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The Sopranos' most frightening boss, Richie Aprile, played by David Proval,
2010-06-24 04:29:00 Image via Wikipedia By BOB ANDELMAN Richie Aprile was crazy. Not gangster or organized crime crazy, but nuts. Way over the top, barely functioning in society, nuts. Of all the characters ever invented on HBO?s long-running mobster drama ?The Sopranos," Aprile?played brilliantly by actor David Proval during season two?was the only one that genuinely scared me with his anger and quick-to-violence temper. -------------- LISTEN TO DAVID PROVAL INTERVIEW! -------------- Tony Soprano, of course, was menacing, as were many of the guys on his crew and those of the New York Families, but the portrayal of Aprile by Proval was soul-rattling. For me, at least. The real David Proval? He first came to wide notice in Martin Scorsese?s Mean Streets and has a role upcoming opposite Ving Rhames in Robert Townsend?s Sonny Liston biopic, Phantom Punch. I?m very curious to find out what he?s really like. What I do know is that he?s starring alongside Tanna Frederick and Karen Black in ...
By: Mr. Media
Iced: The Story of Organized Crime In Canada
2009-06-09 16:15:00 If police really want to end the gang war raging throughout the Lower Mainland, they might want to have a sit-down with the Hell's Angels.That is one of the more provocative suggestions by...
FBI Raids May be Linked to Organized Crime
2009-04-05 22:25:00 FBI agents raided property on Tuesday that may be linked to organized crime, KMBC reported.Early Tuesday morning, the FBI served federal search warrants at several metro-area homes. The series of...
US Government Helping Out Organized Crime
2009-03-27 04:08:00 New Jersey state Senator Raymond Lesniak thinks the US government is helping no one but criminals by imposing prohibition against sports gambling. The state lawmaker has filed suit to strike the...
Blackhand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City
2009-03-19 17:26:00 “Kansas City is like a lady of former ill-repute who is ashamed to talk about her past.” –Chuck Haddix.Haddix, longtime host of KCUR-FM’s popular “Fish Fry” program, was referring to our fair city’s...
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
Are You in A Tribe? The Mentality of Groups Gansters Mafia Organized Crime
2008-08-25 04:20:00 Seth Godin the Internet Guru is holding a new Launch.He is using the marketing of a Tribe as his theme. The idea of being in a gang or tribe is always a good marketing technique. The idea of something exclusive and limited. The sense of belonging to an elite group is mystical. Here is part of his pitch:I'd like to invite you to join a members-only tribe. A tribe for marketers, for leaders, for those focused on building communities or creating products or spreading ideas. This online community will live on a site we've created that will feature blogs, forums, social networking, comments, photos, videos and a job board. And it's by invitation only until October. Spots are limited and early members get privileges and bragging rights.Seth Godin's siteListen this episode of the HotConflict Radio show talking about Gangsters and the Mafia. It relates to the concepts of how tribal societies protect themselves.Download HC- 40 The Godfather Mafia CultureTo get Live on the Air call:...
By: Hot Conflict
Bills Introduced to Combat Organized Crime on Auction Sites
2008-08-05 15:17:00 While stories of individual people getting scammed on auction sites are legendary, individuals aren’t only ones victimized on these sites. Large retailers and brand owners are victimized when their stolen or counterfeit merchandise is sold on these sites, also. In response to this, two bills are being introduced to combat this problem in the halls of ...
Kingman Wong, Former Supervisor within the FBI's Organized Crime Section, N
2008-07-27 20:21:00 Kingman Wong has been named Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of Special Operations for the FBI’s New York Division. Director Robert S. Mueller, III appointed him to this position to replace former SAC...
Mexico?s top cop blames organized crime for killings
2008-05-10 06:15:00 MEXICO CITY ? Mexico’s top security official blamed organized crime for the brazen killing of an acting federal police chief, saying today his death shows a nationwide crackdown is hurting gangs. Public Safety Secretary General Garcia Luna said authorities would not be deterred by an onslaught of attacks against police as he presided over the funeral ...
By: Mexico Trucker
The corporate crime?organized crime link
2008-05-02 00:00:00 The upcoming book McMafia: Crime without Frontiers describes the global network of criminal organizations that have proliferated like fast-food joints since the '90s ? and not just Sicilian organizations, but also Balkan cigarette smugglers, Nigerian internet phishers, Russian oligarchs, Chinese...
AG Mukasey's New Organized Crime Crackdown
2008-04-30 20:38:00 Almost as soon as my last post on the transnational threat of cigarette smuggling was posted, several alert friends sent me the recent speech by Attorney General Michael Mukasey at CSIS, where he announced a new effort to understand and combat transnational criminal organizations. The initiative is long overdue. As Mukasey noted, the Organized Crime Council had not met for 15 years. Quite a feat, given the numerous and wide-ranging indications that organized criminal groups have steadily gained influence,...(read more)
Organized crime responsible for $119 oil?
2008-04-25 16:41:00 Amid the desperate finger-pointing that's been spawned by both the credit crisis and the worldwide commodities boom (It's storefront mortgage lenders! It's OPEC! It's speculators!), the U.S. attorney general has just thrown in his two cents. Attorney General Michael Mukasey warned Wednesday that organized criminal networks have penetrated portions of the international energy market and tried to ...
Tory Christman on Scientology?s mafia-style distributed organized crime
2008-03-30 00:31:00 For more posts on Scientology, click here.
OCCRP reports on Eastern European/Eurasian organized crime
2008-03-21 19:03:00 (Photo courtesy of the OCCRP site) Eastern European/Eurasian organized groups seem to have their hands in a wide variety of organized criminal activity. They are often mentioned when referring to anything from auction fraud to payment (credit/debit) card skimming and computer crimes. eBay claims there are entire towns in Romania making a living via auction fraud on ...
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,
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
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
Organized Crime
2008-02-23 09:15:00 For many years, pundits, scholars and aficionados have predicted the inevitable demise of organized crime. But the recent sweep in New York, which netted sixty-two members of the city’s major crime families, indicates that the most famous crime syndicate, the Italian mafia, is still going strong. Other organized criminal organizations are spreading across the globe, finding new entrepreneurial opportunities in impoverished war-torn nations as well as through Internet scams.
Does healthcare fraud tie into organized crime, illegal immigration and ?.
2008-02-14 16:52:00 Read a pretty interesting article about how identity theft is being used (more and more frequently) to commit healthcare fraud. The article also alleges that organized crime is exploiting this activity to their financial advantage. Since organized criminals normally are hard to get a “quote” from, we’ll have to speculate about how much they are involved ...
Gotti Ya!
2008-02-08 12:28:00 Feds pinch NYC Gambino Cosa Nostra bigwigs. The usual charges. One of the biggest busts ever. More than 60 rounded up including Richard and Vincent Gotti. NYP NYDN The Smoking Gun has the criminal complaint. Where do these wiseguys get the weird nicknames? "Mike the Electrician." "Jackie the Nose." "Tommy Sneakers." "The Greaseball." Some psycho wack job was within eyeshot of mowing down Super Bowl fans inside the Phoenix stadium with his AR-15 but had a change of heart at the last minute. East Valley Tribune The nut was upset the city council rejected his liquor license application for a bar he intended to call "Drunkenstein."
By: Chickaboomer
Mafia Round-Up: Gambino Leadership Arrested In NYC and Surrounding Areas
2008-02-07 16:54:00 From WNBC: The entire hierarchy of the Gambino organized crime family is being rounded up Thursday morning in what law enforcement officials are calling the biggest mafia bust in more than 20 years, WNBC.com has learned. Investigators said powerful capos and dozens of its members and associates are being arrested Thursday morning by teams of federal, state ...
By: The Hot Joints
Former Head of FBI's Chicago Field Office Organized Crime Unit is New Chica
2007-12-02 05:24:00 Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office, Jody “J.P.” Weis, announced his retirement from the FBI. After 22 years of dedicated service to the FBI, Mr. Weis will leave to assume responsibilities as the Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. “Jody has been a great asset to the FBI for 22 years and will be missed,” said Director Robert S. Mueller III. “We wish
The Government’s Secret File on Organized Crime
2007-11-19 06:23:00 The F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover long denied the existence of the Mafia in America. He did not deny the existence of criminals, of course, or the fact that many of them came from Sicily; but he did not believe, or said he did not, that these men, dispersed in cities across the nation, worked in conspiracy, either because he underestimated them, had been paid off or simply did not care. Hoover
Crimes are Organized, But are They Organized Crime?
2007-10-31 21:15:00 All across the Calumet Region, shadowy men take cuts of profits from illegal gambling, drugs are imported from faraway lands and peddled on the streets, and bands of thieves cross state lines to ply their trades. It sounds like the heyday of organized crime, but investigators, prosecutors and people near the action say it's been a long time since Chicago Outfit mobsters controlled the region's
In Italy, Organized Crime Does Pay
2007-10-23 16:28:00 Organized crime represents the biggest segment of the Italian economy, accounting for more than $127 billion in receipts, according to a report issued Monday. The new figure reflects a trend that has been under way for a few years, the annual report says. The figure last year was $106 billion, making it not quite the biggest segment of the economy. The report also said the line between
Organized Crime and Racketeering
2007-09-28 07:43:00 Not only did the corporation (organization) I was employed with violate my civil rights, but I now have documented proof that the corporate creeps are racketeering. I have a right to sue from EEOC, and the case is in federal court. The Director of HR perjured himself in the Interrogatories. That is who leads global corporations in the USA...racketeers. read more
By: Communati.com
Eurasian organized crime loots public coffers
2007-05-17 15:26:00 Well placed government sources claim that the government loses $300 billion a year in healthcare fraud - with about half of this figure being stolen from immigrant gangs - many of whom hail from the former Soviet Union. Troy Anderson of the LA Daily News reports on one small part of the overall problem: Lana Michael and ...
Retailers and the FBI band together to fight organized crime
2007-04-06 19:01:00 Communication is probably the most effective tool in fighting financial crimes, especially those of the organized sort. Financial crooks (scam artists) thrive on a lack of communication and knowledge. The retail industry realizes this and in partnership with FBI is launching a secure tool that businesses and law enforcement can use to communicate. A simple, but ... |
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