Dec 17 2008
MIAMI (AP) — A captain of the Gambino crime family’s South Florida operations, who prosecutors say has been linked to an infamous hit that led to John Gotti’s rise to power, was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in federal prison in a major real estate fraud case. Continue Reading »
Nov 25 2008
New York, NY — Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday swooped down on the Luchese organized crime family in New York on Monday, arresting eight men believed to be involved in various crimes including illegal gambling and drug trading. Continue Reading »
Nov 24 2008
An acting capo in the Luchese crime family and five others were arrested Monday for running a sports betting ring in the Bronx, Manhattan federal prosecutors said. Continue Reading »
Oct 27 2008
Mafia boss Antonio Iovine
American Nato officers have been renting a villa near Naples for years that belongs, indirectly, to Antonio Iovine, a clan chieftain of the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia.
Mr Iovine, 44, nicknamed “o’ninno” — the baby — because of his small stature, is wanted for murder and other crimes, and is listed among the 30 most dangerous criminals in Italy. He has been on the run for 12 years. Continue Reading »
Oct 16 2008
Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, the legendary Las Vegas gaming tycoon whose life inspired the Martin Scorsese film Casino, has died aged 79.
Officials in Florida said he died from a heart attack in his Miami Beach home.
Rosenthal, who had close links to the Chicago mafia and who once survived a car bombing, ran the Stardust, Fremont, Hacienda and Marina casinos in Las Vegas through the 1970s and into the mid-1980s. Continue Reading »
Oct 14 2008
Federal Judge Edward Harrington testified today in Miami.
MIAMI — A federal judge from Boston told a jury today that retired FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr.’s crime fighting efforts against organized crime in the 1980s helped decimate the New England Mafia. Continue Reading »
