The Chicago Syndicate: Colombos
Showing posts with label Colombos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colombos. Show all posts
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires By Selwyn Raab

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As the Mafia grew into a malignantly powerful force during the middle of the last century, it owed much of its success to its low-priority r...
Monday, October 12, 2015

2008 Survey Names the Top 10 Criminal Organizations in the World

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THEY trade in everything from stolen art to nuclear technology and leave rivals riddled with bullets in the streets of Moscow. Now the wor...
Monday, August 03, 2009

Is the Food at Mob Eateries Overrated?

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SO, Fat Tony misses Ba monte's mussels, Rao's chicken, and "great pasta" at Parkside and Don Peppe! It just shows you how ...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Colombo Crime Family Illegal Gambing Den Building to Be Sold by the Feds as The Sons of Italy End Affiliation with Long Island Lodge

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The Sons of Italy are getting the boot from their lodge on Long Island. Prosecutors will seize the building that houses the Sons of Italy-Wi...
Saturday, March 01, 2008

The History of Organized Crime Control of Gay Bars

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I had a reader send me a link to the the History of Gay Bars in New York City from 1900 to the present. In addition to the Big Apple, you c...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

New York's 5 Crime Families to Get Corporate Sponsors?

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Maybe the Mafia needs a new business model. The old one hasn’t been working well of late. That seems a reasonable surmise after the mass arr...
Saturday, January 05, 2008

COLOMBO CRIME FAMILY BOSS ALPHONSE PERSICO & ADMINISTRATION MEMBER JOHN DEROSS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING AND WITNESS TAMPERING

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Following eight weeks of trial, a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, returned a verdict convicting Colombo organized crime family acti...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

A Mafia Mistress' Tale Tales

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Linda Schiro, the key prosecution witness in the startling murder trial of former FBI agent R. Lindley DeVecchio, took the stand Monday, and...
Monday, October 22, 2007

Mob Killer Crys on Witness Stand

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A stone killer for the Mob, who testified casually about his homicidal jaunts through Brooklyn looking for people to shoot, started crying i...
Saturday, October 20, 2007

FBI Boss Rooted for Mafia According to Fellow Agent Testimony

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The anecdote is so ingrained in Mafia lore that it was mimicked in a scene from the television show "The Sopranos": A corrupt FBI ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Accused of Helping the Mob, FBI Agent Gets His Day in Court

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The rumor was explosive, hard to believe: Gregory Scarpa Sr., a ruthless Colombo crime family capo known as the Grim Reaper, was receiving t...
Sunday, September 09, 2007

Restaurant Impresario Fails to Disclose Connection to Mobster

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High-flying restaurant impresario Giuseppe Cipriani repeatedly omitted in his state liquor-license applications the involvement of a convict...
Friday, June 29, 2007

Mob Scion Admits No-Show Job Scam

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Mob scion Anthony Colombo copped a plea to defrauding a Manhattan construction company, cutting his losses to avoid a retrial four months af...
Thursday, May 10, 2007

90-Year-Old Sonny Franzese, Reputed Head of Colombo Crime Family, Jailed

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A 90-year-old Colombo crime family leader who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra and other celebrities during his heyday was arrested for ass...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Ex-FBI Agent Getting Taxpayer Help with Defense Bills in Mob Case

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Friends of ours: Colombo Crime Family, Gregory Scarpa Taxpayers are footing part of the mounting legal bills for an ex-FBI agent accused of ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Mafia Victim Not a Rat?

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Friends of mine: Colombo Crime Family, Greg "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa Accused FBI mob mole Lindley DeVecchio, charged with sealing ...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Gambler, Yes; Bookie, Yes; Boss of Mafia Crew, No?

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Friends of ours: Colombo Crime Family, Joseph Colombo Friends of mine: Soprano Crime Family, Chris Colombo, Anthony Colombo Chris Colombo ca...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Golfing with the Mob

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Brooklyn's Marine Park Golf Course was under investigation Friday for having possible ties to the Colombo crime family. What took them s...

Mob Links

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Friends of ours: Craig Marino, Colombo Crime Family A gangster has been linked to the new operator of a city-owned golf course in Brooklyn -...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Al Qaeda and The Mob

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Friends of ours: "Big Paul" Castellano, Gambino Crime Family, John "Dapper Don" Gotti, Colombo Crime Family, Greg Scarpa...