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 Articles
School Bus Company Owner Disputes Ties to the Mob
2008-03-07 21:30:00 Upset over online columns linking him to the mafia, a school bus company owner is considering a libel suit against a veteran reporter, but wants the details kept secret, attorneys said Wednesday. The face-off is between Domenic F. Gatto, chief executive of the Staten Island-based Atlantic Express Transportation Corporation, and Jerry Capeci, mafia expert and author of the weekly ganglandnews.com More About: Company , School , Disputes , Owner
Defining "The Chicago Way"
2008-03-07 21:17:00 The Chicago Way. What is it? Is it easily abused? Is it dangerous in the wrong hands? This is critical, as the nation's eyes turn toward Chicago's federal building, where Barack Obama's personal real estate fairy, Tony Rezko, stands trial on federal corruption charges. The phrase must be put in context, something the national media fails to do when they portray Obama as the boy king drawing
US Marshall Wore Wire to Investigate Mob Witness Leak
2008-03-07 21:08:00 A deputy U.S. marshal secretly wore a wire against a man who was like a father to him as part of the investigation into the leak of confidential witness information to the Chicago Outfit. The details were revealed Tuesday in federal court as the deputy marshal, John Ambrose, battled prosecutors to get certain statements he allegedly made to investigators thrown out of his upcoming trial. Ambrose More About: Witness , Wire , Leak
Did US Marshall Put Flipped Mobster at Risk?
2008-03-07 20:55:00 In a brief but loud confrontation, the top FBI agent in Chicago, Robert Grant, underscored the deadly potential of a deputy U.S. marshal leaking information to the Chicago mob about a star government witness, as Grant verbally battled with the deputy marshal's attorney during a court hearing on Monday. "This leak put at risk the most important witness in the Family Secrets case. It put at risk More About: Risk
Will Artifacts Confirm Discovery of Secret Capone Hideout?
2008-03-07 20:42:00 Jean Garland had always admired the stately home where she and her family now live. But she never knew that secrets dating back more than a half century could have been buried beneath it. In May 2000, the Garlands bought the home, which sits on a bluff overlooking Three Mile Lake in Paw Paw. And in the years since, neighbors started telling them stories about how the house was a getaway and More About: Discovery , Secret
Mob Mentality at the Movies
2008-03-07 20:15:00 The nearly concurrent DVD releases of Alberto Lattuada's "Mafioso - Criterion Collection, and Marco Turco's "Excellent Cadavers," from First Run, make for a discerningly complementary treatment of the Sicilian Mafia as an indestructible force of evil. Americans have adopted mobsters as cultural house pets — as urban outlaws, dapper rogues, or House of Atreus incendiaries, depending on one's More About: Movies , At The Movies , The Movies
Tony Spilotro's Vegas Meeting with a Drug Kingpin
2008-03-06 18:00:00 In Las Vegas terms, it was like Godzilla meeting King Kong. Or maybe Al Capone bumping into John Dillinger. It may have been the most infamous meeting Vegas has ever known. It occurred in the middle 1970s, before the town had been cleansed of the last vestiges of mob influence, during a time when marijuana was still the preferred smoke of many retro-Hippies and Hollywood jet-setters, and cocaine More About: Drug , Tony , Meeting
Drug and Weapons Indictment Added to Charges Against Reputed Mobster
2008-03-06 17:24:00 An alleged mob associate from Staten Island who already faced a slew of federal charges after being nabbed in a massive organized crime sweep weeks ago, was indicted on several drug and weapons charges. Tottenville resident Michael Urciuoli -- whom federal authorities say is known to his Bonanno family associates as "Mike the Electrician" -- is accused of stowing more than a pound of cocaine and More About: Weapons , Drug , Indictment
Genovese Mob Boss Heading to Prison
2008-03-03 05:16:00 Danny "The Lion" Leo, acting boss of the Genovese organized crime family, was sentenced to 60 months in prison Thursday following his guilty plea in federal court last October to two counts of extortion, U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia said. At the same court hearing Thursday, Leo's nephew and chief lieutenant, Joseph Leo, received a 45-month prison sentence. Joseph Leo had pleaded guilty in More About: Boss , Prison , Heading
The History of Organized Crime Control of Gay Bars
2008-03-01 18:28:00 I had a reader send me a link to the the History of Gay Bars in New York City from 1900 to the present. In addition to the Big Apple, you can also read accounts regarding the history of gay bars in Chicago, Montreal, Philadelphia and Washington DC. Mob buffs will be most interested in the New York articles which include several accounts of involvement by the Bonannos, Colombos, Gambinos, More About: Crime , Control , Organized Crime
AMW All Star Week One Winner
2008-02-29 20:35:00 AMW All Star Week One Winner : A Christiansburg, Va. police officer who was one of the first to respond to the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University and is credited with saving the life of a gravely-injured student has become the first weekly finalist in the 2008 America's Most Wanted All-Star Contest, sponsored by Sprint. Also on America's Most Wanted this week: Brianna Denison Killer:
US Links Being Restablished by Sicilian Mafia
2008-02-29 16:23:00 Sicily's Mafia is rebuilding its networks in the US, according to an Italian parliamentary report. The report says Cosa Nostra has been sending people to the US to form alliances with families with which it had lost contact in the 1980s. It says that while the mob maintains a foothold in the lucrative drugs trade, it is now moving into new areas. Although Cosa Nostra has its roots in Italian More About: Links
Former Las Vegas Strip Club Owner Compared to Tony "The Ant" Spilotro
2008-02-28 17:57:00 Federal prosecutors never got a chance to prove a criminal case tying former Crazy Horse Too owner Rick Rizzolo to the mob. Before that could happen, Rizzolo pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2006 and struck a deal to end a decadelong racketeering case against him. But that didn’t stop Stan Hunterton, a former prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Strike Force, from keeping More About: Las Vegas , Club , Tony , Owner , Vegas
5 Things You Could Do to Kill the Mafia
2008-02-28 17:43:00 As a little kid growing up in Palermo (Sicily), I used to dream of chasing the Bad Guys who were terrorizing my beautiful city. In my teens, I started to consider the idea of stopping the Mafia one of those naive dreams that could never become a reality. But now, for the first time in the last 20 years, there is a concrete possibility to kill the Sicilian Mafia, ending its presence in Italy, in More About: Things , Kill
Prison Sentence for 87 Year Old Mafia Capo
2008-02-28 17:31:00 Federal authorities announced that Ciro Perrone, 87, a “capo” or captain in the Genovese Organized Crime Family, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Perrone was convicted by a jury in June 2007 following a two-week trial of all counts against him, including racketeering. Perrone has been a member of the Genovese Family since at least the 1960s, the feds said. He was convicted of four More About: Mafia , Prison , Year , Sentence
Last Photo of John Gotti Emerges
2008-02-26 20:23:00 Here's the last photo ever taken of John Gotti , the murderous degenerate who once headed the Gambino crime family. Gotti, the so-called Dapper Don, posed for the below Bureau of Prisons photo on October 17, 2001, less than eight months before he died, at age 61, at the federal prison hospital in Springfield, Missouri. The Gotti image was released this week in response to a Freedom of Information More About: Photo
IRS Agents Used Muscle to Get Capone
2008-02-25 04:35:00 Recently released memos written by the IRS investigators who brought down Al Capone are shedding new light on the way federal agents successfully ended the reign of the Chicago crime lord. IRS investigators could prove Capone had money, but they couldn't prove where he was getting it from, said Jonathan Eig, a Chicago author who is writing a book about the investigation leading to Capone's More About: Agents , Muscle
I Heard You Paint Houses
2008-02-25 02:47:00 “I Heard You Paint Houses ; Frank ‘the Irishman’ Sheeran and Closing the Case of Jimmy Hoffa,” by Charles Brandt is based on the deathbed confession of a mafia hit man who claims to have killed Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa on the orders of Russell Bufalino, the reputed mob boss from West Pittston. “The book is huge. It flies off the shelves,” said Mike Ashworth, manger of Borders in Dickson
Sam Giancana Mini-Series Announces New Ownership
2008-02-25 02:17:00 Zuma Beach Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ZMBC) ("Zuma") announced today that "MOMO," The Sam Giancana Story, is the first project of a slate of film and television projects in which ownership interest has been acquired from Westlake Productions, LLC ("Westlake"). Mark Wolper, President of The Wolper Organization, prolific producers of television mini-series and movies, is developing and More About: Series , Mini
Is the Mafia a Farce?
2008-02-25 01:59:00 A contrite former Bonanno crime associate trashed the Mafia as "a farce" at his sentencing for murder yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. Francesco (Frank) Fiordilino was then rewarded for his cooperation against Bonanno big shots with a sentence of time served plus 30 days. "Cooperating witnesses are essential to achieving justice, and you have done your part," said Federal Judge Nicholas More About: Farce
American Gangster on DVD
2008-02-24 23:25:00 Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe butt heads in the excellent crime drama, American Gangster . The film, based on a true crime story has, in addition to superb acting, excellent cinematography, interesting sets, and the hard-hitting direction by Ridley Scott. This is an adult crime thriller with powerful dialogue and shocking images you won’t soon forget. The special features on the bonus disk More About: American Gangster
Organized Crime Connection in the Drew Peterson Case?
2008-02-24 23:14:00 A convicted cop killer reputed to have organized crime connections was subpoenaed to testify at the grand jury investigating the fate of Drew Peterson's last two wives. State police served Anthony "Bindy" Rock, 68, with his papers Friday (the 15th), a source said. Contacted Friday night, Rock declined to comment. Rock was a central figure in an unsanctioned undercover investigation Peterson More About: Crime , Connection , Case , Organized Crime
Are the Clintons the New Corleones?
2008-02-24 22:49:00 Interesting call from a woman to the Rush Limbaugh radio show in which Hillary Clinton is compared to mafia wives and Bill Clinton is portrayed as The Godfather. RUSH: Peggy in Fort Pierce, Florida, great to have you on the program. Hello. CALLER: Hello. Rush -- RUSH: Yes. CALLER: -- just what you said before, it's a theory I've had for a long time. I think Hillary is a Mafia wife. If
Mobster Turns Lemons into Lemonade
2008-02-24 22:24:00 It's too bad for Joey Vallaro that so many people want him killed. Otherwise he could make a killing himself on the speakers' circuit with his story of how even in adversity there is opportunity. In Vallaro's case it would be about how he turned a jail stretch for extortion into a career as a Staten Island trucking magnate. Always a step ahead, so far at least, Vallaro is the Mafia "rat" at the More About: Lemonade , Lemons
Operation 123 Clean Sweep in Cleveland Targets Organized Crime
2008-02-24 22:09:00 Mayor Frank G. Jackson, Police Chief Michael McGrath, Special Agent in Charge Christopher P. Sadowski of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Columbus Field Division and Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason today announced that a joint Cleveland Police and ATF investigation into criminal gang activity on the city's southeast side has resulted in 150 criminal charges being More About: Crime , Clean , Operation , Organized Crime
Does the Mob Partner with Motorcycle Gangs?
2008-02-08 06:28:00 The Target 12 Investigators take you inside the mafia, revealing a partnership you might not expect, the mob and outlaw motorcycle gangs. The Target 12 Investigators uncover secrets from decades ago. Documents shedding light on an historic partnership between the mob and outlaw motorcycle gangs. But does that relationship still thrive? At first glance, any relationship between the rough More About: Motorcycle , Partner , Gangs
Guilty Plea from Mafia Cop
2008-02-08 06:14:00 A former New York police detective accused of moonlighting as a hit man for the mob pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of filing a bogus income tax return, federal prosecutors said. Louis Eppolito, currently in federal custody, faces sentencing May 9 in U.S. District Court here. The maximum penalty in the case is three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Greg Brower, U.S. attorney for Nevada, More About: Mafia , Guilty
R.I.C.O. Author Represents Pig Slaughterhouse Suing Union for Racketeering
2008-02-08 05:54:00 Smithfield Foods, which raises, kills and processes more pigs than any company on earth, does not like some of the things a union has been saying about conditions at its giant slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, N.C., where 4,650 people work and 32,000 hogs die every day. So Smithfield has filed a racketeering lawsuit against the union, on the theory that speaking out about labor, environmental and More About: Union , Author , Racketeering
Chased by the Mob in "3 Days Gone"
2008-02-07 21:30:00 Director Scott McCullough has completed his first feature film. 3 Days Gone is a thriller about a man who wakes up after being buried alive for three days to find that he is being pursued by the mob and is a suspect in the murder of his best friend. The film stars Michelle Stafford, a winner of two Emmy Awards for her role on The Young and the Restless, and Chrisopher Backus, who has appeared on More About: Hase
Biggest New York Mafia Take Down in 20 Years Hits the Gambino Family
More articles from this author:2008-02-07 21:20:00 The FBI struck a decapitating blow today to the Gambino crime family, taking out its leaders and the last vestiges of late boss John Gotti, the Daily News has learned. Up to 60 mobsters are expected to be charged on racketeering, murder and extortion charges, including acting boss John (Jackie Nose) D'Amico who was Dapper Don's longtime sidekick, underboss Dominic Cefalu and consigliere Joseph ( More About: Family , New York , York , Mafia , Years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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