Gang Tattoos Gang Tattoos are a long-practiced custom throughout the world. Almost every gang, inside and outside the United States, has some symbol to show others of gang membership. Two of the most infamous gangs, the Vor v Zakone (also known as the Russian Mafia) and the Mexican Mafia, are prime examples of what gangs [...]
“Stereotypes become stereotypes because nine times out of 10 they are true.” Louis Ferrante fulfils some of those preconceptions. He is New York Italian, powerfully built, and was wearing a black shirt when interviewed for HARDtalk by Sarah Montague. He worked for John Gotti of the infamous Gambino crime family, which pulled off some [...]
A man who was all but written off by those around him, until fate and chance dealt him a hand that afforded him a second shot at nobility, and he seized it with a vengeance. If you want to see Eric Roberts kill a lot of people, then ‘The Butcher’ is the movie for you. [...]
Gang’s All Here Michael DiLeonardo, left in top photo from the 1990′s, is a prosecution witness in the trial of Junior Gotti, second from right. Above, “Tony Soprano” and his made-for-TV crew. The made-up mob world stars the Sopranos, The real mob world stars Vinny Gorgeous and Junior Gotti, whose trials are returning tales [...]
“Mafia life” is out to catch a few “bad guys” ..lets help put these scumbags in the slammer where they belong. The FBI is offering rewards for information leading to the apprehension of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Glen Stewart Godwin is being sought for his 1987 escape [...]
Religion and the Mafia have a long shared history. Mobsters follow rituals including the burning prayer cards of saints while promising: “As this card burns so will I if I betray secrets”. Members of the mafia are known to carry prayer cards in the belief they will offer divine protection from police or enemies. There [...]
2011 was a big year in mafia news. *Ex-Bonanno boss Joseph Massino taking the witness stand at the capital murder trial of successor boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano. Massino made history, becoming the first mob boss from one of the 5 New York crime families to take the witness stand for the feds,* More mob [...]
Frank Sinatra and the Mafia The recent release of Sinatra’s extensive FBI file exposes his mob connections in voluminous detail, putting to lie Ol’ Blue Eyes’ most celebrated claim that he did it his way. Rumors of mob connections hounded Frank Sinatra throughout his storied, tumultuous life. His denials were as ready on his lips [...]
You’ve heard the phrase a “Few Good Men”..well how about a “few Bad Men”…and a women to be exact. Seventeen New York City cops will be arraigned today following indictments by a Bronx grand jury for their alleged roles in a wide-spread ticket-fixing ring within the NYPD as reported by the Daily News: “ten of the ensnared [...]
“Big Brother is watching you,” George Orwell wrote in his famous novel 1984. And with all the security cameras, webcams, and cellular phones with video and photo cameras that indeed seems to be the case. Media around the world are showing us images and video of any incident that occurred, be it a terrorist attack [...]
