Cosa Nostra News

REVISED, EXPANDED Around a dozen unsolved incidents of violence have occurred so far this year in Southern Ontario, a volley of gunfire, restaurant bombings, and outright murder. It's presumed by law enforcement in Canada that this is an ongoing mob war to fill a leadership vacuum created by the death of  "the Canadian John Gotti," as Gang Land News dubbed him. Vito Rizzuto was waging a war of annihilation against foes internal and external  once he returned home after serving a stint in an American prison for participating in a notorious triple homicide of Bonanno capos in 1981. Vito Rizzuto died allegedly of natural causes in December 2013. His death from cancer is the only thing that stopped him from killing more mobsters who either were against him or had shown disloyalty to him. Rizzuto's father and eldest son were slain by Ndrangheta members while he was in prison after Joseph Massino, the Bonanno crime family boss, flipped and gave testimony abou...

COSA NOSTRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE John Gammarano died on July 22, 2017,  after suffering a long bout with a cancer-related illness, a source told Cosa Nostra News .  The source is in a solid position to have knowledge of Johnny G. Johnny G The Gambino mobster was buried on July 26. Gammarano's death was noted on ObitTree by Brooklyn's Scarpaci Funeral Home, as per the  website .

COSA NOSTRA NEWS EXCLUSIVE FINAL Michael Persico, son of the infamous reputed mob boss imprisoned for life , was sentenced to five years in prison last week in a proceeding during which he was essentially convicted of a crime for which he was never tried and that he never copped to in a plea agreement. Based on available evidence and this blog's interview with Michael (Mikie Scars) DiLeonardo, a onetime capo from the regime of former Gambino boss John Gotti, Michael Persico, a widower in his sixties who lives with his two daughters, is nothing like the man the judge sought to depict last week . Michael Persico is a mob prince? Desiree Persico, daughter of Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico (Michael's brother) spoke with us as well. (We will incorporate new information from her remarks later today.) The alleged Colombo associate copped to a loansharking charge back in 2012, but last week a judge in Brooklyn federal court said he was guilty of murder, which had been prov...

UPDATED Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise!  ― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex Michael Persico, who the Feds say is a powerful associate in the Colombo crime family, was sentenced to five years in prison, two more years than prosecutors recommended, last Friday. The judge factored in an uncharged murder when she sentenced him. He was concerned about this happening all along; it is what dragged out his plea agreement for six years.  Michael Persico Persico was sentenced in Brooklyn federal court by Judge Dora Irizarry, who spelled out the reason for the extra time, noting that prosecutors had proved Persico’s role in the 1993 gangland hit by "more than a preponderance of the evidence." The Daily News reported that: "An acting Colombo capo-turned-informant said Persico helped with weapons for the hit and told him someone knew where to find (Orena faction underboss Joseph) Scopo." Prosecutors for years belie...