Posts Tagged ‘ Lucchese ’

It’s interesting that some members of the Manzo family, particularly Caroline, on the currently popular TV show “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” deny mob ties with their father in law Albert “Tiny” Manzo. For those who don’t follow the show very closely Caroline is the redhead and her sister Dina, the blonde. A...
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As the 20th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's gangster movie Goodfellas approaches Henry Hill, 67 still has much to say. The film was the story of Hill's life in the Mafia, he shakes his head and admits: "I did a lot of bad things back then. I shot at people, I busted a lot of...
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The city of New York on Thursday agreed to pay $9.9 million to Barry Gibbs, an innocent man who spent 19 years behind bars after being framed for a prostitute’s death by one of  New York Cities so called  Mafia Cops. New York police detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were convicted in April...
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Earlier this month NJ authorities arrested several suspected Lucchese mobsters in connection with an alleged gambling ring. Read the full story here. Brian Cohen, age 61, of Buffalo, N.Y., is charged with money laundering and gambling promotion. Authorities said the gaming operation routed bets through a "wire room" in Costa Rica, where Cohen also...
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The New Jersey state authorities have announced a sweeping indictment of 34 suspected members and associates of the Lucchese crime family on racketeering and other charges following "a continuation of Operation Heat, a year-long investigation that culminated in several arrests targeting a $2.2 billion underground gambling operation in 2007." Named in the indictment are...
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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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Gangster-turned-FBI informant Henry Hill whose exploits were the basis of the 1990 Martin Scorsese mob film "Goodfellas" said Tuesday his struggles with alcohol again are to blame for his weekend arrest after a drunken disturbance at a hotel. Police hauled 66-year-old Henry Hill of Topanga, Calif., away in handcuffs Sunday after a disturbance in...
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