Former Mob Boss Joe Massino who Became Informant Dies at 80
Joseph C. Massino, the former boss of the Bonanno crime family who later became a government witness, has died following a short illness.
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High-Ranking Mobster Asks to Be Released for Helping FBI Arrest Mafia Members
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ex-Bonanno crime boss and FBI informant wants to be freed from jail in exchange for damaging testimony against the mafia, the New York Post reportsBon. Joseph Massino, who will be re-sentenced toady, provided key testimony against former colleagues, including Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano. “It is fair to say that not only is…
Mob Expert Picks Top Mob Stories of 2011
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com As New York mobster stories go, there seemed to be no shortage in 2011. Mob expert Jerry Capeci should know. Capeci, a former New York Daily News reporter, runs the website Gang Land News. On Thursday, he picked the top mob stories of 2011. Hands down, he writes, the top story…
Ex-NY Mob Boss Testifies that Crooked FBI Agent in 80s Tipped Off the Mafia About Arrests
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Bonanno mob boss Joseph Massino — the first N.Y. family boss to ever take the witness stand for the government — testified Thursday that a crooked FBI agent tipped off the Mafia back in the 80s that he and others were about to get arrested, the Associated Press reported. As a…
NY Crime Boss Testifies in Court; Makes Mafia History
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In what’s being billed as a first, a boss of one of the five New York crime families took the stand Tuesday to testify in court for the government. No New York boss had ever done that before, though it’s generally accepted that the code of silence aint’ what it used…
NY Killer Mob Snitch Gets Time Served and Witness Protection Program
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The headline in the New York Post read: ” ‘Life’ of a Super Mob Rat; Turncoat Killer Gets Witness Protection.” The headline referred to former Bonanno crime-family underboss Salvatore “Good Looking Sal” Vitale, who the Post described as “one of the most helpful government informers in US Mafia history.” Vitale was…
Brooklyn Feds Vouch for Bonanno Crime Family Mobster
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Fed prosecutors are putting in a good word for convicted killer and tough guy Salvatore “Good Looking Sal” Vitale, a Bonanno family mobster who is set to be sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court. He hopes to avoid a life sentence. Newsday reports that prosecutors, in a court filing, are advocating…