Was Chicago’s Marshall Caifano an Informant?
In 1958, Chicago Outfit mobster Marshall Caifano spoke to special agents of the FBI and gave them some surprising information....
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In 1958, Chicago Outfit mobster Marshall Caifano spoke to special agents of the FBI and gave them some surprising information....
A rat is a rat is a rat. Button Guys takes a look at the informant racket throughout the world.
Michael "Big Nose Mike" Fiore was a Lucchese Family associate who quickly became an informant, gathering intel on all Five...
Tony Caruso was a New York-based soldier in the DeCavalcante Family primarily engaged in the bootlegging rackets. But Tony had...
Paolo Fraccacreta was a Genovese Family associate who operated a “factoring” or “lending” firm that was a front for “shylock”...
A devout lifelong criminal and hoodlum, Seymour Siskind was already committing crimes by the time he was a young teenager....
Ralph (Ronnie) Esposito was a Colombo Family associate who reveled in his mob status, but quickly turned government informant when...
From time to time, the identities of former Mafia informants finally come to light through a variety of sources such...
What makes a guy a rat? Specifically, what makes a guy a mob rat? I mean a tried and true goodfella....
The following 86 formally inducted mafia members represent the six borgatas of Cosa Nostra known to operate in the NYC...
For true mafiosi, it was a revered and hallowed right of passage for hundreds of years. But by the early...
Nicholas ( Nicky Ironshoes) Bottawas a Colombo Family associate whose activities included horse and sports bookmaking and shylocking.
Vincent and Angelo Garofalo were brothers affiliated with the Colombo Family who both had a few skeletons in their closet.
Vincent Rocco Prisco was a Colombo Family associate involved in policy rackets and limited sports/bookmaking. He was well known as...
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