Informant’s testimony about 1978 Lufthansa heist sheds new light on key element of “Goodfellas” movie
Henry Hill, the late Mob associate turned government witness, claimed in his book The Lufthansa Heist, co-authored by Daniel Simone…
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I vote ‘Aye’
There may never have been a better time to live in Las Vegas than in the early to mid-1990s. The…
“Legend” is latest film portrayal of the Kray twins
The Kray twins, the volatile ex-boxers who went from extortion racketeers in 1950s London to nightclub-owning celebrity gangsters in the…
Mob classic “Goodfellas” debuted in theaters twenty-five years ago
Monday marks a quarter-century since Goodfellas was released in American theaters. It was the highest-grossing movie of the September 21-23,…
“Black Mass” film, Johnny Depp makeup artistry bring Whitey Bulger to life on screen
Black Mass, the cinematic saga of convicted Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who gamed a crooked FBI to obtain…
Former New York Mob enforcer to Gotti Junior
John Alite was a small-time drug dealer when, in 1983, he started doing business with John A. Gotti, son of…
U.S. judge rebukes Sammy the Bull’s bid for reduction of twenty-year drug sentence
Read an update on Sammy “The Bull” Gravano and his release from prison Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano lost his…
News site releases pages from huge FBI file on notorious New England Mob boss
Raymond Patriarca, leader of a major New England crime family from the 1940s to the mid-1980s, seemed to live the…
James Licavoli, ruthless Cleveland Mob chief, born August 18 in 1904
In the first week of October 1977, Cleveland mobster James Licavoli, nicknamed “Blackie” and “Jack White,” was on a boat…
The Havana Mob during the 1950s
Havana, Cuba, served as a virtual haven for organized crime in the 1950s. After former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged…