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Following a five-week trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn  today found Bartolomeo Vernace, a member of the administration of the  Gambino organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (the &ldquo;Gambino family&rdquo;),  guilty of a racketeering conspiracy spanning 1978 through 2011. &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17811652-fbi-mdash-gambino-family-administration-member-convicted-of-racketeering-conspiracy-involving-two-murders</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/18/17811652-fbi-mdash-gambino-family-administration-member-convicted-of-racketeering-conspiracy-involving-two-murders</guid><category>fbi</category><category>murder</category><category>organized-crime</category><category>us-news</category><category>racketeering</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>gambino-family</category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9D99F995-FEE6-E0B9-4FFB-E8CCF1ABC5EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye9D99F995-FEE6-E0B9-4FFB-E8CCF1ABC5EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Post-verdict: Mob figures in jail, boss wants out</title>
<description><![CDATA[The nephew of reputed Philadelphia mob boss will stay in prison after a jury deadlocked on his role in Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maryclaire Dale]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873498-post-verdict-mob-figures-in-jail-boss-wants-out</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/06/16873498-post-verdict-mob-figures-in-jail-boss-wants-out</guid><category>mob</category><category>pa</category><category>us-news</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>philadelphia-mob</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Feb 2013 22:42:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; Thirty-Two Individuals Charged in Manhattan Federal Court in Connection with Alleged Organized Crime Scheme to Control the Commercial Waste Disposal Industry</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567508-fbi-mdash-thirty-two-individuals-charged-in-manhattan-federal-court-in-connection-with-alleged-organized-crime-scheme-to-control-the-commercial-waste-disposal-industry</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16567508-fbi-mdash-thirty-two-individuals-charged-in-manhattan-federal-court-in-connection-with-alleged-organized-crime-scheme-to-control-the-commercial-waste-disposal-industry</guid><category>fbi</category><category>us-news</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>genovese-crime-family</category><category>attorney-preet-bharara</category><category>organized-crime-families</category><category>disposal-enterpriserdquo</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:52:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA1E2B871-FBCE-10EA-7E0F-B833EE163428.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA1E2B871-FBCE-10EA-7E0F-B833EE163428.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mexican Drug Cartels Join Forces with Italian Mafia to Supply Cocaine to Europe | Fox News Latino</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16272431-mexican-drug-cartels-join-forces-with-italian-mafia-to-supply-cocaine-to-europe-fox-news-latino</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16272431-mexican-drug-cartels-join-forces-with-italian-mafia-to-supply-cocaine-to-europe-fox-news-latino</guid><category>cocaine</category><category>us-news</category><category>sicily</category><category>drug-cartel</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>italian-mafia</category><category>drug-enforcement-agency</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:20:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA6D1E567-022D-4F6C-399C-53F419819C47.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="135" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidayeA6D1E567-022D-4F6C-399C-53F419819C47.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="51" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; Alleged Gambino Associate, Westies Member, and Demon Knights Motorcycle Gang Member Charged with Violent Extortion</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15514559-fbi-mdash-alleged-gambino-associate-westies-member-and-demon-knights-motorcycle-gang-member-charged-with-violent-extortion</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15514559-fbi-mdash-alleged-gambino-associate-westies-member-and-demon-knights-motorcycle-gang-member-charged-with-violent-extortion</guid><category>new-york</category><category>hells-angels</category><category>us-news</category><category>extortion</category><category>federal-bureau</category><category>intimidation</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>united-states-attorney</category><category>motorcycle-gang</category><category>united-states-courthouse</category><category>peter-kanakis</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:50:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye6E220BA5-025F-9F63-71CC-AD309C339902.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye6E220BA5-025F-9F63-71CC-AD309C339902.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FBI &amp;mdash; Colombo Family Street Boss Sentenced to 199 Months on Racketeering and Firearms Charges</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doc Hollidaye]]></source><link>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11965817-fbi-thomas-r-metz-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-omaha-division</link><guid>http://dochollidaye.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11965817-fbi-thomas-r-metz-named-special-agent-in-charge-of-omaha-division</guid><category>us-news</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>juris-doctorate</category><category>lcn-unit</category><category>mississippi-law-school</category><category>thomas-metz-nebraska-and-iowa-fbi-divisions</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 21:51:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye6BF757DD-59B8-DDF0-FFE4-4D88D9986C0A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="60" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dochollidaye6BF757DD-59B8-DDF0-FFE4-4D88D9986C0A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="60" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> The Chicago Mafia</title>
<description><![CDATA["A Roman Catholic priest and former prison chaplain who ministered to Chicago mob boss Frank Calabrese, Sr., was indicted earlier this month for illegally passing jailhouse messages from Calabrese and plotting with his associates on the outside—a sobering reminder of how deeply&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7014491-the-chicago-mafia</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/04/7014491-the-chicago-mafia</guid><category>new-york</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>us-news</category><category>family-secrets</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>las-vegas8221</category><category>unlike-new-york8217-s</category><category>chicago-lcn</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jul 2011 03:24:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Letslookatthefacts03A0CE27-92A6-AA24-93D8-714D5F21AE2A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="260" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Letslookatthefacts03A0CE27-92A6-AA24-93D8-714D5F21AE2A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge denies bail for alleged Philly mob underboss</title>
<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has denied bail for a reputed underboss in Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6700725-judge-denies-bail-for-alleged-philly-mob-underboss</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/23/6700725-judge-denies-bail-for-alleged-philly-mob-underboss</guid><category>us</category><category>mob</category><category>arrests</category><category>philadelphia</category><category>us-news</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>philadelphia-mob</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:10:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/088b6e3c-e488-40ee-85b5-f07dcd7e8609.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="310" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/088b6e3c-e488-40ee-85b5-f07dcd7e8609.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger, center, answers a question during a news conference as the the FBI's George Venizelos, left, and the Asst. Attorney Gen. Lanny Breuer look on, Monday, May 23, 2011, in Philadelphia. The reputed boss of the Philadelphia mob and a dozen others are facing charges following a series of arrests by federal authorities. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b35ead73-8467-4cbd-9249-94e0b49db665.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b35ead73-8467-4cbd-9249-94e0b49db665.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger listens to question during a news conference, Monday, May 23, 2011, in Philadelphia. The reputed boss of the Philadelphia mob, his alleged lieutenant and 11 others were hit with federal racketeering and gambling charges in an indictment unsealed Monday, a case that federal authorities said shows that organized crime is far from defunct. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8303fe69-a5a3-44fa-a041-096f997971c9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8303fe69-a5a3-44fa-a041-096f997971c9.jpg" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;U.S. Attorney Zane Memeger, center, speaks during a news conference, Monday, May 23, 2011, in Philadelphia. The reputed boss of the Philadelphia mob, his alleged lieutenant and 11 others were hit with federal racketeering and gambling charges in an indictment unsealed Monday, a case that federal authorities said shows that organized crime is far from defunct.  (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Madison short of gangster glory</title>
<description><![CDATA[Doug Moe, columnist for The Capital Times in Madison, WI, used his column to make note of the rather subtle connexions which Wisconsin's capital city had to organised crime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[the daily phosdex]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[the daily phosdex]]></source><link>http://thedailyphosdex.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/12/518016-madison-short-of-gangster-glory</link><guid>http://thedailyphosdex.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/12/518016-madison-short-of-gangster-glory</guid><category>mafia</category><category>john-gotti</category><category>john-dillinger</category><category>organised-crime</category><category>meyer-lansky</category><category>la-cosa-nostra</category><category>chicago-mob</category><category>chicago-mafia</category><category>little-bohemia</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>