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01-20-2011, 07:48 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41170643/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/#
updated 15 minutes ago
BREAKING NEWS
More than 100 suspected
members and associates of six
Mafia families have been arrested
in what the FBI described as the
biggest organized crime round-up
in New York history.
Significant leaders of the Gambino,
Genovese, Lucchese, Lange, Bonanno and
Colombo families and also the
DeCavalcante of New Jersey were
among those being arrested, NBC
New York reported.
"Early this morning FBI agents
along with our law enforcement
partners began arresting over 100
organized crime members for
various criminal charges," said
Diego Rodriguez, the FBI's special
agent in charge in New York.
The charges ranged from murder
to extortion, narcotics trafficking
and illegal gambling, officials said.
Hundreds of FBI officials, NYPD
officers, state police and U.S.
marshals were involved in the
operation. The FBI said most of the
arrests were made throughout New
York City, in New Jersey and New
England.
Attorney General Eric Holder and
other officials were expected to
discuss the cases later Thursday at
a news conference in Brooklyn.
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More than 100 alleged mobsters arrested East Coast sweep
Charges include murder, extortion, narcotics trafficking, illegal gambling
'Senior mob figures'
Citing sources who had been
briefed on the arrests, the New
York Times reported that those
taken into custody "ranged from
small-time book makers and
crime-family functionaries to a
number of senior mob figures and
several corrupt union officials."
More than two dozen "made"
mobsters were arrested, according
to the Times.
The murder charges were incidents
dating back to the 1980s and
1990s, the newspaper reported.
Federal probes aided by mob
turncoats have decimated the
ranks of New York's five Mafia
crime families and resulted in
lengthy prison terms for several
leaders.
In 2008, more than 80 suspected
members of organized crime gangs
were charged.
Video: Live like a don in
‘Godfather’ mansion (on this
page)
Among those targeted in that raid
were John "Jackie the Nose"
D'Amico and other reputed leaders
of the Gambino crime family.
Italian authorities conducted
simultaneous raids on Mafia
groups there.
However, these latest raids
surpassed that in terms of
numbers of people arrested.
Organized crime is still active in
New York's construction industry,
according to the FBI. There is also
said to be Mafia involvement in
labor union corruption, loan-
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>
sharking and gambling.
updated 15 minutes ago
BREAKING NEWS
More than 100 suspected
members and associates of six
Mafia families have been arrested
in what the FBI described as the
biggest organized crime round-up
in New York history.
Significant leaders of the Gambino,
Genovese, Lucchese, Lange, Bonanno and
Colombo families and also the
DeCavalcante of New Jersey were
among those being arrested, NBC
New York reported.
"Early this morning FBI agents
along with our law enforcement
partners began arresting over 100
organized crime members for
various criminal charges," said
Diego Rodriguez, the FBI's special
agent in charge in New York.
The charges ranged from murder
to extortion, narcotics trafficking
and illegal gambling, officials said.
Hundreds of FBI officials, NYPD
officers, state police and U.S.
marshals were involved in the
operation. The FBI said most of the
arrests were made throughout New
York City, in New Jersey and New
England.
Attorney General Eric Holder and
other officials were expected to
discuss the cases later Thursday at
a news conference in Brooklyn.
advertisement
advertisement
>
More than 100 alleged mobsters arrested East Coast sweep
Charges include murder, extortion, narcotics trafficking, illegal gambling
'Senior mob figures'
Citing sources who had been
briefed on the arrests, the New
York Times reported that those
taken into custody "ranged from
small-time book makers and
crime-family functionaries to a
number of senior mob figures and
several corrupt union officials."
More than two dozen "made"
mobsters were arrested, according
to the Times.
The murder charges were incidents
dating back to the 1980s and
1990s, the newspaper reported.
Federal probes aided by mob
turncoats have decimated the
ranks of New York's five Mafia
crime families and resulted in
lengthy prison terms for several
leaders.
In 2008, more than 80 suspected
members of organized crime gangs
were charged.
Video: Live like a don in
‘Godfather’ mansion (on this
page)
Among those targeted in that raid
were John "Jackie the Nose"
D'Amico and other reputed leaders
of the Gambino crime family.
Italian authorities conducted
simultaneous raids on Mafia
groups there.
However, these latest raids
surpassed that in terms of
numbers of people arrested.
Organized crime is still active in
New York's construction industry,
according to the FBI. There is also
said to be Mafia involvement in
labor union corruption, loan-
advertisement
advertisement
>
sharking and gambling.