The FBI has made a major bust, with federal prosecutors in New York announcing the arrests of 10 men allegedly belonging to or associated with the Gambino Mafia family. Six other alleged organized crime members and associates were also arrested in Italy. The defendants are being accused of a racketeering conspiracy involving violent extortions, assaults, arson, and union-related crimes, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. The Brooklyn defendants, who are charged in a 16-count indictment, are said to have committed these crimes in an effort to dominate New York’s carting and demolition industries. The Gambinos are one of New York’s five Cosa Nostra organized crime cliques, previously led the late notorious boss John Gotti. The arrests were part of a coordinated operation with Italian law enforcement, who arrested the six defendants in Italy on charges that include mafia association and related offenses, although one defendant remains at large. The other defendants in Brooklyn include several alleged Gambino associates and soldiers. This is a developing story – stay tuned for updates.
