Jun 27 2007
The CIA worked with two of America’s top Mafia mobsters in a botched attempt to assassinate the Cuban President Fidel Castro with poisoned pills, according to previously classified documents released by the spy agency yesterday. Continue Reading »
Jun 26 2007
SAN DIEGO — Four people pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom in San Diego Monday to participating in racketeering acts aimed at furthering the reach of the Mexican Mafia, a prison gang also known as “La Eme.” Continue Reading »
Jun 25 2007
CHICAGO: The family problems facing alleged Chicago loan shark Frank Calabrese Sr. make Tony Soprano’s seem mild.
Calabrese and four other men are on trial in a Chicago mob case prosecutors have dubbed “Family Secrets.” The government’s key witnesses: Calabrese’s son, Frank Jr., and his brother, Nicholas. Continue Reading »
Jun 25 2007
ROME – Police on Saturday arrested nine suspected Mafia bosses, who authorities feared were plotting to kill small-time thieves poaching on their territory in Sicily, local media reported. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2007
One of the two so-called “mafia cops” sent a letter from his jail cell Friday claiming his innocence.
Former NYPD Detective Louis Eppolito sent a two-page letter to The Associated Press from a federal jail in Brooklyn. Continue Reading »
Jun 17 2007
CHICAGO: The brother of reputed mob boss James Marcello pleaded guilty to racketeering and other charges Thursday and admitted he paid a witness $4,000 (€3,000) a month to keep silent about unsolved underworld murders. Continue Reading »
