High-Ranking Mobster Asks to Be Released for Helping FBI Arrest Mafia Members

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Ex-Bonanno crime boss and FBI informant wants to be freed from jail in exchange for damaging testimony against the mafia, the New York Post reportsBon. Joseph Massino, who will be re-sentenced toady, provided key testimony against former colleagues, including Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano. “It is fair to say that not only is…

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International Crime Boss Added to FBI Top Ten Most Wanted List

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Semion Mogilevich, an international crime boss and Ukrainian businessman suspected of contract murder, weapons and drug trafficking, high-end corporate fraud and extortion, joins Osama bin Laden on the elite FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List. The FBI said Mogilevich is suspected of being involved in a multi-million dollar scheme…

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