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“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
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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
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“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.
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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
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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.
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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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They whacked the payphone! The American Mafia bids it farewell with tears in its eyes

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on May 26, 2022 at 9:34
Mobsters and payphones formed a decades long lucrative partnership. Conducting business on one of those things was part of their modus operandi. It was a way of avoiding wiretaps, while still getting to talk to associates far and wide. Unfortunately,
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Six Genovese Mafia family wiseguys hit with gambling and extortion charges

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 27, 2022 at 11:48
Six Genovese crime family mobsters were charged with racketeering conspiracy involving illegal gambling and extortion on Tuesday. Among them are alleged captains Nicholas Calisi and Ralph Balsamo (photo above) and alleged soldiers Michael Messina and
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“Tony Pep” – Profile of Gambino Mafia family capo Anthony Trentacosta

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on April 18, 2022 at 7:41
Anthony “Tony Pep” Trentacosta had a quiet, but very successful career in La Cosa Nostra. He rose to a leadership position within the Gambino crime family and made a ton of money in the process. Moving from New York to Atlanta to Florida, he always t
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Colombo Mafia family boss Andrew “Mush” Russo released on $10 million bond

Posted by Gangsters Inc. on October 29, 2021 at 0:12
This is something you don’t see every day. A New York Mafia boss indicted on racketeering charges Is allowed to await his uncertain future in freedom. Ageing Colombo crime family boss Andrew “Mush” Russo was released on $10 million bond this week.
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