Philadelphia Mafia bust exposes new undercover informant
According to reports the feds have busted a New Jersey-based crew of the Philadelphia Mafia on various drug-related charges. Among those arrested were Joseph (Joey Electric) Servidio and Salvatore...
View ArticleBonanno family Capo Ronald Giallanzo pleads guilty and forfeits luxurious...
Ronald Giallanzo an alleged acting captain in the Bonanno crime family along with two soldiers have agreed to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges. According to court documents Giallanzo,...
View ArticleLucchese family loan sharking and illegal gambling operation busted
A Lucchese crime family crew running an extensive illegal gambling and loan sharking operation in Bronx and Westchester County has been dismantled. According to reports 61-year-old Dominick Capelli a...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Mafia boss Joey Merlino agrees to plea deal
Joseph Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia mafia has agreed to a plea deal according to recent reports. Merlino squared off against the feds in the East Coast LCN Enterprise case and walked...
View ArticlePhiladelphia mafia bust may signal more troubles ahead
The Philadelphia mafia once again has a rat problem according to the latest mafia bust. On this episode of Mob Talk with George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser we get an inside look at the bust and...
View ArticleFormer New England Mafia boss faces an uphill battle at upcoming trial
Former New England Mafia boss Francis (Cadillac Frank) Salemme seems to be up against it as he heads to trial. The 84-year-old mobster who was the head of the Patriarca crime family in the early...
View ArticleRalph Santaniello leader of the Genovese families Springfield mafia crew...
Ralph Santaniello one of the new leaders of the Springfield mafia faction controlled by the Genovese crime family was sentenced on Tuesday. Authorities had been investigating the New York Mafia...
View ArticleRizzuto family still a key player in Montreal Mafia?
The Rizzuto crime family has seemingly been on the losing end of a long-running Montreal mafia war. The organized crime family lost several high ranking mobsters over the last few years including...
View ArticleBonanno Family Capo Vincent Asaro appeals prison sentence
Vincent Asaro came away with an eight-year prison sentence from last years arson case and he isn’t happy about it. The 83-year-old Bonanno crime family captain wants an appeals court judge to...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Mafia boss Joey Merlino pleads guilty
Joey Merlino the alleged boss of the Philadelphia Mafia got an offer he couldn’t refuse and pleads guilty today in New York. According to a report from Dave Schratwieser Joey plead guilty to using a...
View ArticlePhiladelphia mafia news and Merlino on this weeks Mob Talk
This week’s episode of Mob Talk with experts George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser takes a look at Joey Merlino and his recent guilty plea. The alleged Philadelphia mafia boss decided against going...
View ArticleLucchese Crime Family facing leadership void
The Lucchese crime family had viable leadership in place and seemed to be one of the more stable of the New York Mafia families. That changed when the feds dropped a major racketeering indictment...
View ArticleGotti movie starring John Travolta to debut at Cannes Film Festival
It took seven years but the new mafia movie about John Gotti starring John Travolta but it’s finally ready to go and will even make a stop at a famous film festival. According to a report from the...
View ArticleMontreal Mafia at a crossroads with release of another key figure
The recent release of Andrew Scoppa put another potential key player in the Montreal mafia back on the streets. Authorities consider Scoopa to be the head of an independent Calabrian mafia clan and...
View ArticleLegalized Sports Betting and its effect on the Mafia
Illegal sports betting and loan sharking have long been two of the most vital rackets for the Mafia. They so often go hand and hand providing Cosa Nostra with millions of dollars in illicit profits...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Mafia and legalized sports gambling on the latest episode of Mob...
George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser talk about the impact of legalized sports betting on the Philadelphia mafia and more on this latest episode of Mob Talk. We discussed the broad impact of legal...
View ArticleGenovese crime family soldier Sal Demeo pleads guilty
Alleged Genovese crime family soldier Sal (Sallie) Demeo pleaded guilty to attempted tax evasion. The 78 year old mobster reportedly raked in a $2 million dollar profit back in 2013-14 from property...
View ArticleChicago Mafia boss John “No Nose” DiFronzo passes away
Chicago Mafia boss John DiFronzo passed away over the weekend according to reports. The 89-year-old mobster was the head of the Mafia in Chicago for over a decade. He suffered from various health...
View ArticleGambino family capo John Ambrosio pleads guilty
Gambino crime family captain John “Johnny Boy” Ambrosio plead guilty to racketeering charges according to reports. He controlled a massive illegal gambling and loan sharking operation from 2014...
View ArticleGiuseppe Violi sentenced but questions surrounding the current relationship...
Giuseppe (Joe) Violi the son of former Montreal Mafia godfather Paolo Violi was sentenced to 16 years in prison for drug trafficking. The 47-year-old mobster and his older brother Domenico Paolo...
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