All Blog Posts Tagged 'Extortion' (152)
Italian Organized Crime: Cosa Nostra, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, Sacra Corona Unita
By Angelo Carmelo Gallitto
Italian organized crime, divided in Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita, is a rich and powerful criminal enterprise with a lot of connections and branches around the world.…
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Leader of Aryan Knights prison gang gets life for violent stabbing and RICO conspiracy
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
A leader of the Aryan Knights prison gang was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday. 55-year-old Harlan Hale pleaded guilty to one count of participating in a RICO conspiracy and one count of committing a violent…
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Colombo Mafia family capo who stalked his girlfriend pleads guilty to racketeering
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
All is fair in love and war… until the feds find out. 62-year-old Colombo crime family capo Joseph…
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The Guys That Do More Than Killing: Gambino Mafia family mobsters busted for large variety of crimes
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
Published December 2019 - Updated January 2021: Two mobsters once praised by Mafia boss John Gotti are…
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Gambino Mafia family associate pleads guilty to arson in Queens over $400 measly bucks in extortion scheme
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
Alleged Gambino Mafia family associate Peter Tuccio (photo above, right, sitting next to Philadelphia…
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Money launderer of powerful US-based Russian Mafia boss pleads guilty
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
A man who laundered money for the Russian Mafia pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday. Daniel Daniel admitted conspiring with US-based…
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Boston gangland legend Howie Winter dead at 91
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
A legend of the Boston underworld has passed. Retired mob boss Howard “Howie” Winter passed away from a heart attack on Thursday. He was 91. Winter was an original member and onetime boss of the infamous Winter Hill Gang in…
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Camorra Mafia takes advantage of opportunities created by COVID-19
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
The thing about operating outside the rules of the law is that you can always find ways to make money. Case in point: The Italian…
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“The Sopranos… Is that supposed to be us?” – Profile of DeCavalcante Mafia family soldier Joseph Sclafani
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
“The Sopranos… Is that supposed to be us?” Joseph “Tin Ear” Sclafani (photo above) was caught saying on tape. Sclafani, a longtime…
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Caponeville: How Chicago mob boss Al Capone ruled over the suburbs and two small towns in particular
Al Capone’s life story and violent exploits have filled entire libraries and spawned many movies. Yet the focus is usually on his activities in Chicago. Though his power definitely originated there, his influence reached far beyond the city limits into small towns like Stickney and Forest View. In her new book When Capone Ruled…
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Lucchese Mafia family boss and hitmen get life in prison for 2013 gangland murder
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
The career of 84-year-old Lucchese Mafia family acting boss Matthew Madonna (photo above, middle) has officially come to an end. On Monday, he was sentenced to life in prison following his conviction for the 2013 murder of…
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Genovese Mafia family’s union muscle sentenced to 4 years in prison
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
Genovese Mafia family soldier Frank Giovinco was sentenced to 4 years in prison on Monday for extortion conspiracy and participating in a racketeering conspiracy in connection with the Genovese mob’s control of two local…
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The Korean Underworld: From its birth to its rise and current state of criminal affairs
By Joe Francis for Gangsters Inc.
The history of Korean organized crime is mostly unknown to the public outside of Korea. Everyone knows about Lucky Luciano and Pablo Escobar and men from their part of the world, but no one knows about men like Kim…
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“I chopped him up so bad” - Profile of DeCavalcante Mafia family soldier Anthony Capo
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
Every Mafia family has its go-to guy when it comes to violent acts. For New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family one of those men was Anthony Capo, a soldier with a hair-trigger temper who relished hurting people and…
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“The Mover” - Profile of Chicago Outfit consigliere Marco D’Amico
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
He was one of the last old school Chicago Mafia leaders to pass away, media wrote when Marco D’Amico died on April 22, 2020. It was a cliché that – between the lines - revealed the downfall of a once mighty criminal…
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Colombo Mafia family legend “Sonny” Franzese dead at 103 – A man must have a code
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Porsches and Yeezys – Profile of New York crime boss Aleksey Tsvetkov
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
Aleksey Tsvetkov (above, left) lived the good life for quite a while. As the leader of a violent,…
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“Popeye”, Pablo Escobar’s chief sicario, dies of cancer at 57
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez, who was once one of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s chief sicarios, died yesterday.…
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American Mafia Murder: The Man in Potters Field
There are more than a million people buried in this graveyard. There are no stones or memorials to remember them. It’s not the biggest…
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“I’m in waste management!” - Genovese Mafia family soldier Frank Giovinco guilty of racketeering
By David Amoruso for Gangsters Inc.
A Genovese Mafia family mobster was convicted of racketeering on Tuesday. The jury found 52-year-old…
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Latest Blog Posts
- Italian Organized Crime: Cosa Nostra, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, Sacra Corona Unita
- Leader of Aryan Knights prison gang gets life for violent stabbing and RICO conspiracy
- Colombo Mafia family capo who stalked his girlfriend pleads guilty to racketeering
- The Guys That Do More Than Killing: Gambino Mafia family mobsters busted for large variety of crimes
- Gambino Mafia family associate pleads guilty to arson in Queens over $400 measly bucks in extortion scheme
- Money launderer of powerful US-based Russian Mafia boss pleads guilty
- Boston gangland legend Howie Winter dead at 91
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