Federal wiretaps and Mob insiders suggest that many real-life wiseguys turned to the 1972 film for inspiration, validation and cues on how to speak and act and dress.
Category: Organized Crime
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3 Teenagers Arrested Over Cyberattacks That Cost U.K. Retailers Millions
Four people total were arrested in connection with an April cyberattack that disrupted operations at Marks & Spencer, Harrods and Co-op.
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How Prosecutors Have Charged Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs With Racketeering Conspiracy
Prosecutors aim to show jurors that Sean Combs ran a criminal enterprise responsible for years of sex-trafficking, drug distribution and other crimes.
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Another ‘Gomorrah’ TV Series About the Mob? Some in Naples Say ‘Basta.’
With another “Gomorrah” spinoff being filmed, some Neapolitans say they’re fed up with all the shows portraying the “malavita,” or the lawless life. “Why must only bad things be said about us?”
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Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90
At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families in New York.
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Rick Kuhn, 69, Dies; Convicted in a College Gambling Scandal
While playing basketball at Boston College, he participated in a point-shaving scheme with Henry Hill, the mobster later portrayed in the movie “Goodfellas.”
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Charles Brandt, Whose Book Inspired ‘The Irishman,’ Dies at 82
“I Heard You Paint Houses,” his true-crime best seller about the death of Jimmy Hoffa, was brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
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Harold Daggett, Port Strike Leader, Seeks Big Raises for Dockworkers
Harold J. Daggett is seeking big raises for longshoremen on the East and Gulf Coasts who have fallen behind workers on the West Coast.
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He Was Lured by a Promising Job, but Was Forced to Scam People
A Ugandan man named Jalil Muyeke traveled to Thailand for a promising job opportunity. He ended up being trafficked into a cybercrime operation.
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Overlooked No More: Min Matheson, Labor Leader Who Faced Down Mobsters
As director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union, she fought for better working wages and conditions while wresting control from the mob.
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Spring Break Travel Advisories Reissued for Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas
In recent weeks, American travelers to some of the busiest international destinations during spring vacation have been urged by the State Department to exercise extra caution.