The Chicago Syndicate: Vincent Basciano
Showing posts with label Vincent Basciano. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vincent Basciano. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 02, 2016

Inside the Last Great Mafia Empire

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Inside the Last Great Mafia Empire (Cosa Nostra News: The Cicale Files) . Dominick Cicale was born and raised in the Bronx, New York . Fro...
Monday, July 08, 2013

"Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster" on Crime Beat Radio

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On July 11th, journalist Robert Destafano discusses his new book, Vinny Gorgeous: The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster. Also Margar...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Vinny Gorgeous Begs Jury for Mercy

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After a blood-soaked career as a New York mafia boss, Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano found himself begging a jury Tuesday for ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

How Joseph Massino Exposed the Ugly Truth About "Vinny Gorgeous"

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A New York City mobster who is serving a life sentence for attempted murder could become the first mafia boss to face the death penalty afte...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Vincent 'Vinny Gorgeous' Basciano Could Face Death Penalty for Mob Murder

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Notorious mob boss ' Vinny Gorgeous ' could face the death penalty after being convicted on Monday in federal court of ordering the ...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Mobster Salvatore Volpe Paid $50,000 After Restaurant Owner Gets His Wife Pregnant

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You'd have thought getting a mobster's wife pregnant would carry the ultimate price. But it turns out even a cuckolded Mafioso can s...
Thursday, April 28, 2011

Mobster Robert Perrino Allegedly Killed for Finding Religion

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A Mafia associate and newspaper delivery man was 'whacked' by the mob in a horrific murder - because he found religion. Robert Per...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Joseph Massino Historical Mob Trial Testimony

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A jailed former Mafia boss who once ordered a payback killing in the infamous "Donnie Brasco" case made gangland history Tuesday b...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Richard Basciano Not Related to "Vinny Gorgeous"

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The New York Daily News has issued the following correction to the story directly below: “An Aug. 3 article about the partnership of Jamie M...
Saturday, May 03, 2008

Mobster Supports Having a Broad Vocabulary

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He's known as Vinny Gorgeous, but convicted mob boss Vincent Basciano might want to trade up to Vinny Photogenic or Vinny Pulchritudinou...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Vinny Gorgeous Gets Life in Prison without Parole

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A former beauty salon owner known by the Mafia as Vinny Gorgeous was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for the 2001 killing ...
Saturday, January 05, 2008

COLOMBO CRIME FAMILY BOSS ALPHONSE PERSICO & ADMINISTRATION MEMBER JOHN DEROSS CONVICTED OF MURDER IN AID OF RACKETEERING AND WITNESS TAMPERING

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Following eight weeks of trial, a federal jury in Central Islip, New York, returned a verdict convicting Colombo organized crime family acti...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Mafia Boss Tries Witchcraft to Thwart Prosecutors

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A federal judge Thursday unsealed a handwritten incantation that Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano stashed in his shoe to...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

La Cosa No More?

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In early 2004, mob veteran Vincent Basciano took over as head of the Bonanno crime family. The reign of the preening, pompadoured Mafioso kn...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Vinny Gorgeous Faces Death Penalty Alone

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Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano will fly solo at his federal death penalty trial, a judge ruled Tuesday. Four members...
Sunday, October 21, 2007

Are New York Gangsters Basically Teenage Girls with Guns?

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Someone once said that New York gangsters are basically teenage girls with guns. Looked at from the proper angle, it does seem there is some...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Death Penalty Sought for Mob Boss

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Friends of ours: Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, Bonanno Crime Family Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Bonanno's Name Bambino Godfather

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Friends of ours: Bonanno Crime Family, Salvatore "Sal the Ironworker/Sal the Zip" Montanga, Joseph Massino, Baldassare "Baldo...
Saturday, September 23, 2006

Mob Boss Hit List Results in Terror Case Restrictions

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Friends of ours: Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano A set of restrictive rules established for terrorism suspects has been imposed ...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Canaries Get Tweet Salvation

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Friends of ours: Junior Gotti, Bonanno Crime Family, Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, Patrick DeFilippo, Vito DeFilippo, Gambino...