Mafia

15:24, 22 NOV 2023

New breed of Mafia released from jail as they 'aren't killing people these days'

New York Judge Frederic Block says that the ‘younger generation of mafioso aren’t killing people’ anymore, as he releases two members of the Gambino crime family on bail for Thanksgiving

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Inside baby-killing ‘Ndrangheta mafia as 200 members named 'Wolf' and 'Fatty' jailed

The ‘Ndrangheta is one of the most powerful crime syndicates in the world, but on Monday (November 20) they were decimated as Italian authorities convicted 207 people involved with the mafia

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Inside wild double life of 'Oddfather' mafia boss who roamed city in robe and slippers

Known as 'The Oddfather', Vincent Gigante appeared to be a dishevelled, mentally-ill man wandering the streets in a bathrobe — but he was actually one of the most powerful mob bosses in history

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Inside the rise and fall of NYC's infamous 'five families' as 16 held in Mafia crackdown

As 16 alleged members of one of New York City's five infamous crime families are arrested in a crackdown on the US Mafia, we've taken a look at just how much power they still have

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'Super mafia' of Italy's most powerful families on cards as Godfathers spotted at summit

Three dons have been spotted together leading to speculation that the Ndrangheta of Calabria, Camorra of Naples and Cosa Nostra, based in Sicily may create the 'Super Mafia'

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Sicilian Mafia 'in crisis' as 'last Godfather' who dissolved 12-year-old in acid dies

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT - EXCLUSIVE: Matteo Messina Denaro, a former Sicilian Mafia boss who was caught this year after 30 years on the run, has died - but little will change for the mob that's already 'in crisis'

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Mafia's 'last Godfather' had stash of Viagra, condoms and video games when he was caught

Matteo Messina Denaro, the so-called 'last godfather', had a room stuffed full of condoms, video games and Viagra pills when police raided the private health clinic he was hiding out in

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'Last godfather' of Sicilian mafia who 'filled a cemetery all by himself' dies

Matteo Messina Denaro, the ruthless mafia chief who evaded cops for 30 years, has died in hospital after his illness worsened - the 61-year-old had claimed to fill a cemetery 'all by himself'

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Brutal Colombian cartels 'coming to Europe' as asylum applications soar by 90 per cent

Writing for The Spectator, author Gavin Mortimer speculated as to whether the rise in asylum applications in Europe coincided with an increase in Colombian cartel activity

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Rise and fall of 'Mula' – the hitman and drug mule who links MS-13 and the Mexican Mafia

Nelson Alexander Flores, nicknamed 'Mula', built the bridge between the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the Mexican Mafia. On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 17 years in the slammer

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'Emotional support stripper' in Ukraine has run in with mafia after weird Putin request

Fan-Pei Koung, a beauty pageant competitor who moved to Ukraine to become an 'emotional support stripper' for troops fighting against Putin, claims she's had a run in with the local mafia

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Inside the life of the Mafia's most wanted man who can't move 'without escort'

A man who has dedicated his life to fighting one of the three big mafia-style crime organisations in Italy through the power of prosecution has to live under remarkable conditions

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'Mafia sent hitman to my house for running world's most exclusive poker tournament'

Molly Bloom founded an underground high-stakes poker game that attracted the cream of Hollywood celebrity – but it also attracted a 'terrifying' hitman who gave her a chilling ultimatum

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'I starred in The Godfather then had dinner with Escobar after killing his hitman'

Gianni Russo played the role of Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather and had mob ties – once killing a diner at his restaurant who he claims worked for Pablo Escobar

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Downfall of untouchable gangster who killed 36 and called Mafia 'better than Hollywood'

Anthony Casso was once the underboss of New York's Lucchese crime family, and participated in 36 murders during his climb to the top, before he turned FBI informant

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Europe's most dangerous city gripped by cartel chaos where people told 'don't carry cash'

Catania, also known as Sicily's 'Black City' has long-standing connections to Mafia families, and its street crime including carjacking and pickpocketing is on the rise

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Unassuming UK city 'more dangerous' than Italian cities where Mafia rules

Despite the countless films and popular culture references to the Mafia's relationship with Naples, the Italian city is a dot in the rear-view mirror for one UK city in terms of crime rate

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Mafia boss dying of cancer in prison writes chilling last note to young gang members

Florencia-13 leader Brian Catellanos, 64, has been held in a maximum security prison for more than 30 years - but as cancer ravished his body, he left young gangsters a chilling final note

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'Mafia boss' wife seduced me with wine and M&Ms - then I started killing people'

Former mafia hitman Larry Mazza found himself embroiled in the criminal underworld after he started a hot and heavy affair with notorious mobster Gregory Scarpa's wife Linda

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'I became hitman for mafia boss nicknamed Grim Reaper - I could have left but I liked it'

Former mafia hitman Larry Mazza has publicly confessed to taking the lives of four individuals and was involved in plotting approximately 25 additional murders

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Inside Italy's most brutal mafia mob who shot toddler in head and torched body

The ‘Ndrangheta is one of the most powerful crime syndicates in the world and here we take a look inside the Italian Mafia group after one of its bosses was busted after spending years on the run

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Inside violent 'woke' gang that defeated 'whites-only' Hells Angels in bloody brawl

EXCLUSIVE: The United Nations gang do 'all sorts of bad things', but they can never be racist and discriminative said leading authority of organised crime, Peter Edwards

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'Mafia Godfather is dead and new breed get high on own drug supply - they're dead by 35'

EXCLUSIVE: The criminal underworld is changing, with the traditional 'Don' frequently being replaced by a conveyor belt of rasher young upstarts who live fast and die young

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Killer known as 'The Iceman' claimed he committed up to 200 grisly murders for the mafia

Richard Kuklinski claimed he killed between 100 and 200 people on the orders of an unnamed mafia during his 20-year career as a criminal in New Jersey and New York

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