More Than 100 Suspected Mobsters Arrested
By MICHAEL ROTHFELD, CHAD BRAY And SEAN GARDINER
WSJ
More than 100 members of organized-crime families, their associates and others were arrested Thursday morning in a sweep by federal agents and police in three states.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that law enforcement authorities arrested more than 100 suspected organized crime figures in the New York area.
The arrests were made around the New York area, in New Jersey and in Rhode Island on charges including labor racketeering, loan sharking, conspiracy, drug trafficking, arson, extortion and murder.
"Today's arrests and charges mark an important step forward in disrupting La Cosa Nostra's illegal activities," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. Mr. Holder described the operation as the "largest single day" takedown of the mob. "The members of La Cosa Nostra are among the most dangerous criminals in our country. It is an ongoing threat, a major threat to the economic well-being of this country."
The arrests involved accused members and associates of all five New York organized-crime families: the Gambinos, Genoveses, Bonnanos, Luccheses and Colombos.
(More here.)
WSJ
More than 100 members of organized-crime families, their associates and others were arrested Thursday morning in a sweep by federal agents and police in three states.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that law enforcement authorities arrested more than 100 suspected organized crime figures in the New York area.
The arrests were made around the New York area, in New Jersey and in Rhode Island on charges including labor racketeering, loan sharking, conspiracy, drug trafficking, arson, extortion and murder.
"Today's arrests and charges mark an important step forward in disrupting La Cosa Nostra's illegal activities," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. Mr. Holder described the operation as the "largest single day" takedown of the mob. "The members of La Cosa Nostra are among the most dangerous criminals in our country. It is an ongoing threat, a major threat to the economic well-being of this country."
The arrests involved accused members and associates of all five New York organized-crime families: the Gambinos, Genoveses, Bonnanos, Luccheses and Colombos.
(More here.)
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