Ex-Colombo boss Victor Orena doomed to die in prison after judge denies compassionate release The federal appeals court on Wednesday denied the compassionate release of a legendary Colombo mob boss who is now critically ill with dementia, thereby ensuring his death in prison. Three judges on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals denied Victor “Little … [Read more…]
Las Vegas; Mafia’s crimes are submerged in Lake Mead Two sisters from Henderson, Nevada, were paddle boarding on the lake near a former marina resort, when they shockingly found bones on a newly uncovered sand bar. During the weekend that followed, boaters discovered a man’s decaying body in a rusted-out barrel covered in muck. The … [Read more…]
Mafia Bosses and Hierarchies in 2022 Welcome to About The Mafia’s annual look into the current Mafia bosses and hierarchies of each of the remaining Cosa Nostra families in America. Welcome to CasinoPhilippines10, your go-to online casino review site for all things related to the exciting world of online gambling in the Philippines. Today, we will be diving … [Read more…]
Escaped New York mobster Dominic Taddeo caught in Hialeah, Florida At approximately 5pm EST on April 4th, U.S. Marshals announced that the recently escaped New York mobster Dominic Taddeo was apprehended. The arrest took place “without incident” at 11am Monday in Hialeah, Florida. The 64-year-old never returned to his halfway house on March 28th, where … [Read more…]
Children in the Camorra Mafia *VIDEO QUALITY WILL BE CORRECTED IN NEXT EPISODE* Naples, Italy has been a central child recruitment center for the Camorra Mafia for decades. The Camorra is an Italian Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society originating in the region of Campania. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations … [Read more…]
Lucchese crime family underboss Steven “Wonder Boy” Crea, 73, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for murder and racketeering. Crea and 18 other ‘made men’, associates, and other Westchester, NY residents were sentenced by for their crimes of murder, attempted murder, assault, extortion, defrauding a hospital, drug trafficking, loansharking, and illegal gambling that … [Read more…]
Former acting Lucchese family boss Matthew Madonna and two associates, Christopher Londonio, 46, and Terrence Caldwell, were sentenced to life in prison on Monday. They were found guilty of murdering Michael Meldish, a gang member who refused to help them collect business ‘debts’. On November 15, 2013, Madonna, 84, ordered a hit on Meldish who … [Read more…]
From the producers of “Don’t F**k With Cats”, one of the most shocking true crime documentaries ever, comes a new Netflix documentary called ‘Fear City: New York vs The Mafia’. This three-part documentary series, which will be available to stream on July 22, looks at the takedown of the New York Mafia in the 1970s. … [Read more…]
A new 10-minute video from HBO interprets some of the most confusing mafia lingo used throughout the award-winning series, The Sopranos. The series first debuted in 1999 and ran for six seasons. It is still considered the most successful HBO series ever. The video is full of clips from the hit show that feature often … [Read more…]
Russel Crowe is all signed up to star as a mafia kingpin in the Paramount thriller “American Son,” based on the acclaimed French film “A Prophet”. The movie will be directed by Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu, after his movie “Blue Story” caught the eye of Paramount executives. “American Son” has been adapted from a screenplay by … [Read more…]
Lucchese crime family member Michael “Baldy Mike” Spinelli has been released from prison due to health concerns related to coronavirus. He says he is a changed man from his mobster days and wants to become a yoga instructor. In March 1992, Lucchese bosses ordered Spinelli to kill Patricia Capozzalo, a mother of three from Brooklyn. … [Read more…]
Vincent Asaro, 85, is getting out of the slammer. Escaping a guilty conviction in 2015 for the notorious 1978 Lufthansa heist as depicted in the Martin Scorsese mobster epic “Goodfellas”, a Brooklyn judge ordered him released from prison stating concerns about the mafioso’s declining health in conjunction with the current pandemic. Capo to the Bonnano … [Read more…]
It’s 1933, for years the mafia bosses in the USA have made a very nice living off the illegal sale of alcohol, that is until now. Now that anyone can buy alcohol at any corner store, the end of prohibition brought with it the need to find a new revenue stream. It would have to … [Read more…]
Son of the late and infamous Gambino family boss, John Angelo “Junior” Gotti once had to focus on his life inside a federal prison rather than as a mafioso. Retired from the mafia for more than 20 years, the 56-year-old Gotti is now the focus of an investigation about meetings he had with Massachusetts Latin … [Read more…]
Mobster Joseph Gambino has died at the age of 84. He was the son of the “Boss of all Bosses” Carlo Gambino and a one-time partner in a multimillion-dollar mafia organization in the Garment District. A Lucrative Trucking Business Along with his older brother Thomas, Joseph Gambino oversaw a mob-controlled trucking business. For decades they … [Read more…]