soldier Carlo Taccetta was caught with 65 pounds of weed by New Jersey State Troopers. His truck was stopped in Montville, New Jersey as part of an ongoing investigation according to law enforcement sources. After being pulled over he gave Troopers permission to search his Dodge Ram pickup truck leading to … [Read more…]
Two former Bonanno crime family leaders turned government witnesses Joseph Massino and Salvatore “Good Looking Sal” Vitale may have once again helped the feds take down key crime family members. In the latest indictments against the Bonanno family the feds mention the help of four cooperating witnesses labeled “Cw-1,CW-2,CW-3,CW-4” which were key in their … [Read more…]
Nicky “Cigars” Santora an alleged captain in the Bonanno crime family was arrested last July along with eight other reputed mobsters in a case that include charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, loansharking, and illegal gambling. Although he has a criminal record that dates back all the way to the 1960’s he claims he has … [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…]
Bonanno crime family mobster turned rat Hector “Junior” Pagan is set to take the stand as the governments star witness at upcoming mob trial. Pagan is best known for being the ex-husband of Renee Graziano one of the stars of the hit TV series Mob Wives. The former mob enforcer decided to become an … [Read more…]