Mafia Articles and News
John “Johnny” Perna – Lucchese wiseguy of Cedar Grove, New Jersey plead guilty via videoconference before U.S District Judge Kevin McNulty yesterday. His plea was to Count One of the indictment- committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity. Also charged in the June 2020 indictment is Thomas Manzo…...
Holiday time of year brings plenty of decorations, lights, and shoppers into Manhattan. This seasonal joy was similar on December 16,1985, that same Christmas spirit was in the air. Something else was also swirling in the air on that night, the pungent smell of gunpowder. The Russians are coming Thomas…...
FBI agent Joaquin “Jack” Garcia was handpicked for an extremely dangerous assignment in the early 2000’s – Infiltrate the Gambino crime family. Using his undercover moniker, Jack Falcone he succeeded in accomplishing his task. In what turned out to be one of the most fruitful infiltrations of organized crime since…...
Louis Anthony Manna, aka “Bobby or The thin man”, once a powerful force to be reckoned with, is now an old man at age 91. With over three decades in prison on his 80 years sentence, a result of a 1989 racketeering and murder conviction. As shoppers are hustling and…...
John Rubeo’s name first surfaced on a phone call August 26,2016 by Fox29’s Dave Schratwieser. On the other end was editor of Gang Land News, Jerry Capeci. https://www.ganglandnews.com/ Schratwieser with co-host, George Anastasia hosts Mob Talk Sitdown and Philly Prime Podcast https://mobtalksitdown.com/ Everyone was abuzz about who was behind the…...
Unquestionably, Vincent “Chin” Gigante was one of the most memorable and colorful Mob Bosses of our century. Notorious boss of the Genovese Crime Family, known as the “West side” amongst the guys in [the life]. Dubbed the “Oddfather” for his bizarre behavior. Trudging along the sidewalks of Greenwich Village, New…...
Summer of 2016, Joey Amato had himself a problem. Not a legal one as many wiseguys fret over, but a problem nevertheless. His was a physical one, concerning his heart. No, he was not in need of a cardiologist, he was only experiencing a broken heart. Joey Amato was and…...
Philly Mob in jeopardy In a unsealed superseding indictment, Federal Authorities indicted members and associates of the Philadelphia crime family today. The charges included, racketeering conspiracy, illegal gambling, loansharking, and drug trafficking. https://www.cosanostranews.com/2020/11/fifteen-philadelphia-cosa-nostra.html Among those indicted were, Philadelphia family underboss Steven “Stevie” Mazzone, Dominick “Dom” Grande a [Caporegime] captain, and…...
COLOMBO COWBOYS The rain was steady on the second day of November 1992, a Lincoln Town car came to a sudden halt on Caldwell Avenue, the Maspeth section of Queens. In the car were Colombo crime family members and associates on their way to the wake of a family member…....
As reported by, Lorenzo Tondo – correspondent for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/14/sicilian-businessman-secret-film-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-mafiosi-italy A group of Sicilian businessmen gave testimony against 20 alleged members of Cosa Nostra in Palermo, Sicily. The charges in the indictment range from, murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to drug trafficking, extortion and association. Like the Twisted Sister song,…...
