Colombo crime family mobster Lukey DiMatteo has been sentenced to five years in prison for a mafia shakedown of a Brooklyn tattoo parlor. According to prosecutors the owner of the business was forced to pay $150 a week in extortion payments from the mid-1990s to 2015 totaling more than $100,000. Assistant U.S. Attorney Allon … [Read more…]
Pasquale Barbaro a reputed Sydney crime figure was shot several times execution-style in what authorities are calling a brutal gangland hit. The 35-year-old was born into the Calabrian mafia also known as the Ndrangheta according to local crime author Keith Moor who wrote the book “Busted” about the well-known underworld family. He was gunned … [Read more…]
Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano the former boss of the Bonanno crime family is no longer calling the supermax prison in Florence, Colorado home. The 56-year-old mobster has been moved out of the nation’s most secure prison to Big Sandy a federal penitentiary in Kentucky according to a NYdailynews report. Prosecutors feared that a handwritten list passed … [Read more…]
Former Philadelphia mafia boss turned government witness Ralph Natale is set to tell his life story in his upcoming book Last Don Standing: The Secret Life of Mob Boss Ralph Natale. According to reports from Deadline he has also made a deal to have The Last Don Standing which hits shelves on March 21, … [Read more…]
The arrest of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia back in August wasn’t as surprising as the surrounding circumstances. According to the feds, Merlino was a leader in what has been called the “East Coast LCN Enterprise” along with Genovese crime family captains Pasquale “Patsy” Parrello and Eugene “Rooster” … [Read more…]
New England mafia captain Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent who was suffering from multiple health problems passed away from natural causes this week. According to reports, the 75-year-old mobster was rushed to the hospital on Sunday where he passed away. St. Laurent had just been released from prison a couple of weeks ago from … [Read more…]
Robert “Bobby” DeLuca a former captain in the New England mafia has pleaded guilty to three counts of lying to federal authorities in Boston and one count of murder conspiracy in Rhode Island. The 71-year-old mobster has admitted that he lied to the feds about what he knew of the 1993 mafia hit on … [Read more…]
The recent saga of Michael Persico the businessman son of imprisoned Colombo crime family boss Carmine “Junior” Persico continues as his sentencing has once again been delayed. He was slated to be sentenced this week after agreeing to a very favorable plea deal back in 2012 that covered various racketeering crimes and murders. According … [Read more…]
Bradford Wedra was busted months ago along with over 40 alleged members and associates of the mafia in what the feds claim was an East Coast La Cosa Nostra Enterprise. Members from four of the five New York mafia families which included the Genovese, Bonanno, Gambino, and Lucchese families and the Philadelphia mafia were … [Read more…]
Bruno ‘The Fox’ Romeo one of the highest ranking Australian mafia bosses has died at the age of 87 according to reports. He was a top leader of the Italian based Ndrangheta or Calabrian mafia which controls Australia’s drug trade according to authorities. He was known as “the fox” for his ability to evade … [Read more…]
New England mafia capo regime Anthony ‘The Saint’ St. Laurent has been released from prison after serving several years on a murder for hire rap. The 75-year-old Patriarca crime family captain has been in poor health and served the majority of this latest stretch in Massachusetts at the Federal Medical Center at Fort Devens. … [Read more…]
The Sicilian-based Rizzuto crime family continues to be dismantled as the body count rises in the ongoing Montreal mafia war. There have been plenty of theories over the last few years as to who may be responsible for these attacks on the Rizzuto clan. But according to reports some mafia experts and police sources … [Read more…]
It has been more than four years since reputed mafia prince Michael Persico pleaded guilty to loansharking after agreeing to a plea deal. Michael, the son of imprisoned Colombo crime family boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico is set to be sentenced on November 2. According to the feds, Michael never became a made member … [Read more…]
The ongoing Montreal mafia war has claimed yet another victim as Vincenzo Spagnolo was shot to death at his home in Laval. Spagnolo was one of the closest and most trusted confidants and best friends of former Rizzuto crime family godfather Vito Rizzuto. The 65-year-old mobster was one of the few people the former … [Read more…]
Charles “Chucky” Porter became a made member of the Pittsburgh mafia back in 1986 and was known as one of the most powerful mafia figures in the Steel City. He served as underboss and right-hand man for now-deceased former boss Mike Genovese before becoming the highest-ranking Pittsburgh mafia member to ever turn rat. Porter … [Read more…]