mafia - Video - Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org2024-03-29T06:51:05Zhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/feed/tag/mafiaBonanno Mafia boss Mancuso off to prison, who will replace him?https://gangstersinc.org/video/bonanno-mafia-boss-mancuso-off-to-prison-who-will-replace-him2023-06-27T16:03:47.000Z2023-06-27T16:03:47.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12127399291?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The fellas at the Original Gangsters Podcast discuss Bonanno crime family boss <a href="https://gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogs/bonanno-family-boss-michael-mancuso" target="_blank">Michael Mancuso</a> being sent back to prison and who will be his eyes and ears on the streets while he’s away.</p>
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</ul></div>The return of Genovese Mafia family soldier Vito Albertihttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-return-of-genovese-mafia-family-soldier-vito-alberti2023-06-07T15:48:10.000Z2023-06-07T15:48:10.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/11488332097?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The guys of the Original Gangsters podcast discuss the return of Genovese Mafia family soldier Vito Alberti. </p>
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</ul></div>The mysterious murder of Lucchese Mafia family soldier Frank Laganohttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-mysterious-murder-of-lucchese-mafia-family-soldier-frank-laga2023-05-20T12:02:12.000Z2023-05-20T12:02:12.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/11130121467?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap">The fellas at the Original Gangsters Podcast examine the unsolved murder of Frank Lagano. He was a member of New York's Lucchese crime family. It's a compelling story involving murder, the Mafia, the Bloods street gang, and allegations of police corruption.</span></p>
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</ul></div>On the trail of the Italian mafia's dirty moneyhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/on-the-trail-of-the-italian-mafia-s-dirty-money2023-04-22T06:11:41.000Z2023-04-22T06:11:41.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/11031290091?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap">Every year, the multibillion-dollar proceeds of organised crime are pumped into the global economy - a torrent of dirty cash that is laundered through the banking system to disguise its origins. So how is it done? And how does it remain undetected? Eager to find out, two journalists began to investigate the business dealings of a man allegedly involved in hiding the vast profits of the 'Ndrangheta, a branch of the Italian Mafia. But as this extraordinary three-part People & Power report reveals, little in this complex and secretive world is quite what it seems. </span></p>
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</ul></div>The Italian Mafia's New Weapon: Olive Oilhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-italian-mafia-s-new-weapon-olive-oil2023-01-15T07:31:05.000Z2023-01-15T07:31:05.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10933962866?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Criminal syndicates are infiltrating the global food supply chain, undermining the ability of consumers to trust what is on the label and what ends up on their plate. In Italy, entire sectors of the food industry are controlled by the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/italian-organized-crime" target="_blank">mafia</a>. All over the world, well-organised criminal networks work together to penetrate complex supply chains. Scams range from the intentional mislabelling of inferior products in order to pass them off as premium items, to the substitution of one food stuff for something else entirely. The profits are enormous. But what are the risks to the consumer? How can we identify food fraud? And what can be done to stop it?</p>
<p>In this investigation, we follow the food fraud brigades and reveal how little we know about what we’re eating.</p>
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</ul></div>From Whistleblower to Blowing Whistles: The Story of an Undercover Agent Turned NBA Refhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/from-whistleblower-to-blowing-whistles-the-story-of-an-undercover2022-12-19T13:45:49.000Z2022-12-19T13:45:49.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10913740282?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>In 1975 while a state trooper, <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/all-in-the-game-two-men-who-went-from-fighting-organized-crime-an" target="_blank">Bob Delaney</a> joined an undercover sting operation that resulted in convictions of more than 30 members of Genovese and Bruno crime families and ended Mob control of New Jersey waterfront. While wearing a wire, Delaney dealt daily with mobsters who modeled themselves after their onscreen counterparts in box office hits such as The Godfather. Delaney even crossed paths with Joe Pistone, the real-life Donnie Brasco.</p>
<p>Along the way, he developed Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. As a way to deal with the stress of undercover work, Delaney began officiating at high school games, eventually becoming one of the NBA’s best officials.</p>
<p>In this Mob Museum public program from July 12, 2016, Delaney talks about his experiences.</p>
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</ul></div>Gangsters on the Water: The Rise and Fall of California’s Floating Casinoshttps://gangstersinc.org/video/gangsters-on-the-water-the-rise-and-fall-of-california-s-floating2022-10-31T15:08:40.000Z2022-10-31T15:08:40.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10858990861?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>From the late 1920s through the late 1940s, gambling racketeers operated a series of floating casinos three miles off the Southern California coast – just outside the state’s jurisdiction. Crime historian J. Michael Niotta, the great-grandson of Los Angeles Mafia boss Jack Dragna, will discuss the men who ushered in the floating casino era and how some of them found their way to Las Vegas.</p>
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</ul></div>Return of the Dead: Lake Mead and Chicago Mafia hitman Tony Spilotrohttps://gangstersinc.org/video/return-of-the-dead-lake-mead-and-chicago-mafia-hitman-tony-spilot2022-08-27T10:50:38.000Z2022-08-27T10:50:38.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10794074671?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">More bodies are emerging as Lake Mead dries up. Police investigators suspect some of these bodies are unsolved mob murders related to <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/from-violent-to-loving-in-a-heartbeat-the-two-sides-of-infamous-c" target="_blank">Chicago Mafioso Tony Spilotro</a>. The guys at the </span>Original Gangsters Podcast <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">break down the investigation as well as <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-beginnings-of-tony-spilotro-s-infamous-hole-in-the-wall-gang" target="_blank">Tony Spilotro's murderous reign in Las Vegas</a>. </span></p>
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</ul></div>Colombo Mafia family capo Michael Franzese on Sammy the Bull threats, testifying, mob contract on his lifehttps://gangstersinc.org/video/colombo-mafia-family-capo-michael-franzese-on-sammy-the-bull-thre2022-08-05T07:37:50.000Z2022-08-05T07:37:50.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10749754886?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Michael Franzese came through for yet another VladTV interview, and he started off speaking about his new book, “Mafia Democracy: How Our Republic Become a Mob Racket,” where he compares how the government is a better-run version of the mob. Michael also spoke about being portrayed in “Goodfellas” and knowing the real guy who Ray Liotta played in the movie, who was put into witness protection. This led to a discussion about Alpo Martinez leaving witness protection to come back to Harlem, where he was ultimately killed. During the conversation, Michael also spoke about Sammy The Bull doing a VladTV interview, which led to Michael speaking about his relationship with Sammy. To hear more, including Michael speaking about the YSL RICO case, hit the full interview.</p>
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</ul></div>Gambino Mafia family underboss "Sammy the Bull" Gravano shares his life storyhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/gambino-mafia-family-underboss-sammy-the-bull-gravano-shares-his2022-07-29T06:21:51.000Z2022-07-29T06:21:51.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10732239066?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Notorious former mafia hit man <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/gambino-underboss-salvatore" target="_blank">Sammy “The Bull” Gravano</a> sat down for his first-ever VladTV interview, where he started off telling the story of his origins, including his family being from Sicily. After speaking about how his family moved to Brooklyn, Sammy detailed how he got involved with the mob, which led to stories about how he made his way within the organization as a hitman. After working for the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-colombo-crime-family" target="_blank">Colombo family</a>, Sammy spoke about joining the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/gambino-crime-family-overview" target="_blank">Gambino family</a> and becoming a made man. Sammy also detailed his success in the construction business. During the conversation, Sammy spoke about <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/gambino-boss-john-gotti-sr" target="_blank">John Gotti</a>’s infamous RICO case, being put under FBI surveillance himself, and Gotti getting life without the chance of parole. To hear more, including Sammy speaking about his own prison sentence and release, along with his biography, watch the full interview above.</p>
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</ul></div>Mafia Hitmen: New York’s Notorious East Harlem Purple Ganghttps://gangstersinc.org/video/mafia-hitmen-new-york-s-notorious-east-harlem-purple-gang2022-07-22T08:43:29.000Z2022-07-22T08:43:29.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10663237467?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>A string of grisly murders terrorized New York City in the 1970s. A rogue sect of Mob hitmen known as the East Harlem Purple Gang emerged as a violent force closely linked to the New York Mafia’s Five Families. As law enforcement struggled to track down the killers, the Purple Gang’s vicious tactics became a media obsession. Veteran Mob historian Scott Deitche will provide stories and insights about the East Harlem Purple Gang and reflect on those who remain at large today.</p>
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<p><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/mafia-author-shares-dark-stories-behind-garden-state-gangland-the" target="_blank">Mafia author shares dark stories behind Garden State Gangland: The Rise of the Mob in New Jersey</a></p>
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</ul></div>Fighting the Italian Mafia: Arresting a 'Ndrangheta Godfatherhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/fighting-the-italian-mafia-arresting-the-ndrangheta-godfather2022-07-11T12:22:01.000Z2022-07-11T12:22:01.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10636043272?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Number one in the cocaine market, earning more than 53 billion Euros a year, the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/ndrangheta-overview" target="_blank">'Ndrangheta</a> is the most powerful branch of the Italian mafia. Their members are enrolled young into this huge organization, seen as a family to whom you owe loyalty. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">From extortion to drug dealing, the Ndrangheta is involved in many businesses around the world. Heavily armed, the organization has a stranglehold on the Calabrian economy. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">We meet the rare and brave few that are fighting against the organisation and accompany the police on the raid of a port and the arrest of a ’Godfather’. A look at the Mafia which has a stranglehold on Southern Italy. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">This documentary was first released in 2015. </span></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p></div>Colombo Mafia capo Michael Franzese explains why he spoke to the FBI, why the Mafia wanted him whackedhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/colombo-mafia-capo-michael-franzese-explains-why-he-spoke-to-the2022-06-28T12:06:41.000Z2022-06-28T12:06:41.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10601583258?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">In this clip, DJ Vlad tells Michael Franzese about a former drug lord named Alpo Martinez and his decision to ditch witness protection in Lewiston, Maine, in order to return to the street life back in Harlem, New York, where he was eventually murdered. To that Franzese responds to the story by comparing it to a Steven Martin film called "My Blue Heaven," citing that some guys just aren't made to live the simple life. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">This topic prompts DJ Vlad to ask the actor if he had ever been in witness protection. Franzese said no, before explaining to the VladTV viewers directly, that although he has spoken with the feds in the past, no one had ever gone to prison based on anything that he told them. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">From there, the 55-year-old goes on to explain why being indicted seven times played a role in his desire to get out of the life of being a mobster. In response, DJ Vlad asked him if the offense was considered "breaking the code," which was punishable by death in the mob. Franzese answered yes. Moving along, he then goes on the reveal the name of the gangster who put a hit on him. <br /></span></p>
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</ul></div>Former Gambino family underboss "Sammy the Bull" lets loose about Mafia lifehttps://gangstersinc.org/video/former-gambino-family-underboss-sammy-the-bull-lets-loose-about-m2022-05-31T18:34:02.000Z2022-05-31T18:34:02.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10527802671?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">John Gotti's former right hand man, who stunningly testified against his boss speaks candidly with ABC News about his life in the New York City mob.</span></p>
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<p><strong> </strong></p></div>Looking back at when the Sicilian Mafia assassinated Italian judgeshttps://gangstersinc.org/video/looking-back-at-when-sicilian-mafia-cosa-nostra-assassinated-ital2022-05-29T06:03:04.000Z2022-05-29T06:03:04.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10522552067?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Created on the island of Sicily in the mid-19th century, <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/sicilian-cosa-nostra-overview" target="_blank">Cosa Nostra</a> soon became one of the most powerful branches of the Italian mafia. In 1986, the Italian justice system launched a counter-offensive, with the Palermo prosecutor's office leading the charge. <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/three-good-men-and-their-fight-to-the-death-against-the-sicilian" target="_blank">Judge Giovanni Falcone</a> became a symbol of the fight against the mafia. But on May 23, 1992, he was killed in a car bombing, along with his wife and three bodyguards. His colleague and friend Paolo Borsellino was murdered less than two months later. Three decades on, our correspondents report on how these assassinations by Cosa Nostra sparked an awakening and an ongoing fight against the mafia.</span></p>
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</ul></div>The Sicilian Rugby Team Fighting the Mafiahttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-sicilian-rugby-team-fighting-the-mafia2022-05-28T11:16:20.000Z2022-05-28T11:16:20.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10521061484?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Sean Williams' recent cover story for Sports Illustrated chronicles the trials and tribulations of Briganti, a club in the depressed neighborhood of Librino, "Catania's Bronx", that has fallen prey to Cosa Nostra mobsters in recent years. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Founded to keep kids away from crime, the club has come under heavy fire: its clubhouse was torched, team bus destroyed, equipment stolen and bullets fired into its changing room door. But it's going strong—in no small part to a short, bushy-haired agronomist who saw a chance to pull locals off the corners with sport. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Underworld is a podcast about organized crime around the world, by reporters Danny Gold and Sean Williams. From Balkan warlords to Brooklyn wiseguys, we’ll expose the barely-visible networks that affect everyone’s lives. Bringing our experience hunting some of the world’s most dangerous people, we’ll show how gangs fought to the top of their food chains - and how some got cut down to size.</span></p>
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</ul></div>Meet the executioner for mob boss Whitey Bulgerhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/meet-the-executioner-for-mob-boss-whitey-bulger2022-05-17T17:55:26.000Z2022-05-17T17:55:26.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10496473265?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Steve Kroft interviews former Whitey Bulger associate and Winter Hill Gang hitman John Martorano.</p>
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</ul></div>Gangs in France: Robbers, Fraudsters and Pimps | Inside the French Mafia Networkhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/gangs-in-france-robbers-fraudsters-and-pimps-inside-the-french-ma2022-05-11T16:45:30.000Z2022-05-11T16:45:30.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10479884097?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">France has become a top target for international criminal networks, each with its own speciality: organized robbers from Georgia, bank card fraudsters from Romania and prostitution bosses from Nigeria. These mafias are often fleeing prosecution in their own countries or exploiting larger money-making opportunities abroad. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">This investigation travels across Europe and Africa, gaining exclusive access to these various mafia networks to reveal how they work. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">This documentary was first released in 2013.</span></p>
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</ul></div>Can the global network of organized crime be destroyed?https://gangstersinc.org/video/can-the-global-network-of-organized-crime-be-destroyed2022-04-27T06:57:53.000Z2022-04-27T06:57:53.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10442521077?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string"><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/mafia-and-crime-groups" target="_blank">Organized crime</a> can hold sway over political and economic institutions. Illegal business is growing more profitable every day. Can something be done to take down this global criminal network? </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Corruption and drug trafficking are no longer just local problems. International groups working with terrorist organizations and politicians are ruthlessly spreading violence and endangering innocent lives. Complex infrastructures enable them to evade capture and punishment. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string"><a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/drug-cartels" target="_blank">Drug smuggling</a> is a competitive global business. Drug smugglers transport their goods from Latin America to <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/europe-overview" target="_blank">Europe</a>. From international money laundering to transnational murder for hire, we see the devastation underground business leaves in its wake. Murders, explosions, and targeted attacks - they affect not only criminals, but also their families, witnesses, journalists, and other innocent victims. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">According to FBI and Europol documents, every country on earth now has its own criminal groups and <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/drug-cartels" target="_blank">cartels</a>. They are also gaining a stronger footing in Germany. Take drug trafficking, for example: Germany is a well-organized market and central transport hub for opiates along the Balkan route. South America directly serves the U.S. market. Anyone attempting to expose these groups is placing her or his life on the line. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">According figures from the World Bank, organized crime groups spend half of their annual two trillion dollar annual profits bribing politicians across the globe. Those operating with full cooperation from the authorities are behaving more like terror organizations: They use fear and terror, murder and manslaughter. But using the global financial system for money laundering is nothing new. The state earns money through taxes and terror groups get rich in the process. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Drugs and money are not the only things being transported. Smuggling people has also become a lucrative business for organized crime, bringing in about $150 billion each year. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Could conditions like those in <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/russian-mafia-overview" target="_blank">Russia</a> develop elsewhere, where politicians, secret services and criminals share common interests? Could this even happen in once stable democracies like the USA or core European states? Is there a way out? Or are law enforcement agencies powerless to stop them?</span></p>
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</ul></div>WATCH | Breaking the Calabrian Mafia in Italyhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/watch-breaking-the-calabrian-mafia-in-italy2022-04-24T08:42:57.000Z2022-04-24T08:42:57.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10435781279?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">For years, a ruthless mafia has ruled Calabria through intimidation and violence. Now prosecutors are taking them on, charging hundreds in one of the biggest trials in decades. But can the Italian state beat the country's most powerful mafia organisation? </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">The <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/ndrangheta-overview" target="_blank">Calabrian mafia</a> began local but over recent decades it's transformed into a powerful, multi-national criminal organisation, with an estimated turnover of 80 billion dollars a year. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Now Italian prosecutors are running a maxi-trial against members of a family they allege is one of the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/ndrangheta-overview" target="_blank">‘Ndrangehta</a>’s most powerful clans – the <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/the-mancuso-ndrangheta-clan-and-its-war-against-itself" target="_blank">Mancusos</a>. More than 300 members and associates of the Mancusos have been arrested. The charge sheet is sobering. It includes murder, extortion, drug trafficking and money laundering. </span></p>
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<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">In this gripping crime saga, Fran Kelly travels to Vibo Valentia to tell the story of this historic attempt to curb the power of the ‘Ndrangheta. She gains access to the man leading the trial, Chief Prosecutor Nicola Gratteri. He’s been investigating the Calabrian mafia for decades and has long been on the mafia’s kill list. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">“There’s always tension. There’s always fear and you must always be careful”, he tells Kelly as he drives to court surrounded by his security motorcade. “You have to tame fear and talk to death.” </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Kelly speaks with community members who now feel emboldened to speak out against the mafia. ‘The number of people turning on the mafia has increased’, says anti-mafia activist Giuseppe Borrello. ‘It’s new for Vibo Valentia.” </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">Gratteri’s actions have given hope to Sara Scarpulla, whose son was blown up in a car bomb organised by a member of the Mancuso family. Kelly also speaks to an anti-mafia prosecutor in Milan, Italy’s financial heart, where the ‘Ndrangheta has established a strong presence. </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">In Calabria, not everyone in the community is rallying behind Nicola Gratteri’s maxi-trial. “There’s vicious mudslinging aimed at the Prosecutor’s Office’, explains lawyer Giovanna Fronte. “That’s how the ‘Ndrangheta operates.” </span></p>
<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string">For the people of Vibo Valentia, the maxi-trial has raised hopes of a new chapter in which the State regains control of a land long thought lost to organised crime. But can these prosecutions uproot the powerful networks of the ‘Ndrangheta? </span></p>
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</ul></div>The Story Behind The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Tommy Gunhttps://gangstersinc.org/video/the-story-behind-the-st-valentine-s-day-massacre-tommy-gun2022-04-12T09:38:32.000Z2022-04-12T09:38:32.000ZGangsters Inc.https://gangstersinc.org/members/GangstersInc<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/10356445281?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>The <a href="https://gangstersinc.org/profiles/blogs/mafia-boss-al-capone-wishes-his-rivals-a-happy-valentine-s-day" target="_blank">St. Valentine’s Day Massacre</a> was the darkest day in Mob history. On February 14th, 1929, assassins lined up seven men against the wall of a garage in Chicago and opened fire with Thompson submachine guns. News of the Massacre sparked a national outcry to take down the Mob and put an end to Prohibition, which was fueling gang violence across the country.</p>
<p>The bricks from that garage wall, as well as the ballistic evidence collected from the crime scene, are on permanent display in The Mob Museum. The Tommy guns used in the shooting are held by the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department in southwest Michigan. On several occasions over the years, the sheriff’s department has brought the Tommy guns to the Museum for temporary display, creating a grim reunion of artifacts from that fateful day.</p>
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