About Organized CrimeGet the latest headlines from the About.com Organized Crime GuideSite.Farewell- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Farewell and So Long It's with mixed emotions that I bid the 250,000 people who visit this site each month farewell. I have taken a position with a government legal agency that would make operating this site a conflict of...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/018205.htm The Crew from Utica- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Falange Crew from Utica, New York was not made up of button men, but they were a serious group of guys just the same. Associated with the Magaddino Family from Buffalo, they had a 16-year run of loansharking, bookmaking,...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/006606.htm Driver holds the key- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A 39-year-old Chicago man may hold the key to the gangland slaying of Southside mob boss Anthony "Tony the Hatch" Chiaramonti. In a secret plea deal announced yesterday, Robert Cooper was the wheelman in the rubout and is reportedly cooperating...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/006816.htm Eastern Europe Gang Violence- (Found June 19, 2008 ) In the face of weak economies and with lots of weapons left over from years of civil war, gang violence is heating up in Eastern Europe. So far, five men connected with organized crime have died in Macedonia and a...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/007166.htm Frank Locascio Strikes Out- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Frank Locascio, serving a life sentence for his activities with the Gambinos, has nothing better to do than try to figure a way out of jail. Judge Leo Glasser has apparently had enough of Locascio and has rejected the mobster's...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/007303.htm 21st Century Train Robbers- (Found June 19, 2008 ) It does my heart good to see some news come out of Elizabeth, New Jersey. I used to be the night city editor of a now-defunct daily newspaper there and it was a grand place for blood-and-guts reporting. The bizarre...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/007534.htm Conspiracy: The Prosecutor's Darling- (Found June 19, 2008 ) Criminal conspiracy is the most commonly charged federal crime and one of the most powerful tools in a prosecutor's bag. But just what is a "conspiracy" What does a prosecutor have to do to use this popular, but difficult to...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/007622.htm The Two Block Rule- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The Genovese family has a very strict rule about not allowing bookmaking operations to set up within two blocks of an established joint. Sometimes that leads to trouble, but as the wiretaps showed, Fish Cafaro wasn't afraid to apply the...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/007723.htm Youngstown Hitman- (Found June 19, 2008 ) The news out of Youngstown, Ohio is that a 67-year-old hitman with a long memory is talking to the law and they like what they hear....http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/008533.htm A Family At War- (Found June 19, 2008 ) A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how Nicky Scarfo took out Reds Caruso for Angelo Bruno. Here's a little more about Nicky Scarfo -- particularly how he gathered his allies around him to solidify his bid for the...http://organizedcrime.about.com/b/a/008536.htm |