The Philadelphia crime family formally earned a slot on the humiliating list of Cosa Nostra borgatas to have one of their "secret" initiation ceremonies electronically recorded by law enforcement. Law ...

"To be honest with you, we just barely let the Gambino family in...." Anthony (Gaspipe) Casso, referring to the stunningly profitable gasoline tax scam in testimony before the Senate Subcommittee In ...

Jerry Chilli* died last Saturday from throat cancer; a private funeral mass will be held in Florida, which is where the Bonanno capo spent the greater part of his adult life. (Especially after New ...

Getting sentenced to 20 years in prison on narcotics charges in 1962 was just about the worst possible thing that could happen to the ambitious Carmine Galante—short of, say, getting blasted in the ...

During the 1992 trial that featured Sammy the Bull's testimony it was alleged that John Gotti expected his captains to pay him $3,000 on his birthday and on Christmas.* While awaiting trial in jail, ...

The 1992 murder and racketeering trial of top Gambino wiseguys John Gotti and Frank Locascio in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York resulted in Gotti's and Locascio's convictions ...

One evening in December 1989, Gambino boss John Gotti and underboss Frank Locascio discussed murdering a troublesome Gambino underling who had failed to show up at a family meeting. Gotti, none too ...

When last identified by the Fed's, Liborio (Barney) Bellomo's street boss, Michael Ragusa, was notched as a soldier in the Genovese family's East Harlem/Bronx crew. Some of the Genovese family's most ...

Longtime Bonanno wiseguy Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato, 75, who shot his way into the annals of American organized crime, was released from prison on May 20, 2022, as per the BOP inmate locator website.

All five New York Mafia bosses are out of prison—or at least, were out of prison—until, in an absolutely shocking twist—we're being facetious—a judge in Brooklyn Federal Court earlier this week ...

I found the following while researching where in Sicily Al Lettieri 's family arrived from. Lettieri, the great character actor of the 1970s, was noticed for his infamous turn in the Godfather; my ...

Before illustrating these relationships, two fundamental explanations are needed. ① The assertion: “Verduci was part of a group that became involved with Sal Montagna,” requires some clarification. At ...