Corpse found in water identified as mob family member
The corpse found in cement overshoes in the waters off Brooklyn over the weekend has been identified as a member of a notorious local mob family, police said Tuesday. The body of Carmine Carini, 35,...
View ArticleMob boss ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano released from prison early
Notorious Mafia hit man-turned-canary Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano has been released from an Arizona prison five years early, according to inmate records. The infamous 72-year-old mob...
View ArticleMobster fixates on finances of female prosecutor who put him behind bars
An obsessive Gambino crime-family associate has become so fixated on his female prosecutor he’s trying to dig into her finances, it was revealed in court Thursday. Battista “Benny” Geritano is seeking...
View ArticleBakery scion gets probation for mob-linked drug trafficking ring
The scion of a famous old Manhattan bakery family was sentenced Monday to five years of probation in connection to a mobbed-up drug trafficking ring. Frank Parisi, 62, who works for Parisi Bakery,...
View ArticleFamily of jeweler killed by Diamond District hit man still grieves
A still frightened family member of a Midtown jeweler killed by a hit man 13 years ago called last week’s conviction of the gangster who ordered the death “bittersweet.” The niece of Diamond District...
View ArticleThere’s a ‘crazy’ Conor McGregor-Irish mafia brawl rumor
Conor McGregor has again found himself at the center of a wild plot involving some extremely heavy hitters. According to various unconfirmed reports in Ireland and the UK, a threat has been made...
View ArticleTwin brothers charged in murder of mobster’s son
They’re real-life evil twins. Two identical Brooklyn brothers were busted in the mob-style killing of the son of a reputed wise guy, whose corpse was found dumped in Jamaica Bay with a cinderblock...
View ArticleTwins allegedly murdered mobster’s son over drug dispute
The identical twin brothers accused of bashing in the head of a mob scion killed their victim over a drug dispute, law-enforcement sources said Thursday. Louis and Vincent Iacono whacked Carmine Carini...
View ArticleReputed mobster ‘Skinny Joey’ Merlino hospitalized
After 25 assassination attempts on him and more than a decade behind bars, the hard life may finally be catching up to reputed Mafia boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino. A Manhattan federal judge has...
View ArticleReputed mobster ‘Skinny Joey’ a degenerate gambler: lawyer
A reputed Philadelphia mob boss went straight after getting sprung from prison — but a gambling habit left Joseph Merlino an easy mark for lying gangland turncoats, his lawyer claimed Tuesday. During...
View ArticleAccused mobster’s wife won’t testify after shocking cheating testimony
Lawyers for reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino opted not to have his wife testify Monday, following a humiliating incident in which she heard a gangland turncoat testify that...
View ArticleProsecutor rips reputed mobster apart in closing arguments
A prosecutor spent two hours Tuesday trashing reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino as a greedy gangster who skimmed profits from fraudulent prescriptions for $1,500-a-tube pain...
View ArticleJudge gives deadlocked jury another day to decide fate of reputed mob boss
Jurors at the Manhattan racketeering trial of reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino revealed they were deadlocked Thursday, but the judge said he’d keep them deliberating at least...
View ArticleReputed mob boss’ trial ends in hung jury
Reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino slipped through the feds’ fingers Tuesday when the jury at his racketeering trial announced it was hopelessly deadlocked despite four days of...
View ArticleStrip club owner who ratted out mobsters won’t go into hiding
A former strip club kingpin who went from doing business with the mob to helping convict dozens of gangsters, including John “Junior” Gotti, has been hiding in plain sight in the Big Apple since...
View ArticleNew ID scam is prime target for terrorists
A new kind of identity fraud creates phony identities out of fake people and the US government is expressing concern that this could become a go-to scheme for terrorists and organized crime. Synthetic...
View ArticleMobster who ratted on cousin in ‘Goodfellas’ heist gets probation
Aging Bonanno capo Vinny Asaro got a walk for his role in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa air cargo heist when a Brooklyn jury acquitted him in 2015 — and Monday the turncoat cousin who ratted him out for...
View ArticlePope tells Italian Mafia they can’t call themselves Christians
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday told members of the Mafia in Italy, where many go to church and worship openly, that they cannot call themselves Christians because they “carry death in their...
View ArticleMob threatened doctor to write scripts for 230K Oxycodone pills: feds
A Brooklyn doctor was strong-armed by a couple of wiseguys into writing prescriptions for more than 230,000 Oxycodone pills that were then trafficked by members of the Lucchese crime family, according...
View ArticleMob boss pleads guilty to illegal gambling to avoid retrial
Reputed wiseguy Joey “Skinny Joey” Merlino got the OK to remove his ankle bracelet Friday after he pleaded guilty to a single count of illegal gambling that will allow him to avoid retrial — and...
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