Indicted: Gambino Capo, Associates of 4 Mafia Families
Gambino capo Michael "Mickey Boy" Paradiso , whose mob roots predate the tumultuous John Gotti reign (though his current rank as capo does not), and some two dozen associates from four of New York's five crime families were indicted for a grab-bag of mob mainstay crimes . Marijuana sales were a key racket detailed in the indictment. Two women were also indicted with the mobsters, of whom only Paradiso is a made Mafia member. All those named in the indictment face drug, illegal online gambling and tax-fraud charges resulting from a two-year probe that was part of a Waterfront Commission investigation regarding drug trafficking on New York's piers. Paradiso has been a made member since before the first Gotti administration . And, as Jerry Capeci noted in his latest Gangland News column : Paradiso played a role in something that's puzzled us -- specifically that bizarre hit attempt on psycho Luchese underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, wh...