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  • September 2008

    • Police-Officer Hit Men for Mob Heading for Jail

      New York Times  |  Sep 18, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Police-Officer Hit Men for Mob Heading for Jail

      (Newser) - A pair of retired New York City detectives who led double lives as mob hit men, helping commit at least 8 murders, had their convictions for racketeering conspiracy reinstated by a federal appeals court yesterday. A judge had initially reversed the convictions, despite "overwhelming evidence" of "the most despicable crimes of violence and treachery" because the 5-year statute of limitations had run out, reports the New York Times . More »

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      police  • mob  • Gambino crime family  • New York City Police Department  • assassin

  • August 2008

    • PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer

      New York Post  |  Aug 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer

      (Newser) - A new epilogue to the best-selling book King of the Club suggests that Eliot Spitzer’s political and personal downfall was payback by the mafia, the New York Post reports. "I think it's the Gambinos," a private eye tells CNBC's Charles Gasparino in his book’s paperback edition. More »

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      Eliot Spitzer  • prostitution  • Mafia  • conspiracy  • Ashley Dupre  • Gambino crime family

  • March 2008

    • Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops

      New York  |  Mar 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT

      Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops

      (Newser) - Eliot Spitzer didn't patronize a pricey call girl ring just for the sex, Chris Smith writes in a  provocative New York post-mortem. What really attracted him was the covert op. The silver-spoon-fed Ivy Leaguer was always rebelling against being squeaky clean; as a young prosecutor, he got "hooked on the clandestine" while running stings on the Gambino crime family. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • governor  • prostitution ring  • Gambino crime family  • Joe Bruno  • district attorney

  • February 2008

    • Sicilian Mafia Rebuilding US Family Ties

      BBC  |  Feb 28, 08 8:40 AM CST

      Sicilian Mafia Rebuilding US Family Ties

      (Newser) - The Sicilian Mafia is sending people to the US to revitalize old family ties with its American cousins that faded in the '80s, according to a new report by the Italian government. The FBI nabbed more than 80 New York mobsters in a recent swoop code-named "Old Bridge,"  reports the BBC, referring to the transatlantic the mob link. More »

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      FBI  • Mafia  • organized crime  • Gambino crime family  • Sicily  • Cosa Nostra

    • Huge Mob Bust Bags Dozens in NY, Sicily

      New York Times  |  Feb 7, 08 11:42 AM CST

      Huge Mob Bust Bags Dozens in NY, Sicily

      (Newser) - Authorities in New York and Sicily unleashed a massive mob takedown today, indicting more than 60 suspects, including the entire Gambino family leadership, the New York Times reports; 52 have already been arrested, including underboss Domenico Cefalu and consigliere Joseph Corozzo. “I can't think of a larger single-day roundup,” a source told the New York Post. “It dismantles the infrastructure of the family.” More »

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      Mafia  • organized crime  • mob  • Gambino crime family

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