Cosa Nostra News

Some of you may have already heard or read this story. I assume many of you have not... From the MailOnline, which published this in April 2011 : It is a Mafia murder mystery that has remained unsolved for years. But investigators finally believe they might have got to the bottom of what happened to family mobster Nicholas Cirillo, who vanished seven years ago and has not been seen since - his death may have been ordered by his own father. Genovese gangster Nicholas disappeared on Mothers' Day 2004, two weeks after an altercation in the Bronx with fellow mob man Vincent Jr. Basciano and Dominick Cicale, part of the infamous Bonanno family.

With little fanfare -- and no media coverage that we could find -- Genovese acting boss Daniel Leo is back on the streets, having been released from prison on Jan. 25, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons . The Genovese crime family is deemed to be the most powerful criminal group in America -- and now, according to sources, free on the streets are its acting boss, street boss, underboss, consigliere -- and supposedly the capos who run a trio of the family's most powerful crews. Daniel Leo, Genovese acting boss  "The Genovese crime family is still the best organized, and has the deepest bench," the chief of investigations for the Manhattan district attorney has said. "They continue to take part in traditional organized crime activities of gambling, loansharking and labor racketeering in New York and New Jersey." "The Genovese family is the most secretive, criminally diverse, and powerful family in the country," an FBI agent added, ...