‘Go f–k yourself’: How a NY restaurateur survived his tangles with the mob
Stratis Morfogen, owner of the Brooklyn Chop House, describes his close dealings with the Gambino and Genovese crime families in his new book, "Be a Distruptor."
View ArticleWhy Armstrong, Sinatra and Crosby all had mob connections: ‘Get yourself the...
A new book, "Dangerous Rhythms: Jazz and the Underworld," explains why jazz greats flourished within mob empires.
View ArticleFeds bust Genovese, Bonanno mobsters and dirty NY cop in wide-ranging...
Nine members and associates of the Bonanno and Genovese crime families -- including a Nassau County police detective -- were busted by the feds Tuesday in a wide-ranging racketeering and illegal...
View ArticleNew details emerge in probe of NYC building commish Eric Ulrich over alleged...
New York City’s building commissioner is under investigation for his conduct when he was still a city councilman in a criminal gambling probe that initially focused on organized crime, sources told The...
View ArticleRevealed: How the Navy made a secret deal with the mob to win WWII
Before America could beat the Nazis, it had to secure the Port of New York.
View ArticleFuggedaboutit! Italian farmers fighting to rub out Mafia food, drink names
Italian farmers have declared war on food businesses around the world that try to make their bones by using advertising gimmicks associated with the Mafia.
View ArticleHow Frank Sinatra tried to save himself when he felt threatened by the mob
His temper and loose lips put him at risk.
View ArticleItaly busts Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro after 30 years on the run
Italy’s No. 1 fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested on Monday at a private clinic in Palermo, Sicily, after 30 years on the run, Italian paramilitary police said.
View ArticleConvicted Mafia hitman found working at French pizzeria after 16 years on lam
Convicted murderer Edgardo Greco was busted in Saint Etienne, France, less than two years after being photographed for a newspaper article touting his pizza-making skills.
View ArticleState, federal governments wrongly doled out $191 billion in COVID...
A "significant portion" of the $888 billion in state and federal payments could be "attributable to fraud," Department of Labor Inspector General Larry Turner said.
View ArticleNYC Chinese criminal gang steal identities of 3,000, targeting ‘look-alikes’...
A Chinese criminal gang has been stealing driving licenses from "look-alikes" of illegal immigrants so they can pass themselves off as US citizens.
View ArticleNJ can withdraw from 1950s-era Waterfront Commission: SCOTUS
New Jersey can pull out of the 1950s-era commission it created with New York to fight the kind of Mafia corruption made famous in Marlon Brando's "On The Waterfront," the US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
View ArticleNo, Gov. Murphy, now is not the time to hand the ports to the mob
While the Supreme Court says New Jersey has every right to pull out of the bi-state Waterfront Commission, that move would still be an open invitation to corruption.
View ArticleInside Ireland’s ‘Dapper Don’ Christy Kinahan and his alleged $1B drug empire...
How a Dublin taxi driver became Ireland's most-feared criminal mastermind is detailed in a new podcast, "The Kinahans." The clan are wanted by the State Dept. and had a rumored feud with UFC champ...
View ArticleMissing millionaire crypto influencer found dismembered in suitcase
Police have launched a murder investigation after the dismembered remains of missing millionaire Fernando Pérez Algaba, 41, were discovered by a group of children in Buenos Aires, Argentina over the...
View ArticleWhat is RICO and how does a law against mobsters apply to Trump in his...
The federal RICO Act was adopted in 1970 to fight the Mafia.
View ArticleWashington, DC grocer will pull national brands off beauty, health aisles to...
The Giant Food grocery store has struggled to remain profitable amid the climate of rampant shoplifting throughout the nation.
View ArticleBloodthirsty female kingpins of nationwide sex trafficking ring circulated...
The doe-eyed duo were part of a Flushing-based sex ring that extended all the way to Oregon and included hundreds of sex workers, according to filings in Brooklyn federal court.
View ArticleTarget to close 9 stores — including NYC location — citing ‘theft’ and...
Target said it is closing nine stores in major markets across the country -- including its Harlem location in New York City -- because of rampant theft and violence.
View ArticleTarget’s NYC store closure should be ‘wakeup call’— as plans for nearby...
Target's decision to shutter its first Manhattan location amid rampant shoplifting should serve as a "wakeup call to city officials," an industry expert said.
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