Italian cops and FBI agents bust 19 Mafia suspects in joint raids
New York’s Gambino crime family and its cronies in the Italian Mafia got slammed during a series of coordinated, international police raids that were triggered by a trans-Atlantic WhatsApp message....
View ArticleReputed Italian mobster wanted to give reporter ‘two hits with a mallet’
A reputed Italian mobster was caught on a police wiretap ranting about how he wanted to bash a reporter for confronting one of his cronies, according to a report Wednesday. “I would have given him two...
View ArticleJudge gives reputed Bonanno boss stiff sentence for racketeering
Sometimes it really sucks being the captain — especially in the mafia. Joseph “Joe Valet” Sabella, a Bonanno capo who pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, has been sentenced to more than seven...
View ArticleNotorious Genovese boss’ son gets prison for shakedown of union official
Vinny “The Chin” Gigante’s love child, who is a reputed high-level wiseguy in the Genovese crime family, was handed a two-year prison sentence on Friday for what prosecutors described as a 16-year...
View ArticleReputed Bonanno mobster hits Brooklyn court in tracksuit, Crocs
He kept his enemies close, his friends closer — and his stylist nowhere in sight.
View ArticleDominican judge clears ex-Met duo of drug-ring charges
Former baseball players Octavio Dotel and Luis Castillo walked free from a jail in the Dominican Republic on Thursday after a judge suddenly ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to link them to drug...
View ArticleEl Chapo’s ‘Kim Kardashian of organized crime’ found dead in presumed lover’s...
A 35-year-old Mexican woman rumored to have led the assassin unit of El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel was found dead in her presumed lover’s bed over the weekend, according to new reports. Claudia Ochoa Felix...
View ArticleClaudia Ochoa Félix, dubbed the ‘Empress of Antrax,’ died from drug overdose
Mexico’s so-called “Kim Kardashian of organized crime” — rumored to have led the assassin unit of El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel — died of a drug overdose, local officials confirmed this week. Claudia Ochoa...
View ArticlePeter Gotti’s lawyer claims even ‘Stevie Wonder could see’ mobster is changed...
Even Stevie Wonder could see that mobster Peter Gotti is a changed man, his lawyers claimed Tuesday. The off-color comment came as attorneys for the former Gambino acting boss continue attempts to...
View ArticleMalliotakis staffer busted in mob-linked scheme to bribe college athletes
A Staten Island man who was busted Thursday in a mob-linked scheme to rig a college basketball game was recently hired as an aide to state Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, The Post has learned....
View ArticleBail denied for bald reputed mobster known as ‘The Wig’
A chrome-domed reputed mobster known as “The Wig” isn’t getting within a hair’s breadth of freedom while awaiting racketeering charges, a Brooklyn judge said Tuesday. Bald alleged Colombo crime-family...
View ArticleYeezy-wearing mobster sentenced for running violent crime syndicate
Leonid “Lenny” Gershman -- who made headlines due to his expensive tastes, including Kanye West-branded footwear and fancy cars -- was sentenced to 16 and a half years in prison, which was more than 10...
View ArticleInside the real-life ‘Mob Town’ Mafia summit that inspired the movie
A 1957 meeting mobsters was a criminal disaster and led to laws that hobbled the mob
View ArticleHere’s what mob rat ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano thinks of ‘The Irishman’
"They could’ve did a much better job," the former mobster said.
View ArticleYeezy-obsessed mobster loses his temper during sentencing
A hotheaded convicted mobster with a fetish for Yeezy-brand accessories lost his cool at his federal sentencing on Thursday, repeatedly accusing a prosecutor of lying in court. Aleksey Tsvetkov, 41, a...
View ArticleJohn ‘Sonny’ Franzese, legendary New York mobster, dead at 103
Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo crime family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a big...
View Article‘Goodfellas’ mobster Vinny Asaro granted early release over coronavirus concerns
The aging Bonanno capo who once beat charges that he was involved in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa heist immortalized in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas” is getting another break — early release from...
View ArticleThe Mafia is thriving during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown
Italy’s coronavirus lockdown is proving that the Mafia still runs the show there, according to a new report. Earlier this month, the notorious organized crime group held a funeral procession for a...
View ArticleAl Capone played semi-pro baseball in Brooklyn before turning to crime
Before he was bashing heads, Al Capone bashed baseballs for a semi-pro team in Brooklyn. “Scarface” — born and raised in hardscrabble downtown Brooklyn — starred as a sweet-swinging first baseman and...
View ArticleLucheses leadership changed hands in bloodless coup orchestrated from prison
The leadership of one of New York’s Five Families, the Lucheses, changed hands thanks to a bloodless coup orchestrated from prison, mob-trial testimony revealed this week. Imprisoned-for-life Mafia...
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