Coppa’s decision to become a rat in 2002 set in motion the cooperation of the Bonanno family’s underboss and several other captains. “I was going to draw the analogy of dominos falling, but ...

The acting boss of the Bonanno crime family and other top-echelon leaders were among 10 mobsters busted ... Capo Frank Coppa flipped in 2002, followed quickly to the feds by underboss ...

Accused mob chieftain Joseph Massino held off whacking his crime family’s uppity underboss only because the man was his brother-in-law, a gangster turncoat testified yesterday. Massino’… ...

Salvatore Vitale, a former underboss of the Bonanno crime family, helped put away 51 organized-crime figures through his testimony as a government witness. Among those imprisoned were these five ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Federal authorities say 10 reputed members of organized crime, including the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, have been arrested on racketeering and other charges. ...

The underboss of the Bonanno crime family was sentenced to two years in prison today on racketeering extortion charges after he was caught on tape by the ex-husband of a “Mob Wives” ...

Bonanno underboss, informant gets less than 8 years. By JOHN [email protected] October 29, 2010. ... But Garaufis noted that Vitale was in trouble with his mob family in 2003 when he turned.

The five alleged gangsters include "made" Bonanno member Vincent Badalamenti, a.k.a. “Vinny TV, and Nicholas "Nicky Mouth" Santora, who previously did 15 years in prison after undercover FBI ...