MAFIA MEMBER WHO ESCAPED POLICE RAID ARRESTED NEAR PRISON

(AGI) Caserta – A man believed to be linked to the Casalesi mafia clan, who escaped a police raid on April 18, has been arrested. Antonio Cecoro, 35, a native of Casal di Principe, was arrested earlier today by the police in via San Tamarro, in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, near the local prison. According [...]

‘Mr. Mom’ mobster gets break

A Bonanno-crime family soldier told a federal court judge yesterday that he turned his back on the mob to become Mr. Mom. Armando “Mondo” Rea, 59, broke his sworn blood oath of lifetime allegiance to the crime family, saying his association with the Bonannos ended after he devoted himself to caring for his grandsons because [...]

Notorious gangster released on bail after new charges laid

Mike Adiwal is accused of extortion with a firearm, uttering death threats and assault along with Preetpal Sangha A notorious gangster whose twin survived 26 bullet wounds two years ago has been charged with extortion using a firearm and a number of other offences. Manjit Singh (Mike) Adiwal was arrested in Chilliwack on May 9 [...]

Sliced and heist

‘Pizza fight’ thug was robbing banks: feds You can’t teach an old con new tricks. Benny Geritano, busted last month in Brooklyn for allegedly trying to slice up a celebrity pizzeria owner in a fight over a woman, had resumed his career burglarizing banks, federal prosecutors say. Geritano, a member of the infamous “Night Drop [...]

13 charged as federal officials continue roundup of alleged East Coast mafia

Federal authorites broadened their nationwide crackdown on organized crime Monday, arresting the reputed leaders of Philadelphia’s La Cosa Nostra family on extortion, loan-sharking and other charges. The indictment of 13 members and associates of the Philadelphia family is the latest in a series of high-profile roundups of alleged East Coast mafia members this year. Federal [...]

Ligambi was 6th boss to follow Bruno

With his arrest today, reputed mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi joins a line of modern-day Philadelphia Mafia leaders who have found themselves in the crosshairs of either underworld rivals or federal prosecutors. Here’s a look at how the tenures of Philadelphia’s Mafia Dons ended over the past 30 years. – Angelo Bruno, mob boss [...]

Mafia boss-of-bosses days on the run are numbered, Italy says

Palermo, Sicily – One of the world’s 10 most-wanted criminals, Cosa Nostra godfather Matteo Messina Denaro, could soon be caught, Italy’s interior minister said Monday. ‘Currently the chief of the mafia is Matteo Messina Denaro. The circle around him is tightening,’ Roberto Maroni said. Maroni did not provide further details about Messina Denaro, whose name [...]

Italian PM paid Mafia $475,000 a year: mob hitman

Silvio Berlusconi’s alleged ties to Cosa Nostra date back to ’70s ROME – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid Mafia leaders about $475,000 a year in protection money, a mobster informant has told a court. Berlusconi, 74, has long been the subject of claims that he was associated with the Mafia ever since he began [...]

Crime Godfather Terry Adams to be questioned over unsolved murders of his closest associates

Britain’s most feared crime godfather is to be questioned about the ­unsolved murders of two of his closest associates. Notorious gangster Terry ­Adams, 56, will be quizzed by Scotland Yard detectives following ­advances in DNA science. They have reopened an ­investigation into gangland “hits” on Adams family enforcer Gilbert Wynter, 37, and financial adviser Solly [...]

Days Gone By: Al Capone takes a circuitous route to Alcatraz

The six-car train with barred windows was dubbed the “Forty Thieves Special” as it rolled across the land carrying 40 of the country’s most notorious convicts to the new federal prison in the middle of San Francisco Bay. Among the 40 inmates from the Atlanta Penitentiary being moved to Alcatraz were Al Capone, former kingpin [...]

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