Convicted Mafia Hitman Who Killed Six People Visits Lakewood
Lakewood, NJ – Lakewood residents reported the sighting of a convicted mafia hitman in their city who confessed to at least six murders and dozens of violent assaults. We confirmed that former…
Mafia Drama and Drag Shows Gone: Here Are Some Other Great Places to Eat in Silverton
TOMS RIVER, NJ—Losing a business in your community is never a good thing. Once again, residents of Silverton and the greater Toms River area are without a restaurant at the corner of…
Human Remains Discovered in Wooded Area of New Jersey Known as Historic Mafia Burial Grounds
Manchester, NJ – The remains of a human body were found in the New Jersey Pine Barrens this week in an area that has a dark past for being rumored to be…
Mafia Burial Ground on Cook Road in Jackson Township
JACKSON, NJ – You might have heard stories of the mafia dumping bodies in the Pine Barrens back in the 1960s and 1970s, but did Soprano’s style burials and executions really happen?…
Top French court annuls extradition of Italian mafia killer
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top court on Tuesday annulled a lower court decision to extradite Edgardo Greco, a convicted mafia killer-turned-pizza chef who has been on the run since 2006, to Italy.…
Mexican Mafia Associate Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 13, 2023 SAN DIEGO – Juan Castro of San Diego was sentenced today in federal court to 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release…
Mafia Attack at Toms River Restaurant Part of Larger Gambino Family Operation According to Feds
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A Toms River restaurant owner and his wife were attacked by mafia associates in September outside Roxy’s Bar and Grill, leading concerned residents to wonder about other mafia…
More than Two Dozen Arrested in Roundup of Members and Associates of the Black Mafia Family
ST. LOUIS – More than two dozen people were arrested this week in connection with charges including drug trafficking and financial crimes, U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming said Thursday. The arrests by…
Three Orange County Gang Members Found Guilty of Murdering Gangster at Behest of Imprisoned Mexican Mafia Member
SANTA ANA, California – Three Orange County street gang members were found guilty by a federal jury today of the August 2017 murder in Orange of a gangster who had fallen afoul…
The Pinelands, Also Known as New Jersey’s Mafia Burials Grounds
Hidden within the dense and foreboding expanse of the New Jersey Pinelands lies a dark and sinister secret from the pages of history. Deep within this wilderness, whispers of the Mafia’s dark…
Argentina says mafia groups are spurring Russian birth tourism
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine officials have blamed organized “mafias” for promoting birth tourism to the South American country by Russian mothers-to-be amid a boom in numbers traveling there since the invasion…
Sex pills, designer clothes found in mafia boss Messina Denaro’s hideout
By Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Perfumes, designer clothes and sex pills were found on Tuesday in an apartment which investigators believe was the last hideout of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo…
Illness is what ultimately snared Italy’s top Mafia fugitive
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Failing health, more than anything else, is what brought to an end 30 years of life as a fugitive for Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted…
Top Mafia Boss Finally Arrested After 30 Years As A Fugitive
Top Mafia Boss Finally Arrested After 30 Years As A Fugitive Trevor Schakohl on January 16, 2023 Police in Sicily, Italy, arrested a Cosa Nostra Mafia boss who had been on the…
13 now in prison in investigation initially targeting Laredo area Mexican Mafia
LAREDO, Texas – With the sentencing of a 37-year-old associate of the Texas Mexican Mafia, more than a dozen criminals are serving more than 1600 months combined for their respective roles in narcotics…
Texas Mexican Mafia General Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison on Drug Charges
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for his role in distributing methamphetamine and heroin in the San Antonio area. According to court…
Gambino family associate heading to prison for 40 years for murder of 77-year-old mafia loanshark
NEW YORK, NY – Anthony Pandrella, a member of the Gambino family’s organized crime operation, is heading to prison for 40 years. Pandrella was convicted of murder in federal court for the…
Mexican Mafia supplier and local gang member guilty of drug and gun charges
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm as a felon and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. On…
Former U.S. mafia member will share his story on UK tour
LONDON – Michael Franzese was a high ranking member of the Italian-American Colombo crime family before he walked away from his life in the mafia nearly 30 years ago. Since then, Franzese…
Another Texan sentenced for dealing drugs on behalf of Texas “Mexikan” Mafia
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 29-year-old Corpus Christi resident has been ordered to federal prison for his role in a large drug conspiracy involving heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and meth, announced U.S.…
3 Mexican Mafia Members and 28 Associates Charged in Racketeering Indictment that Alleges Murders, Drug Trafficking and Gun Offenses
SANTA ANA, California – A 33-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed today charges 31 members and associates of the Orange County Mexican Mafia with racketeering offenses, two murders and six attempted…
“Captain” of Mexican Mafia in Laredo convicted
LAREDO, Texas – A 49-year-old Laredo resident has entered a guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and by an unlawful user or addict of narcotics, announced U.S.…
MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Kill Rival Mexican Mafia Inmate
ABINGDON, Va. – The last of five federal prisoners charged with conspiring to kill a fellow inmate at United States Penitentiary – Lee, a high-security federal prison for male inmates, pleaded guilty…
Nine Members Of “Downtown Mafia” Indicted For Cocaine Trafficking
Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ricky J. Patel, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) in New York, and Keechant L. Sewell, the…
Superseding Indictment Charges Mexican Mafia Member and Associates with Murdering Inmate at Federal Jail in Downtown L.A.
LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today returned a superseding indictment charging three Pomona-area gang members and Mexican Mafia associates with murdering an inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC)…
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