Over-the-top ‘Godfather’ funeral causes outrage in Rome
A Roman mob boss was laid to rest Thursday after his body was carried to church in a black-and-gold carriage pulled by six horses as a helicopter dropped rose petals...
View ArticleMob ‘Bull’ fails in bid to have jail sentenced shortened
Notorious hit man Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, whose testimony helped sink mob boss John Gotti, failed Thursday in a bid to shorten his federal drug sentence. Citing his “longstanding reputation...
View ArticleEx-son-in-law of John Gotti pleads not guilty in stolen-car scam
CLEVELAND — A reputed member of New York’s Gambino crime family and former son-in-law of John Gotti pleaded not guilty Friday in what authorities say is a multimillion-dollar scam involving...
View Article‘Mobster’ takes plea deal in cocaine, gun bust
A reputed Gambino associate whose disintegrating marriage was featured on the 2011 reality show “I Married a Mobster” took a plea deal Wednesday in exchange for 7 years in prison....
View ArticleJohnny Depp comes back with a bang in ‘Black Mass’
Johnny Depp does his finest acting in years as legendary Boston crime czar Whitey Bulger in “Black Mass,” wiping away fears by his fans that the increasingly mannered actor has...
View ArticleAiling ‘Goodfellas’ mobster requests release from jail during trial
Citing rickety health, the Bonanno Oldfella charged with taking part in the legendary 1978 JFK Lufthansa heist immortalized in the movie ”Goodfellas” wants out of captivity pending the outcome of...
View ArticleThe smugglers trying to help ISIS make a dirty bomb
CHISINAU, Moldova — Over the pulsating beat at an exclusive nightclub, the arms smuggler made his pitch to a client: 2.5 million euros for enough radioactive cesium to contaminate several...
View Article‘Goodfellas’ murder scenes can’t be introduced at mobster’s trial
Brooklyn federal prosecutors will not be able to invoke several grisly murders depicted in the film “Goodfellas” at the upcoming trial of accused Lufthansa heist hoodlum Vincent Asaro, a Brooklyn...
View ArticleRevisiting the Lufthansa Heist immortalized in ‘Goodfella’
As Vincent Asaro heads to trial, look back at the real-life case that inspired "Goodfellas."
View Article‘Dopplegangster’ changes shirts to escape photographer after sentencing
A Colombo hood who once posed as his own twin brother to skirt a subpoena reached back into his bag of tricks Thursday when he swapped shirts after a sentencing to try and throw off a Post...
View Article‘Goodfellas’ turncoats are despicable liars, attorney says
Painting them as “despicable … liars” looking for government paydays, an attorney for accused “Goodfellas” mobster Vincent Asaro urged jurors to dismiss the testimony of mob canaries during her closing...
View ArticleMobster acquitted of all charges in ‘Goodfellas’ heist
“Goodfellas” mobster Vinny Asaro was acquitted Thursday in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist and a slew of other Mafia crimes, including murder — a stunning verdict that was a massive blow to federal...
View ArticleMillennial street gangs turn to white-collar crime
NEW YORK — The Van Dyke Money Gang in New York made off with more than $1.5 million this year — but it wasn’t in gunpoint robberies or drug running, it was a Western Union money order scheme. In New...
View ArticleWidow of NYPD detective murdered 30 years ago lashes out at ceremony
The widow of an undercover NYPD detective who was murdered 30 years ago during an organized crime investigation expressed her exasperation Thursday at an event at police headquarters honoring him....
View ArticleNYPD shakes up Mafia investigation unit
The NYPD is finally dumping the unit responsible for investigating the mafia. The Organized Crime Control Bureau will be a thing of the past under the department’s strategic reorganization that goes...
View ArticleThe restaurants where mobsters gathered, ate and got murdered
These guys went from the Big Apple’s fine dining institutions to the great eatery in the sky. For more than 80 years, city mobsters have gathered at red sauce joints and steakhouses around town to do...
View ArticleArcade games are creating a California crime explosion
In Southern California, video games are not just for kids. Typical-looking homes there have been jerry-rigged into gambling dens and feature six-seat video consoles where obsessive players wager big...
View ArticleMy violent rants are therapy: reputed mobster
A reputed mobster awaiting trial channeled his inner Robert De Niro for a letter to the judge that reads like a scene from the 1999 mob comedy “Analyze This.” “The prosecution is trying to label me...
View ArticleOver-the-top ‘Godfather’ funeral causes outrage in Rome
A Roman mob boss was laid to rest Thursday after his body was carried to church in a black-and-gold carriage pulled by six horses as a helicopter dropped rose petals and a band played the theme from...
View ArticleMob ‘Bull’ fails in bid to have jail sentenced shortened
Notorious hit man Salvatore “Sammy Bull” Gravano, whose testimony helped sink mob boss John Gotti, failed Thursday in a bid to shorten his federal drug sentence. Citing his “longstanding reputation for...
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