Sunday, February 28, 2010

Hollywood Goodfella: Los Angeles Times review : “A Prophet”

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Genre is powerful, especially in the hands of as gifted a filmmaker as France's Jacques Audiard. His new film, the masterful "A Pro...

Hollywood Goodfella: Gangster turned TV pundit jailed for 12 years

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A professional gangster and TV pundit who wrote an autobiography entitled The Art of Armed Robbery and supposedly renounced crime was jailed...
Friday, February 26, 2010

John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone: Chicago Outfit

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John "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone (July 7, 1914 - November 20, 1996) was a Chicago mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit, during th...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Hollywood Goodfella: Chicago: Mexican drug kingpin pleads not guilty

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CHICAGO – The alleged leader of a major Mexican drug cartel has pled not guilty in a Chicago courtroom, to trafficking millions of dollars w...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Colombo Family: Frank "Frankie Shots" Abbatemarco

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Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Frankie Shots", he was a Captain in the Profaci Crime Family (today the Family is ca...
Saturday, February 20, 2010

Romania Police Discover Huge Heroin Haul in Bulgarian Haiti Aid Truck

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Romanian authorities have discovered “hundreds of kilograms” of heroin hidden in a Bulgarian registered truck carrying aid for Haiti. The tr...
Monday, February 1, 2010

Daniel Leo, a/k/a "The Lion,"Genovese Crime Family boss

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The acting Don of the New York-based Genovese Organized Crime Family, Daniel Leo, a/k/a "The Lion," and his nephew and primary lie...