The underworld of Montreal is at war. Several high profile mafia bosses have been murdered and yesterday Bonanno family boss Salvatore Montagna was the latest victim as he was shot to death in a suburb near Montreal.
When paramedics
The underworld of Montreal is at war. Several high profile mafia bosses have been murdered and yesterday Bonanno family boss Salvatore Montagna was the latest victim as he was shot to death in a suburb near Montreal.
When paramedics
By David Amoruso
Growing up as the son of Philadelphia mobster “Little Nicky” Scarfo, it was pretty clear that Nicodemo Scarfo “Junior” would have a hard time avoiding the notoriety that came with the family name. For better or worse he began follow
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
It was bloodletting out of all proportion, even for the men who ran the Mafia in Sicily.
Eight men killed for eighteen horses.
The worst day of mass killing in its history since May 1947, when 11 people were sho
By David Amoruso
The Philadelphia Crime Family is an open book. Almost literally: its history has been well documented in books written by researchers, journalists, and turncoat mobsters who spilled their guts about what was labeled as the most viol
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
‘It is the theory that decides what can be observed.
If the facts don’t fit the theory change the facts.’
Albert Einstein
New York Times April 16th 1931:
It took ten years and a lot of shooting to kill Giusepp
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
The man who appeared to be always photographed with a perpetual sneer on his face, seemingly had a temperament to match. Like many short men, he made up for lost inches with a bombastic, in-your-face approach to l
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It was a nice run while it lasted, but after eleven years at the helm of Philadelphia’s mob family, Joseph Ligambi has been arrested. He is charged with illegal gambling, extortion, loansharking, and obstruction of justice. A dozen
By David Amoruso
“I’m going to hell!”
The above is a quote attributed to Colombo Crime Family leader Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli. According to the FBI, Gioeli uttered the words to a fellow mobster when they were discussing a 1982 mob hit gone wild
By David Amoruso
“Anthony Palumbo’s decades long crime spree has finally come to an end. He is going to prison which is exactly where he belongs.” Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, could not have been a
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
‘A sweetheart of a guy. He wasn’t a drinker and didn’t cheat on his wife the way most of these guys do. His one big fault is that once in a while, he would import 50-100 kilos of pure heroin.’
James Drucker
Assis
By David Amoruso
Based in Greenwich Village, the Triangle Social Club used to be the headquarters of the most powerful Mafia Family in the United States. But today, it has become the home of an organic, feel-good tea and spice store and has been ren
By David Amoruso
It seemed like a perfect plan. Take out a powerful mob captain that is thought to be an informant for the FBI and better your own position within the crime family. Of course, even a perfect plan can go bad very fast. Eight years af
By David Amoruso
Don’t we all miss our friendly neighborhood milkman who used to deliver bottles of milk right up to our doorsteps? What happened to the businessman who would offer that kind of service? Well, leave it to the mob to step into that v
Part One - Part Two - Part Three
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
Following Leggio’s acquittal in the second trial, although he was subject to re-arrest to face other outstanding charges, the Attorney General in Palermo, Scaglione himself, had
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
Part One - Part Two
Through 1958 tensions rose and it was becoming increasingly obvious that Doctor Navarra and Luciano Leggio were heading for a showdown. Navarra, despite being well educated and a man of the w
Part One
By Thom L. Jones for Gangsters Inc.
There is only one Mafia, neither old or young, neither good nor bad, there is only the Mafia that is a criminal association.
Cesare Terranova. Order of Indictment gainst Luciano Leggio+115 August 1965,
By David Amoruso
It was one of the most disgraceful busts in American La Cosa Nostra history when fourteen Gambino Family mobsters were charged with pimping out underage girls. Though they were also charged with other crimes such as murder and exto
By David Amoruso
When George Barone died late last year, an adventurous life came to an end. He was a hero of the second world war. A founding member of the Jets street gang made famous in the musical West Side Story. And spent decades as a Genoves
By Clarence Walker
"Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob" - Oscar Wilde.
As people our life's value lies in our contribution to a greater good by taking a stand to become part of something on this earth much greater