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NEWS ABOUT: Gambino crime family

Gambino crime family stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - A mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News. Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "... More »

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New York City • crime • murder • mob • Mafia • murder trial • John Gotti • Gambino crime family • Charles Carniglia

Police-Officer
Hit Men for Mob
Heading for Jail

Judge reinstates convictions for pair who assisted in 8 murders

Sep 18, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer

a PI suspects sex scandal was Gambino paypack

Aug 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(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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prostitution • conspiracy • Eliot Spitzer • Mafia • Gambino crime family • Ashley Dupre

ANALYSIS

 Spitzer: Hooked on Covert Ops 

Ex-gov spent career trying to ditch silver spoon image

Mar 17, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Sicilian Mafia Rebuilding US Family Ties

NY mob busts expose stronger links between Italians and Yanks

Feb 28, 08 8:40 AM CST
(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,"... More »

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

Huge Mob Bust Bags Dozens in NY, Sicily

Entire Gambino family leadership among more than 60 indicted

Feb 7, 08 11:42 AM CST
(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,... More »

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organized crime • mob • Mafia • Gambino crime family • Genovese crime family • Bonanno crime family • John D%u2019Amico • Domenico Cefalu • Joseph Corozzo • Jackie the Nose

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