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in 1984. His collaboration has updated investigators' knowledge and provided a new interpretation for the sensitive issue of Cosa Nostra's relations with politics in the early 1990s. Apparently the arrest of Giuffrè was made possible by an anonymous phone call that seems to have been made by
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were indicted for exerting illegal influence on construction companies, businesses in the
Garment District, and wholesale produce distributors in New York City. A later indictment would also charge soldier
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were indicted for making illegal loans ranging from $ 15,000 to $ 100,000 and collecting gambling debts to a gambling service run through an 800 number in Costa Rica.
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died at the age of 97. Bonanno had survived a shooting war against rebels in his own family and had survived after his plan to kill fellow commission members
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died of throat cancer in a prison hospital. Gotti's successor brother Peter was under indictment facing trial and would miss his brother's funeral services.
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18:Overview of the events of 2002 in organized crime
665:Quando Vigna tentò di far dissociare i mafiosi
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646:"Pronti a sciogliere Cosa Nostra"
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31:List of years in organized crime
684:Are Mob Hits Bad for Business?
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613:Philadelphia crime family
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714:Years in organized crime
475:and Colombo acting boss
539:All About the Benjamins
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362:Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone
482:September 6 – Former
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305:Genovese crime family
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624:Gambino Crime Family
521:Bonanno crime family
506:Gambino crime family
484:Gambino crime family
440:Gambino crime family
429:Gambino crime family
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243:Salvatore Lo Piccolo
532:Arts and literature
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225:" in jail – led by
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448:Michael DiLeonardo
414:Jerome Orsino, Jr.
587:Road to Perdition
571:Gangs of New York
495:Salvatore Gravano
427:June 10 – Former
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709:2002 in law
547:City of God
499:consigliere
465:John Matera
450:, soldiers
402:Thomas Lisi
368:, soldiers
360:, captains
358:Peter Gotti
303:April 29 –
252:March 28 –
175:Archaeology
703:Categories
631:References
491:John Gotti
469:Fred Weiss
438:June 20 –
433:John Gotti
431:godfather
290:Totò Riina
227:Totò Riina
223:Corleonesi
195:Philosophy
185:Literature
618:June 10:
615:informant
555:Dark Blue
487:underboss
442:captains
687:Archived
668:Archived
508:captain
307:soldier
281:pentito
200:Science
626:– Boss
603:Deaths
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563:Empire
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