The chess game for control of the Montreal underworld continues between the Rizzuto crime family and its enemies. It is believed that a co-operative of mobsters from Ontario and Quebec including the Calabrian mafia or Ndrangheta were responsible for the attack on the Rizzuto family trying to oust them from power in Montreal while … [Read more…]
Anthony Russo a former capo in the Colombo crime family who turned on his fellow mobsters hoped his cooperation would buy his freedom. Wednesday he was rewarded with just that as he was sentenced to time served and released into the witness protection program. He served 53 months in prison before being sentenced Wednesday … [Read more…]
Ralph Scopo Jr a soldier in the Colombo crime family has passed away at the age of 63 from heart and liver failure. Scopo was among those arrested by the feds in the historic take down against the New York Mafia in January of 2011. His trial had been delayed for past two years … [Read more…]
Last January legendary Colombo crime family underboss John “Sonny” Franzese was sentenced to eight years in prison for a racketeering conspiracy conviction from a 2008 case. The longtime Colombo family wise guy is now 95 years old and which could mean he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Franzese filed an … [Read more…]
A major video poker machine vendor named Joseph Procaccini took the stand in front of a federal jury in the ongoing Philadelphia mafia trial against reputed acting Philadelphia mafia boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi and co-defendants. Procaccini said that the Philly mafia made him an offer that he couldn’t refuse. He testified that in … [Read more…]
It has been better than a dozen years since former Philly mob hit man Pete “The Crumb” Caprio became a turncoat against his fellow wiseguys. At one time a feared captain in the Philadelphia mafia Caprio has now been used multiple times by prosecutors to tell jurors of his criminal exploits and that of … [Read more…]
Reputed long time mobster and Colombo crime family consigliere Richard Fusco got a very lenient sentence of only four months to be served in a prison hospital from federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto. The 76-year-old Fusco was charged for his role in the shakedown of a Gambino crime family mobster for a six-figure amount to … [Read more…]
Opening arguments are set to begin in the latest Philadelphia Mafia racketeering trial targeting loan sharking and illegal gambling operations. Prosecutors look to land a blow to the leadership of the Philly crime family. Defendants in the case include alleged Philadelphia Mafia acting boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi, alleged underboss Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, and … [Read more…]
For the first time in over twenty-five years, the Lucchese Crime Family in New York has a new boss. Former boss Vittorio “Vic” Amuso who is serving a life sentence has officially stepped down as boss of the mafia family. Mob sources confirmed that Amuso did not step down on his own but was … [Read more…]