Mafia Articles and News
Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form. Hunter S.Thompson On March 16, 2019, the police in Brick Township, New Jersey took a 24-year-old man into custody for a crime committed three days prior. The suspect, Anthony Comello of Staten Island, had no known criminal history. The crime…...
The easiest clay to shape is an impressionable young mind. John Pennisi 1978 I remember pestering my mother about wanting to move in with my father. At the time, my nine year old mind believed the grass was greener on the other side. My parent’s marriage ended three years earlier,…...
You can’t reason with gang violence: you can’t talk to it, sit it at the table, and negotiate with it. Greg Boyle Canada’s Godfather From the mid-1970s until the early 1980s, Montreal endured a mafia war between Calabrian and Sicilian factions. Subsequently, the Rizzuto crime family emerged victorious and seized…...
Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay Miyamato Musashi Maxi-Trial Following a three-year legal process that saw 416 members and associates of the ‘ndrangheta arrested in December 2019, over two hundred defendants were found guilty and given a combined sentence of 2,100 years. For Italian magistrates…...
The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Sun Tzu Legal Enemies In life, enemies come in many different forms. For instance, some are legal foes, such as the FBI and the mafia, who stand on opposing sides of the law. Nonetheless, are they indeed enemies,…...
In the end, crime doesn’t pay Lane Garrison Throughout history, the mafia received glorification via movies, books, newspapers, and presently, by certain podcasts on YouTube. Statistically, mafia-themed headlines always proved to sell more newspapers. By the same token, mafia-related podcasts can expect an increase in views as well. Proof that…...
“Take your repentance seriously. The only one who’s truly remorseful is the one who is regreteful of his past sins. He has a fear of falling into them again. More importantly, he stays away from bad company and those who are likely to encourage him to sin again.” Mufti Ismail…...
“Beware! In every man, there lurks the falcon; a streak of ruthlessness and a thirst for power“ Penny Jordan Castellammare War The Castellammare War, so named after the birthplace of one of its participants, erupted in New York City in 1930–1931. Salvatore Maranzano, a Sicilian immigrant from Castellammare del Golfo,…...
This past Tuesday the FBI and NYPD joint task force arrested five men: Frank “Skip” DiPietro, Michael Sellick, Vincent Spagnuolo, Vincent Cerchio, and Samuel Sorce. Their apprehension was connected to Manhattan jewel heists worth up to $2 million. On January 3, 2023, at 9:50 a.m. the heist crew traveled in…...
“There is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre.” – Kurt Vonnegut Taurianova In life, naturally, we become accustomed to certain things. The customs of Taurianova, a municipality in Reggio Calabria, can range from the sweet nougat called torrone, to the atrocities of ‘ndrangheta. And in terms of atrocities, the…...
