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Is Angela "Big Ang" Raiola America's Newest Sweetheart?

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 9, 2012, 11:16 am
America’s newest sweetheart is a chain-smoking Staten Island diva with a passion for plastic surgery. She’s Angela “Big Ang” Raiola, the latest cast member on the VH1 reality show “Mob...
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Raja Lahrasib KhanPleads Guilty to Attempting to Provide Funds to Support al Qaeda in Pakistan

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 8, 2012, 2:46 am
A Chicago man, who personally provided hundreds of dollars to an alleged terrorist leader with whom he had met in his native Pakistan, pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to provide additional...
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City of Chicago to Honor Maniac Latin Disciples with City Sticker?

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 7, 2012, 10:36 pm
Kudos to Detective Shaved Longcock for breaking a disturbing story about the City of Chicago's soon to be released city sticker design being designed both by a reputed Maniac Latin Disciples and in...
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Mob Wives Connected to Bonanno Crime Family Bust

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 7, 2012, 7:26 am
Federal agents busted several high-ranking Bonanno crime family members last week and charged them with racketeering and extortion, authorities said. Among those arrested in the joint FBI-Drug...
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"Jimmy the Man" Marcello Accusses the Government of Dirty Tricks

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 6, 2012, 10:58 am
It has been nearly five years since several top Chicago mob bosses were convicted in the Operation Family Secrets racketeering and murder trial. In this Intelligence Report: Why one of them, James...
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Deirdre Capone Returns to Chicago This Week with Media Appearances & Book Signings Scheduled

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 5, 2012, 1:29 am
Deirdre Capone will be on many TV and radio shows in Chicago this week. You can see her complete calendar at her web site, www.unclealcapone.com. She will be speaking and signing books at the...
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Vegas Rag Doll: A True Story of Terror & Survival as a Mob Hitman's Wife

Joe B. posted an article on - Feb 2, 2012, 11:10 am
My personal memory of hitman Tom Hanley dates to November 1979, when I was covering a federal court trial where he was a critical witness. Just before leaving to spend Thanksgiving in San Diego, I...
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Mob Month Panel & Book Signing: From Medellin to the Mob: Meet Ronin of the Underworld Kenny "Kenji" Gallo

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 29, 2012, 1:58 am
Mob Month: From Medellin to the Mob: Meet Ronin of the Underworld Kenny “Kenji” Gallo 1/31/2012 • 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 Room: Main...
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Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition DVD Combo

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 24, 2012, 10:53 am
Own Boardwalk Empire/Prohibition DVD Combo only at ShopPBS.org! (Exp. 1/31/12)
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Teamsters Get Former Mob Bookie Hired at The Illinois Department of Transporation Along with a Check for Over $100,000 from Taxpayers

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 24, 2012, 10:28 am
FOX Chicago's investigators have learned that the state of Illinois has been ordered to re-hire a former mob bookie, and cut him a check for more than $100,000. Ralph Peluso was fired in 2010 after...
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Security Tracking Systems For Today That Keep Up With The World Of Tomorrow

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 24, 2012, 10:20 am
Security in this country is a huge issue; on a national level, and for corporations, prisons and individuals alike. This is where Berkeley Varitronics Systems comes in – a leading provider of...
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Mob Month Panel & Book Signing: UBATZ Documentary Screening with Salvatore "Ubatz" Polisi and Henry Hill

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 22, 2012, 1:49 am
Mob Month: UBATZ Documentary Screening with Salvatore “Ubatz” Polisi and Henry Hill 1/24/2012 • 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 Room: Main...
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I Can Do It Ignite! in San Jose

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 20, 2012, 10:59 am
I Can Do It Ignite! an information packed weekend conference to occupy your mind with 20 minute bursts of incredible wisdom!
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Joseph Scalise and Robert Pullia Plead Guilty

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 19, 2012, 10:43 am
Reputed Chicago mobster Joseph Scalise pleaded guilty today on the eve of trial to plotting a series of strong-armed robberies, including an armored car heist and the holdup of the home of a deceased...
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Jury Selection Begins Today for Trial of Alleged Mobsters, Jerry Scalise, Art Rachel and Bobby Pullia

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 17, 2012, 11:09 am
Don't let their age fool you. That might be the message from prosecutors this week when three alleged Chicago mobsters -- Joseph "Jerry" Scalise, Arthur "The Genius" Rachel, and Robert "Bobby"...
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Mob Month Panel & Book Signing: Son of a Gun: How to Diss Your Hitman Dad and Keep Friends

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 15, 2012, 1:41 am
Mob Month: Son of a Gun: How to Diss Your Hitman Dad and Keep Friends 1/17/2012 • 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 Room: Main Theater Childhood...
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Augustin Zambrano, Nationwide Latin Kings Leader, Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison for RICO Conspiracy and Related Gang Crimes

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 12, 2012, 9:29 am
The highest-ranking leader nationwide of the Latin Kings street gang was sentenced yesterday to 60 years in federal prison, the statutory maximum, after being convicted at trial last April of...
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Napoli Italian Soccer Club Attacked by Mafia?

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 11, 2012, 1:37 pm
Leading Italian club Napoli has taken action to protect its players and their families following a spate of attacks that may be Mafia-related, Yahoo! Sports has learned. The Camorra crime syndicate,...
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"El Chapo" Named World's Most Powerful Drug Trafficker

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 11, 2012, 8:53 am
The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "the world's most powerful drug trafficker" Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican...
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Mafia Movies to be Featured at National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 10, 2012, 10:26 am
A mob museum slated to open soon in Las Vegas will trace Hollywood's portrayal of mobsters from the birth of the silver screen in a violence-fraught exhibit that organizers said is not intended for...
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Mob Month Panel & Book Signing: How the FBI, Nevada Gaming Control and the IRS Took Down the Mob

Joe B. posted an article on - Jan 8, 2012, 1:26 am
Mob Month: How the FBI, Nevada Gaming Control and the IRS Took Down the Mob 1/10/2012 • 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. Clark County Library 1401 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 Room: Main Theater This...
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NCAA Compared to Al Capone's Mafia

Joe B. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 9:09 pm
A Democratic congressman compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes. "I think they're just one of the most vicious, most ruthless organizations ever created by...
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"Mafia: The Glamour of Crime" by Fien Mynendonckx

Joe B. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2011, 4:14 am
“As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.“–Ray Liotta, Good Fellas One look at the cover of Mafia: The...
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Gangsters Expand to White-Collar Crime and Cyber Attacks

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2011, 3:49 am
When is credit-card theft a good thing? When the culprits might otherwise be killing you. The Federal Bureau of Investigation says national gangs like the Bloods and Crips are becoming more...
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Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2011, 10:12 am
A new portrait of John F. Kennedy based on interviews with those who knew him best, by Chris Matthews, bestselling Kennedy expert and host of Hardball. By following the journey of Jack Kennedy’s...
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Mark Polchan Sentenced to 60 Years in Prison

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 4:24 pm
Mark Polchan — a high-ranking member of the Outlaws motorcycle club who was also the righthand man to a Chicago mob boss — was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison for helping run a group of...
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Rudy "The Chin" Fratto Pleads Guilty

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 3:44 pm
“The Chin” has migraines. It’s no wonder why Rudolph “Rudy The Chin” Fratto, 67, a reputed Chicago mobster, takes medicine for the crippling headaches. Just a few months after he was released from...
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ABC7 Chicago Investigative Report to Be Used by Feds in Michael Sarno Sentencing

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 3:30 pm
Federal prosecutors are preparing to throw the book at Chicago mob boss Michael Sarno, using a page from an I-Team story. In this Intelligence Report: Why the government's argument for a maximum...
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2010 Statistics on Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2011, 11:08 am
According to information released by the FBI, 56 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year; 72 officers died in accidents while performing their duties; and...
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William Anthony Degironemo, Reputed Chicago Outfit Operative, Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 2:51 pm
A co-defendant of a man reputed to be a top operative for the Chicago Outfit pleaded guilty Thursday in the rigging of contracts to supply forklifts for two trade shows at McCormick Place. William...
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$1.6 Trillion Reported to Have Been Laundered by Organized Crime World-wide

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 26, 2011, 6:37 am
Criminals may have laundered around $1.6 trillion in 2009, one fifth of that coming from the illicit drug trade, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime...
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Michael Sarno Could Face 25 Years in Prison

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 24, 2011, 6:31 pm
The Chicago mob’s “Large Guy” could take a big fall — if federal prosecutors get their way. Prosecutors are providing a detailed look at reputed Cicero mob boss Michael “The Large Guy” Sarno’s ties...
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Mob Museum Now The National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2011, 10:57 am
Nothing personal, Las Vegas. It's just business. The Mob Museum is now known as the National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement -- swapping its original Las Vegas title for one more...
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Roberto Saviano, Author of Naples Mafia Book "Gomorrah", Wins PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage Award.

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2011, 4:20 am
Italian writer Roberto Saviano, who has lived under police protection since penning 2006 bestseller "Gomorrah" about Naples' mafia, has won the PEN/Pinter International Writer of Courage...
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John Gotti Movie Starring John Travolta is Placed on Hold

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 13, 2011, 4:20 pm
John Travolta’s upcoming movie about the notorious Gotti family has been put on hold due to financial issues, according to a report. The Hollywood actor is due to star as late Mafia boss John Gotti,...
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CRIME BEAT RADIO SHOW'S UPCOMING PROGRAM FEATURES HENRY HILL, LEGENDARY FORMER WISE GUY AND GOODFELLA

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2011, 7:59 am
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Wise Guy, Nicholas Pileggi’s true crime masterpiece and a book that has been described as “the best book on organized crime ever written.” Wise Guy chronicles...
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The Chicago Way Ideas Week Tour

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2011, 1:47 pm
There's this thrill running up my leg — and I haven't had it too often — but it sure has been tingling like mad ever since I heard about Chicago Ideas Week. According to the website, "Chicago Ideas...
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GC-Global Capital Attempting to Foreclose on The Las Vegas Mob Experience

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2011, 10:40 am
The hits just keep on coming at the Las Vegas Mob Experience, where a lender is now trying to foreclose on its property including artifacts provided by mob family members. The lender, GC-Global...
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Where's Robert P. "Bobby" DeLuca Sr.

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2011, 9:37 am
Where’s Bobby? That’s the question that has been on the minds of mobsters, law-enforcement officials and followers of organized crime since four mobsters and mob associates were indicted last week...
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Ken Burns: Prohbition

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2011, 7:57 am
Ken Burns: Prohibitionis a three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule, and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment...
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Las Vegas Dinner with Real Mobsters

Joe B. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2011, 7:20 am
If you've ever wondered whether retired gangsters such as Henry Hill and Frank Cullotta know which fork to use at dinner, here's a chance to find out at point-blank range. Next Tuesday, Hill and...
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Dino Vitalo Pleads Guilty in Mob Racketeering Case

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2011, 6:03 pm
A longtime Cicero Police officer was sentenced to federal prison Tuesday for his role in a mob racketeering crew. In this Intelligence Report: Two sharply different portraits of former officer Dino...
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Las Vegas Mob Experience Lawsuit Grows More Bizzarre

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2011, 3:44 pm
The lawsuit over control of the Las Vegas Mob Experience has grown more bizarre, with new charges that the Mob Experience manager feared for his life after a notorious gangster’s son demanded return...
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Providence Strip Clubs Reputedly Pay $2 Million to New England Mafia

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2011, 2:23 am
Federal prosecutors yesterday charged three alleged members of the New England Mafia and three associates with extorting money from Rhode Island’s adult entertainment industry since the 1980s, a...
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Crime Beat Radio Show to Feature Nina Burleigh and Her Amanda Knox Sensational Murder Trial Book

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2011, 8:42 am
After a high profile trial in December 2009 in Perugia, Italy, American Amanda Knox was sentenced to 26 years in jail for the brutal murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Since then, Knox’s...
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Al Capone and His American Boys: Memoirs of a Mobster's Wife.

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 22, 2011, 4:45 am
In 1934, an attempt to publish Georgette Winkeler's memoir was squelched by the mob. Found buried in FBI files 50 years later, the manuscript is now the focus of a new book, "Al Capone and His...
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Fashion Fetish Fete Event to Raise Funds for Veteran Support Services While Celebrating Chicago Fashion Leaders' Humanitarian Achievements

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2011, 4:24 am
Revamped Image Consulting (RIC), an image enhancement consulting company, announces the First Annual Fashion Fetish Fete (FFF) event that will take place this weekend, September 24th at Chicago’s...
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2010 FBI Crime Statistics HIghlights

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2011, 2:00 pm
According to the figures released today by the FBI, the estimated number of violent crimes in 2010 declined for the fourth consecutive year. Property crimes also decreased, marking this the eighth...
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Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy

Joe B. posted an article on - Sep 18, 2011, 2:59 am
In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. Now, for the first time, they can be heard and read in this deluxe, illustrated book and 8-CD...
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