Mob rat John Pennisi’s blog exposes bumbling wiseguys, infuriates feds
This mob rat isn’t breaking legs, but he’s busting chops. Star wiseguy witness John Pennisi, who testified at three major trials last year, has launched a blog that pulls back the curtain on his...
View ArticleJames ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s family sues Bureau of Prisons over his murder
The family of late crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for failing to protect him from being beaten to death by fellow inmates. The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal...
View ArticleInterpol says COVID-19 vaccines could be targeted by organized crime
Interpol issued a global warning Wednesday that organized crime groups could target the upcoming coronavirus vaccination campaigns by peddling fake shots and stealing supplies, according to reports....
View ArticleCredit Suisse charged in Bulgarian money laundering probe
Swiss prosecutors charged Credit Suisse on Thursday over alleged failings related to a Bulgarian crime ring involving top-level wrestlers accused of laundering cocaine trafficking proceeds more than a...
View ArticleDoes the Long Island Rail Road have a mafia problem?
Five current and former MTA employees — including the sons of two convicted mob figures — now face federal conspiracy charges for alleged overtime fraud. Do the the feds need to probe for mafia...
View ArticleMTA overtime kings are looking more and more like mobsters
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . . The alleged overtime pay conspiracy by a group of MTA workers looks even more like organized crime than we’d thought. The five co-defendants each...
View ArticleWhitey Bulger said he was ‘not guilty’ in jailhouse letter now up for auction
Three years before he was beaten to death in prison, notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger insisted he was “not guilty” and complained of feeling “vulnerable” in a jailhouse letter — part of...
View ArticleReputed Colombo mobster, his son take plea deals in racketeering case
Like father, like son. A reputed organized-crime family capo and his son took a pair of plea deals Monday in a case that netted nearly a dozen other accused Colombo mobsters and associates. Joseph...
View ArticleMobster John Pennisi said spirit of his grandparents told him to turn rat
Who ya gonna call? The FBI, apparently. Former Luchese mobster John Pennisi said he felt some paranomal activity in his Long Island home that led him turn into an informant.
View ArticleBada-boondocks! Colorado ‘Sopranos’ stole to support drug habits: feds
A strung-out group of small-time Colorado criminals that called themselves “the Sopranos" — including one who has "Styles Sopranos" and a Nike logo tattooed on his forehead — are singing the blues...
View ArticleMajor retailers slammed by increasingly violent shoplifters
Shoplifters are dogging a slew of major retailers this holiday season -- and they're becoming increasingly organized and violent.
View ArticleMug shot released of NYC bodybuilder accused of shooting parents
Brooklyn bodybuilder Dino Tomassetti allegedly shot his parents at their sprawling $3.2 million Long Island estate appears stony-faced in his mugshot released by police.
View ArticleReject New Jersey’s bid to empower the waterfront mob
For nearly seven decades, the bi-state Waterfront Commission has guarded against organized crime and ensured fair hiring.
View Article‘Johnny Pizza’ Porcello charged with illegal betting, loan sharking
Reputed Genovese crime family associate John Porcello was indicted in Brooklyn federal court for running an illegal sports betting ring and overseeing a loan sharking racket.
View ArticleGambino family captain gets 3 years in prison for various fraud schemes
A Gambino Crime Family capo was sentenced to over three years in prison and ordered to pay $1 million in restitution on Thursday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy last month, officials announced.
View ArticleHochul nixes New Jersey’s bid to hand the ports over to the mob
Good on Gov. Kathy Hochul for nixing New Jersey’s bid to kill the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
View ArticleNew York sues New Jersey over withdrawal from waterfront mob watchdog agency
New York is suing to prevent New Jersey from withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission.
View ArticleJersey Gov. Phil Murphy is fighting to let the mob rule the waterfront
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James went to the US Supreme Court after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy tried to kill an anti-mob agency.
View ArticleYakuza boss schemed to buy missiles in exchange for meth, heroin: feds
Japan citizen Takeshi Ebisawa negotiated deals with an undercover DEA agent to ship US-made weapons to insurgent groups who paid with kilos of meth and heroin, according to an unsealed complaint.
View ArticleFeds busted 9 people in violent sex trafficking ring in Queens
Members of the operation ordered or carried out assaults with baseball bats on at least 15 women, leaving one victim in a wheelchair and hospitalized for six weeks.
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