Dec 31 2006
The sporting director of Sicilian Serie A side Palermo has received a Mafia-style warning after a run of poor results – a severed goat’s head in the post.
The gory gift, reminiscent of the horse’s head in the 1972 film The Godfather, arrived wrapped at the home of Rino Foschi on Christmas Eve. Continue Reading »
Dec 31 2006
A man linked to the Genovese crime family’s South Florida operations pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to racketeering conspiracy.
Charles Steinberg, 31, was charged in June with racketeering, robbery and loan sharking. Six other men were named in the indictment, including Renaldi Ruggiero, who prosecutors say ran South Florida operations for the Genovese syndicate. Continue Reading »
Dec 31 2006
Even by the theatrical standards of the Bulgarian underworld, the double shooting of suspected mafia rivals on the same day was pure Hollywood.
Dimitar Vuchev was driving with his wife in central Sofia when his Audi was riddled with bullets. Hours later, when Radoslav Velkov presented himself at a police station to answer questions about the morning’s events, a gunman was waiting to blast him in the head. Continue Reading »
