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New York Times news assistant Jennifer Mascia, recently wrote Never Tell Our Business To Stangers, a book which chronicles growing up as the daughter of Gambino hitman John Mascia. By trade, John Mascia was a carpet cleaner but years later his daughter was to learn he was involved in much more. // Share|
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Adam Lee Hall, a ranking member of the Berkshire County chapter of the Hells Angels, fabricated a crime in the Adirondacks region of New York and tried to pin it on David R. Glasser, 43, of Linden Street, according to Massachusetts State Police, who worked with New York authorities to uncover the plot. Glasser...
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In April of 2010 federal prosecutors filed an indictment against 14 Gambino defendants, which included accusations that some had run a trafficking ring involving women under the age of 20. Mr. McMahon, an attorney for the defense claimed in court papers that the witness, Jude Buoneto, who assisted in the trafficking, was a convicted...
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Reputed acting capo for the Genovese crime family, Anthony “Tony D” Palumbo, 61, pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to kill a Russian organized crime hit man in 1992. He faces 10 years in prison when sentenced Dec. 3. Prosecutor Avi Weitzman said Palumbo and other Genovese gangsters engaged in a plot to kill...
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A Gambino crime family indictment, announced in April 2010, charged 14 defendants with extortion, gambling, loan sharking and some with sex trafficking, with girls as young as 15. One prosecutor suggested that the activity might represent “a new low for the Gambino family.” A defense lawyer in the case contends that the government helped...
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Online game developer Digital Chocolate claims rival Zynga Game Network has been producing the Facebook game "Mafia Wars" in violation of trademark, and has "falsely claimed to the public, the United States Patent Office and the courts that it 'coined' the Mafia Wars mark and owns superior rights to the mark." Digital Chocolate claims...
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Members of 'Ndrangheta detonated a bomb at the entrance to the apartment building of Salvatore Di Landro who is the top anti-mafia magistrate in Reggio Calabria. Fortunately no one was injured by the blast. The syndicate's crime clans are based in Calabria, but investigators say it increasingly operates out of northern Italy, Germany, Spain,...
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Users of Facebook often complain about the games "Mafia Wars" and "Farmville" because of the game-related gibberish left on their friends walls by  the world's 90 million players.   In Manhattan's East Village, the creators of "Mafia Wars," a social gaming company called Zynga, have painted tough-to-remove phony dollar bills on sidewalks in front...
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Gunmaker Guglielmo Ponari, who allegedly provided services over the years to the Cosa Nostra and Camorra has been arrested by Italian police on firearms and explosives charges. Ponari has a talent for designing deadly James Bond style weapons including "pen guns." Ponari, 63, started manufacturing hand made pistols and machine guns for the Sicilian...
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The wife and son of reputed mobster Anthony M. “The Saint” St. Laurent pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges in connection with extorting payments from bookmakers in the Taunton, Mass., area. Dorothy St. Laurent, 71, of Johnston, and her son, Anthony St. Laurent Jr., 44, of Cranston, entered the pleas before U.S....
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