Have you ever wondered what the guy who played Furio on The Sopranos is doing these days? According to the Post, he's been palling around with real-life mobster Andrew "Andy Mush" Russo of the Colombo crime family and he may or may not have had a beef with Joe Pesci's cousin! more ›

Diabetic Colombo mafia don Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli has taken to his blog to beg prosecutors to charge him for the 1982 death of former nun Veronica Zuraw (which they say he already has admitted to). "I demand that AUSA Elizabeth Geddies or FBI Agent Scott Curtis charge me with the crime of killing a former nun so I have the opportunity to show the government's persecution of me and prove my innocence at trial," he posted on a blog he co-writes with his daughter. "I will not stop blogging the truth." more ›

One of the alleged mobsters arrested in last week's massive criminal sweep has been accused of "reaching out" to wayward mafia members prior to the bust, and threatening them if they didn't recommit to the family. Andrew "Andy Mush" Russo, the alleged acting street boss of the Colombo family, has a coldhearted and bloody reputation, but he has at least one big-name friend defending him: actor James Caan. more ›

Reason #73 why being a mobster is the best criminal profession: you can now get your own specifically-tailored iPod in jail! Albeit, you won't be able to listen to Tony Bennett or Frank Sinatra with it, but you will be able to listen to the government's audio evidence against you from behind bars. more ›

This makes those incriminating photos of you drunk on Facebook look like nothing. A series of family snapshots showing an alleged Colombo mob boss interacting with members of his crime family have taken center stage in the case against Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli. more ›

A corporate park in East Farmingdale, Long Island will have the FBI on its grounds for the third time in two years. According to Newsday, "Sources said this search was for the body of Ralph Greaves, who according to a mob informant was killed and buried there in 1995. Greaves was murdered after family members suspected him of becoming an informant." The FBI looked for Greaves' body twice before—in October 2008, when they found remains of former Colombo underboss William "Wild Bill" Cutolo, and March 2009—but now they have "more precise information." The FBI also looked for the body of Pace student Carmine Gargano in East Farmingdale, but now it's believed Gargano's body has been found in Brooklyn. more ›

Colombo crime family underboss John "Sonny" Franzese has been on trial for the usual mob standbys—racketeering conspiracy, robbery, extortion, narcotics trafficking, and loansharking—and the 93-year-old has been enduring ignominies such as his wife refusing to let him go to the bathroom and his own son testifying against him. Which might have been why he fell asleep, because it was too much excitement. But Franzese's defense woke him up when the lawyer dropped a bomb: That John Jr. has HIV. more ›

The Daily News suggests that Sonny Franzese, the 93-year-old reputed Colombo underboss, apparently enjoys his work too much to retire. Because Franzese was just indicted for "shaking down the Hustler and Penthouse strip joints.... When the manager at the Penthouse Executive Club refused to comp Franzese's drink bill, he got a lesson in senior-citizen clout. One of the henchmen threatened to throw him down the stairs, 'asking whether he could come up with a way to get rid of the bill before his head hit the ground.'" more ›

Prepare to be shocked, readers: The feds have charged eight members of the Colombo crime family with extortion, racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, and embezzlement of union benefit funds in connection with construction at the World Trade Center site. Yes, in addition to a lack of progress at the site, there's mob activity. more ›

Even though prosecutors say his job is a sham, a judge ruled that convicted mafia racketeer Dominick Dionisio will be allowed to continue working at the popular Brooklyn pizzeria Lucali while he is on house arrest. more ›

A forensic dentist confirmed a body found at a Long Island site is that of William "Wild Bill" Cutolo, former Colombo crime family underboss. Newsday reports that Cutolo, who led the Local 400 and lived in Staten Island, "disappeared in 1999 and was believed to have been a victim in a war for control of the Colombo family...which resulted in more than a dozen murders." And the Staten Island Advance recounted a previous attempted hit on Cutolo: "the assassins dressed as Hasidic Jews, hoping to execute Cutolo as he sat in a restaurant in Borough Park." The FBI has been digging at the East Farmingdale site for a week--based on a mob informant's tip--and may recover two other bodies also believed to be buried there. more ›

Dozens of agents from the FBI's Colombo crime family squad were at a Farmingdale industrial complex yesterday, looking for human remains. There are "at least three victims of the bloody wars" over control of the crime family buried on the grounds, according to Newsday, based on a tip about bodies the squad received. The dig was called off in the evening but is resuming today. Apparently one of the bodies might be of William Cutolo, aka Wild Bill, whose body was previously thought to be dumped in the ocean. And the Daily News adds that the Colombo street boss Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioelli who carried out that hit lives "not far from the possible mob burial ground." more ›

Twelve members of the Colombo crime family, including its acting boss, were charged with 17 counts brought forth by the U.S. Attorney's Office, including "racketeering, murder, robbery, extortion, narcotics trafficking, and loansharking." Nine were arrested during Wednesday morning raids. more ›