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NEWS ABOUT: mob

mob stories: 25 news summaries

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Jury Convicts 5 in 'Family' Affair

Chicago's top kingpin nailed in 'Family Secrets' case

Sep 10, 07 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago’s top mob boss was one of five men convicted today in a trial federal authorities dubbed “Operation Family Secrets” after one defendant's relatives offered unprecedented cooperation. Testimony from the son and brother of alleged hit man Frank Calabrese was key in convicting him, along with three Outfit... More »

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Chicago • law • organized crime • mob • court • Mafia • Family Secrets • Joey Lombardo • Frank Calabrese Sr. • James Marcello • Paul Schiro • Anthony Doyle

Germany Wakes Up to Mafia Problem

Italian organized crime gains a foothold across the border

Aug 20, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Germany is finding its mafia problem harder to ignore after the murder of six men outside an Italian restaurant in Duisburg last week. The killings were part of a feud between two warring mafia clans, both of which have established major footholds in Germany, Der Spiegel reports. Police are now... More »

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Germany • organized crime • Italy • mob • Mafia • Duisburg

FBI Pays Out
$101M in
Mob Suit

Record award for four men wrongfully sent to prison for 1965 murder

Jul 26, 07 4:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal judge ordered the government to pay $101.7M after the FBI withheld evidence related to a 1965 murder in Boston that sent four men to prison for three decades. "This case is about intentional misconduct, suborning of perjury" and "the framing of innocent men," said... More »

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FBI • prison • Boston • murder • mob • perjury • Mafia • Peter Limone • Joseph Salvati • Louis Greco • Henry Tameleo • hitman • wrongful conviction • Joseph Barboza

Mob Kills Passenger After Car Strikes Child

Man dies steps
from his home;
police hunt attackers

Jun 21, 07 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting members of an angry mob that killed a man after the car he was riding in struck a child. Some 20 attackers beat David Morales to death just paces from his townhouse, as he attempted to defend the driver. Their car hit the child in a parking... More »

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murder • mob • Austin • Juneteenth • accident • David Morales

No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

'Family Secrets' case will go before anonymous panel

Jun 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five elderly men accused of running the Chicago mob go on trial this week before a jury of their peers—but the defendants and their lawyers won't know the names of those peers. The Chicago Tribune explores the issue of juror anonymity as a federal court begins assembling a panel... More »

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Chicago • federal courts • mob • trial • Family Secrets • jury • Casino • anonymous

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