By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This is a goof almost too good to be true. Mob expert Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News reports that the feds — more specifically, federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security — were a little embarrassed a few weeks ago when they tried arresting Gambino crime family capo Alphonse…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI’s legendary Ten Most Wanted list is really only the Eight Most Wanted list these days. Two of the the most well-known figures on the list — Osama bin Laden and Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger — are no longer wanted. Bin Laden was killed by the U.S. military in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI may have blown the cover of a mob informant by being a little careless, the Gang Land News website reported. Jerry Capici of Gang Land News, a former mob writer for the New York Daily News, reports that the cover of mob associate Howard Santos may have been blown…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Respect comes in different forms. In the mob world, it often comes in the form of $$$. Brooklyn federal prosecutors on Wednesday said mobbed up Staten Island jeweler Louis Antonelli was murdered because he disrespected Genovese capo Anthony Antico, 74, by failing to pay him cash kickbacks for selling gems at…
