Well, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, and Guatemala—to name three places that Dominick Cicale, former Bonanno crime family capo, has visited on business during post-Cosa Nostra life over the past nine years. ...

The Philadelphia crime family formally earned a slot on the humiliating list of Cosa Nostra borgatas to have one of their "secret" initiation ceremonies electronically recorded by law enforcement. Law ...

It is helpful to view the ‘Ndrangheta—the Italy-based organized crime organization with global reach—as an octopus, to borrow the metaphor used by turncoat Rocco Varacalli (see ‘Ndrangheta Governing ...

Jerry Chilli* died last Saturday from throat cancer; a private funeral mass will be held in Florida, which is where the Bonanno capo spent the greater part of his adult life. (Especially after New ...

In 1987, reputed Colombo boss Carmine Persico knew that, short of his lawyers one day cooking up a miracle, he would in all likelihood be spending the rest of his life in prison. He had been convicted ...

Longtime Genovese family powerhouse Anthony (Tough Tony) Federici, who ran a landmark Queens-based Italian restaurant, died this morning of natural causes, sources tell Cosa Nostra News. While the ...

Yesterday, in Brooklyn Federal court, two indictments were unsealed charging nine defendants with racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and related ...

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced the sentencing yesterday. In December 2021, Cecchetelli pleaded guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of ammunition.

Scott Burnstein at the Gangster Report writes: As 2018 begins, Chicago mob leaders are in the FBI’s crosshairs. Newly appointed Windy City FBI chief Jeff Sallet said as much in his introductory press ...

The 'Ndrangheta is a secret society. Its organizational and operational rules and rites are based on this inherent characteristic. Therefore, it is no coincidence that there are various similarities ...

Before illustrating these relationships, two fundamental explanations are needed. ① The assertion: “Verduci was part of a group that became involved with Sal Montagna,” requires some clarification. At ...

He didn’t need a gun. Rather, one of his close friends—Brazilian businessman Pedro (Peter) Alberto Leite, president of Hichens, Harrison & Co., who is a years-long member of Mar-a-Lago—brought him in ...