100 Mobsters Arrested in 3 States
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 21st, 2011 5:49 am by HL
100 Mobsters Arrested in 3 States
More than 100 accused mobsters were arrested Thursday morning by federal agents and police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The arrests were made around the New York area on charges including racketeering, conspiracy, extortion and murder. The takedown involved accused members and associates of all five New York organized-crime families: the Gambinos, Genoveses, Bonnanos, Luccheses and Colombos. Also arrested were members of the DeCavalcantes in Newark, N.J., and accused New England mobsters in Providence, R.I.