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Liborio Bellomo, left, Mickey Dimino. The result of the years-long, multi-state probe was indictments charging 46 alleged mobsters  for committing a seemingly prodigious grab-bag of crimes. But there is a startling absence of factors common in most Mafia indictments. The case lacks specifics, as defense attorneys have noted. Also missing are traditional mob crimes, such as murder and major narcotics trafficking (the pain-alleviating compound lotion is presented as evidence of healthcare fraud). Still, defendants in this case face the possibility of dying in prison. And save for Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino,  released on $5 million bail  along with most of those arrested as per the East Coast Syndicate case, though two defendants were already in prison on other charges and three lammed it, there's a lack of mobstar power, all things considered.

The town apparently doesn't suffer amateur buglers  either. This is why I need an editor! The municipality of Corleone, Sicily, is no more. And it's the Mafia's fault, the Italian government proclaimed . Other local administrations tied to the Camorra and Ndrangheta  -- Arzano, near Naples, and Calabria's Bovalino and Tropea -- also were done away with. The towns will be administered by a government-appointed commissioner until new elections are held, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's government revealed on August 10.

REVISED JULY 2018 Follow-up to  recent  story on history of Philadelphia Mafia... The volatility for which the Philadelphia Mafia is historically so well-known didn't begin with Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo. Little Nicky Scarfo, violent former mob boss of Philly Cosa Nostra It certainly reached a crescendo of sorts during Scarfo's blood-soaked reign--and the violence continued when a street war erupted between factions after Scarfo went away. The greatest irony here is that the crime family known for its violence  was once run by a notoriously peaceful boss, who preferred making deals to ordering murders. "The Gentle Don," Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro) ran the Philly mob during what's called its "golden age," from 1959 until his 1980 murder, which may have resulted from the ruthless duplicity of the Genovese crime family's then-street boss "Funzi" Tieri, who allegedly was quite sore over losing a North-Je...

"Cadillac Frank" during 1995 arrest. UPDATED Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, a former top-level member of the New England Mafia  who flipped to testify against notorious Irish mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger , was yanked out of Witness Protection and arrested today, having been charged with murdering a witness. Salemme is to appear today at 3 p.m. before a Boston-based U.S. District Court, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz’s office said. Salemme is charged with the May 10, 1993 murder of South Boston nightclub manager Steven A. DiSarro. Salemme and his son, who has since died, were long suspected of being behind the murder .