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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 08:25 PM Sep 2021

Colombo crime family brass arrested in crackdown on alleged mobsters

Source: ABC News

The arrests of more than a dozen purported mobsters Tuesday in New York and New Jersey show "the underbelly of the crime families in New York City is alive and well," according to the FBI.

Colombo crime family boss Andrew "Mush" Russo, underboss Benji Castellazzo and consigliere Ralph DiMatteo were among 14 purported mobsters charged Tuesday with labor racketeering, extortion and money laundering. Ten members of the Colombo crime family and one member of the Bonanno crime family were arrested, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Most of the alleged mobsters were arrested in New York and New Jersey on Tuesday, while Colombo captain Vincent Ricciardo was arrested in North Carolina. DiMatteo, 66, remains at large.

Russo and Castellazzo are allegedly long-time members of the family, at 87 and 83 years old, respectively.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/colombo-crime-family-brass-arrested-in-crackdown-on-alleged-mobsters/ar-AAOrmvE?li=BBnb7Kz

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Colombo crime family brass arrested in crackdown on alleged mobsters (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2021 OP
that's interesting stillcool Sep 2021 #1
TFG, biggest mobster of them all, still strutting around, free as a bird. And will remain so. BamaRefugee Sep 2021 #2
must be a practice run for the tRump crime family. nt yaesu Sep 2021 #3
talk about a slam dunk ! ftw ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #4
what took so long? Crazyleftie Sep 2021 #5
What Elessar Zappa Sep 2021 #6

Crazyleftie

(458 posts)
5. what took so long?
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 07:43 AM
Sep 2021

It was common knowledge that the mob ran the unions and contractors in New York and New Jersey for decades if not longer.

Elessar Zappa

(13,650 posts)
6. What
Wed Sep 15, 2021, 08:05 AM
Sep 2021

one knows and what one can prove are entirely different things. A lot of these guys cover their tracks well.

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