Chicago SyndicateChicago SyndicateThe Chicago Syndicate will focus on the Chicago Mob. In addition to featuring current news articles, it will also attempt to provide some additional analysis and background information. This site may also feature news about the mafia in other cities 
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The Sopranos "Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero" Testifies at Trial
2009-02-07 19:31:00 Actor Vincent Pastore, who played a gregarious gangster on "The Sopranos ," said Friday he wept when he realized the former fiancee he is accused of assaulting did not love him. Pastore, fighting actress Lisa Regina's $5.5 million civil assault lawsuit, testified that their dispute began when she tried to call a former boyfriend while they were driving to New Jersey on April 2, 2005. They yelled More About: Trial , Pussy
38 Charge Indictment Announced Against the Genovese Crime Family and Allege
2009-02-07 05:13:00 Lev L. Dassin, Acting U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph Demarest, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, and Raymond W. Kelly, Police Commissioner of the City of New York (NYPD), announced the unsealing of a 38-count indictment (the Leo indictment) against 12 defendants, including Daniel Leo, the alleged former acting boss, and various members More About: Family , Crime , Indictment
Will Multiple Mob Murders be Solved by Operation Family Secrets - Part Two?
2009-02-06 20:02:00 One of my loyal readers, Chicago mob boss James Marcello—captured on grainy federal recordings eating salty corn chips while discussing my column—will be sentenced in the "Family Secrets " case on Thursday. Marcello, 66, may receive life in prison for his conviction of racketeering conspiracy in connection with previously unsolved Chicago Outfit murders. The movie "Casino" incorrectly depicted More About: Part , Operation
James Marcello, Highest Ranking Mobster Charged in Operation Family Secrets
2009-02-06 06:14:00 In the long history of the Chicago Outfit, few murders have captured national attention like the killings of Anthony and Michael Spilotro, two brothers found battered and buried in an Indiana cornfield in 1986. On Thursday, the man reputed to be the one-time head of the Chicago mob stood before a federal judge with an emotionless stare, his hands folded in front of him as he prepared to hear his More About: Family , Secrets , Ranking , James , Operation
Court Officers Fill Gallery to Honor Murdered Colleague at Mob Trial
2009-02-05 16:15:00 It was a courtroom, but the court officers seemed out of place. They were not escorting prisoners or guarding a judge, shepherding the family of a defendant or quieting a crowd. They were the crowd. In federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday, in a rare rendering of a grim law enforcement rite, court officers filled the rows of the gallery to honor the memory of a colleague killed in the line of More About: Gallery , Trial , Fill , Honor , Officers
Joe Pistone - Legendary Lawman
2009-02-05 02:54:00 Past issues of Legendary Lawmen have been key figures from our past. This month features a bit more recent individual. Many of you may already know him by his alias but may not know the story behind the man. Here is an individual that put his life on the line and his family on hold in an effort to bring down key figures within the mafia. In 1969 Joe Pistone became an undercover FBI agent. In
Kick-Ass - Comic About Mafia Boss Made Good is Heading to the Big Screen
2009-02-05 02:47:00 In one of the quickest turnarounds from comic book series to film of all time, the comics world has barely had a year to familiarize itself with Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s “Kick-Ass.” Nevertheless, the film about a young kid inspired by comics to take on crime is uppercutting its way into theaters this year, and actor Mark Strong offered MTV some insight into how the movie is shaping up. More About: Screen , Comic , Boss , Mafia , Made
30 Arrested Charged with Organized Crime Activities Including Racketeering,
2009-02-05 02:30:00 The state police say their break came nine months ago when leaders of a West Warwick-based racketeering enterprise decided they needed to “teach a lesson” and hurt someone who owed them money. Their target, however, was a low-ranking associate of mobster Nicholas Pari, who has since died of natural causes. They felt it their duty to inform Pari in advance as a matter of criminal courtesy. Pari More About: Arrested , Crime , Activities , Racketeering , Organized Crime
Did "Sammy the Bull" Spare Junior Gotti to Save His Own Son?
2009-02-05 02:16:00 John A. (Junior ) Gotti 's role in a 1990 rubout at the World Trade Center was a gangland secret for years because of a "son for a son" deal between his father and a Mafia turncoat, a government witness revealed Monday. Before federal prosecutors charged Junior last year with the murder of Gambino soldier Louis DiBono, the mob scion's name had never surfaced in connection with the hit ordered by More About: Bull , Save , Sammy
Mafia Cops' Accountant Sentenced to Only One Year in Prison Despite Stealin
2009-02-05 02:05:00 A Connecticut accountant was sentenced Tuesday to a year in prison for stealing more than $5 million from his clients, winning a reduced sentence after authorities told a judge he risked his life as an essential witness in the conviction of two former New York City detectives for carrying out mob hits. Stephen Corso, formerly of Ridgefield, faced the possibility of more than seven years in More About: Mafia , Cops , Prison , Sentenced , Year
Joey the Clown Given Life in Prison
2009-02-04 01:04:00 Reputed mob boss Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison for serving as a leader of Chicago's organized crime family and the murder of a government witness in a union pension fraud case. Lombardo, 80, was among three reputed mob bosses and two alleged henchmen convicted in September 2007 at the landmark Operation Family Secrets trial which lifted the More About: Life , Prison
Mob Museum Taking Some Hits
2009-02-04 00:56:00 Las Vegas’ proposed mob museum has taken some hits of its own in recent weeks, targeted on late-night talk shows and Capitol Hill as an absurd showcase for the likes of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, Meyer Lansky and Anthony “Tony the Ant” Spilotro. Museum backers say the critics don’t get it. This won’t be some sideshow exhibit celebrating the mob’s role as a storied part of Las Vegas’ past. Rather, More About: Hits , Taking
Mobster, Joey "The Clown" Lombardo, Gets Life in Prison
2009-02-03 00:35:00 Mobster Joey "the Clown" Lombardo, one of the five Outfit associates convicted in the landmark Family Secrets trial that riveted Chicago for weeks with its lurid testimony about 18 decades-old gangland slayings, was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon. U.S. District Judge James Zagel levied the sentenc after the aging mob boss addressed the court in a gravelly voice and denied having More About: Life , Prison
Memo to Mobsters: Don't "Adopt" Anyone - He May Turn Out to be a Rat
2009-02-02 16:05:00 Memo to mobsters: Don't "adopt" anyone - he may turn out to be a rat. John A. (Junior) Gotti learned that the hard way with "adopted" son Lewis Kasman, who taped Gotti family meetings for the feds. Reputed killer Charles Carneglia is about to get a taste of the same medicine with "adopted" kid brother Kevin McMahon. Both mob turncoats are to testify in Carneglia's ongoing murder trial in More About: Memo , Turn , Adopt
Chazz Palminteri Grows Up with the Mob
2009-02-02 01:06:00 How tough was the Bronx neighborhood where Chazz Palminteri grew up? “When I was 9 years old,” the actor recalls, “I saw a guy kill another guy over a parking space.” Palminteri has never forgotten the incident. Things like that tend to stay with you. When in 1988 he grew discouraged at his inability to break into movies, and decided to write a one-man play that would show what he could do,
Rod Blagojevich to Join Pro Wrestling's Main Event Mafia?
2009-02-01 23:54:00 TNA Wrestling is offering the newly created position of Chairman for its Main Event Mafia faction - and the opportunity to openly sell chairs, steel chairs - to ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich . TNA officials confirmed that Blagojevich, who was impeached by the Illinois Senate on January 29, is being offered the “Chairman” job within its Main Event Mafia faction, an elite unit which More About: Join
Author of "John F. Kennedy Assassination: A Mafia Conspiracy" Discusses His
2009-02-01 23:40:00 Jim Gatewood, author of "John F. Kennedy Assassination: A Mafia Conspiracy ," as well as several other books, was the guest speaker for the Kilgore Rotary Club on Wednesday. Gatewood spoke about the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, and discussed Mafia history and other facts which cement his theory that the Mafia was behind the assassination, in conjunction with Cuban More About: Author
Open City: True Story of the KC Crime Family 1900-1950
2008-08-18 01:17:00 For 25 years, William Ouseley was considered public enemy number one ... if you were a mobster, that is. The FBI agent earned the ongoing assignment to help take down the powerful crime families... More About: Family , Story , Crime , Open , City
60 of 62 Mobsters Have Pled Guilty Since Fed Takedown in February
2008-08-15 16:32:00 Even for an infamous gang of mobsters already weakened by federal prosecutions spanning decades, Feb. 7, 2008 was an unusually bad day for the Gambino organized crime family. Hundreds of federal... More About: Takedown , Guilty , February
Reputed Mob Associate is Good Family Man and Neighbor, Bad Citizen
2008-08-15 16:16:00 In the annals of Chicago organized crime, among "No Nose," "Joe Batters" and "The Lackey," mob underling Joe Venezia was never awarded a nickname. Yesterday, the 65-year old Venezia may have earned... More About: Family , Good , Citizen , Associate
Chicago Mob Infamous Locations Map
2008-08-14 17:00:00 You can click on the blue place markers to expand the section for information on each location. Feel free to nominate additional addresses for inclusion. Last Updated August 14, 2008. View Larger... More About: Chicago , Locations
Joseph Venezia Says He Only Worked for the Mob and Was Not in the Mob
2008-08-14 16:47:00 A low-echelon courier for the Chicago Outfit alleges that federal prosecutors are trying to throw the book at him because he is Italian. Joseph Venezia of Hillside pleaded guilty to running a...
Domenico Cefalu, Reputed Gambino Underboss, Gets 2 Years in Prison
2008-08-13 04:45:00 The Feds say Domenico Cefalu is acting underboss of the Gambino crime family. His lawyer says he's "under," all right - underpaid and underachieving. At his sentencing on an extortion conviction on... More About: Prison , Years
Robert Maheu, Who Hired the Chicago Outfit to Kill Castro, Dies at 90
2008-08-13 04:27:00 For one simple reason, nearly all of the notable and notorious from Robert Maheu's life couldn't make it to his funeral over the weekend. They were dead. At age 90, Maheu outlived the oddballs and... More About: Chicago , Castro , Kill , Outfit
The First Vice Lord
2008-08-13 04:16:00 My tendency to either skim books or proofread them (from early magazine days) has encountered a new one from former Cook County police chief Art Bilek that I can’t put down: The First Vice Lord (Big...
The Other Side of Capone
2008-08-13 04:09:00 The Other Side of Capone is an exciting new documentary that presents fascinating and little-known details about the legendary Al Capone. Through the use of re-enactments and archival footage... More About: The Other Side , Other Side
Bob Cooley - Man vs. The Chicago Mob
2008-08-11 04:17:00 The Chicago Mob, known as the Outfit was literally getting away with murder. Through rarely seen archival footage and interviews with former Mob associates and FBI agents, NGC takes you inside what...
The Godfather II Video Game to be Released in Early 2009
2008-08-11 03:43:00 Electronic Arts is looking to pull gamers back in. Publisher is developing "The Godfather II," a sequel to its 2006 videogame based on the classic Paramount film, for release in February. Original... More About: Video , Released , Game , Video Game , Early
Sopranos Flip to the FBI at Newark's 100th Anniversary Celebration
2008-08-10 15:57:00 They turned one of his lieutenants into an informant. They sneaked through the woods to hunt him down. And eventually, FBI agents put Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni, the New York mob boss, behind... More About: Anniversary , Celebration , Sopranos , Flip
Entire John "Junior" Gotti Tampa Gambino Crime Family Indictment
More articles from this author:2008-08-10 00:39:00 United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill and Steven E. Ibison, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), announced the unsealing of two related indictments charging six men with... More About: Family , Crime , John , Entire , Tampa 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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