Alleged Gangsters Arrested in Biggest One-Day Mob Bust
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Ninety-one suspected Mafia members and associates were charged in at least three states in the largest one-day crackdown on organized crime in FBI history, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said.
Those arrested today include leaders and members of La Cosa Nostra families in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island. They are charged with crimes including murder, loansharking, labor racketeering, arson and narcotics trafficking. The men routinely used violence to extort money from victims, eliminate rivals, settle vendettas and obstruct justice, prosecutors charged.