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Mob Wars Return to Vegas in Competing Attractions
By Steve Friess - AOL NewsLAS VEGAS -- It took decades to wrest control of this city's casinos from the mob, a bloody and drawn-out battle between law enforcement and its prey that left countless gangsters in jail, in witness protection or buried in unmarked desert graves. So imagine how surprised Bugsy, Lefty and their brethren would be to discover that a new Vegas mob war is brewing. Except this time, it's between the venerable Tropicana Hotel-Casino and the city of Las Vegas to see which can draw the most tourists to different multimillion-dollar attractions due to open by year's end. Steve Marcus, Las ...
Modern Mobsters Still Follow Dad Into the Mafia
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsThe historic mobster roundup that collared more than 120 people in the New York region last month provided a snapshot of the Mafia of today: murder, gambling and extortion; big bosses and small fries; "made guys" and associates. But what it didn't show was the pervasive nepotism that still exists in organized crime -- only one son with a father with alleged ties to a crime family was arrested that day. Even so, organized crime experts say the mob of the 21st century, just like the one in the 20th century, is still a magnet for the younger generation. "Unfortunately, there's still quite a few ...
POLL: Best Mafia Nickname of Suspects Arrested by the FBI Today
By David Knowles - AOL NewsIf you're writing a screenplay for a movie about the mob, and you're having a tough time coming up with nicknames your mafiosi, today's sweeping arrests by the FBI should help provide you with some inspiration. Surge Desk has a look at the most colorful aliases of the usual suspects taken into custody by the feds in what is being called the largest arrest of reputed Mafia figures in U.S. history. 1. "Baby Shacks" Luigi Manocchio is said to have been given this name to honor his frequent liaisons with women. 2. "Baby Fat Larry" Anthony Durso's nickname offers an all-too-familiar visual of ...
127 Busted in Largest Mafia Roundup in FBI History
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsFederal authorities today announced what they called the largest mob roundup in FBI history: the indictment of 127 people, including key Mafia figures from the New York, New Jersey and New England crime families, on charges ranging from murder and racketeering to gambling, extortion and loan-sharking. About 800 law enforcement members from the FBI, the Secret Service, the U.S. Labor Department, and state and local law enforcement today arrested 121 people who were named in 16 indictments filed in different jurisdictions. Four others were already in custody, and one member of the Colombo ...
Meet the 7 Mafia Families Caught Up in a Major Mob Sweep
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsIn a massive operation, the FBI and police have arrested 127 people allegedly connected to the mob in New York, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. It's the "largest single-day operation against La Cosa Nostra," Attorney General Eric Holder said in a press release on the arrests. Seven families associated with organized crime are represented in the sweep, including all of New York's "five families." So who are these real-life Soprano clans? Surge Desk introduces you to them. Genovese One of New York's "big five" Mafia families, the Genovese family allegedly specializes in labor ...
Feds Arrest More Than 120 in New York Area Mob Takedown
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- More than 120 organized crime associates face charges including murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking in one of the largest Mafia crackdowns in FBI history, prosecutors announced Thursday. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference Thursday in New York City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New England. All of New York's five major crime families were targeted. The charges cover decades worth of offenses, he said, including "classic mob hits to ...
Sentenced at 93, Mob Underboss Was Wiseguy's Wiseguy
By Allan Lengel - AOL NewsThe story line of Colombo family underboss John "Sonny" Franzese, 93, of New York reads something like this: He knew Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. He got booted from the Army in World War II for displaying homicidal tendencies. His son testified against him in trial last year. And the feds recorded him talking about hiding bodies -- though he was never convicted of murder. And now Franzese, a wiseguy's wiseguy who a federal prosecutor said was responsible for the "glamorization of the Mafia over the past century," could spend what's left of his life in prison. His grandchildren and ...
Now Scottish Gangsters Are Waterboarding Rivals
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Nov. 18) -- In his recent autobiography George W. Bush claimed that waterboarding was a valuable tool for extracting information from the enemy. But while most Western governments dismiss the interrogation technique as an ineffective and illegal form of torture, one foreign group has recognized its merits: the Scottish mob. Gangs in Glasgow are now using waterboarding to terrorize rivals, according to The Daily Record. The paper cites the case of alleged drug dealer John Fox, who was subjected to the CIA-style technique after he reportedly stole a batch of Valium tablets from his ...
'Boardwalk Empire' Effect: 'GoodFellas' to Become a TV Series?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- Now that Martin Scorsese's "Boardwalk Empire" is running on HBO and garnering rave reviews, TV executives are hoping the acclaimed film director will take on another television show -- "GoodFellas." Yes, television studios (only slightly less original than movie studios) are reportedly hoping to turn one of the best mob films of all time, which focused on gangster turned state's witness Henry Hill, into a hit series a la "The Sopranos," reports Deadline New York. While Scorsese has not signed up -- in fact, "Boardwalk Empire" already has been picked up for a second season -- ...
Enquiring Minds Say Mob Financed National Enquirer
By David Moye - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- The National Enquirer has made its name exposing John Edwards' illegitimate child and the Elvis Presley morgue photo, but the real scoop may be how the paper actually got started -- with a $25,000 loan from the Mafia. Back in 1953, Gene Pope purchased The New York Enquirer, a low-selling afternoon newspaper that only did well on Sundays because it was the first with the late-night Saturday sports scores, and turned it into the National Enquirer, a publication that changed journalism as we know it. Juan Monino Paul David Pope, son of National Enquirer pioneer Gene Pope, wants ...
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