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Shark Tales and Thanksgiving Wishes
2007-11-22 21:24:00
Joseph "The Shark " Lopez returns with more Shark Tales . In this addition, he comments on the surreal celebrity event status the Family Secrets trial acheived this past summer. He also catches up on his work and travels since the first phase of the trial concluded and passes along Happy Thanksgiving wishes. Lopez represented Frank Calabrese who was a defendent with 4 others including Joseph "Joey
Read more: Wishes

Old School Mobsters Among "Celebrities" Spending Time in The Big A
2007-11-22 20:53:00
The Big A has always been a rough joint. Before the turn of the last century, the government had no dedicated facilities for men convicted of federal crimes – typically, moonshiners, mail-tamperers and those engaged in "white slavery," better known today as pimpin'. When criticism escalated about the common practice of renting out federal prisoners as involuntary laborers, Congress passed the
Read more: Celebrities , Old School , School , Spending

Mob Fighting Forensic Accountant Earns FBI Promotion
2007-11-22 20:24:00
The Target 12 Investigators bring you "Inside the Mafia" revealing a new threat to the New England mob. An FBI agent who infiltrated a New York crime family and took down their powerful boss has just arrived in Providence. He's agreed to speak exclusively with Target 12 Investigator Tim White. Jeff Sallet is the newest supervisor for the FBI in Providence. He quickly built a reputation in New
Read more: Accountant , Fighting , Forensic

Mafia Influencing Insurgents in Iraq
2007-11-22 19:59:00
In northern Iraq , insurgents are using Mafia -style rackets and extortion of legitimate businesses to fund deadly attacks on American and Iraqi forces. U.S. military units say they've uncovered a complex connection between insurgent shakedowns, government corruption and crooked businessmen that together pay for the insurgency in Iraq's largest northern city. Throughout the war in Iraq, the U.S.
Read more: Insurgents

The Grandfather Clause
2007-11-22 19:30:00
Some people think Phil Genovese, Jr. resembles his grandfather. "Around the eyes, maybe," the world's newest novelist was saying the other day. Genovese has just had his first novel, "The Grandfather Clause ," published by Author House. It's the story of a legitimate New Jersey businessman who gets himself entwined in the underground world of his Mafia crime boss grandfather. Which is no


The Government’s Secret File on Organized Crime
2007-11-18 23:23:00
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
Read more: Government

Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era
2007-11-16 14:23:00
Historic Photos of Chicago Crime: The Capone Era opens with a compelling look at Chicago's cityscape to include a broad range of cultural phenomena, from suffrage to jazz, essential to the contextualization of crime in the 1920s and 1930s. The history then proceeds as its title suggests, to a riveting overview of crime in Chicago, chock-full of images documenting notorious gangsters and gruesome


Whitey Bulger Makes Leap to The World's Most Wanted
2007-11-16 13:50:00
AMERICA’S MOST WANTED becomes “The World ’s Most Wanted” in a special broadcast Saturday, Nov. 17 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Host John Walsh brings television’s top crime-fighting show to London to hunt for international fugitives including Whitey Bulger, the elusive Boston mobster who is on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, and to search for new evidence in the disappearance of 4-year-old


Mob Tied to Altantic City Sports Gambling Ring
2007-11-16 13:40:00
An illegal sports gambling ring run out of a high-stakes poker room in an Atlantic City casino was busted Wednesday, authorities said, and 18 people were arrested, including four with mob ties. Since March 2006, the ring took in $22 million in bets on college and professional football and basketball in the poker room of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, said New Jersey Attorney General Anne
Read more: Gambling , Sports

Wiseguy Widow Fingers Crime Boss
2007-11-14 11:00:00
The widow of wiseguy William (Wild Bill) Cutolo did Tuesday what prosecutors wanted her to do - she placed Colombo crime boss Alphonse Persico at the center of the crime. Then things started unraveling for Marguerite (Peggy) Cutolo when defense lawyers suggested her husband was still alive and that she had stashed away up to $2.7 million in loanshark profits. "I'm not lying," a visibly upset
Read more: Fingers

GOMORRAH: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System
2007-11-14 10:27:00
In the United States organized crime has entered a Tony Soprano twilight, as small-time bosses carve up ever-smaller wedges of a shrinking pie. In Italy, by contrast, all systems are go. In shipping, fashion and construction, to name just three booming businesses, the mob holds sway, often acting through, rather than despite, local government. All told, according to a recent report by an Italian
Read more: Empire , International , Journey , Naples , Personal , System

Two Men Accused in Mob Killing
2007-11-14 10:06:00
Prosecutors opened their murder case yesterday against two men accused of hiring assassins to kill an associate of the Genovese crime family in 1994. The defendants, Carmine Polito and Mario Fortunato, had been found guilty of similar charges in federal court, but that conviction was overturned. A federal appeals court ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove the men had committed the crime to
Read more: Killing

Mobsters at the Apalachin Mob Meeting
2007-11-13 09:46:00
The Apalachin Meeting was a historic summit of the American mafia held on November 14, 1957 at the home of mobster Joseph "Joe the Barber" Barbara in Apalachin, New York. It was attended by roughly 100 mafia crime bosses from the United States, Canada and Italy. Expensive cars with license plates from around the country aroused the curiosity of the local and state law enforcement, who raided the


Full American Gangster Trailer
2007-11-12 18:21:00
American Gangster is a 2007 crime film written by Steve Zaillian and directed by Ridley Scott. The film stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Washington portrays Frank Lucas, a real-life heroin kingpin from Manhattan who smuggled the drug into the country in the coffins of American soldiers returning from the Vietnam War. Crowe portrays Richie Roberts, a detective who brings down Lucas's
Read more: American , Trailer

Spotlight on American Gangster
2007-11-12 09:55:00
Frank Lucas, at 77 years old and wheelchair-bound, still has a small gang doting on him. Sons, publicists and friends swirl around Lucas in nearly perpetual commotion, fetching him everything from pills to a cooling fan. A recent visitor is directed kindly -- though in no uncertain terms -- in and out of the room. There's still plenty of power left in Lucas's presence, even though his days as a
Read more: American , Gangster , Spotlight

Writing and Planning a Crime Novel
2007-11-10 13:27:00
Writing and Planning a Crime Novel Bestselling author Elizabeth George talks about the writing process, character development, and creating a successful series in this behind the scenes look at crafting her new book, What Came Before He Shot Her. George also reads a sample excerpt.


Fedzhemier's
2007-11-10 12:00:00
Fedzheimer's -- the terrible malady that saps the memories of politicians when the feds begin snooping around -- claimed another victim on Thursday: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. I think he needs a nice Marco Island vacation -- Tommy D. style. "I've never heard of that," the mayor said when asked by reporters about a front page Tribune exclusive that the FBI was investigating allegations that


Mark Wahlberg to Play Max Payne of the Punchinello Mafia Family
2007-11-10 09:49:00
Mark Wahlberg has been cast as Max Payne in a big screen adaptation of the popular Rockstar video game series. The Omen director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines,Flight of the Phoenix)will helm the adaptation (screenplay by newcomer Beau Thorne) which will begin filming early next year. Wahlberg is currently filming Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, and is also scheduled to Darren Aronofsky’s The
Read more: Family , Mafia , Mark Wahlberg

Brief History of the Mafia
2007-11-10 09:14:00
Half the guys I know can't remember anything that happened before lunch, and worse, they have no idea about their roots. They think that anyone over 50 is a dinosaur and lived in a different world. It was a different world for the older generation, but the rules of the game haven't changed much. Anyone who wants to take charge needs to understand the history of the mafia; otherwise he'll end up
Read more: Brief , History , Mafia

Al Capone's Other Vault
2007-11-09 19:50:00
Discovered by a local construction crew while renovating the basement of a historic Chicago building, Al Capone 's Other Vault is scheduled to be opened live, at 3:00 p.m. CST, November 20, 2007, during an exclusive webcast at Capone's Other Vault. Visitors to the website will find information on how the vault was discovered, a documentary, interviews, news and updates, a countdown timer, and a


Prime Cut
2007-11-09 18:58:00
When Chicago Outfit associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman (Gene Hackman), a mob enforcer (Lee Marvin) is sent down to Kansas to investigate the incidents. What he finds is a man who is turning a seemingly idyllic town into a seething underbelly of corruption: drugs, bootlegging, and female sexual slavery. The very man responsible for the murders is someone who won't


Mafia Ten Commandments
2007-11-08 18:47:00
The Mafia 's Ten Commandments have been found after police arrested a top Godfather in Sicily. Under the secret Cosa Nostra code of conduct, the so-called "men of honor" must avoid bars, other gangsters' wives and girlfriends and be on time. The list of rules emerged from documents seized after the arrest of Salvatore Lo Piccolo, 65, at a secret mob meeting in Palermo, along with his son Sandro,


Time to End Mob Stereotypes?
2007-11-07 11:10:00
FIFTY YEARS AGO this fall, in the tiny town of Apalachin, near Binghamton, N.Y., Americans were unexpected guests at the coming-out party for organized crime. American popular culture has never been the same since then. Neither has the psyche of Italian-Americans. The Apalachin conclave of 1957 was the final event in a series of truly Byzantine shifts and alliances in the world of organized
Read more: Stereotypes

America's Most Wanted to Feature the Murder of Sean Taylor & Baby Grace
2007-11-30 08:42:00
Eric Rosenstrom: Eric Rosenstrom likes to write murder mysteries, but police say the fatal shooting of a hotel owner on August 16, 2001 is no whodunit -- they believe Rosenstrom is the perp. But with his vast knowledge of law enforcement, he could be tough to catch. Unknown Taylor .htm">Sean Taylor Killer: Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor, 24, was shot in the upper leg during a home invasion early
Read more: America , Grace

THE CHICAGO SYNDICATE PICKED AS ONE OF THE ABA JOURNAL’S BLAWG 100
2007-11-29 08:29:00
Editors of the ABA Journal announced they have selected The Chicago Syndicate as one of the top 100 best websites by lawyers, for lawyers. Now readers are being asked to vote on their favorites in each of the Blawg 100’s 12 categories. The Chicago Syndicate has been nominated in the "Crime Time" Category. Voting ends Jan. 2, 2008. “Lawyers nationwide are using the power of the Internet to


DeNiro Signs On as Mob Hit Man, Frankie Machine
2007-11-29 08:22:00
The announcement that De Niro is set to star in Frankie Machine with Michael Mann rumored to direct had me running to the bookstore looking for the source material. The film is based on The Winter of Frankie Machine, a novel by Don Winslow. I picked up the book and devoured it, keeping in mind Mann’s new digitized visual style and De Niro as the lead. The premise for the film (from Imdb.com) is


Ex-DEA Agent Sends Cease & Desist Letter to "American Gangster" Move Studio
2007-11-27 20:54:00
Since American Gangster 's blockbuster release in theaters, the movie has been surrounded by controversy. Billed as being based on a true story, real-life characters have spoken out against the adaptation, calling it little more than fiction. Now, one New York City Drug Enforcement Agent is threatening to make it a legal issue, accusing Universal Pictures, the studio responsible for the flick, of
Read more: Letter

Tampa's Mafia Boss Just a Working Joe?
2007-11-27 20:03:00
He lives in a stucco ranch home with a well-manicured lawn on a quiet Brandon street. For the past four years he's served as the food and beverage manager at a Mediterranean-style country club in Carrollwood. Now 70, Vincent Salvatore LoScalzo says he's just an ordinary member of the middle class, trying to make it like the rest of us. "I'm working my tushie off," he said. Such humdrum
Read more: Mafia , Tampa

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