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Feds continue to press mobster Peter Tuccio but is Joey Merlino the real target?
The feds continued to add charges to the racketeering case against New York Mafia associate Peter Tuccio. But the reason behind the feds hard press could be his relationship with Philadelphia Mafia...
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Is Domenico Cefalù still the boss of the Gambino crime family?
According to reports aging mobster, Domenico Cefalù took over as boss of the Gambino crime family back in 2011. He took control of the infamous New York Mafia family at the end of the Gotti era. The...
View ArticleInfamous Mafia Cop Louis Eppolito dies in prison
Former NYPD detective Louis Eppolito and his partner Stephen Caracappa were infamously known as the Mafia cops. Back in the 1980s, the duo began working for the Lucchese crime family of the New York...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Mobster Salvatore “Sam” Piccolo Gets Prison Sentence
Salvatore “Sam” Piccolo a soldier in the Philadelphia mafia has been sentenced to over 12 years behind bars for fraud and drug trafficking. Piccolo admitted to staging a New Jersey pawn shop robbery...
View ArticleLucchese Mobsters Found Guilty in Michael Meldish Murder
According to the DOJ report, four Lucchese crime family mobsters were convicted today of murder, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and other felonies in the Michael Meldish murder case. Matthew...
View ArticleNew England Mobster William Angelesco Arrested by Feds
The feds arrested William Angelesco on charges of interfering with commerce by threats or violence and aiding or abetting. Angelesco is known as a top enforcer of Carmen (The Big Cheese) DiNunzio a...
View ArticleNicholas Corozzo, Gambino Family, released from prison.
Nicholas Corozzo has been released from prison after serving more than thirteen years behind bars. Gambino Crime Family Corozzo was indicted back in 2008 on both state and federal charges. The...
View ArticleRiccardo (Richie) Cefalu Dead at the age of 92
Gambino crime family member Riccardo (Richie) Cefalu, an old-school wise guy known as a man who lived by the rule “admit nothing,” died Jan. 23 at the age of 92. Part of the Gambino’s Sicilian faction,...
View ArticleMobsters help former security officer scam McDonald’s of millions
With a little help from one of New York City’s most notorious crime families, it was the man in charge of protecting the game pieces of McDonald’s high-stakes Monopoly promotional game that ultimately...
View ArticleFrank Cali Killer Goes On Bizarre Courtroom Rant
Anthony Comello only wanted one thing the day he ended up at the house of Francesco Cali (Franky Boy); to make a citizen’s arrest. Little was it anticipated that he will end up killing one of the...
View ArticleThe Traitor (Il Traditore) Movie
The Sicilian capital of Palermo hosted a marathon trial of the Mafia for almost 6 years, from 1986 to 1992. It ended with 338 members of La Cosa Nostra being convicted. 19 men were sentenced to life in...
View ArticleThe Mafia’s New Take on Organized Crime
Infestation of the Brussels Project The mafia in Europe has found a new and unique way to launder money from their enormous take from drug trafficking and other illegal businesses. They have started...
View ArticleEx-Magliana Gang Boss Among 38 Arrested
Salvatore Nicitra, ex-boss of the Magliana gang has been arrested. Over a period of a few years, he had taken mafia control of the management and distribution of the gambling equipment unit of Rome....
View ArticleRosaria Costa’s brother detained
Giuseppe Costa, 53, the brother of Rosario Costa, widow of anti-Mafia prosecutor Giovanni Falcone’s security detail who was killed in 1992 with the magistrate, has been arrested in Palermo over his...
View ArticleRemembering the Mafia’s Heyday in Queens
The New York borough of Queens had yet to see its boom in organized crime until the late 1930s. Not that Queens was a particularly popular area for Mafia families to carry out their Costa Nostra...
View ArticleHow a Small Italian City Transformed into A Bloody Mafia Battlefield
Foggia, a small city in Italy’s Puglia region, recently saw its residents come out in large numbers on the streets to protest against the organized criminal Mafia that plagues the city. In the first 3...
View ArticleMGM Not Liable For $6 Million Gambling Loss
Gino Accettola, a 52-year-old man with ties to Detroit’s “Tocco crew” Mafia, gambled away over $6 million of investors’ money that was supposed to be used towards construction projects. The investors...
View ArticleMafia “Superboss” 30 years on the run
Matteo Messina Denaro, the dreaded Italian mobster also known as “Diabolik” has been on the run from the police for over 30 years now. He was long considered to be the ‘Boss of Bosses’ of the Sicilian...
View Article‘Ciao’ Gomorrah: Italy’s Most Infamous Housing Estate
Known for being the setting for hit TV series and film Gomorrah, the Le Vele towers were a symbol of organized crime and poverty – until the residents decided to take matters into their own hands....
View Article‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer Developing Colombo Crime Family Son’s Story
After acquiring the rights to the story of the Colombo crime family’s second-in-command’s son, John Franzese Jr, The Oscar-nominated producer of ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, David Permut, can tell what I’m sure...
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