In the most important scene of the first season of The Sopranos — arguably the most important scene of television of the last 25 years, if not much longer — Mob boss Tony Soprano stalks and murders Febby Petrulio, a former wiseguy who testified against friends of Tony’s and then …
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Ten alleged members of the Gambino crime family were arrested in New York on an array of mob-related charges as part of an international round-up that also involved arrests in Italy. On Wednesday, Nov. 8, prosecutors unveiled a 16-count indictment against the 10 U.S. defendants, accusing them of “racketeering conspiracy, …
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Everyone likes to tell war stories, including cops and definitely gangsters. Such tales provide the fuel for Get Gotti, Netflix’s new three-part docuseries that tries to breathe fresh life into a story that ended well before there was even such a thing as Netflix. Fast and slick, well-sourced and cogently …
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Watching Mafia Mamma, a slapstick farce about a middle-aged American woman who abruptly inherits an Italian mob empire, you can imagine its star, Toni Collette, in an episode of The Sopranos. She’s got Carmela‘s icy-blonde look and, by the end of the movie, commands a room like Tony. But here, …
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Sammy Gravano is reflecting on the old days. “I grab him in a bear hug, the [van] door comes flying open, guys come running out,” he says, sitting back in a leather armchair, his voice gravelly. But Gravano isn’t reminiscing about some rough-and-tumble prank from his youth; he’s recounting the …
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“The mafia is a world based on deception and lies. I continued to live in the lie because I was forced into a double identity anda life in a secret location. Today even the smallest lie weighs on me.” —Piera Aiell Pupetta Maresca — murderess, mafiosa, diva, film-star wannabe — …
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A trio of men are facing new charges related to the 2018 killing of mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. On Thursday, federal prosecutors announced Fotios “Freddy” Geas and Paul “Pauly” DeCologero allegedly carried out the beating death of the notorious gangster. A third man, Sean McKinnon was charged with making false …
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Two of New York’s most storied Mafia families formed a secret gambling alliance — then suffered a whack to their profit streams with a round of arrests Tuesday morning. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say eight members or associates of the Bonanno and Genovese crime clans were taken into custody for …
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