Mafia Articles and News
*Disclaimer: This author’s review is strictly for entertainment purposes only “This was a new mode of binge, long-form consumption.”- David Stubbs, The Guardian Backache? The opening scene has T.S, Paulie, and Pussy at a prostitution house. At the same time, Pussy begins screaming in pain. At first, they thought it…...
Part 2 The Sicilians Salvatore “Toto” Catalano shared Carmine Galante’s dream of building a heroin pipeline from Sicily to New York. There was only one thing stopping him from being on the receiving end of that pipeline: Carmine Galante. Catalano, a Sicilian native, despised the fact that Galante, an American,…...
In 1984, police found the body of a woman sprawled on a bench outside Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx. A short time later, the victim’s identity became known, Evelina Mancuso. An autopsy revealed she had two gunshot wounds to her head. The murder investigation focused on the victim’s husband, Michael…...
Part 1 “Not since the days of Vito Genovese has there been a more ruthless and feared individual” – Police Lieutenant Remo Franceschini Camillo Galante was born in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York City in 1910. Nicknamed Lilo, Sicilian slang for cigar, a name which he lived up…...
Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it- W.W Jacobs Appearing before US District Judge LaShann DeArcy on March 2, 2022, mob-wannabe Peter “Peter Pan” Tuccio received a ten-year sentence. His crime, setting a car on fire, an act he did not want to commit alone so he…...
Disclaimer: This author’s review is strictly for entertainment purposes only “Tony Soprano juggles the problems of his fractious family with those of a “Family” of a different story- the mob.” – Rotten Tomatoes The episode begins with the abduction of a drug dealer. Paulie Walnuts, Pussy, and Christopher, posing as…...
“These feuds may originate with simple disputes, but they are always based on business rivalry, or as a way to determine the internal equilibrium within the ‘Ndrangheta.” – Francesco Forgione, Head of Italy’s Paramentary Anti-Mafia Commission San Luca “It is the families of San Luca who have always decided if…...
“I think that the greatest drama is being played in this courtroom today…” -Actor, Anthony Quinn at John Gotti’s trial If history has taught us anything, it’s that Hollywood stars and the famous have an infatuation with the Mafia. While the majority of these interactions were platonic, some women entered…...
“There is a light at the end of every tunnel. Some tunnels just happen to be longer than others” – Ada Adams In one of South Florida’s most infamous murder cases, freedom is on the horizon for Anthony “Tony” Moscatiello. Twenty-one years have passed since the murder occurred leaving Moscatiello…...
“I’d rather be a don for the Mafia than president of the United States!” – Francis Albert Sinatra Part 1. The year 1939 found Frank Sinatra signing a contract with bandleader, Tommy Dorsey. However, by the time 1942 rolled around, the duo was at odds and parted ways. Dorsey, upset…...
