By Number
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 415
Attendee Profiles At The 1957 Apalachin Mob Confab
On November 17, 1957, a number of gangsters gathered for a conference at Joseph Barbara’s farmstead in the hamlet of Apalachin (near Endicott village), located in the State of New York’s Southern Tier. This event would become a watershed in the history of American organized crime and the government’s response.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 414
Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless
Part Two: "Boss Hog" Pleads Guilty
McLaughlin perpetrated his various crimes against working people and their families so that he could "support his own version of ‘lifestyles of the rich and famous!'".
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 413
‘O Sistema: In The Land Of The Camorra
Long considered a minor mafia, camorra today controls entire sectors of the economy.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 412
Vito Ciancimino: Palermo's Mafia Mayor
Vito Calogero Ciancimino (1924-2002) was a part of what Sicilian journalist Nino Amadore called the zona grigia, the "gray zone," composed of members of the professional class at the service of Cosa Nostra and on its payroll.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 411
DAGO: The Joseph Petrosino Story
There is one lawman from long ago that I’ve come to greatly admire; so much so that I’ve recently completed a screenplay based on his life.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 410
Drug Trafficking In Italy
Cigarette contrabanding and other traditional mafia earning ventures, in totality, could not match the income from the narcotrade.
- By Frank R. Hayde, Feature Articles 409
The Mafia and the Machine:
The Story of the Kansas City Mob
The Mafia and it's close alliance with the Politcal Machine in Kansas City.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 408
R.I.P. ~ Bill Bonanno
Bill Bonanno did not choose a mob life; his father chose it for him.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 407
Mafia As Seen By Various Observers
Selected quotations from several perspectives on organized crime and gangsters, both American and Italian.
- By Ron Chepesiuk and Anthony Gonzalez, Feature Articles 406
Frank Lucas and "American Gangster"—the Myth and the Reality
Many of Lucas’s claims to fame are bogus, and "American Gangster," the movie, is largely the figment of Hollywood’s fertile imagination.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 405
A Christmas Murder In Hollywood
Part Six: The Vigil Continues
It’s becoming something of an annual Holiday tradition continuing chronicling Mafia writer Susan Berman, murdered on Christmas Eve, 2000, and Anthony Fox, the business partner of actor Johnny Depp, who disappeared during Christmas, 2001 and is presumed murdered
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 404
Donne Di Mafia (Women of the Mafia)
Some contend that the correct interpretation is to understand that a donna di mafia is not “part of” but rather “belongs to” the mafia system.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 403
"When We Were Kings"
A contemplative look back at the good old days of mobdom, brought on by the half century anniversary of the infamous Appalachian Convention.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 402
License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Six: The "Mistress of Manipulation" - Linda Schiro, a woman who used her beauty and sexual prowess to manipulate those men in her life whom possessed whatever young Linda desired.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 401
License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Five: Giuliani and the G-Man - The "Commission" of the Godfathers of New York City’s five Mafia families allegedly took a vote on whether to sanction the assassination of Rudolph Giuliani, according to an FBI report made public in the Brooklyn murder trial of retired FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 400
Lansky and Miami
Outside of Las Vegas, there is probably no city in the United States that owes more of its development to the mob than Miami.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 399
License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Four: No Jury for Agent DeVecchio - Lindley DeVecchio, the retired G-man facing 4 counts of murder with the Mob, has waived his right to a trial by "a jury of his peers" and instead demanded he face a "Bench Trial,"
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 398
Rural Sicilian Mafia
The first Sicilian mafia, the rural mafia, also known as the Tradition, arose before the unification of Italy in the 1860s.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 397
CYBERMAFIA
Cybermafia is a term used to describe all of the cybercrimes committed utilizing computers, especially the Internet.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 396
Arrivederci, Little Italy
The current demise of Little Italy can only be compared to the decades-long downward plunge of Atlantic City and Miami before their rebirths. Little Italy will have no such rebirth.
- J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 395
17 Days In August: A Tale of Cops, Steroids, and The Mob!
Part Two: The Author’s Personal Revisiting of a Landmark Case
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 394
Mafia Bianca: White-Collar Mafia
A supporting wing that blends seamlessly into the middle and upper-middle classes.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 393
"Turning Mob Myths, From the Inside and Out, Inside-Out"
Some myths have been so ingrained in the public consciousness that gangsters themselves now believe them.
- By Rick Porrello, Feature Articles 392
The Chicago Mafia on Trial!
Questions and Answers about the "Family Secrets" case
The Chicago Mafia case is just in time to fill the void in available mob drama caused by Davis Chase’s rude drop of the curtain on Tony Soprano. But this is not entertainment.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 391
Bulgaria: Mafia Hotspot
Bulgaria can be said to be the linchpin of Balkan mafia activity.
- By Amy A. Kisil, Feature Articles 390
Dicing and Drugs:
Carmen Zagaria and Tommy Sinito - Part III
- By Ellen Poulsen, Feature Articles 389
People v. good people: The Luciano Trial Revisited
The Case Against Lucky Luciano: New York’s Most Sensational Vice Trial
- By Tim Newark, Feature Articles 388
Fighting the Mafia in World War Two
As the Allies entered Vito Genovese’s realm in Nola, near Naples, in the autumn of 1943, the top New York mobster offered to help them as translator and guide to the region.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 387
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Fourteen: Heroin Chic
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 386
The 'Ndrangheta In Gioia Tauro
The clans in the Plain of Gioa Tauro infiltrated the fruit industries, fixing prices and taking ill-gotten profits. The mobsters also controlled a portion of the olive oil market.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 385
Why So Many Rats Today?
I asked a friend how many men who had testified against the mob since Joe Valachi had been caught up with and killed? He said, "None."
- By Amy A. Kisil, Feature Articles 384
Tommy James Sinito AKA The Chinaman:
The Mafia Years - Part II
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 383
Biker Mafia
Outlaw Bikers feed on fear and violence, allowing them to run narcotics, gun trafficking and prostitution operations across North America and overseas.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 382
The Japanese Mafia
The Japanese mafia — the yakuza — is arguably the largest, wealthiest and most secretive of all the organized crime syndicates in the world.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 381
Good Friends Who Did Dumb Things
In the course of my life in the streets, I have had some friends, who did some really dumb things that resulted in their deaths.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 380
License to Kill:
Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Three: A Troubled Prosecution - In the space of a few weeks, four associates of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office have been involved in public scandals.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 379
To Mob Wannabes:
As someone who lived most of my life in organized crime, trust me, guys, there’s nothing left to wannabe.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 378
The Phenomenon Of The Chinese Triads
Unlike their flashier Russian counterparts, Chinese triads prefer to do their work more quietly, sometimes using highly placed members in financial institutions and even government.
- By Amy A. Kisil, Feature Articles 377
Tommy James Sinito AKA The Chinaman:
The Early Years - Part 1
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 376
AMNESTY:
Fooled you, huh? You thought I was talking about illegals crossing the Mexican border.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 375
A Perspective On Transnational Criminality
The globalisation of crime poses further problems, as the cost of investigating and prosecuting transnational crime may be prohibitive in all but the most serious cases.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 374
The Best True Mob Story
In the case of traditional organized crime, you're watching American history unfold.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 373
Songs Of The Mafia
The songs are quite revealing of the mafia mentality and way of life, particularly in regard to anti-authority sentiments and the vitality of the central codes of silence and respect.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 372
Russian Jewish Organized Crime
Because the Russian mob is mostly Jewish, it is a political hot potato, especially in the New York area.
- By Amy A. Kisil, Feature Articles 371
Whose Guns Tommy Longo? Whose Guns?
Speculations Part 2
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 370
A Christmas Murder In Hollywood
Part Five: Cold Cases Remain Cold
America celebrates another Holiday season with Justice still nowhere in sight for Mafia writer Susan Berman, who was murdered in Hollywood on Christmas Eve in 2000
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 369
Italian Anti-Mafia Commissions
The word mafia, a term that was basically an invention of journalists and politicians to refer to Sicilian criminality, appeared for the first time in a report by the prefect of Palermo, Filippo Gualterio, in April of 1865, with reference to an associazione malandrinesca (criminal association) in league with public officials.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 368
Tommaso Buscetta: Sicilian Mafia Witness
This was the first instance in Sicily that someone who had dedicated his life to the mafia, rising to a pinnacle position, had broken the sacred rule of omertà.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 367
Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless
If this story is shocking and outrageous to those Americans residing outside New York, for residents of the Empire State, allegations such as these are no surprise to the area’s one million rank-and-file Union members who have been similarly victimized for decades by Union leaders who steal money from working people and their families.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 366
The Politics Of Indictment
New Yorkers were stunned to witness a political scandal revolving around State Attorney General candidate Jeanine Pirro just weeks before the general election of 2006.
- By Cherie Rohn, co-author of Thief! with William "Slick" Hanner., Feature Articles 365
Interview with a Superthief
Author Cherie Rohn, in an AmericanMafia.com exclusive, interviews mobbed-up super thief, Phil "Superthief" Christopher.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 364
The Mafia Tradition, Camorra, Lucky Luciano
Mafiosi boasted that they were uomini d'onore, honorable men who were
worthy of respect. According to the Sicilians, the camorra was composed of mascalzoni, rogues of no account, dedicated to a collection of petty crimes, the sort that the mafia viewed as dysfunctional to the sense of superiority that it sought to inculcate in its members.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 363
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Thirteen: Partial Victory for Gotti and Sliwa
- By Amy A. Kisil, Feature Articles 362
Where’s Tommy Longo
Speculations. Part 1
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 361
Globalized Transnational Crime
'Transcrime' is lawlessness committed in more than one country.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 360
A Tale Of Two Murders
A Special Report On The Fifth Anniversary Of 9/11
- By Parry Desmond, Feature Articles 359
Remembering Max “Boo Boo” Hoff
Although he made his first million from small-time gambling operations while he was still in his twenties, it wasn't until the Prohibition Era, 1920 to 1933, that he and his cronies made a fortune.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 358
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Twelve: Playing the 'Race Card?'
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 357
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Seventeen: Getting Away With Murder?
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 356
Bernard Kerik, The Feds, And The Mob
Part Three: The Final Chapter
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 355
Albanian Criminality
Albania continues to recover from the ravages of the former communist regime and the fierce political struggle that resulted from the power vacuum.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 354
License to Kill:
Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Two: Gangsters With Badges - Stunned investigators in both law enforcement and the Media are now wondering if Angela Clemente’s assailant was a member of the Mafia, the FBI, or both.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 353
The Case Of Bernardo Provenzano
On the lam since 1963, the reputed il capo dei capi, Top Boss, of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Bernardo Provenzano, is now in custody.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 352
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Sixteen: A Tale of Two Brothers
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 351
SECRETS OF THE PRIVATE EYES
The stuff of legend and Hollywood hype
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 350
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Eleven: First Amendment Under Siege
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 349
Defining Organized Crime
Present day organized crime (OC) is quite different from that of the past.
- By John Bollinger, Feature Articles 348
I’m Walking, Yes, Indeed, But Not Talking The Great 1929 Slot Machine Scandal
According to the American Gambling Association, in just casinos and racetracks around the US alone, slot machines annually bring in over $21 billion in revenues.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 347
La Nuova Camorra Organizzata
This new organized camorra has extended its influence throughout Italy and abroad.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 346
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Fifteen: GUILTY!
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 345
Origins Of The Camorra
Like all secret societies, the camorra is a closed sect, an organization of criminals that acts in the shadows.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 344
License to Kill:
Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part One: Reversal of Fortune - For four decades, Scarpa was protected in his crimes against America because of his status as an FBI Informant.
- By Rick Porrello, Feature Articles 343
Angelo "Big Ange" Lonardo:
One-time Highest-Ranking Mobster to Become a Federal Witness, Dead at age 95
3-31-06
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 342
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Ten: ‘Mis-Trial and Error’
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 341
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Fourteen: ‘Courtroom of Sorrow’
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 340
Ends Of Evil:
The Final Days of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Part Two: The "Iceman" Goeth - In 2001 "Iceman" Richard Kuklinski appeared on an HBO Special during which he claimed he had been hired by Gravano to murder Officer Calabro.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 339
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Nine: The Three Victims
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 338
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Eight: A Father’s Sins
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 337
The Fourth Mafia: La Sacra Corona Unita
Although it has characteristics of urban gangs, the SCU is more correctly defined in terms of a gangsteristic-mafioso phenomenon.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 336
HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL: The Rise and Fall of Anthony Pellicano
The self-described "Private Investigator to the Stars," Anthony Pellicano, has again been hit with Federal indictments stemming from his practices as a Sunset Boulevard gumshoe.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 335
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Thirteen: The Dueling Mob Turncoats
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 334
La Stidda - The Fifth Mafia
1. Cosa Nostra (Sicily), 2. Camorra (Campagna), 3. ‘Ndrangheta (Calabria), and 4. Nuova Sacra Corona Unita (Puglia). The latest emerging threat, the so-called Fifth Mafia, is competing with Cosa Nostra for supremacy in Sicily.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 333
Organized Crime Infiltrates North Italy
The Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta began to take a greater part in legal entrepreneurial activities and also assumed a significant role in drug trafficking and it extended its operations to North Italy
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 332
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Twelve: The Revenge of Janie McCormick
- By Gary Cohen, Feature Articles 331
The Lost Journals of Meyer Lansky
At the end of his life, the legendary "Chairman of the Board" of organized crime began writing down his life story for posterity. What he said--and what he didn’t--is only part of the tale.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 330
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Eleven: Christmas for the Mafia Cops
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 329
A Christmas Murder In Hollywood
Part Four: Another Tragic Anniversary
Another Holiday season is upon us and yet Justice is still nowhere in sight for Mafia writer Susan Berman.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 328
Life And Death In The Bronx
It has been the home of members of the American Mafia and their corrupt politicians and law enforcement cronies.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 327
The 'On The Waterfront' Trials
Part Six: The Acquitted Corpse - On November 8, 2005 Genovese Mafia Family capo Lawrence Ricci was acquitted in Brooklyn Federal Court of charges he was involved in an extortion and fraud scam with Unions representing Workers on the docks of the New York and New Jersey Waterfront.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 326
The Sicilian Triangle
The Sicilian mafia reached its zenith of power and political influence during the phase from the 1880s to the First World War.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 325
Bernard Kerik, The Feds, And The Mob
Part Two: Was Kerik Set-up?
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 324
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Ten: The Media Wars
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 323
Sammy "Bull" Gravano -- vs-- Prosecutor John Molinelli.
Is Gravano a Guility Cop Killer? Or is It a Mix of Gottti "De Ja Vue" by a lying Serial killer...and Persecution by American Justice?
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 322
Snake Eyes
Sonny Girard, a former mobster, decided to have his protagonist be caught between three agencies: the GRU (Soviet Military Intelligence), the FBI, and…you guessed it…the mob.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 321
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Nine: The Wrong Man
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 320
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Seven: ‘Plan B’ to ‘Get Gotti’
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 319
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Eight: Yet Another Murder, Another Warning
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 318
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Six: Homecoming for Junior Gotti
- By Bob Siler, Feature Articles 317
Walking In Their Footsteps - A Look At The Mob In Los Angeles
Where they lived, played, murdered, died and are buried.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 316
The Art Of The "PIZZU"
A term signifying the extraction of money, goods information etc., by means of force, intimidation, fraud, deceit or abuse of authority.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 315
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Five: Junior’s Trial Intersects ‘Mafia Cops’ Trial
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 314
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Four: Curtis Sliwa Gets His Day In Court
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 313
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Seven: The NYPD’s ‘Other’ Mafia Cop: Steve Gardell
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 312
Multi-million dollar loss: Judge rules against Bonanno crime family Gangster Ronald Massie.
Million dollar question: Will gangster Massie (identified informant) become the next hit for the Mob?
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 311
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Six: Another Murder, Another Warning
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 310
Godfathers Of Corleone
Waiting for Brando. Busloads of American tourists walk the streets of Corleone with hope of catching a glimpse of the cinematic godfather.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 309
A New niche in Organize crime: Italian Mafia bosses "making millions" as crime consultants.
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 308
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Three: "Dirty Dozen" Trial of Junior Gotti Begins
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 307
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Five: A Troubled Prosecution
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 306
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Four: Judge Grants Bail
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 305
Research assistance: Samula E.Coleman, (Houston Texas)
FBI target "Growing up Gotti" actor Peter Gotti Jr.
Executives and producers of the hit series "Growing up Gotti" may soon decide whether or not if they should drop Peter Gotti Jr.
- By Rick Porrello, Feature Articles 304
Sinatra:The Life --Interview
Rick Porrello interviews authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan
- By J. R. de Szigethy and Lou Eppolito, Jr., Feature Articles 303
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
Part Three: The Emergence of 'Crystal Meth.'
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 302
HAIL CESARE! The Life and Times of Cesare Mori, the Scourge of the Mafia
"supercop" Cesare Mori, who would become the "Iron" Prefetto of Palermo, sent to Sicily by Mussolini, in 1925, as the "bloodhound" to pursue and deal a crushing blow to the mafia.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 301
CSI (T.V. Crime Dramas) Affects the American Criminal Justice System
Unlike real-life Mafia stories, CSI (T.V. Crime Dramas) is an in-depth piece of investigative work to show Americanmafia fans how T.V. crime shows seduce millions of viewers into a make-believe world. Called the CSI syndrome, the popularity of this blockbuster series has affected the American Criminal Justice System in ways the Mafia can only dream of.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 300
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
PART TWO: THE COP WHO LOVED SNAKES
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 299
A Whitey Bulger' Connection....Could Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Go FREE?
Bostonians' will never forget the notorious scandal of the FBI bureau and the Irish Mafia.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 298
The Business Of The Camorra
Cosa Nostra and the Camorra have always been around and will continue to be around; unfortunately they do exist. We will have to live with this reality." (Pietro Lunardi, 2001)
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 297
Partners In Crime: The Mafia Cops
PART ONE: MAFIA COPS INDICTED!
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 296
Gangster Life Imitates Art: Russian Mafia Boss 'Stars' In Real-Life TV Crime Show
There's a new crime boss on the screen---and he's not a fictional character. This guy is the real thing. Vitali Dyomochka, 34 , a Russian gangster, is the first crime boss on the planet to 'star' in a real-life TV crime show.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 295
Help Wanted... Who wants to Join the Mafia?
Journalist Clarence Walker Responds to Mafia fans' fascination with the Dark Underworld.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 294
Steroids and the Mob
At long last the American people are being forced to confront a serious Societal problem that many have pretended did not exist; the pervasive use of anabolic steroids by our nation’s athletes.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 293
Russian Organize Crime Target NFL Superbowl in Multi-Billion Dollar Gambling Scheme
Super Bowl is more than a game. It's a game of money. Mafia style threat------"Pay up or you will down."
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 292
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Two: Peter Gotti Convicted, Junior Awaits Trial - The Holiday Season was a dark one for the brother and son of former Gambino Family Godfather John Gotti; brother Peter was convicted on most of the Federal charges he was facing, which should send him to prison for the rest of his life, while "Junior" Gotti’s attorneys failed in their attempt to spring him from prison on bail.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 291
A Primer On Money Laundering
Money laundering as an activity has never been the exclusive activity of organized crime. Respected people are not above engaging in the act when extra profit is at stake.
- By James Dubro, Feature Articles 290
Strange Fugitive
Introduction to the 2004 edition of Strange Fugitive pubished by Exile Editions in Toronto
- By David Kales, Feature Articles 289
Ten Years On The Lamb And The Question Still Remains: Where's Whitey?
Rumors circulate in Boston three or four times a year of Whitey sightings. Whitey refers to James "Whitey" Bulger, Boston’s notorious gangster, who after being indicted for racketeering and murder, has skipped town and been on the lam since 1995.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 288
Gambino Mafia Rips Off U.S. Government, Porno Lovers and Cell Phone users Across the Globe in Multi-Million Dollar Scheme
If money and brains is power the Gambino mafia is here to stay.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 287
Bernard Kerik, The Feds, And The Mob
The revelations about 9/11 hero Bernard Kerik in the wake of his withdrawal as Nominee for Director of Homeland Security has stunned Americans nationwide, but none more so than New Yorkers who held such high esteem and affection for the larger-than-life ‘cop’s cop.’
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 286
The 'Ndrangheta Looms Large
The Italian Interior Minister said the ‘Ndrangheta has become "the most powerful and dangerous criminal organization in Italy because of its viciousness."
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 285
A Christmas Murder In Hollywood
Part Three: Another Tragic Anniversary
Another Holiday season is upon us and yet Justice is still nowhere in sight for Mafia writer Susan Berman.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 284
Damon Chappie ~ 1964-2004
Damon Chappie, acknowledged as one of America’s best investigative reporters, passed away on Friday, November 5, after courageously battling a variety of illnesses during the last 20 years of his short life.
- By Ellen Poulsen, Feature Articles 283
Don’t Call Us Molls: Women of the John Dillinger Gang
So many are lost to time, their names an alias on a fading, carbon copy indictment.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 282
The American Mafia's Worst Nightmare
Namely former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, could they be the country's next Attorney General and Homeland Security Director?
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 281
Organized Crime In Italy
Capos look for a way to "wash" their ill-gotten gains into legitimate businesses.
- By James Ridgway de Szigethy, Feature Articles 280
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part One: The Two Godfathers Vs. The Two Ladies - From the day he was born, John “Junior” Gotti was raised by his father to be a murderer.
- By Clarence Walker, Feature Articles 279
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