Updated news on the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese and Colombo Organized Crime Families of New York City.

Updated news on the Gambino, Genovese, Bonanno, Lucchese and Colombo Organized Crime Families of New York City.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Monday, March 24, 2025

Bonanno Soldier gets an additional 37 months in prison for forcing loanshark victim to strip naked


Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, John Ragano, also known as “Bazoo,” a member of the Bonanno organized crime family, was sentenced by United States District Judge Hector Gonzalez to 37 months in prison for extortionate collection of credit in connection...

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Sunday, March 16, 2025

Turncoat Gambino hitman linked to the Gotti family now a New Jersey Councilman


He’s gone from lawbreaker to lawmaker. John Alite, a former Gambino crime family enforcer-turned-mob turncoat, was sworn in Wednesday as a councilman representing the sleepy New Jersey borough of Englishtown. “You know what? I can really do some good. I already...

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Mixed verdict in trial of Long Island cop accused of selling his badge to the Bonanno crime family


A former Nassau County cop accused of moonlighting for the mob while still wearing a badge was found guilty Wednesday of making false statements to the FBI — but cleared of an obstruction of justice charge. A Brooklyn federal court jury deliberated for nine hours...

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Genovese gangsters werent fooled by fake raid conducted by corrupt Long Island cop working for Bonanno family


This is what happens when you hire bargain-basement wiseguys. The Nassau County cop who allegedly worked for the Bonanno crime family bungled a raid on a rival family’s gambling den so badly that it totally failed to fool the victimized gangsters — including a gambler...

Longtime Chicago mob associate busted for tax evasion charges


A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios, the former Cook County assessor.Robert “Bobby” Dominic, 71, a longtime...

Corrupt Long Island cop worked for the Bonanno family to bust rival Genovese gambling operations


Mob justice is best served cold. A crooked Nassau County police detective moonlighting as a Bonanno soldier helped fuel a mini-mob war on Long Island — choosing “the crime family over the public he swore to protect,” a court heard Tuesday. Ex-Det. Hector Rosario...

Monday, February 24, 2025

Monday, February 17, 2025

Saturday, February 15, 2025

Long Island couple files $50M lawsuit against the Gotti family over high school brawl


The black Long Island family allegedly assaulted by the wife and daughter of John “Junior” Gotti in a race-fueled rage at a high school basketball game have sued the mother-daughter duo for $50 million. Jean and Crystal Etienne claim Kimberly and Gianna Gotti allegedly...

Monday, February 10, 2025

Saturday, February 8, 2025

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Friday, January 31, 2025

Lucchese soldier facing 20 years in prison as he agrees to $4M forfeiture in plea deal


Five Mafia members and associates have pleaded guilty to racketeering, money laundering and gambling charges for running an illegal betting operation in New York City, according to prosecutors. The Lucchese organized crime family figures admitted to running a large-scale...

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Friday, December 27, 2024

FBI disbands Boston organized crime squad


On an October afternoon in 1989, mobsters from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts gathered at a modest home in Medford for a secret ritual: the induction of four soldiers into the New England Mafia, which marked a new beginning after their underboss was killed...

Thursday, December 26, 2024

Supreme Court hears gun charge appeal from Genovese associate called Fat Sal


Dropping poison in a drink. Serving food gone dangerously bad. Or, hiring hitmen to take out a foe.  Are those violent crimes?   The Supreme Court appeared unconvinced Tuesday by a New York crime family associate’s argument that his conviction in a foiled murder-for-hire plot does not qualify as a “crime of violence” because he used no physical force. However, the justices seemed...

Former Genovese Acting Captain gets 30 months for illegal gambling


A former acting captain in the Genovese organized crime family was sentenced on Friday to 30 months in prison, federal prosecutors said. Carmelo Polito, also known as "Carmine Polito" was sentenced for racketeering in connection to operating an illegal gambling business...

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Former Boss of New England's Patriarca Crime Family dead at 97


Louis Manocchio, the last Rhode Island boss of the New England crime family, has died. He was 97. 12 News law enforcement analyst Steven O’Donnell, a former Rhode Island State Police colonel, said Manocchio died early Sunday morning. Manocchio had been living at the...