Cosa Nostra News

From the  VillageVoice.com : Here's some free advice: if you need some quick cash, a loan from a Gambino crime family associate is one of the worst ways to go about getting it. And if being indebted to the mafia isn't enough to scare you off, this might: in at least two cases, a Gambino gangster has teamed up with a Hells Angels crony to get someone to pay up . And when Hells Angels and mobsters ask you to pay up, it's rarely a polite suggestion -- in this case it involved brass-knuckles, a gun, and a baseball bat. Three men -- each with ties to violent gangs, including the Hells Angels and the Gambino crime family -- have been indicted on extortion charges for allegedly threatening a Queens man on multiple occasions after he didn't pay back a $50,000 loan to the gangsters' satisfaction. According to court documents obtained by the Voice, James Ferrara, a Gambino associate, Daniel Hanley, a member of the Westies street gang, and Peter Kanakis, a member of ...

Genovese capo Anthony Romanelo is next on informant Joe Massino's hit list as he sings again for the Feds. From the  NY Daily News : The fat man admitted he's trying to sing away two life sentences. Looking like the canary who swallowed a beach ball, former Bonanno boss Joseph Massino took the witness stand Monday for only the second time since he became the highest-ranking New York City mafioso ever to become government rat. Massino, 69, waddled [ OK Marzulli, we get it ; the guy is fat! Enough already! ] into the courtroom outfitted in the same navy blue warm-up suit he wore when he testified last year at the murder trial of his successor Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano.

Click the highlighted copy to see T he Rizzuto Family  chart -- though it needs updating -- from  GangsterBB . [It's too small to read here, obviously; click on the link to see it.]

Ralp DeLeo, acting Colombo boss, got 20 years in prison. Ralph DeLeo, a Massachusetts man who prosecutors say was a street boss in New York’s Colombo crime family has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison on racketeering conspiracy and weapons charges. He pleaded guilty in May and was sentenced this past Wednesday to 19 years and seven months in prison. He will receive credit for three years he has already served. Prosecutors said DeLeo was the street boss of the Colombo family and the head of the “DeLeo Crew,” a criminal enterprise based in Somerville that engaged in extortion and loan-sharking, and sold cocaine and marijuana. The crew operated mainly in Massachusetts, Arkansas, Florida and New York. DeLeo’s attorney, Tim Watkins, said the 69-year-old DeLeo “stood up to take his punishment” for things he has now put behind him," according to the AP. On December 17, 2009, the FBI charged members of the Colombo family with allegedly engaging in drug trafficking, e...