Gerard Chili a captain in the Bonanno crime family decided last December to fly north from his home in Florida to New York for the holiday season. But when his plane arrived in New York he was picked up by alleged high ranking Bonanno family member Anthony “Fat Tony” Rabito who was once part … [Read more…]
James “Whitey” Bulger will not be allowed to argue that he had legal immunity for his alleged criminal activities at his upcoming racketeering trial according to US District Court Judge Denise J. Casper. Bulger defense lawyer J.W. Carney Jr has claimed that former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Jeremiah O’Sullivan granted Bulger immunity for his … [Read more…]
According to recently released FBI files on Winter Hill boss James “Whitey” Bulger and enforcer Stephen “the Rifleman” Flemmi the two informants provided plenty of intelligence on the New England Cosa Nostra family. Surprisingly the informant files show that Flemmi provided the feds with much more information on the New England mob then Bulger … [Read more…]
Domenico Trimboli a powerful captain in the Calabrian Mafia also known as the Ndrangheta has been arrested in Colombia. He is known as a top drug trafficker for the Ndrangheta and leads a big part of the organization’s international drug trade. Italian authorities claimed that Trimboli arranged cocaine shipments of up to two and … [Read more…]
Joseph Gallo was at one time a powerful mob captain in the Cleveland Mafia under then boss Angelo “Big Ange” Lonardo. He passed away in federal prison medical center with the cause of death yet to be released at the age of 75. The Cleveland mob story thirty years ago played out in the … [Read more…]
Italian authorities have arrested the reputed boss of the Nirta-Strangio clan of the Calabrian Mafia or Ndrangheta. Sebastiano Strangio was found in Northern Italy living under a new name using fake paperwork. He is suspected of playing a leading role in the massacre of six Pelle-Votari clan mobsters outside of a pizzeria in Germany … [Read more…]
Philadelphia mafia leader Anthony Staino has decided to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy and gambling charges and avoid a retrial. Staino was already found guilty during an earlier trial on two counts of extortion and is awaiting sentencing on those charges. He is set to enter a so-called “open” plea in court this afternoon. … [Read more…]
A federal jury has convicted Bartolomeo “Bobby ” Vernace for the murders of John D’Agnese and Richard Godkin in 1981. Vernace a captain in the Gambino crime family was so highly regarded that he was at one time a member of a ruling panel which ran the family operations. Back in 1998 Vernace beat state … [Read more…]
The feds have decided not to seek the death penalty against Joel “Joe Waverly” Cacace the one time reputed acting boss of the Colombo crime family. Cacace is being charged with ordering the murder of NYPD cop Ralph Dols in the 1990’s. Federal prosecutors originally decided to seek the death penalty but now on … [Read more…]
Who leads the Philadelphia mafia now is a question being asked by everyone from mob insiders to law enforcement. Reputed acting boss Joe Ligambi is in prison awaiting retrial on racketeering conspiracy charges and many other family leaders were convicted in the latest Philly mafia trial. This has seemingly created a leadership void in … [Read more…]
Gambino crime family soldier Joseph “Joe Boy” Sclafani plead guilty to distribution charges and is now looking at a prison sentence of fourteen to seventeen years. The forty-Seven-year-old Sclafani has a long criminal history that goes back many years and is now considered to be a career offender under the law. He was wounded … [Read more…]
Daniel Farma a Gambino family associate has been charged for his role in the 1990 mafia hit on demolition contractor Edward “Eddie the Chink” Garofalo outside of his home in Brooklyn. The feds claim that this was the last hit ordered by notorious Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. He suspected that Garofalo may … [Read more…]
Philadelphia mobster turned rat Philip Leonetti claims that he suggested killing James “Whitey” Bulger thirty years ago. According to Leonetti while his uncle Nicodemo Scarfo who was then boss of the Philadelphia mafia was in La Tuna prison in 1983 he put him in charge of running the crime families day to day operations … [Read more…]
Authorities in Quebec have charged Pietro Magistrale for his alleged role in the mob hit of former mafia boss Salvatore Montagna. Montagna was the former boss of the New York based Bonanno crime family before being deported back to Canada. Police believe that Montagna aligned himself with mobster Raynald Desjardins among others in a … [Read more…]
The appellate court disqualified US District Court Judge Richard Stearns from the Bulger case earlier last month due to a possible conflict of interest. US District Court Judge Denise Casper was then randomly chosen to replace Stearns on the bench. Now just 11 days after being chosen to preside over the case against alleged … [Read more…]