Five Families of New York City

Updated news on the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese and Colombo Organized Crime Families of New York City.

Updated news on the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese and Colombo Organized Crime Families of New York City.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Firebombs Montreal's Hot Issue

  December 30, 2010    Dapper_Don

The year's most jarring reminder of organized crime's broad reach here came not from the sniper who killed Nicolo Rizzuto in his own kitchen or the abduction of one of his lieutenants, but in the many firebombings that continue to hit local businesses. Arson investigators...

  

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Gambino Family Associate Michael Scarpaci Pleads Guilty To Gambling Winnings From Stock Fraud

  December 30, 2010    Dapper_Don

Don Carlo GambinoA reputed Gambino crime-family associate who headed an elaborate, $20 million stock scheme admitted this morning that he wagered some of his proceeds in illegal gambling operations. Michael Scarpaci, 34, pleaded guilty to racketeering tied to his roles...

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Montreal Expects More Mafia Violence In 2011

  December 30, 2010    Dapper_Don

In Montreal, QC Canada 2010 literally is going out with a bang. Over the last few months there have been 19 fire bomb attacks against Italian cafes and bars in the city, and Police Commander Mario Lamothe opined that the violence "is rooted in an ongoing battle between rival Mafia clans for control of the drug trade" as reported by Jan Ravensbergen for The Gazette. Over the last...

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Great Christmas Day Diamond Heist in Chelsea

  December 30, 2010    Dapper_Don

by: Tom Robbins   Amid the tales of peril and loss still emerging from what's now being dubbed "Bloomberg's Blizzard," there is this from the Post about a troop of intrepid jewel thieves who made the most of the build-up to nature's calamity by sacking a Chelsea...

  

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Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Federal Prosecutors Indict Genovese Captain And Three Others On Gambling Counts

  December 29, 2010    Dapper_Don

Joseph Valachi via WikipediaA federal grand jury has indicted three people on gambling conspiracy counts based on charges by Rockland prosecutors accusing them of loan-sharking and operating a multimillion-dollar sports betting operation tied to organized crime. ...

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Judge Orders Bonanno Boss Vincent Basciano To Stop Sending Him Letters

  December 29, 2010    Dapper_Don

This mobster doesn't know write from wrong. A federal judge has ordered former Bonanno crime-family boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano to stop flooding him with letters. The photogenic mobster is a prolific jailhouse correspondent, and for some time now, Judge...

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Gambino Associate Pleads Guilty To Racketeering

  December 29, 2010    Dapper_Don

A reputed Gambino crime-family associate who was accused of recruiting a baby-faced teen for a mob-run prostitution ring struck a plea deal yesterday in which prosecutors dropped sex-trafficking charges against him. But Anthony Manzella, 32, did plead guilty to racketeering...

  

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Mob History Treasure Trove At Hathi Trust

  December 28, 2010    Dapper_Don

Hathi Trust, a digital library which is a partnership of more than fifty research institutions and libraries, is putting the public record online, and among the documents available are otherwise hard-to-find governmental hearings and reports on organized crime. For example, its collection includes the groundbreaking 1951 Kefauver Committee Report On Organized Crime together with...

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Monday, December 27, 2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Still Home For Holidays: Rumored Indictment of Alleged Mob Boss On Hold

  December 26, 2010    Dapper_Don

Joseph Ligambi (right) with Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino in 1998. Ligambi took over the mob after Merlino's '99 arrest, sources say. Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi celebrated the holidays in comfort this year, despite persistent rumors that...

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Italian Mafia Spreads In Switzerland

  December 26, 2010    Dapper_Don

Switzerland has always been a key destination for Italy's mafia bosses to launder their assets or hide their cash, but recent probes show that Italian organised crime is broadening its activities there. Some groups, in particular the 'Ndrangheta from southern Italy's...

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Saturday, December 25, 2010

Mafia State: This Russian regime is more corrupt than under the Soviets as crime bosses and politicians link up to get rich

  December 25, 2010    Dapper_Don

If one man symbolises the ­relationship between organised crime and the Russian government it is Viktor Bout. Three weeks ago, Bout, 44, in handcuffs and body armour, was extradited from Bangkok to New York on arms-trafficking charges. The Russian Government ­furiously...

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Daughter of Sammy the Bull set to make small screen debut in controversial mob reality show

  December 22, 2010    Dapper_Don

The daugther of legendary Gambino turncoat Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano stars in a new mob reality show - and that's not sitting well with relatives of her dad's victims. Karen Gravano has started shooting for "Mob Wives," set to possibly air next year on VH1. In...

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Suspected Mob Bodyguard Charged In Montreal

  December 22, 2010    Dapper_Don

A 33-year-old man who was believed to have served as a bodyguard at the highest levels of the Mafia in Montreal faces almost a dozen charges in a case that indicates people tied to the mob are still bracing for violence. Desiderio (Desi) Pompa, 33, of Laval, was...

  

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Trial of 1980 Brooklyn mob rubout to feature a who's who of Mafia snitches

  December 21, 2010    Dapper_Don

If you believed the mob rats, the Villa66 restaurant in Brooklyn must have been crowded with hit men the morning a shotgun blast blew away gangster Gerard Pappa. Stoolies have fingered more than six killers responsible for the July 10, 1980, rubout of Pappa as he...

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Feds Continue Probe Into Waterfront Corruption

  December 21, 2010    Dapper_Don

The feds apparently aren't done in their investigation into suspected Genovese-driven corruption on the New Jersey docks. Last week the feds indicted Albert Cernadas Sr., a former vice president of the International Longshoremen's Association and president...

  

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Monday, December 20, 2010

Gotti to Stallone: "Stop Messing Up My Biopic"

  December 20, 2010    Dapper_Don

  It’s Gotti vs. Rocky. John "Junior" Gotti wants Sylvester Stallone to stop telling people he’ll play his father, legendary mob boss John Gotti, in a movie based on his life -- a charge Sly denies. Junior and his partners insist that's the case. “It’s frustrating,...

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