Cosa Nostra News

Click image to purchase.... Gangland News recently recommended a book, a rarity for the website renowned for being the repository for the nation's no. 1 mob scribe, Jerry Capeci . "There are no spectacular revelations in it. There's no hint of the excitement that Man of Honor created when legendary Mafia boss Joseph Bonanno wrote his autobiography in 1984. And some of the author's facts are clearly wrong. ...," Capeci writes. But Bugs, Bull, & Rats: An Insider's account of how the Mob Self-destructed  (the full title) "is an intriguing new book about 'the last 40 years of the Mafia' by a New York wiseguy who's bummed out by 'the life' he found when he hit the streets after a long prison stretch that was caused by a 'wire-wearing rat.'"

John A. Gotti aka Junior is lending Travolta his father's personal items for a film about John Gotti Senior. John Gotti, former Gambino crime family boss, died in prison of cancer in 2002 at the age of 61. His son, former Gambino crime family boss John A. Gotti (aka "Junior"), says he left Cosa Nostra life in the dust many years ago. If John Junior is eyeing any kind of mob these days, it's the one based on the West Coast, aka Hollywood. High-caliber star John Travolta will play the Dapper Don in the upcoming production based on Junior's self-published book  Shadow of My Father . Junior claims he wrote the manuscript in response to the release of another book, George Anastasia's Gotti's Rules , based on the life and prodigious crimes of former Gambino enforcer John Alite .

Dan E. Moldea, author of The Hoffa Wars and Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer , has written a story that will be published Thursday on Jerry Capeci's GangLand News website. Apparently, he'll tell us, once and for all, what the hell happened to James R. Hoffa. From Gangland New s: Coming next week, a Gang Land special. On the 40th anniversary of one of the great Mafia mysteries — the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa — investigative journalist Dan E. Moldea, the leading expert on Hoffa, will tell you, based on his 40 years of investigating the storied mob rubout, what happened, who did it, and where Hoffa ended up.

Recruitment the best racket. Obviously, I am not going to name the man I interviewed for this story, or anyone connected to him, because to do so "would be committin' suicide," as he told me. "I'm a journalist. I speak all the time--" "I know, I know. Protected sources, Freedom of the Press. You fuckin' name anyone, you're dead. And it won't be me who does it. You can send the cops after me, I don't give two shits, they'll arrest me eventually for something, what's another murder to me?" "Uhhh.... " "Look you know who I am. Write the story like I tell you. It's about a guy I worked for who is dead for years so none of my people will know what the fuck you're talking about and everything will be fine. Just don't get cute and put any names in or you'll be fucking dead by the next day. If you fuck me tomorrow [meaning today], call your mother right after and w...