Monday, February 24, 2020

Centenarian mobster Franzese passes

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Colombo Crime Family big shot John "Sonny" Franzese died Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the age of 103, according to published repo...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019

'Mafia Cop' Eppolito dies in federal custody

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Eppolito Louis Eppolito, 71, a former New York Police detective who was convicted of committing murders for organized crime, died Sund...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Boston's Bulger is killed in federal prison

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James "Whitey" Bulger, longtime Boston underworld figure, was found dead Tuesday, October 30, within a high-security penitentiar...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Ex-boss Salemme, 84, convicted of murder

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Salemme in 1995 "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, eighty-four-year-old former New England Mafia boss, has been convicted of the 1993 k...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Chicago Outfit boss DiFronzo, 89, dies following illness

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John DiFronzo, reputed boss of the Chicago Outfit, died Sunday, May 27, 2018, at his home in River Grove, according to published reports. (...
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Lucchese leaders, members, associates charged

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"It is clear that this 'family' business is of no benefit to its community..." A superseding indictment was filed in W...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

'Mafia Cop' Caracappa dies in prison

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Former New York City police detective Stephen Caracappa, 75, serving a life sentence for his moonlighting work with the Lucchese Crime Famil...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Bulger captured, fugitive for 16 years

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South Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger  (right) and his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig were arrested yesterday (Wedne...
Friday, July 30, 2010

Convicted of racketeering, acquitted of fatal robbery

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Genovese Crime Family capodecina Anthony "Big Nose" Antico, 75, was acquitted July 29 of setting up the 2008 fatal robbery of jewe...
Saturday, July 24, 2010

'Mafia Cops' conviction upheld

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The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conspiracy convictions of two former New York Police detectives widely known ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Octogenarian Bulger still tops FBI list

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A recently released FBI Most Wanted list has a familiar name in its top spot: James J. "Whitey" Bulger, according to a story by Pa...
Thursday, July 15, 2010

Authorities mum on U.S. role in 'Ndrangeta busts

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While U.S. authorities are said to have participated in the transatlantic crackdown on the Italian 'Ndrangheta organized crime network, ...

Gioeli charged with killing cop

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Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, a former leader of the Colombo Crime Family, has been charged with killing off-duty New York City Pol...
Thursday, July 8, 2010

Franzese, 93, convicted of racketeering

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John "Sonny" Franzese, 93-year-old reputed underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, was convicted of racketeering July 6 in Brooklyn...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

Seattle's Colacurcio dies at 93

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Long suspected of mob involvement, Seattle area strip-club magnate Frank Colacurcio Sr. died July 2 at the age of 92, according to a story b...