Hamilton (Ont.) Wiseguy Tony Musitano Dies At 72, Did Time For Arson,...
The “Bombing Baker,” Tony Musitano passed away peacefully in Ontario, Canada this week at 72 with little fireworks or fanfare. The Hamilton mafia figure served seven years in prison (1983-1990) for...
View ArticleThe Domenic Racco Hit: Musitanos Clipped Toronto Mafia Prince Over Drug Debt
His last name couldn’t get him out of trouble anymore. Those days were long gone. Pretty-boy Toronto mob prince Domenic Racco, 34, met his end on a desolate railway track in Milton, Ontario on the...
View ArticleMafia Hit List: The Top 5 NYC “Westies” Irish Mob Murders
Led by the violent and ambitious Jimmy Coonan, The Westies was New York’s Irish mob of the late 1970s and 1980s. Backed by the Italian Gambino crime family, the Westies turned Hell’s Kitchen upside...
View ArticleThe G’s Vendetta Against G.G.: Detroit Man In Govt. Crosshairs For Its Past...
In a murder case out of suburban Detroit, Michigan hampered by conflicts of interests and a deluge of delays, the name you hear least and who the government has no direct evidence connecting him in...
View ArticleGangster Report Guest Op-Ed: The Vindictive Pursuit Of George Rider Needs To...
The Gangster Report welcomes contributor Ricardo Ferrell from Detroit. May 15, 2019 The long anticipated murder trial of George G. Rider is slated to begin this week in Macomb County Circuit Court in...
View ArticleUnsolved Chicago Mob Porn Racket Murder From ’80s Gets New Look In Grand Ave....
According to sources, the 1985 murder of Chicago mobster and porn king Patrick (Patsy Rich) Ricciardi is one of the many cold-case gangland hits being probed in an ongoing federal racketeering...
View ArticleNeedle In A Haystack: Chi-Town Mafia Boss Escaped Murder Beef In ’95
Alleged Chicago mob street boss Albert (Albie the Falcon) Vena was found not guilty of murdering low-ranking Northside crew member Sam (Needles) Taglia at an April 1995 bench trial in Cook County...
View ArticleReputed Detroit Drug Boss, “World Domination” Crew Founder, Once Viewed As...
Police in suburban Detroit first had convicted drug dealer Jimmy Lattner as the prime suspect in the 2017 murder of his girlfriend, Julii Johnson, before eventually charging Lattner’s ex-girlfriend...
View ArticleTaste Of Freedom: Capo In Philly Mafia Sprung From Federal Prison
Philadelphia mob captain Anthony Staino was released early from prison this month after serving six years of an eight-year sentence courtesy of a federal racketeering conviction. Award-winning...
View ArticleThe Iron Will Of Terrible Tom – AB Boss Did 35 Years In “Hole,” Dies As...
May 24, 2019 — Aryan Brotherhood leader Thomas (Terrible Tom) Silverstein, one of the most infamous men in the American prison system for the past four decades, died of heart failure behind bars this...
View ArticleGoing Bananas In The Bonannos: The Banana Mob War Timeline (1964-1969)
New York mafia don Joseph (Joe Bananas) Bonanno sent his criminal empire into chaos in the early 1960s when he unsuccessfully plotted to murder three rival mob bosses and take total control of the...
View ArticleThe Murder, Inc. Of Motown: Murder Row Crew Of Yesteryear Back In The News
Detroit’s almost-mythic Murder Row Gang has received some fresh ink this month. The mafia-supported drug trafficking organization and hit-for-hire crew hasn’t been active in more than 30 years, but...
View ArticleDeath Of An American Gangster: Historic NYC Crime Boss Frank Lucas Passes...
Frank Lucas, the Harlem drug lord of the early 1970s portrayed on the big screen by Oscar-winner Denzel Washington in the 2007 film American Gangster, died of natural causes this week at 88 years old....
View ArticleAlleged Motown Drug Boss’ DNA Found On Murder Weapon In GF’s Slaying Until...
According to an initial Michigan State Police lab report, convicted Detroit drug dealer Jimmy Lattner’s DNA was on the murder weapon tied to the killing of his girlfriend Julii Johnson on the morning...
View ArticleDetroit Mobster “Joe Hooks” Hands In His Chips, Dies Peacefully & Free At 87
June 1, 2019 – Retired Detroit mafia figure Joseph (Joe Hooks) Mirabile died recently of natural causes having avoided many of the pitfalls that come with being part of “The Life.” He took his last...
View ArticleMr. Untouchable Bids Adieu: Fabled NYC Drug Boss Nicky Barnes Died In Witness...
June 8, 2029 — New York gangland legend Nicky Barnes died seven years ago and it was just revealed this weekend by The New York Times. The storied and famously dapper drug kingpin ran the Harlem...
View ArticleThey Finally Got Their Man: Detroit Drug Don Turned Real Estate Mogul, G.G....
The month-long trial of Detroiters George (G.G.) Rider, Marcie Griffin and Eric Gibson for the 2017 murder of Julii Johnson ended late last week with guilty verdicts across the board in Macomb County...
View ArticleDetroit’s Mafia Made Jack Tocco Boss As Feds Watched On In ’79 Inauguration...
The upper crust of the Detroit mob gathered at a plush hunting lodge near Ann Arbor 40 years ago this week to officially anoint Giacomo (Black Jack) Tocco the new boss of the Tocco-Zerilli crime...
View ArticleThe Animal Is Out Of The Cage Again: Pagan’s MC In Philly Has “Gorilla” Back...
The Gorilla has climbed his way back to the top of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club in Philadelphia. Famous biker boss Steve (Gorilla) Mondevergine was reinstalled as president of Philly’s Pagan’s chapter...
View ArticleGR Guest Column: Did Murder Of Black Disciples Boss”Big Law” Loggins In...
Gangster Report correspondent Dave McEvers reports on a generational divide in Chicago’s Black Disciples street gang and an accompanying gangland assassination that took place back in the winter on...
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