Racketeering is an additional charge that prosecutors can bring for a pattern of crimes committed through an illegal enterprise.
As the daughter of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano,underboss of the Gambino family, Karen Gravano slowly realized her family was different. "For a start, Dad didn't look like the other fathers," she said. "He had tattoos on his arms, wore flashy jewelry and swore a...
These families are crime families that have an organizational structure. John Gotti, the famous New York gangster was the head of the Gambino crime family but was sentenced to prison and later died in prison because his underboss, Sammy Gravano testified against him. The mafia crime families...