Alleged Gambino crime family mobster Anthony Pandrella was found guilty by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday of murdering and robbing 77-year-old Vincent Zito, a man he called his friend.
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Historians describe the Mafia underworld of Gotham as fraught with complexities, uncertainties, frustrations and terrors. In 1951, there were 243 recorded homicides in the city of New York. One of them was Philip Mangano. What makes his violent death
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Being smart is no guarantee to stay out of prison. Especially when you’re a captain in New York’s infamous Gambino crime family, like Andrew Campos. Once praised by none other than mob boss John Gotti for his intelligence and sophisticated crimes, Ca
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What do numbers tell us? In 1928, the boss of what we now know as the Gambino Crime Family is murdered in New York. Two years later, his successor is gunned down. Twenty-one years afterwards, the current boss of the family disappears, assumed murdere
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Gambino crime family consigliere Frank Locascio remained a loyal Mafioso until the end. That loyalty earned him a life sentence and praise from the man who ratted him out and helped put him there. Cosa Nostra is funny like that.
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Vincent Squillante and his part in the Mafia underworld of New York is a snapshot of a time long gone and unlikely to be repeated. As he came into adulthood, Cosa Nostra was reaching its zenith.
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