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Secret Wiretaps

Bonanno Capo Santora caught on wiretap grooming fellow mobster to take over

August 22, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  Bonanno crime family captain Nicky “Cigars” Santora was caught on secret wire tap telling one of his mob crew to quit acting like a clown as he was grooming him to take over. Santora told fellow mobster Vito Badamo that he had to start to conduct himself in a certain way because when he … [Read more…]

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Sicily wiretaps show how Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto changed Mafia rules

May 11, 2013 by Kam Miles Leave a Comment

  Wiretaps from Sicily shed more light on the Montreal mafia war and the inner workings and power of mob boss Vito Rizzuto. According to these secret wiretaps, Vito Rizzuto broke one of the Mafia’s century old rules by inducting non-Italians into his mafia family. Two of these non-Italian inductees were Raynald Desjardins and Juan … [Read more…]

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