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FBI Searches Farms
for 'Gambino Graveyard'

Apr 3, 2024 5:50 PM CDT

FBI Searches Farms for 'Gambino Graveyard'

Investigators return to sites searched after November arrests

(Newser) - Investigators from the FBI, the NYPD, and New York state police have returned to farms in New York state in what is believed to be a search for victims of the Gambino crime family. NBC New York reports that the sites were first searched for a suspected "Gambino graveyard"...

34 Years After a Big Mob Boss Killing, Another Violent Hit

Head of Gambino Crime Family
Gunned Down in Front of Home

Mar 14, 2019 6:58 AM CDT

Head of Gambino Crime Family Gunned Down in Front of Home

Frank Cali was first mob boss to be killed since Paul Castellano in 1985

(Newser) - Less than a week after the head of the Colombo crime family died , the Gambino crime family has lost its own reputed boss. The demise Wednesday night of Francesco "Frank" Cali, however, was much more violent and untimely than the passing of Carmine "The Snake" Persico, who died...

John Gotti Jr. Stabbed,
but His Story Questioned

Nov 12, 2013 11:57 AM CST

John Gotti Jr. Stabbed, but His Story Questioned

He says he was trying to stop fight, police aren't so sure: source

(Newser) - The former boss of the Gambino crime family was stabbed Sunday night, but he claims he was doing something heroic, not criminal, at the time. Law enforcement sources tell the New York Daily News that John Gotti Jr. says he was trying to break up a fight in the parking...

Gambino Family Picks
New Godfather

Jun 25, 2013 2:47 PM CDT

Gambino Family Picks New Godfather

DNA Info: 'Franky Boy' Cali is taking over as crime boss

(Newser) - When news breaks that "Franky Boy" is taking over from "Greaseball," it can only mean one thing—the Gambino crime family is getting a new godfather. DNA Info reports that 48-year-old Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali will replace 76-year-old Domenico "Greaseball" Cefalu as boss of the...

More Than 120 Arrested in
Biggest NY Mob Bust Ever

UPDATED

Jan 20, 2011 11:34 AM CST

More Than 120 Arrested in Biggest NY Mob Bust Ever

FBI takes in members of Colombo, Gambino, 5 other families

(Newser) - It's not a good day to be a mobster: The FBI has arrested nearly 130 in what it's calling the biggest mob bust in New York history. The raids, which began yesterday and continued into the early morning, reeled in "basically the whole administration of the Colombo family,"...

'Teflon Gotti Jr.'
Dodges 5th Trial

Jan 14, 2010 3:53 AM CST

'Teflon Gotti Jr.' Dodges 5th Trial

Feds drop racketeering case against Don Gotti's spawn

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors have given up on trying to make racketeering charges stick against John Gotti Jr. Gotti—chip off the old block and son of the late "Teflon Don" John Gotti Sr.—was tried four times on murder and racketeering charges, and all of them ended in hung...