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Richard Wershe Jr., whose work as an informant inspired the 2018 movie White Boy Rick, was arrested in Florida this week after allegedly attacking his girlfriend. Fox 2 Detroit reports Wershe Jr., 53, was booked into jail on Tuesday and faces battery and robbery charges. Police arrested Wershe following an argument with his girlfriend that took place at […]
Convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been captured after 30 years on the run, the Associated Press reports. Denaro, 60, was arrested on Monday in Sicily’s capital of Palermo. Denaro had been a fugitive since 1993, and was considered the top boss of Italy’s Cosa Nostra even while a fugitive. Denaro was captured at the […]
A former member of the Sicilian mafia group known as Stidda was arrested last month after he was found living in Spain on Google Maps, nearly two decades after escaping prison, Reuters reports. Gioacchino Gammino, 61, had been living in the town of Galapagar where he owned a fruit and vegetable shop called El Huerto de Manu, or Manu’s Garden, a possible […]
Another show on the Black Mafia Family is coming to Starz. The network has announced a BMF documentary series, with 50 Cent attached as executive producer, Deadline reports. The eight-episode project will be produced by G-Unit Film and Television and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, with Shan Nicholson as showrunner and director, with Chris Frierson also directing. […]
Italy is currently dealing with a countrywide lockdown due to the coronavirus, and the Mafia is helping out the country’s residents in need. The Guardian reports that videos of known Mafia gang members delivering food and other essential goods have surfaced online over the past few weeks. They reportedly brought the goods to some of the […]
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