Thursday, February 07, 2008

Real-Life Sopranos Stuff

Thanks to Emiana for passing on the info about these real life, modern day mobsters.

90 jailed in Palermo and New York: the bosses of the new Italy-Usa pact
The haul has been codenamed "Old Bridge". It could be the beginningof a series of assaults against the "Cosa Nostra" 'families' in America
by ATTILIO BOLZONI
La Repubblica
(7 febbraio 2008)

It's the biggest mafia haul since the days of the "Pizza Connection". Striking the bosses from Palermo and New York, the Inzerillo 'family' and the Gambino 'family' these 90 arrests represent a simultaneous attack on 'Cosa NostrĂ  on both sides of the Atlantic. An attack on an organization that was becoming once again a force on the world stage of international trafficking.

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The old New Jersey mafia war: Corleonesi killers against the Inzerillo
In Antonino disappeared in 1981; earlier, in the same year, Pietro's bodywas found in the trunk of an old car with a 5 dollar note in his mouth
di ATTILIO BOLZONI
La Repubblica
(7 febbraio 2008)

The other was Pietro Inzerillo whose corpse was found on 15 January 1981 in the trunk of an abandoned automobile in front of the Hilton Hotel of Mont Laurel in New Jersey. He had a 5-dollar note in his mouth, and a two-dollar note on his genitals.

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... and click here for photos of the mob bosses shopping, dining, and posing in New York.



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