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FBI looking for buried bodies on Gambino Mafia family farms in upstate New York

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 16, 2023 at 6:13

The FBI and police are currently looking for buried bodies at two horse farms in upstate New York, several news outlets report. The dig is in connection with a recent indictment of ten Gambino crime family mobsters.

“Joe Brooklyn,” “Uncle Ciccio,” “Vinny Slick” - Gambino family mobsters busted in New York and Italy

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on November 11, 2023 at 12:26

Ten members and associates of New York’s Gambino crime family and the Sicilian Mafia were indicted in Brooklyn federal court this week. They are charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, and union-related crimes committed

Bullets over Broadway

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on September 23, 2023 at 3:03

Everyone called him Tommy Brown, but that was not really his name. It was a nickname, a mob monicker, but it really got confused. His name in Italian is Gaetano Lucchese, and the closest we get to that is Guy Lucchese, as the name is pronounced “Guy

Those Who Go By Night: Dominic Di Ciolla and the Los Angeles Mafia

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on August 13, 2023 at 1:59

John Derek, the movie actor, once said, “Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.” Dominic Di Ciolla managed two out of three, but missed out on the last one. A lesser known player in the field of American organized crime, he came and w

“Him, with those ducks” – Colombo Mafia family consigliere pleads guilty to corrupting labor union

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on July 11, 2023 at 12:49

Colombo crime family consigliere Ralph DiMatteo pleaded guilty to racketeering charges last week. The Mafia leader went viral after his son posted a photo on Twitter showing him lounging in a pool the day after prosecutors had indicted him.

Genovese family mobsters sentenced for gambling, extortion racket

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on July 3, 2023 at 10:30

Two alleged members of New York’s Genovese crime family were sentenced to prison last week. Both men - one a reputed Mafia captain, the other a soldier - had pleaded guilty to racketeering charges earlier this year after being charged in April 2022.

Blood and Money. When They Fell. Bringing down the Zips.

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on July 2, 2023 at 5:07

Truman Capote, the late, famous American novelist and playwright, once said, “Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.” A more than perfect observation of what took place in New York and various outlier areas of north-eastern Am

The Father, the Son… the Mafia, the Bloods Gang, and Greed

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 23, 2023 at 10:02

Family is everything. It is how La Cosa Nostra, the American Mafia, managed to dominate the New York underworld for over a century. But in the underworld, family is no match for greed. Vultures and sharks are everywhere, ready to take what’s yours. T

Mafia boss Al Capone wishes his rivals a happy Valentine's Day

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on February 14, 2023 at 6:13

On Valentine’s Day most people are thinking about their loved ones. Husbands browse the stores in search for that one gift to tell the wife how much they love her, while youngsters arrange to meet up at the park for a romantic walk and a kiss. And th

Genovese Mafia family captains, soldiers, associates plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on February 12, 2023 at 2:41

Six Genovese crime family mobsters caught up in an illegal gambling and loansharking bust pleaded guilty to racketeering charges. One had done so in previous months, five did so last week. These Genovese family wiseguys participated in loansharking,

In the Company of Saints. The life and times of America’s oldest Mobster

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on February 3, 2023 at 0:17

There has been plenty written about John “Sonny” Franzese: books, newspaper articles, stories in magazines, web-site reports. People who know nothing about the Mafia in America know about Sonny, especially over the last few years, as he gained media

The Glare of a Killer

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 30, 2023 at 10:21

By Frank DiMatteo and Michael Benson for Gangsters Inc.

NEW YORK POLICE DETECTIVE Ralph Salerno was on the job for decades, working the rackets, and he’d seen his share of the underworld. Some of it seemed just like everything else, guys trying to ge

Former President Donald Trump is all smiles as he poses for picture with New York Mafia snitch

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 26, 2023 at 13:22

The floodgates have opened. Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Inquirer released a photograph of former President Donald Trump posing with ex-Philadelphia mob boss Joseph Merlino. Now, another photo of Trump with a rather notorious crime figure has

Philadelphia Mafia boss Joey Merlino poses for photo with former President Donald Trump

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 23, 2023 at 12:47

Philadelphia Mafia family boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino has friends in high places… Well, he posed for a picture with someone who moves in high places. None other than former President of the United States Donald Trump stood next to Merlino as bo

Gambino Mafia family capo busted in lucrative Manhattan construction scheme

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on January 19, 2023 at 23:08

Alleged Gambino crime family capo Frank Camuso was among over 20 people charged in a multimillion-dollar New York City construction racket, prosecutors reported on Wednesday. 59-year-old Camuso allegedly received pay-offs from Robert Baselice, the vi

Philadelphia Mafia family underboss gets 5 years in prison for running gambling, extortion, and loansharking

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on December 18, 2022 at 13:10

Steven Mazzone, the underboss of the Philadelphia Mafia family, was sentenced on Thursday to 5 years behind bars for leading a racketeering conspiracy which engaged in illicit gambling, extortion, and loansharking.

The Doyen of Dope Dealers: The life and times of Joe Beck

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on December 1, 2022 at 2:30

If Giovanni and his wife, Cira Floria, had not made whoopee one night in autumn, in their apartment in Lower Manhattan, their first child, the one they called Giuseppe, or Joseph, would not have been born in June, 1907, and it’s almost a given, the w

Former priest and brother of New York Mafia boss “Chin” Gigante passes away

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 24, 2022 at 5:12

Reverend Louis Gigante passed away last week, the New York Times reported. He was 90 years old. Louis was the younger brother of Genovese crime family boss Vincent “Chin” Gigante and despite his brother’s chosen path never strayed from his side.

Rochester mob hitman had 1 year to serve before prison escape, now sentenced to 3 more years

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 21, 2022 at 9:43

Convicted Rochester Mafia family hitman Dominic Taddeo was sentenced this week to 3 years in federal prison for his escape from a half-way house in Orlando, Florida. Despite being one year away from his release, 65-year-old Taddeo decided to flee. He

The Corner on Pleasant Avenue: The Mafia, crooked cops and drugs

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 1, 2022 at 8:27

By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.

David Durk, who was born in 1935, joined the New York Police in 1963, and by the closing of the 1960s, was a detective attached to the city’s Department of Investigation, which served as an independent and non-part

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FBI looking for buried bodies on Gambino Mafia family farms in upstate New York

“Joe Brooklyn,” “Uncle Ciccio,” “Vinny Slick” - Gambino family mobsters busted in New York and Italy

Bullets over Broadway

Those Who Go By Night: Dominic Di Ciolla and the Los Angeles Mafia

“Him, with those ducks” – Colombo Mafia family consigliere pleads guilty to corrupting labor union

Genovese family mobsters sentenced for gambling, extortion racket

Blood and Money. When They Fell. Bringing down the Zips.

The Father, the Son… the Mafia, the Bloods Gang, and Greed

Mafia boss Al Capone wishes his rivals a happy Valentine's Day

Genovese Mafia family captains, soldiers, associates plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy

In the Company of Saints. The life and times of America’s oldest Mobster

The Glare of a Killer

Former President Donald Trump is all smiles as he poses for picture with New York Mafia snitch

Philadelphia Mafia boss Joey Merlino poses for photo with former President Donald Trump

Gambino Mafia family capo busted in lucrative Manhattan construction scheme

Philadelphia Mafia family underboss gets 5 years in prison for running gambling, extortion, and loansharking

The Doyen of Dope Dealers: The life and times of Joe Beck

Former priest and brother of New York Mafia boss “Chin” Gigante passes away

Rochester mob hitman had 1 year to serve before prison escape, now sentenced to 3 more years

The Corner on Pleasant Avenue: The Mafia, crooked cops and drugs

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