By Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Page PITTSBURGH — American mobsters probably assumed they had a free ride after Sept. 11. East Coast crime families probably breathed easier after the Justice Department turned its attention toward foreigners whose names appeared on terror-watch lists. For sure, the specter of international terrorism provided the FBI and other law enforcement…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News Federal authorities Thursday announced what they called the largest mob roundup in FBI history: the indictment of 127 people, including key Mafia figures from the New York, New Jersey and New England crime families, on charges ranging from murder and racketeering to gambling, extortion and loan-sharking. About 800 law…
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxhbVpyo6c WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Serves Terrorism Warrants in Minn. and Chicago (NY Times) U.S. Officials Defend State Secrets Claim in al-Aulaqi Suit (Washington Post)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlsTYpliUWQ WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST If TV Shows Can’t Pay For Blagojevich’s Second Trial (Washington Post) Chandra Levy Judge to Shield Jury Pool IDs (Washington Post) Black Water Reaches Settlement for $42 Million in Fines With U.S. (NY Times)
By Allan Lengel For AOL News His title may be “acting,” but there’s no pretending that things haven’t been outright wild, abuzz, atwitter, downright explosive since George Venizelos took over in March on a temporary basis as head of the New York FBI office, the largest in the country. There was the high-anxiety Times Square…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI on Wednesday arrested an Italian man in Miami Beach who’s suspected of helping a Sicilian Mafia family expand operations in the U.S., the Miami Herald reported. Agents arrested Roberto Settineri as part of a multi-year international probe into his criminal ties to the Cosa Nostra in Italy, the Gambino…
