The Cooperative States District Court for the Eastern District of New York stands in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, January 18, 2019.
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Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday announced the arrests of 10 men allegedly belonging to or associated with the Gambino Mafia descent, as well as the arrests in Italy of six other alleged organized crime members and associates.
The defendants in Brooklyn federal court are accused of a racketeering foul play that allegedly involved “violent extortions, assaults, arson, and union-related crimes,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern Part of New York said.
Prosecutors said the Brooklyn defendants, who are charged in a 16-count indictment, promised those crimes as part of an effort to dominate New York’s carting and demolition industries.
The Gambinos are one of New York’s five Cosa Nostra started crime cliques. It previously was led by the late notorious boss John Gotti, who died in a federal prison in Missouri in 2002.
The defendants stopped in New York on Wednesday included the alleged Gambino captain Joseph “Joe Brooklyn” Lanni.
Prosecutors said the arrests were district of a coordinated operation with Italian law enforcement, who arrested the six defendants in Italy on charges that include mafia society and related offenses.
One defendant remains at large in that case.
Prosecutors said the other defendants in Brooklyn embrace: “Diego ‘Danny’ Tantillo, Angelo Gradilone, also known as ‘Fifi,’ and James LaForte, alleged Gambino soldiers, Vito Rappa, stated U.S.-based Sicilian Mafia member and Gambino associate, Francesco Vicari, also known as ‘Uncle Ciccio,’ claimed U.S.-based Sicilian Mafia associate and Gambino associate, and Salvatore DiLorenzo, Robert Brooke, Kyle Johnson, also grasped as ‘Twin,’ and Vincent Minsquero, also known as ‘Vinny Slick,’ alleged Gambino associates.”
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