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Search results for "mob" ...
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GOTTI
The reporter spends four years meeting with John Gotti, the son of the most famous gangster of the modern era, with the purpose of learning more about the true working of the mob.
Tags: mob; gang; Gotti; John Gotti; mafia; federal court
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Connected
“Two former judges, already facing charges for accepting kickbacks, are accused of fixing a $3.5 million defamation case against The Citizens’ Voice newspaper at the behest of a convicted mob boss. The stories establish various ties between the judges and the mobster. The state Supreme Court eventually granted the newspaper a new trial.”
Tags: William D'Elia; Michael T. Conahan; Mark A. Ciavarella; court system; jail; verdict; direct connections; Robert J. Kulick; gambling site; court cases
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The Preacher's Mob
Michael Lock went from a child preacher to a crime boss, who ended up leading a criminal organization. The organization murdered a number of dealers and buried their bodies under concrete. But when police had the chance to capture Lock, they failed to and let him go. This series revealed he was paying a number of police officers to help with his crimes.
Tags: Michael Lock; crimes; Body Snatchers; law enforcement; killer; drugs; fraud; criminal; homicide
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"Judgment Day"
Two judges accepted $2.67 million in payoffs for sending juveniles to "two for-profit" detention centers. In this investigation, the reporter uncovers the identities of the lawyer and contractor who supplied the payments, and revealed the mob connections of one of the judges.
Tags: Pennsylvania Child Care LLC; William D'Elia; Michael Conahan; Mark Ciavarella; juvenile center; Robert Mericle; Robert J. Powell
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Blood and Volume: Inside New York's Israeli Mafia
“Headed by a cold-blooded killer named Johnny Attias, the Israeli mafia butted heads with the Italian mafia, killed Russian gangsters and pulled off the biggest gold heist in the history of Manhattan’s Diamond District.â€
Tags: Ron Gonen; mob; Ran Ephraim; Honey Tesman;
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Tales of a Mafia Mistress
The biggest mafia case of 2007 was the Roy Lindley DeVecchio murder trial, where the defendant was a decorated ex-FBI agent. The whole case rested on the mistress of gangster Greg Scarpa Sr., Linda Schiro.
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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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Chicago's First Family of Clout
The Chicago politics, labor unions and organized crime have been influenced by the family of Bruno Roti Sr., who came to America over 100 years ago. The Sun-Times conducted an extended documentation of the Roti family's ties to the scandals and corruption at Chicago City Hall.
Tags: Mob; Mafia; Bruno Roti; Hired Truck Program; Al Capone
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An Inside Look at the Connecticut Mob
How organized crime in southwestern Connecticut operates.
Tags: crime; Mafia; organized crime; Connecticut
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A New Gang Problem
Kandel documents the growth and pervasion of crime in California by Russian-Armenian immigrants. His articles link the mob-like group to fraud, burglary and murder.
Tags: gang; Russian; Armenian; organized crime; Los Angeles; murder; mob; crime; Mafia; police; cops; law enforcement; San Fernando Valley; fraud; crime syndicate