Richard Mladenich was a bodyguard to slain drug boss Carl Williams and was killed at a St Kilda hotel 11 years ago.

VICTIMS of crime advocate has criticised a Victorian Police offer of a $1 million reward to help solve a gangland killing, saying the death of Richard Mladenich was "good riddance".Police say they are trying to tempt people who knew who killed Mladenich to come forward, with the reward up for grabs by anyone who offers information that leads to a conviction.Mladenich was a bodyguard to slain drug boss Carl Williams and was killed at a St Kilda hotel...

Gangster will kill behind bars if he's not executed, says prosecutor

federal prosecutor urged jurors Tuesday to sentence former Bonanno crime boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano to the death penalty because prison walls cannot prevent him from killing again."The defendant will not stop, he will not leave the Bonanno crime family behind in prison," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Dennehy."He poses a future danger to others and he has earned a sentence greater than prison."Basciano, 51, was convicted last week...

Mike Adiwal is accused of extortion with a firearm, uttering death threats and assault

notorious gangster whose twin survived 26 bullet wounds two years ago has been charged with extortion using a firearm and a number of other offences.Manjit Singh (Mike) Adiwal was arrested in Chilliwack on May 9 after an investigation headed by Surrey RCMP.Adiwal, 31, is also charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, uttering death threats and assault. Both he and his co-accused, Preetpal Sangha, 27, were released on bail on May 17,...

Britain's most feared crime godfather is to be questioned about the ­unsolved murders of two of his closest associates.

Notorious gangster Terry ­Adams, 56, will be quizzed by Scotland Yard detectives following ­advances in DNA science.They have reopened an ­investigation into gangland “hits” on Adams family enforcer Gilbert Wynter, 37, and financial adviser Solly Nahome, 48.Detectives hope improvements in forensic science will provide the vital breakthrough in the cases that have remained unsolved for 13 years.Items of clothing and the last car Wynter used have been...

crime-family boss Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano was found guilty Monday on all charges by a Brooklyn jury and now could face the death penalty for his crimes.

 Federal prosecutors said that Basciano -- who is already serving a life sentence for another mob murder -- ordered the assassination of Randy Pizzolo, a Bonanno associate considered reckless and insubordinate, who was later gunned down in 2004 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.Prosecutors argued during the trial that the directive "let him go" meant that Pizzolo should be killed.But Basciano's defense attorneys countered that the phrase was not an order...

THe wife of a Leeds gangster jailed for living the high life on the back of her partner’s ill-gotten gains for armed robbery is to appeal against her jail sentence.

THe wife of a Leeds gangster jailed for living the high life on the back of her partner’s ill-gotten gains for armed robbery is to appeal against her jail sentence. Mum-of-five Maxine Valentine will mount an Appeal Court bid over the 12-month sentence she sent to prison for money...

An argument over rival gang affiliations pitted brother against brother in a violent clash that sent one of the gangsters to hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

 A now 17-year-old accused previously pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and discharging a firearm with intent to wound.On Wednesday he was sentenced to three years custody and community supervision, the maximum sentence allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.The accused, a member of the Indian Posse street gang, was visiting his grandmother’s Balmoral Street apartment on Jan. 27, 2010, when he got into an argument with his 27-year-old...

Brooklyn jury had deliberated over the course of four days before finding Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano guilty of murder, racketeering, conspiracy and other charges.

A tough-talking New York City mobster who's already serving a life sentence for attempted murder was convicted Monday in a death penalty case accusing him of ordering a gangland killing to cement his rise to power in the Bonanno organized crime family.A Brooklyn jury had deliberated over the course of four days before finding Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano guilty of murder, racketeering, conspiracy and other charges.The federal trial...

Emilio Fusco, a convicted gangster from Longmeadow and the fourth defendant in the Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno case, is en route to the United States after being arrested as a fugitive in southern Italy last summer

Emilio Fusco, a convicted gangster from Longmeadow and the fourth defendant in the Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno case, is en route to the United States after being arrested as a fugitive in southern Italy last summer, according to federal prosecutors. Fusco, 42, had been fighting extradition after allegedly fleeing there before he was charged in the Bruno case in 2010. Three of his co-defendants went to trial in a Manhattan federal court in March, were convicted...

Jimmy McElroy, 66, died in California last week, where he had been sent to serve a federal sentence of forever and a day

Jimmy McElroy, 66, died in California last week, where he had been sent to serve a federal sentence of forever and a day as the third-ranking person in the Westies. They were an Irish-American gang that ruled and ran the rackets in Hell’s Kitchen from the 1960s through the 1980s. For kicks, they butchered the bodies of people they had killed over debts or insults. Mr. McElroy was not known to have wielded the knife, but drove what the group called...

Authorities allege the Somali Mafia and Somali Outlaws gangs operated the ring out of the Twin Cities, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.

A Twin Cities man was arrested Monday in connection with an alleged sex ring that prostituted underage girls. Laura Yuen reports.Mohamed Ahmed Amalle is now the 30th defendant in a massive child-prostitution case. Authorities allege the Somali Mafia and Somali Outlaws gangs operated the ring out of the Twin Cities, Nashville and Columbus, Ohio.A grand jury indictment alleges that in November 2006, when Mohamed Amalle was 18, he became part of an...

Juan Ramon Fernandez, Toronto muscle for Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, has been denied parole because he threatened to use his organized crime connections to murder a Kingston prison guard

Juan Ramon Fernandez, Toronto muscle for Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto, has been denied parole because he threatened to use his organized crime connections to murder a Kingston prison guard, according to parole documents.“Several correctional officers witnessed death threats you made to another guard who was attempting to search you,” the parole board wrote to Fernandez earlier this month. Fernandez, 54, is currently serving a 12-year sentence...

FOUR people were yesterday being questioned on suspicion of murdering a gangster outside a party.

Peter Brocklesby, 50, was involved in an angry row with a group of youngsters when he was fatally stabbed.Eyewitness Wendy Belan 32, said she saw a man with a cricket bat or piece of fencing confront a group in the street outside their home, shouting: “Come on, then!”Advertisement >>The mum-of-two, of ­Cleckheaton, West Yorks, said: “A scuffle began, then broke up and the man walked back towards his home. He then ran back and went to swing...

State police say the people arrested include three reputed members of the Patriarca crime family, including Frank "Bobo" Marrapese, Jr., Edward Lato and Alfred "Chippy" Scivola. They're all charged with racketeering, and Marrapese and Scivola are also charged with extortion conspiracy.

State police say the people arrested include three reputed members of the Patriarca crime family, including Frank "Bobo" Marrapese, Jr., Edward Lato and Alfred "Chippy" Scivola. They're all charged with racketeering, and Marrapese and Scivola are also charged with extortion conspiracy."What today proves is that organized crime and corruption in the state of Rhode Island never sleeps," Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin said at a news...

Fraser Valley man who once had close ties to the leader of the United Nations gang was sentenced this week to more than eight years in a U.S. jail for ecstasy smuggling.

Joseph Patrick Curry, 50, was handed the sentence in Spokane Thursday after a joint sentencing submission by his defence lawyer and the U.S. Attorney's office.The Chilliwack man ran into trouble in 2007 when he crashed a plane in a Washington state farmer's field. As he left the scene, U.S. authorities found duffel bags full of ecstasy nearby.For three years he denied any link to the drugs, but pleaded guilty in February in U.S. District Court after...

Gangster was rubbed out after botching work on Vinny Gorgeous' mansion, mob rat testifies

A young gangster was marked for death after botching work on former Bonanno boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano's waterfront mansion, a mob rat testified Tuesday.Government witness Dominick Cicale told jurors victim Randolph Pizzolo did a good job excavating the Schurz Ave. site in the Bronx, but then bit off more than he could chew with the rest of the project: He forgot to hook up French drains in the foundation."Vinny was very angry,...

Alleged Member of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queen Nation Charged in Hammond, Indiana with Racketeering Conspiracy Involving Multiple Murders

April 20, 2011 – An additional alleged member of the Almighty Latin Kings and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) has been indicted for his alleged role in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Indiana and elsewhere, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana.The second superseding indictment, returned yesterday by the federal grand jury in Hammond, charges...