The mafia bust that dismantled the hierarchy of the Lucchese crime family last week exposed some of the organization’s more profitable rackets. According to a NY Post report, the New York mafia family allegedly turned an expansion of the taxpayer-backed Bronx-Lebanon Hospital into a real money maker. In its heyday, the mafia made untold … [Read more…]
Arrest warrants were executed by the FBI’s Organized Crime Task Force and the NYPD against almost two dozen suspected members and associates of the Lucchese crime family of the New York Mafia. According to reports alleged Lucchese family leaders Matthew Madonna, Steven Crea Sr., and Joseph DiNapoli were among those charged. The alleged Cosa … [Read more…]
Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia has been a mainstay on the feds radar since his release from prison back in 2011. Merlino was busted along with over 40 other alleged mafia members and associates for being part of what the feds have labeled as the East Coast LCN … [Read more…]
Carmine Avellino an alleged captain in the Lucchese crime family was sentenced to a year of home confinement and five years of probation for an extortion scheme. Prosecutors were recommending a sentence of up to two years behind bars but Judge Ann Donnelly noted Avellino’s age and health problems as reasons for her decision. … [Read more…]
Giuseppe Dainotti an alleged boss in the Sicilian mafia was gunned down in broad daylight while bicycling through the middle of Palermo according to reports. Authorities believe that he was shot in the neck by at least two hit men that pulled up alongside him on a motorbike or scooter. The 67-year-old mafia boss … [Read more…]
Vito Badamo an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family pleaded guilty to attempted enterprise corruption and will avoid trial. The 54-year-old mobster was busted back in 2013 along with other members of his New York mafia crew on various charges including illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking. According to reports, Badamo is … [Read more…]
Newly filed court documents alleged Bonanno crime family captain Vincent Asaro was supposedly caught on jailhouse recordings threatening to kill a federal prosecutor according to a NY Post report. The 82-year-old mobster is behind bars at the Manhattan Detention Complex for a 2012 arson case and was trying to get out on bail. Prosecutors … [Read more…]
Pasquale “Patsy” Parrello an alleged capo in the Genovese crime family has agreed to a plea deal in the East Coast LCN Enterprise case according to a recent report from the NY Post. He plead guilty to conspiracy to commit extortion admitting that he sent underlings to threaten or beat up debtors who owed … [Read more…]
Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia has reportedly balked at a plea offer from the feds in the East Coast LCN Enterprise racketeering case. The 55-year-old mobster who now resides in Florida was back in The City of Brotherly Love this week for trial prep according to report from … [Read more…]
Francesco Arcadi a former leader of the Montreal mafia has once again been released from prison to a halfway house. The 63-year-old mobster became the interim leader of the Rizzuto crime family back in 2004 after the arrest of now deceased godfather Vito Rizzuto. He was arrested in 2006 along with other high ranking … [Read more…]
Francesco Del Balso has been sent back to prison for violating the terms of his conditional release according to recent reports. This move comes after Del Balso may have escaped a potentially life-threatening altercation with two armed hoodlums who showed up at his Laval home looking for him. The alleged Rizzuto crime family mobster … [Read more…]
The feds made headlines last year when they rounded up 46 alleged mobsters and associates from four of the five New York mafia families and the Philadelphia mafia in a massive racketeering case. According to the feds, they were working together in an organized crime network called the East Coast LCN Enterprise that was … [Read more…]
Calabrian mafia scion Angelo Musitano was shot to death in the driveway of his suburban home in Hamilton’s Waterdown community Tuesday afternoon according to various reports. According to authorities, several shots were fired at Musitano as he pulled into the driveway and he was found dead in his vehicle by emergency crews. Hamilton police … [Read more…]
According to defense attorney Elizabeth Macedonio alleged Bonanno crime family mobster Vincent Asaro had to be hospitalized after slipping and falling in the shower at the Manhattan Detention Complex. The 82-year-old mobster has been on 24-hour lockdown in special housing since his arrest on arson charges. His lawyer claims he is not getting the … [Read more…]
A judge has approved a request from reputed Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino to attend the Michael Caudo wedding in Florida although not at the same time as co-defendant Anthony Cirillo. To make sure the two remain separated the judge ordered the alleged mobsters split the wedding in half. Cirillo a reputed … [Read more…]