tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126983492008-08-20T16:03:43.350-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comBlogger1468125http://feeds.feedburner.com/ChicagoSyndicate?format=skin390491http://www.feedburner.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-66989056634238679282008-08-17T18:17:00.005-05:002008-08-17T18:39:33.064-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comFor 25 years, William Ouseley was considered public enemy number one ... if you were a mobster, that is. The FBI agent earned the ongoing assignment to help take down the powerful crime families...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=7QtqYK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=7QtqYK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/367617137" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/open-city-true-story-of-kc-crime-family.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-24464377468478054622008-08-15T09:32:00.002-05:002008-08-15T09:37:21.676-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comEven for an infamous gang of mobsters already weakened by federal prosecutions spanning decades, Feb. 7, 2008 was an unusually bad day for the Gambino organized crime family. Hundreds of federal...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=Ytb8YK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=Ytb8YK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/365715661" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/60-of-62-mobsters-have-pled-guilty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-4357706444871840442008-08-15T09:16:00.002-05:002008-08-15T09:24:38.278-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comIn the annals of Chicago organized crime, among "No Nose," "Joe Batters" and "The Lackey," mob underling Joe Venezia was never awarded a nickname. Yesterday, the 65-year old Venezia may have earned...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=MJHzvK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=MJHzvK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/365715662" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/reputed-mob-associate-is-good-family.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-35371873683016933402008-08-14T10:00:00.000-05:002008-08-14T10:08:46.385-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comYou can click on the blue place markers to expand the section for information on each location. Feel free to nominate additional addresses for inclusion. Last Updated August 14, 2008. View Larger...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=te55RsHF"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=te55RsHF" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/154035565" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2007/09/chicago-mob-infamous-locations-map.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-40456052108928467172008-08-14T09:47:00.002-05:002008-08-14T09:52:31.410-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comA low-echelon courier for the Chicago Outfit alleges that federal prosecutors are trying to throw the book at him because he is Italian. Joseph Venezia of Hillside pleaded guilty to running a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=B19qrK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=B19qrK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/364852237" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/joseph-venezia-says-he-only-worked-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-44561051465980481142008-08-12T21:45:00.001-05:002008-08-12T21:47:46.782-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe Feds say Domenico Cefalu is acting underboss of the Gambino crime family. His lawyer says he's "under," all right - underpaid and underachieving. At his sentencing on an extortion conviction on...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=I8C7CK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=I8C7CK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/363508110" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/domenico-cefalu-reputed-gambino.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-28267270205471296222008-08-12T21:27:00.004-05:002008-08-12T21:34:20.110-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comFor one simple reason, nearly all of the notable and notorious from Robert Maheu's life couldn't make it to his funeral over the weekend. They were dead. At age 90, Maheu outlived the oddballs and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=uBBt9K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=uBBt9K" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/363498273" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/robert-maheu-who-hired-chicago-outfit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-58500204120584834482008-08-12T21:16:00.002-05:002008-08-12T21:22:20.403-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comMy tendency to either skim books or proofread them (from early magazine days) has encountered a new one from former Cook County police chief Art Bilek that I can’t put down: The First Vice Lord (Big...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=pF13oK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=pF13oK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/363487862" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/first-vice-lord.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-84986680251792596912008-08-12T21:09:00.002-05:002008-08-12T21:13:38.386-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe Other Side of Capone is an exciting new documentary that presents fascinating and little-known details about the legendary Al Capone. Through the use of re-enactments and archival footage...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=BMEZzK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=BMEZzK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/363487863" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/other-side-of-capone.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-19488252457278367402008-08-12T18:49:00.002-05:002008-08-12T19:01:11.210-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe New York Daily News has issued the following correction to the story directly below: “An Aug. 3 article about the partnership of Jamie Masada and Richard Basciano in the Laugh Factory mistakenly...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=AXwV5K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=AXwV5K" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/355881335" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/new-york-crime-family-shaking-down.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-52925088431424603102008-08-10T23:59:00.001-05:002008-08-13T22:13:23.492-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=bTTPXK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=bTTPXK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/361501599" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/filmstrip-of-chicago-outfit-mob-bosses.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-7788675079403938102008-08-10T21:17:00.006-05:002008-08-10T21:26:21.590-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe Chicago Mob, known as the Outfit was literally getting away with murder. Through rarely seen archival footage and interviews with former Mob associates and FBI agents, NGC takes you inside what...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=ZVQBOK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=ZVQBOK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/361535090" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/bob-cooley-man-vs-chicago-mob.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-45418741075313400722008-08-10T20:43:00.005-05:002008-08-10T21:04:04.589-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comElectronic Arts is looking to pull gamers back in. Publisher is developing "The Godfather II," a sequel to its 2006 videogame based on the classic Paramount film, for release in February. Original...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=cEzeqK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=cEzeqK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/361524967" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/godfather-ii-video-game-to-be-released.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-40100808580689976852008-08-10T08:57:00.002-05:002008-08-10T09:09:28.541-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThey turned one of his lieutenants into an informant. They sneaked through the woods to hunt him down. And eventually, FBI agents put Johnny "Sack" Sacramoni, the New York mob boss, behind...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=6tdS3K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=6tdS3K" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/361110017" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/sopranos-flip-to-fbi-at-newarks-100th.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-44599044798902934802008-08-09T17:39:00.006-05:002008-08-09T18:03:16.309-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comUnited States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill and Steven E. Ibison, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), announced the unsealing of two related indictments charging six men with...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=NCjvbK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=NCjvbK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/360647034" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/entire-john-junior-gotti-tampa-gambino.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-72482644564899631462008-08-07T22:32:00.002-05:002008-08-07T22:40:08.161-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comJust as the mob reflects only a sliver of Italian America, federal authorities say hardened criminals make up only a small portion of the Outlaws motorcycle club, an element known in biker circles as...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=3pHwSK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=3pHwSK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/359055926" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/details-emerge-of-chicago-outfit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-23902628356041270162008-08-07T22:15:00.003-05:002008-08-07T22:27:20.353-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe latest issue of On The Spot Journal will be out soon. Some of the stories that they are currently investigating and putting together include: Fred "Killer" Burke and Charles Skelly: A Fateful...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=Yu0JNK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=Yu0JNK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/359043585" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/sneak-peek-at-classic-gangster-era.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-6503715384980550752008-08-07T22:01:00.003-05:002008-08-07T22:09:27.439-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com•"GoodFellas" (1990) Tampa is featured in one of the best gangster movies. The mobsters played by Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro are sent from New York to get money from a man in Tampa. The short...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=CQWxvK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=CQWxvK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/359032173" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/pop-culture-portayals-of-mob-in-tampa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-27152071031638236012008-08-07T21:51:00.004-05:002008-08-07T21:58:22.797-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comTampa again finds itself in the center of the latest chapter of mob intrigue. Reported organized crime boss John Gotti Jr. was arrested in New York on Tuesday, and will be arraigned in Tampa on...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=dfOWfK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=dfOWfK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/359021649" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/junior-gotti-is-not-only-tampa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-12836620085274417462008-08-07T09:39:00.002-05:002008-08-07T09:52:56.866-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comJust hours after John "Junior" Gotti was indicted on charges linking him to cocaine trafficking and three slayings, Victoria Gotti is now coming to her brother's defense, speaking to CBS 2 in New...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=ykpB5K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=ykpB5K" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/358473100" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/victoria-gotti-defends-her-brother.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-21446152102450159252008-08-06T08:39:00.003-05:002008-08-06T08:58:52.259-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe last time John Alite was arrested, he made it clear he didn't want to go back to prison. The longtime friend of Junior Gotti had done three years on a gun rap and three months for smuggling a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=OinRFK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=OinRFK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/357436086" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/john-alite-expected-to-be-key-witness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-56793592856265821452008-08-05T23:30:00.002-05:002008-08-07T22:51:26.429-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThe Chicago Outfit ordered an Outlaw biker to blow up a Berwyn gambling operation because it competed with the mob’s own $13 million video gambling machine business, prosecutors charge in a filing...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=7HAzhK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=7HAzhK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/357054603" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/feds-claim-outlaw-biker-ordered-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-42249897332985702212008-08-05T12:51:00.004-05:002008-08-05T12:59:11.027-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comJohn A. "Junior" Gotti has been indicted on conspiracy charges in Florida, linking him to large-scale cocaine trafficking and the slayings of three New York men in the late 1980s and early 1990s,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=4ZrJFK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=4ZrJFK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/356598180" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/indictment-of-junior-gotti-includes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-87638843315459637032008-08-05T07:52:00.001-05:002008-08-05T07:56:06.538-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comA law enforcement official says John A. "Junior" Gotti has been arrested on a murder conspiracy charge. The official says the charge stemmed from a federal investigation originating in Tampa, Fla....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=wLbp7K"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=wLbp7K" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/356327308" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/junior-gotti-said-to-have-been-arrested.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-57280756490318908762008-08-04T15:31:00.001-05:002008-08-04T15:34:22.143-05:00Joe Batterzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comThis classic story of Mob informers was based on a number of true stories and filmed on location in and around the docks of New York and New Jersey. Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?a=rw7LcK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/ChicagoSyndicate?i=rw7LcK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChicagoSyndicate/~4/355661892" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2008/08/on-waterfront.html