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Colombo Family Consigliere Fusco Passes Away

  Richard “Richie Nerves” Fusco the reputed consigliere of the Colombo crime family has passed away at the age of 77. Fusco had just completed serving a four month stint in prison after copping a plea...

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Lucchese mobster Nicky Scarfo awaits trial as wife and cousin plead guilty to...

  Nicodemo Scarfo Jr the son of former Philadelphia mafia boss Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo is headed to trial in October but his wife and cousin are not as they have pleaded guilty for their parts...

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Colombo mobster Guerra gets 14 years on drug charges after avoiding murder rap

  Francis “BF” Guerra a long time associate of the Colombo crime family was sentenced to 14 years in prison on a drug conviction. Authorities claimed he fraudulently obtaining and selling the...

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Colombo Family mobster Rizzo gets off easy

  Nicky Rizzo has been sentenced to six months in a medical facility on loan sharking and extortion charges from 2011. Now 86 the aging Colombo family mobster listed an string of medical ailments...

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Lucchese family boss turned informant D’Arco bloody beginnings

  Former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family and first mafia boss to become a government witness Alfonso “Little Al” D’Arco shares his life story in his new book “Mob Boss: The Life of Little Al...

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Gambino family Capo Giordano dies of cancer in prison

  Gambino crime family capo and former member of the late boss John Gotti‘s inner circle Joseph “Joe the Blond” Giordano died Sunday of lung cancer in prison. He had plead guilty to an extortion charge...

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Colombo mobsters Tommy Shots and Little Dino denied new trial set for sentencing

  Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli the former action boss of the Colombo crime family and fellow mobster Dino “Little Dino” Saracino had their motion for a new trial denied. Brooklyn Federal Judge Brian...

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Montreal Mafia War Settles As Vito Rizzuto Takes Back Control

  It has been a year since Vito Rizzuto has returned to the streets of Montreal doing so in the middle of a Mafia war that targeted the Rizzuto crime family. He has since taken back the reigns of the...

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Bonanno mobster Santoro has violent side caught on wiretap

  Anthony “Skinny” Santoro was one of the seven mobsters busted last July on charges of racketeering, loan sharking, extortion, and drug dealing. He is allegedly a member of a crew led by veteran...

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Mobster wanted to whack Johnny Carson according to new book

  According to a new Johnny Carson biography the TV icon had a run in with the New York Mafia. Carson in 1970 was having drinks at Jilly’s Saloon Frank Sinatra’s favorite bar in Manhattan when he tried...

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New England mobster Ponzo reaches trial after life on the run

  The trial of former Patriarca crime family mobster Enrico Ponzo after being on the run for over a decade has finally begun. Ponzo was allegedly a part of a hit team that tried to kill Francis...

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Massachusetts businessman identified as made man in New England Mafia

  Joseph Ruggiero Sr a top Fall River, Massachusetts businessman has been identified as a made man in the New England mafia. In 2012 Ruggiero was credited by Mayor Will Flanagan with saving hundreds of...

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Colombo capo turned rat Anthony Russo cashes in for his cooperation

  Anthony Russo a former capo in the Colombo crime family who turned on his fellow mobsters hoped his cooperation would buy his freedom. Wednesday he was rewarded with just that as he was sentenced to...

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Ontario mobsters on the run as Vito Rizzuto looks to end mob war

  The chess game for control of the Montreal underworld continues between the Rizzuto crime family and its enemies. It is believed that a co-operative of mobsters from Ontario and Quebec including the...

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New England mafia capo Bobo Marrapese sentenced to nine years

  Frank “Bobo” Marrapese a capo for the New England mafia also known as the Patriarca crime family plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy and was sentenced to nine years in prison. He was arrested...

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