“Black Mass” film, Johnny Depp makeup artistry bring Whitey Bulger to life on screen
Black Mass, the cinematic saga of convicted Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, who gamed a crooked FBI to obtain…
Year: 2015
Former New York Mob enforcer to Gotti Junior
John Alite was a small-time drug dealer when, in 1983, he started doing business with John A. Gotti, son of…
U.S. judge rebukes Sammy the Bull’s bid for reduction of twenty-year drug sentence
Read an update on Sammy “The Bull” Gravano and his release from prison Salvatore “Sammy the Bull” Gravano lost his…
News site releases pages from huge FBI file on notorious New England Mob boss
Raymond Patriarca, leader of a major New England crime family from the 1940s to the mid-1980s, seemed to live the…
James Licavoli, ruthless Cleveland Mob chief, born August 18 in 1904
In the first week of October 1977, Cleveland mobster James Licavoli, nicknamed “Blackie” and “Jack White,” was on a boat…
The Havana Mob during the 1950s
Havana, Cuba, served as a virtual haven for organized crime in the 1950s. After former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista staged…
Major Italian Mafia group churning up political controversy in Australia
One of the major Italian Mafia organizations is deeply entrenched in the Australian underworld. Italy’s violent Calabrian Mafia group ‘Ndrangheta…
‘Flip Lips’ and the Mob
The recent “What Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?” panel discussion at The Mob Museum set off memories of my own fleeting…
Drugs, human trafficking and counterfeit goods among most lucrative markets for organized crime groups in Europe
Part 1 Part 2 Organized crime groups in Europe – numbering about 3,600 — are increasingly adapting to…
Working for Lucky and Dutch
Stanley Grauso, a real Prohibition-Era hoodlum who died recently at age 104, sat down with The Mob Museum two days…