Archive for February, 2010

Frank Lucas spoke Saturday at the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day convention in suburban Chicago and said the key to reforming his life was education. The session was called "Redefining the American Gangster." His career was dramatized in the 2007 feature film American Gangster. Lucas's character is portrayed by Denzel Washington. Photo by...
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The Fed’s have unsealed an 18 count indictment charging nine defendants variously with racketeering , racketeering conspiracy, extortion and other crimes relating to their involvement with the Luchese and/or Bonanno organized crime families. Five of the members named in the indictment were already detained on various charges. The remaining four were arrested and charged...
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A former Ku Klux Klansman convicted in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers has sued the FBI, claiming the government used a mafia hit man to pistol-whip and intimidate witnesses for information in the case. Edgar Ray Killen, an 85-year-old former saw mill operator and one-time Baptist preacher, was convicted in 2005...
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Appearing via video-teleconference, reputed Patriarca crime family mafia captain Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent made an initial court appearance in a federal extortion case. St. Laurent, Sr. is currently in a Massachusetts Federal Prison, serving time for a separate extortion case. He is due to be released in June 2010. St. Laurent was charged...
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Very interesting,easy to understand and well thought out videos in three parts on the cause of the Global Economic Crisis. // Share|
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MA Attorney General Martha Coakley contends that before the state legalizes casino or slots gambling it better toughen its laws against organized crime and money laundering. House Speaker Robert DeLeo told reporters he's planning to file a bill to allow casinos or slot machines in the next two or three weeks. He said he...
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Italian anti-mafia prosecutor Piero Grasso has announced the issuance of 56 arrest warrants pursuant to an investigation into an alleged $2.7 billion Mafia-connected tax fraud and money laundering scheme, and among those targeted are Silvio Scaglia, the founder of Fastweb, Italys second largest broadband provider and Senator Nicola Di Girolamo, a member of Silvio...
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Bulgaria's new government is taking steps to root out the corruption and organized crime that have affected the country for years. Nine people were arrested early on Tuesday in the latest raid of Bulgaria's police against organized crime groups, code-named “The Fakirs”. The operation targets car thieves, the Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced. "These...
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80 St. Mark's Place, a building in the heart of the East Village, held an old speakeasy during Prohibition owned by gangster Walter Scheib. Now it will house the new Museum of the American Gangster. "People would come down the subway stairs into the front business, which I think was a butcher shop, go...
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Interesting video on the history of the FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List // Share|
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