tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126983492024-03-16T13:50:44.339-05:00The Chicago SyndicateGet the latest breaking current news and explore our Historic Archive of articles focusing on The Mafia, Organized Crime, The Mob and Mobsters, Gangs and Gangsters, Political Corruption, True Crime, and the Legal System at TheChicagoSyndicate.comTheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-37550235712090401082024-03-07T09:21:00.001-06:002024-03-07T09:23:01.334-06:00The Rise and Fall of a 'Casino' Mobster: The Tony Spilotro Story Through a Hitman's Eyes by Frank Cullotta & Dennis N Griffin"The Rise and Fall of a 'Casino' Mobster" is a riveting exploration of the tumultuous life of Tony Spilotro, the infamous mobster associated with the Chicago Outfit, told through the eyes of his former hitman, Frank Cullotta. Co-authored by Dennis N. Griffin, this collaboration provides a unique and authentic perspective on the organized crime scene, particularly during the era immortalized in TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-62071877797034479742024-03-01T09:25:00.001-06:002024-03-01T09:26:56.897-06:00 Vincent Ricciardo, AKA, Vinny Unions, a Reputed Mobster as a Captain in the Colombo Crime Family, Gets 4 years Prison for Extorting NYC Labor Union #NewYorkCityA Mafia member was sentenced Wednesday to more than four years in federal prison for his role in a long-running scheme in which he and others extorted funds from a New York City labor union, federal prosecutors said.
Vincent Ricciardo, a captain in Colombo crime family, was also ordered to pay $350,000 in forfeiture and $280,890 in restitution by a Brooklyn court judge.
Ricciardo, who is also TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-48868992614903153382024-02-23T08:16:00.001-06:002024-02-23T08:16:25.971-06:00Inside by Scott Hoffman #TheChicagoOutfit #TheChicagoWay #MafiaInside, by Scott M. Hoffman is an intriguing work detailing the internal workings of the Outfit, an organized crime family, which originated on the South Side of Chicago during prohibition and rose to power in the 1920s. The Outfit has been involved in a wide variety of criminal activities including gambling, loan-sharking, prostitution, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, labor TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-12424236597151958672024-02-21T08:53:00.000-06:002024-02-21T08:53:17.218-06:00Crypto Gambinos - Redefining NFT Projects with a Touch of Mafia Culture #CryptoCrypto GambinosNFT Projects with a Touch of Mafia CultureCrypto Gambinos, an innovative NFT project merging Web3 technology with the allure of Mafia history and movies, is poised to become the next big phenomenon in the crypto space. With its unique concept and ambitious roadmap, Crypto Gambinos is not just about NFTs; it's about building a thriving ecosystem for its community.
Inspired by the TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-79545048388906459252024-02-15T13:01:00.003-06:002024-02-15T13:07:00.327-06:00The Biden Crime Family: The Blueprint for Their Prosecution by Rudy GiulianiThe Biden Crime Family, is a short, engaging description of the evidence that supports the case that President Joe Biden and his family are deeply corrupt. They are so corrupt that when former New York mayor and US attorney Rudy Giuliani first stumbled across evidence of what they were doing in Ukraine, it reminded him of his experience prosecuting the five mafia families that used to run New TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-55040414849927093672024-01-19T13:59:00.002-06:002024-01-19T15:41:08.016-06:00Is Al Capone Still the Most Famous Mobster Ever?With the 125th anniversary of Al Capone's birth upon us on January 17, the legacy of the notorious American gangster remains a subject that intrigues both Hollywood producers and novelists to this day.
Capone, who gained notoriety in the "Roaring Twenties" as the co-founder and boss of the Italian-American organized crime syndicate known as the Chicago Outfit, has been described by some as TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-59013235582728979132023-11-21T08:29:00.002-06:002024-02-15T14:09:39.151-06:00More than 200 Reputed Members or Associates of the 'Ndrangheta, Italy’s Most Powerful and Richest Crime Syndicate, were Convicted in the Country’s Largest Mafia Trial in Decades.Italy’s largest mafia trial in decades concluded yesterday with the conviction of more than 200 people accused of being part of, or collaborating with, the country’s most powerful and richest crime syndicate, the ‘Ndrangheta.
Former law-enforcement officials, politicians and businessmen were found guilty of offenses related to organized crime, including drug smuggling, money laundering and TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-26845729665080177962023-11-08T14:20:00.001-06:002023-11-08T14:25:30.825-06:0010 Reputed Mobsters with the Gambino Crime Family among 16 Arrested on Racketeering Charges in Mafia CrackdownFederal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday announced the arrests of 10 men allegedly belonging to or associated with the Gambino Mafia family, as well as the arrests in Italy of six other alleged organized crime members and associates.
The defendants in Brooklyn federal court are accused of a racketeering conspiracy that allegedly involved “violent extortions, assaults, arson, and TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-45424424885792329592023-10-02T14:32:00.003-05:002023-10-02T14:34:39.503-05:00We Do What We Must: Blood, Wine, and the Birth of the American Mafia in New Orleans #NOLAAn immigrant Sicilian family triumphs over The Mafia in turn of the century New Orleans, just not in the way they'd planned.We Do What We MustBlood, Wine, and the Birth of the American Mafia in New Orleans
WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2022 - Best Historical Fiction - We Do What We Must: Blood, Wine, and the Birth of the American Mafia in New Orleans.
This fictionalized TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-28985519184743525632023-09-19T15:00:00.000-05:002023-09-19T15:00:34.843-05:0047 Top Mobster Nicknames
Al Capone - Scarface
Albert Anastasia - Lord High Executioner and Mad Hatter
Albert Gallo - Kid Blast
Albert Vena - Albie the Falcon
Anthony Accardo - Big Tuna and Joe Batters
Anthony Corallo - Tony Ducks
Anthony Casso - GaspipeAnthony Doyle - Twan
Anthony Silvestro - Bugz
Benjamin Siegel - Bugsy
Carmine Persico - The Snake
Charlie Luciano - Lucky
Daniel Capaldo - The Wig and Shrek
TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-50980394277457555082023-09-14T10:54:00.000-05:002023-09-14T10:54:51.753-05:00Former Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich Accused of Trading Favors for $150,000 in Bribes in Organized Crime Connected ChargesEric Ulrich rose through the ranks of city government with modest momentum, first elected as a city councilman before Mayor Eric Adams appointed him a senior adviser and, finally, his commissioner of the Department of Buildings.
At each stop, prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Wednesday, he used his positions to benefit friends and associates, and harvested more TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-91487148825405660692023-08-23T08:11:00.002-05:002023-08-23T08:12:29.214-05:00Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk - Compelling Story of Billy Walters and his Syndicate, plus Phil Mickelson #LasVegas #GamblingGambler:Secrets from a Life at RiskBilly WaltersThe wild and highly anticipated autobiography of Billy Walters—“the greatest and most controversial sports gambler ever” (ESPN)—who shares his extraordinary life story, reveals the secrets to his fiercely protected betting system, and breaks his silence about Phil Mickelson.
Anybody can get lucky. Nobody controls the odds like Billy Walters. WidelyTheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Las Vegas, NV, USA36.171563 -115.13910097.8613291638211535 -150.29535090000002 64.481796836178845 -79.9828509tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-68384785485699715472023-08-01T15:41:00.002-05:002023-08-10T09:19:55.011-05:00Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's CartelsNARCAS:The Secret Rise of Womenin Latin America's CartelsYou’ve heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Their names conjure ghoulish images of bloody streets, white powder, bundles of weed, and a particular flavor of machismo unique to ruthless druglords. But what of the drugladies, las narcas? For the first time, investigative reporter Deborah Bonello takes TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-30094389822746033812023-07-20T10:18:00.001-05:002023-07-20T10:18:35.605-05:00Final Aryan Circle White Supremacy Gang Member Sentenced to Prison for RICO ConspiracyA Missouri man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations (RICO) charges stemming from his membership in the Aryan Circle (AC), a white supremacy prison gang.
According to court documents, Timothy Long, aka Timmy, of Mountain Grove, was a member of the AC, a violent, race-based, and prison-based gang with hundreds of members operating inside and TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-91883886153225638822023-06-30T08:41:00.002-05:002023-06-30T08:41:24.591-05:00Genaro Deleon, Leader Of Southwest Florida Drug Ring, Sentenced to Federal Prison #Florida #MethU.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Genaro Deleon, III of Lehigh Acres, Florida to 11 years and 3 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. He is scheduled to be sentenced in January 2023. Earlier, co-defendants Michael Lee Faz, Abel Deleon, and Genaro Deleon, Jr. were sentenced for the same offense. Faz was sentenced to 10 years and 1 month in federal TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Fort Myers, FL, USA26.640628 -81.8723084-1.6696058361788459 -117.0285584 54.950861836178845 -46.716058399999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-45299604867356403962023-06-02T09:35:00.004-05:002023-06-02T09:35:42.062-05:00MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to 26 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy Involving a Violent Murder and for Drug Distribution and Firearms Violations #MS13MS-13 Gangster Going to PrisonChief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced El Salvadoran national Jose Lopez Rivera, age 27, of Elmont, New York, formerly residing in Maryland, to 26 years in federal prison for a racketeering conspiracy involving a violent murder connected to his participation in La Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal enterprise also known as MS-13, and for TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Maryland, USA39.0457549 -76.64127119999999110.735521063821153 -111.79752119999999 67.355988736178844 -41.485021199999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-44038720843943053432023-06-01T13:53:00.001-05:002023-06-01T13:53:17.112-05:00Founding Member of Latin Kings Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison #NewYork #LatinKings Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Diego Mateo, a/k/a “Casa,” was sentenced to 27 years in prison in connection with his participation in the Black Mob set of the Latin Kings and their distribution of narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. Mateo pled guilty on February 23, 2022, before U.S. District Judge Valerie E. TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0New York, NY, USA40.7127753 -74.005972812.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-31387245822089950542023-05-18T08:48:00.004-05:002023-05-18T12:49:59.137-05:00El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman #ElChapoEl Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzman.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is the most legendary of Mexican narcos. As leader of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, he was one of the most dangerous men in the world. His fearless climb to power, his brutality, his charm, his taste for luxury, his penchant for disguise, his multiple dramatic prison escapes, his unlikely encounter with Sean Penn―all of these burnishedTheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Sinaloa, Mexico25.1721091 -107.4795173-3.1381247361788454 -142.6357673 53.482342936178846 -72.3232673tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-1142140767681724942023-05-03T14:24:00.001-05:002023-05-03T14:33:56.701-05:00Mafia Nickname TraditionsIn size, wealth and influence, today's Cosa Nostra doesn't match the Mafia of days gone by. However, there's one area in which modern Mafiosi are upholding a proud tradition of organized crime tradition nicknames.
Here are a few recent examples of Mafia nicknames and the inspiration for them, along with some names from the past, according to Mob historians and federal court records:Mikey Y. TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-68870733529221250012023-05-03T13:51:00.001-05:002023-05-03T13:53:57.812-05:004 Former Commonwealth Edison Executives and Associates Found Guilty of Conspiring To Influence and Reward Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan #ComEd4 #Corruption #TheChicagoWayA federal jury has found four former Commonwealth Edison (“ComEd”) executives and associates guilty on all counts charged, including conspiring to influence and reward Mike Madigan, the former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, in order to assist with the passage of legislation favorable to the electric utility company, in addition to multiple bribery and record falsification TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Chicago, IL, USA41.8781136 -87.629798213.567879763821153 -122.7860482 70.188347436178844 -52.473548199999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-62551529581721862402023-04-26T15:15:00.010-05:002023-04-26T15:24:17.407-05:00The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin'In The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin', author Bill Zehme presents a masterful assembly of the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of Frank Sinatra's way of livingmatters of the heart and heartbreak, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, brawling and wooing, tuxedos and snap-brimsall crafted from rare interviews with Sinatra himself as well as TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-8469976919138477652023-04-25T09:00:00.001-05:002023-04-25T09:03:17.229-05:00High-Ranking Fugitive La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) Leader Arrested on Terrorism and Racketeering Charges #MS13Last week, in federal court in Houston, Jose Wilfredo Ayala-Alcantara, also known as “Indio de Hollywood,” a high-ranking leader of La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13,” was transferred to the Eastern District of New York where he, together with 12 other high-ranking MS-13 leaders, are charged with directing the transnational criminal organization’s criminal activities in the United States,TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Houston, TX, USA29.7604267 -95.36980281.4501928638211545 -130.5260528 58.070660536178849 -60.2135528tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-59497893451974748612023-04-11T15:37:00.002-05:002023-04-12T14:26:28.753-05:00The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror #NewYork #MobBossFrom the godfathers of American Mafia history, the brutal and blood-stained biography of Carmine Galante, the ruthless Bonnano boss who rose from tenement street thug to masterminding the legendary global heroin trafficking network, the French Connection – always with a cigar in his mouth.
The Cigar: Carmine Galante, Mafia Terror.
HIS WAR CRY: “I RULE EVERYTHING.”
FOR HALF A CENTURY HE ALMOST TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0New York, NY, USA40.7127753 -74.005972812.402541463821152 -109.1622228 69.023009136178842 -38.849722799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-53359053330823893462023-04-10T08:10:00.001-05:002023-04-10T08:10:00.207-05:00Mafia Mamma Movie - From Suburban Mom to Mafia Don #MafiaMammaMafia MammaWhile seeing to her long estranged (and now deceased) grandfather’s affairs in Italy, Toni Collette, a mild mannered suburban mom, unexpectedly inherits his mafia empire and finds herself stuck in the middle of a deadly mob war.
Guided by the firm’s trusted consigliere (Monica Bellucci), she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12698349.post-82341073667206075452023-04-07T09:41:00.001-05:002023-04-07T09:42:30.541-05:00Member of Mexican Mafia Arrested by US Border Patrol #Laredo #MexicanMafiaLaredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station arrested a gang member with an extensive criminal history in Laredo, Texas.
U.S. Border Patrol agents while working their assigned duties apprehended several individuals near the Rio Grande. Border Patrol agents proceeded to transport the individuals to the Laredo South Station for processing. After record checks were TheChicagoSyndicate.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08321426511973042905noreply@blogger.com0Laredo, TX, USA27.5035613 -99.5075519-0.80667253617884427 -134.6638019 55.813795136178847 -64.3513019