What, you thought the Mafia had called it quits?
FBI agents arrested dozens of alleged mobsters this morning in a
sweep running up and down the East Coast, from Florida to Massachusetts.
The FBI announced the indictment of 46 purported members of the
Genovese, Gambino, Luchese, Bonanno, and Philadelphia crime families
today. Three suspects were already in state and federal prison, and four
others are still at large. In the sweep, the feds say they found three
handguns, a shotgun, gambling items, and $30,000 in cash (which between
39 people isn't a huge amount of dough, let's be honest).
"Today’s charges against 46 men, including powerful leaders, members
and associates of five different La Cosa Nostra families, demonstrate
that the mob remains a scourge on this city and around the country,"
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. "From loansharking and
illegal gambling, to credit card and health care fraud, and even
firearms trafficking, today’s mafia is fully diversified in its
boundless search for illegal profits. And as alleged, threatening to
assault, maim and kill people who get in the way of their criminal
schemes remains the go-to play in the mob’s playbook."
Purported wise guys were rounded up in the Bronx, Queens, Staten
Island, Yonkers, Rockland County, Orange County, the Jersey Shore,
Bergen County, Springfield, Massachusetts, various cities in the Miami
area, and Costa Rica.
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Source: Gothamist
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