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Last week Anthony "Tony D" Palumbo,  reputed Genovese capo, pleaded guilty to a 1992 conspiracy to take out Monya Elson, a feared Russian gangster. From 1991 to 1993, Elson practiced his chosen profession in both Brighton Beach and Los Angeles and survived three shootings and a bomb blast. During that same period, Elson survived...
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Fabio Allegro, a suspected drug trafficker from the Polverini clan of the Camorra who has been on the run from Italian authorities for several years, has been arrested in Spain. Allegro is wanted for drug trafficking in Italy and is thought to have been involved in trafficking hashish in Spain. In a joint operation...
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Reputed Genovese capo Felix Tranghese, of East Longmeadow, arrested last July for his alleged role in the 2003 hit of fellow capo Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno in Springfield, MA, may now be playing for the Feds. Tranghese, 58, reputed to be a made man and  capo in the New York-based Genovese crime family, according...
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Italian detectives last night were investigating the Mafia style killing of a crime fighting Italian mayor gunned down in a hail of bullets at the seaside resort of Pollica near Salerno in southern Italy. Angelo Vassallo, 57, died instantly after being shot nine times at close range by waiting killers as he drove home....
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Attracted by the prospect of generous grants designed to boost the use of alternative energies, the so-called "eco Mafia" has begun fraudulently skimming millions of euros from both the Italian government and the European Union. "Nothing earns more than a wind farm," said Edoardo Zanchini, an environmental campaigner who has investigated Mafia infiltration of...
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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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