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Video shows elderly mobster slugging NY restaurateur who called him 'washed up' as lawyer says he 'punches like a girl'
Video footage shows the moment a reputed Genovese capo punched a Manhattan restaurateur in an attempt to allegedly collect on an $86,000 debt.
Aging mobster 'punched' NYC steakhouse owner for calling him 'washed-up Italian' -- not because of extortion plot: lawyer
A reputed mobster allegedly sucker punched a man because the victim called him a "washed up Italian" -- not because of extortion plot, his attorney claimed.
Pizza ‘wiseguy’ charged by feds with gambling ring, loan sharking
Reputed Genovese crime family associate John Porcello was indicted in Brooklyn federal court for running an illegal sports betting ring and overseeing a loan sharking racket.
Inside the real-life 'Mob Town' Mafia summit that inspired the movie
A 1957 meeting mobsters was a criminal disaster and led to laws that hobbled the mob
Genovese mobster charged with tax evasion
This guy could be the next Al Capone. An aged wiseguy has been slapped with tax evasion charges for failing to fork over $367,000 in dues from real estate sales,...
Accused mobster 'Skinny Joey' wants trial moved to Philly
Accused Philly mob boss Joey “Skinny Joey” Merlino wants to stay close to the cheesesteaks. Merlino filed papers in Manhattan federal court Monday requesting that his racketeering trial be moved...
Mob boss cuffed on racketeering charges
A Genovese capo who was once buddies with Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested Thursday on racketeering charges involving loan sharking, extortion and illegal gambling. Daniel Pagano, 61, son of the...
How NYC's gay bars thrived because of the mob
Who’d have guessed that, as far back as the 1930s, it was the mob who would give homosexuals a place to mingle, hook up and eventually coalesce as a movement...
Whiny mobster sentenced after getting 'whacked' with concrete
A reputed mobster who whined about getting "whacked" - by falling concrete - to avoid jail time was sentenced Wednesday to four months behind bars for being part of a...
Mobster claims mid-crime injury should keep out of jail
A reputed mobster got A reputed mobster got “whacked” — and lived to whine about it. Robert Franco, who confessed to being part of a mob effort to control New...
Sharpton on helping FBI: I'm not a rat, I'm a cat
The Rev. Al Sharpton said Tuesday that he’s a hero — not a snitch — for wearing an FBI wire to help take down a bunch of mobsters. “I was...
Sharpton secretly worked as FBI mob informant: report
Meet Al Sharpton, “Confidential Informant No. 7.” The longtime agitator, civil-rights activist and TV host was exposed Monday as an alleged former key FBI informant whose tips helped take down...
Judge won't let mafioso attend Rangers game
He’ll have to watch the Rangers game from home. A Brooklyn federal judge swatted away a hockey-loving mafioso’s request to break the terms of his court-imposed house-arrest curfew to attend...
Son of Genovese mob boss busted for child porn
The son of an imprisoned Genovese mob boss was busted Wednesday on kiddie porn charges in The Bronx, police sources told The Post. Joseph Nigro, 35, was allegedly using a...
Mobsters plead guilty to racketeering, extortion
Hey, the gang’s all here. A parade of Genovese wiseguys and associates -- including an elderly captain and a burly union leader -- pleaded guilty to a range of classic...
'Papa Smurf' faces jail over plot to control garbage industry
A mobbed-up ringleader nicknamed “Papa Smurf” and a fellow Genovese crime family associate copped pleas on Friday to being part of a massive gangland effort to control the lucrative garbage-carting...
Genovese slay parole denied
The New York City man convicted of killing bartender Kitty Genovese in a headline-grabbing 1964 murder has been denied parole for the 16th time. The state Division of Parole announced...