-Caveat Lector- fom: http://www.americanmafia.com/ <A HREF="http://www.americanmafia.com/">Rick Porrello's - AmericanMafia.com - The Organ </A> ----- Quite the site. A taste. Lots of embedded links. Om K ----- •The Mob Busters •Mafia User Forum •Howard Stern Fans •Mafia Site Search •Al Guart Exclusive January 16 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Read and Write Mafia Notes Would you be my neighbor? Mug Shots Galore Crime Stuff to read and enjoy Do gangsters really "chat"? Other places to find Mafia stuff ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEWS COVERAGE and FEATURES Exclusive Al Guart's New York View The Strong Arm of the Law and Junior Gotti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congressman Traficant and the murder of Charlie Carrabia JR from New York writes a shocking story of scandal, bribery and murder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ online bookshop Current News on Organized Crime - Yahoo! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recent Mafia Developments --- January 7 1999--- Check for Added Items John "Junior" Gotti is out of jail awaiting a racketeering trial. His release was secured by a $10-million bond. He is confined to home and visitors are limited to family members. Gotti spent Christmas Eve with his wife, their three children, his mother, sisters Angela and Victoria, and their families. On Thanksgiving, federal prosecutors refused to let Victoria's husband, Carmine Agnello visit. The Feds believed 36-year-old Agnello is a Gambino Crime Family associate. Gotti attorneys filed an appeal and after legal arguments, the prosecutors agreed to let Agnello spend Christmas Eve at the Gotti home. >From the New York Post ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- January 1999--- New York: John Gotti Jr. was released in October from jail on $10 million bond. Gotti had been held since January of 1998 when he was indicted for being the alleged street boss of New York's Gambino Mafia family. Gotti Jr. will wear a monitoring bracelet on his ankle to assure that he does not leave his house except to meet with his attorneys. Additionally, his phone will be tapped. The F.B.I. believes the Gambino crime group is still run by John Gotti Sr., the "Dapper Don" who is serving a life sentence. Las Vegas: Southern California Mafia underboss Carmen Milano and 16 other Los Angeles and Buffalo mobsters were charged in February in a 101-count racketeering indictment. Bobby Siller, F.B.I. Special Agent in Charge in Las Vegas said," there was an attempt by the Los Angles mob to infiltrate Las Vegas..." Milano, 68 and a disbarred attorney, is the brother of Peter Milano, the boss of the L.A. mob. The Milanos are sons of the late Anthony "The Old Man" Milano, former Cleveland Mafia consigliere. [more] continued on Page 2 - see Recent from your host Rick Porrello Happy New Year and welcome to AmericanMafia.com, the new Organized crime and Mafia Super Site! I am your host Rick Porrello, a police officer and author. In 1932 my grandfather and uncle, Cleveland mob leaders, were killed. Curiosity about my roots culminated in nine years of research and the publication of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Later I wrote To Kill The Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia. "The Irishman" has been optioned for a movie. I conceived AmericanMafia.com to be THE top mob site. And we're well on our way. We've only been on-line a month or so and the interest has been tremendous. We've had hundreds of visitors from all over the globe - Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Finland, Norway Germany, Romania, Australia, the U.K., Canada and the United Arab Emirates, and we would like to thank our new friends all over the world for visiting! Here in the U.S. we're also making friends fast - John B. from Chicago, Charlie M. from Youngstown, Russ M. from Texas, Jim F. from Cleveland, and J.R. from New York - too many to mention. They've all become regular visitors with great suggestions and input. I thank you all. [more] continued on Page 2 - see Welcome ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Exactly What Is The Mafia? Question to Porrello: Exactly what is the Mafia? The Mafia, more specifically the Italian-American Mafia, is a group of criminals organized into "families," and operating primarily in North America. Also known as La Cosa Nostra, at one time there were 26 families in the United States - roughly one for each major city. The Mafia "commission," composed of bosses of numerous families, mostly New York, was the overseeing authority for all of the other La Cosa Nostra families. The Mafia has its roots in Sicily, where the larger and more powerful Sicilian Mafia operates from. ...and with Prohibition came the birth and growth spurt of nationally organized crime. Newly-conceived Mafia families jockeying for power were waging battles that killed scores, frightened citizens, and gave birth to screaming headlines and grand funeral processions never before experienced in the New World. But it all began years ago and miles away. 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