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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Carlo "Charlie Big Ears" Majuri ,DeCavalcante crime family



Carlo Majuri also known as "Charlie Big Ears" (born December 28, 1940) is a New Jersey mobster and Caporegime within the DeCavalcante crime family, which he attempted to gain control of in the 1990s.
Majuri became involved in the DeCavalcante crime family as a teenager.


His father, Frank Majuri, was once the Underboss of the DeCavalcantes, and later longtime Consigliere. The younger Majuri's criminal record would eventually include illegal gambling, larceny, stolen property, and bookmaking, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.


At some point between the early and late 1970s, Majuri is to have become inducted into the DeCavalcante crime family, but toward the early 1980s and longtime and infamous Mob boss, Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante retired, Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi, the longtime Underboss, substantly promoted Majuri to the rank of Caporegime or Captain of the family in the Newark faction.

In 2000, Majuri was indicted on 19 counts of bookmaking, illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and labor racketeering, and on two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Following his indictment, Majuri was officially excluded by the State of New Jersey from any of its casinos. In 2006, Majuri was convicted and sent to prison. He was released around April 28, 2009.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci


Vincent Drucci also known as "The Schemer" (1898 - April 4, 1927) was a Chicago mobster during Chicago's Prohibition era who served as a lieutenant under Dean O'Banion's North Side Gang and later as gang boss. Drucci was one of the few mobsters to ever be killed by a law enforcement officer.


Drucci received a lavish funeral at Mount Carmel Cemetery, typical of gangland fashion at the time. Drucci's silver casket cost $10,000 and more than $30,000 in flowers adorned the funeral rooms.


The war between the North and South Side gangs would continue until the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day massacre, which effectively destroyed the North Side Gang. Capone and the South Side Gang, to be known as the Chicago Outfit, took over the North Side of Chicago and became the pre-eminent criminal organization in that city. Read More

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Domenico "Danny" Cutaia , Lucchese Crime Family

Domenico "Danny" Cutaia is a Brooklyn mafioso and captain in the Lucchese crime family., A former bodyguard and chauffeur for capo Paul Vario, Cutaia soon had his own crew based in Brooklyn. In 1990, the family's acting boss, Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, appointed Cutaia, then a family soldier, to a position within the family's "Construction Panel", which was headed by capos Dominic Truscello and Steven Crea.In the mid-1990s, Cutaia was arrested for loansharking.. Cutaia, was released from prison after a two year sentence for extortion. He was supposed banned from communicating with family members it was reported that Cutaia was the primary liaison between jailed boss Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and three capos, Aniello "Neil" Migliore, Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna, who are currently running the Lucchese crime family in his absence .On February 28, 2008, Cutaia, was indicted in the Eastern District of New York, on federal racketeering charges, some of which date back to the 1980s, including loansharking, extortionate collection of credit, extortion, marijuana distribution conspiracy, illegal

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Anthony Fiato , Los Angeles Mafia


Anthony Fiato aka"the Animal" aka Anthony "Tony The Animal Fiato". Fiato is a former vicious Mafia enforcer who flipped to FBI informant. He enabled the Feds to capture and convict nearly 70 underworld Mafia figures. Anthony Fiato was actor James Caan's Mafia connection in the L.os Angeles Crime Family . The F.B.I.intersepted a phone conversation between Fiato and Caan concerning actor Joe Pesci. James Caan asked his Mafia pal Anthony to grab and "take care" of Joe Pesci after learning about an $8,000 bill that wasn't paid after Pesci stayed with Princess Diana's late lover Dodi Fayed at a pal's Miami, Florida, hotel in 1982 - Anthony Fiato grew up in Boston's Little Italy section called the "North End".He moved to Hollywood and he rose in the ranks of the Los Angeles La Cosa Nostra to become a feared and vicious street boss. Anthony Fiato worked closely with mobsters, Anthony "Tony "The Ant" Man" Spilotro, Johnny Roselli, Mike "Rizzi" Rizzitello, Joey"Crazy Joe" Gallo, Guido "The Bull" Penosi, Salvatore Giglio, Pete Milano, Joe "JS" Sica, Joseph "J.R". Russo, Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno, Larry Bione, Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo, and many other Mafiosi.Consigliari, Jack LoCicero sponsored Fiato's membership into the Los Angeles Crime Family. Anthony "the Animal" Fiato and his vicious crew were the Los Angeles Mafia's enforcing arm.. Anthony Fiato and Mike "Rizzi" Rizzitello were the vicious muscle overseeing east coast Mafia operations in Los Angeles. Gambino Crime Family member Guido Penosi cut Anthony Fiato in for a big piece of his "sky-is-the-limit".poker game that was located in a ritzy Sunset Strip high-rise.. As Mafia boss Pete Milano was counting his end from the poker game an F.B.I.bug picked up Milano praising Fiato to capo Louie Gelfuso saying , " finally someone knows how to get things done the right way in this Family". "Anthony is worth ten men". Fiato's violent life of crime is graphically depicted in the best selling book The Animal In Hollywood: Anythony Fiato's Life in the Mafia, by John L. Smith.)