By Number
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 439
Extortion Sicilian Style
The Italian term "pizzo" signifies a form of extortion. A typical practice is to demand a percentage of earnings or a fixed monthly rate from businesses and entrepreneurs in exchange for "protection."
- By Sandra Harmon, Feature Articles 438
MAFIA SON
The Scarpa Mob Family, The FBI, and a Story of Betrayal
Bestselling author Sandra Harmon uses her inside access to the Mob, law enforcement, and jailed Mafioso Gregory Scarpa Jr. to tell an epic true story of crime and betrayal.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 437
Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless
Part Three: Another Disappointing Sentence
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 436
Casalesi Camorra Clan
The camorra boot camp began with the "spirit of the dagger."
- By Ron Chepesiuk, Feature Articles 435
Interview with Billy Corben, Director of Gangster Documentaries
Billy Corben is a 30-year old award-winning director of gangster documentaries, Corben's most noted productions, Cocaine Cowboys 1 and 2, document the rise of the cocaine trade and the resulting crime epidemic plaguing Miami in the 1970s and 1980s.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 434
The Honorable Raffaele Palizzolo, Mafia Supporter
A number of crimes were to be attributed to Palizzolo: fraud, social insurance swindles, giving false testimony and favoritism to the advantage of the mafia.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 433
Analyze This: The Criminal Mentality
Mobsters are modern-day buccaneers, working schemes, profiting from the labors of others, exploiting the weak, picking the pockets of suckers, killing without remorse.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 432
The Cuocolo Affair
The Cuocolo double-murder trial of 1911, which produced the first Neapolitan camorra informer, drew international publicity because it opened a door to a criminal secret society whose operatives were plaguing both Italy and the United States.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 431
Life And Death In The Bronx
Part Two: Getting Away With Murder
It was the performance of his career, actor Lillo Brancato, Jr., tearfully portrayed himself as a victim.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 430
There Is No Mafia In America
"There was as much difference between the mafia and an American crime syndicate as there would be between a friar and the Pope." (The Truth about the Mafia, 1962).
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 429
License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Eight: "The Four Questions" - Scarpa was one of the most prolific contract killers in American History who was on the payroll - and evident protection from prosecution - of the FBI.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 428
George Raft, Mafia Wannabe
Raft’s tough-guy persona on the silver screen was not an act—gangsters were his heroes (and sometime mentors).
- By Ron Chepesiuk, Feature Articles 427
Retired DEA Agents and NYPD Cops Sue Frank Lucas, the "American Gangster…." Again
A group of retired DEA agents and New York Police Department cops have sued NBC Universal, the producers of "American Gangster," claiming that they were defamed in the movie’s closing credits.
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 426
License to Kill: Greg Scarpa and the FBI
Part Seven: Racism and The FBI - what can be told now is a very disturbing story based upon what is already known about Hoover, Scarpa, and Marcello.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 425
La Mano Nera (The Black Hand)
The phenomenon of the Black Hand at the turn of the 20th century represented a brief and turbulent chapter in the history of Italian immigrant criminality.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 424
That Thing Called Cosa Nostra
The linkage between the state and Cosa Nostra is best demonstrated by the mutual
advantages that accrue with mafia infiltration into the political system.
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 423
Hollywood vs The Mob
If audiences respond so well to mob material, why is it so hard to get mob projects made?
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 422
Last Days of the Gotti Gang
Part Fifteen: "Junior" Gotti Indicted! Again!
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 421
Mexican Mafias
The term Mexican mafias refers generally to criminal gangs operating in the United States, Mexico, and Central America. What the gangs have in common is an Hispanic heritage that drives a spirit of comradeship and loyalty to the body or association (brotherhood) to which one belongs—an animating spirit of a collective body and devotion to its honor and interests.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 420
RICO: The Nemesis of the Mob
An acronym for "Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations," - The RICO statute had its origins in previous attempts to curtail organized crime’s infiltration into legitimate business.
- By Rick Porrello, Feature Articles 419
"Thanks Mom"
In Memoriam: Frank D’Amico
Wiseguy-turned comedian/actor Frank D’Amico passed away June 1st, 2008
- By Sonny Girard, Feature Articles 418
The Rise & Fall of Organized Crime in America
To understand the Twentieth Century’s rise and fall of what is known as "the mob" in this country, one has to begin in Thirteenth Century Sicily and look back.
- By Mike La Sorte, Feature Articles 417
Basilischi: The Fifth Mafia
There is Cosa Nostra in Sicily, ‘Ndrangheta in Calabria, Camorra in Campania and Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia. A fifth mafia has been added, the Basilischi, in the region of Basilicata (also called by its former name, Lucania).
- By J. R. de Szigethy, Feature Articles 416
HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL: The Rise and Fall of Anthony Pellicano
Part Two: Pellicano Convicted!
A jury convicted Pellicano on 76 counts of illegal wiretapping, identity theft, and racketeering in a trial that featured testimony from or about Hollywood stars including Chris Rock, Sylvester Stallone, Gary Shandling, Keith Carradine, and Kevin Nealon.
- 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.
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