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Search results for "Cosa Nostra" ...
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Flash and Cash
"Eurasian organized crime members are funding their international empires by defrauding government health and welfare programs in the United States out of tens of billions of dollars."
Tags: crime syndicate; welfare; fraud; government; national; FBI; ICE; murder; launder; La Cosa Nostra
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Return of the Godfathers
The Mafia is the topic as Leo Sisti tells the story of the relationship between the Sicilian and U.S. branches of Cosa Nostra. Following a war won by the "Corleonesi" side, the business relationship between the two had come to a halt. Two Inzerillos brothers (Francisco and Rosario), lost a power struggle and were forced to leave their native Sicily in the early 1980s, "exiled" to the U.S. Almost 20 years later, they returned to Sicily to avenge their murdered family members, attempt to regain power and try to resume the old business relationship with the American mob.
Tags: Mafia; Cosa Nostra; Corleonesi; Sicily; Palermo; Inzernillos
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The last gangster: From cop to wise guy to FBI informant: Big Ron Previte and the fall of the American mob
This book explores the fall of the Philadelphia crime family and the demise of the American Mafia told from the perspective of a former police officer and mobster who later became an FBI informant. It chronicles how generational differences have divided the Mafia and raises questions about when the FBI should make deals with mob leaders.
Tags: BOOK; Mafia; mob; Philadelphia crime family; Ron Previte; organized crime; Cosa Nostra
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The Merlinos
A play-by-play look at the case of La Cosa Nostra, a cliche mob group in Philadelphia.; and its leader, Joseph Merlino, who is on trial for murder and attempted murder. The federal government had been trailing the group for more than a decade before pressing charges, and its case was built largely upon the testimony of former mob members.
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"Mobster reveals life in Valley" and "Crime ring witnesses being killed"
The Arizona Republic reports "two stories on organized crime. The first involves Mafia enforcer Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano, who had moved to Arizona and launched a secret life. The second story is about a Mexican Mafia syndicate headed by the Cisneros brothers, who escaped prosecution due to the murders of government witnesses."
Tags: FOIA; Department of Motor Vehicles; DMV; Registrar of Contractors; Office State Corporation Commission; unsolved homicide; FBI Federal Bureau of Investigations; Salvatore Gravano; New York Mob; John Gotti; hit man; La Cosa Nostra; Witness Protection Program
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In war against Scarfo, the U.S. isn't letting up
Philadelphia Inquirer gives a four-year overview of the Philadelphia/New Jersey mob and the transfer of power from one generation to the next, 1986-1990.
Tags: Organized crime; the Mafia; PA; Anastasia; La Cosa Nostra
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Honest Labor
Wall Street Journal reports on Mafia-backed labor unions in the construction industry; using the broad powers of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations act, prosecutors are tackling labor organizations.
Tags: Philadelphia Roofers Union Local 30/30b Nicodemo ScarfoLa Cosa Nostra Luciano Gotti Gambino