denise brown called ex mobster wonderful

Denise Brown, campaigning against domestic violence in the wake of her sister's slaying, sees nothing wrong with the frightening past of an ex-Mafia leg-breaker she calls a "very good friend."
"All the power to him," she said of Anthony "Tony the Animal" Fiato, who she met in Boston for a three-day visit.
Fiato, a North End native, rose to become a feared enforcer in the Los Angeles Mob in the early 1980s.

Hollywood Mafia, Salvatore "Dago Louie" Piscopo

Salvatore “Dago Louie” PISCOPO "Dago Louie" got his button/made in the Dragna Crime Family the same night Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno did. He ran the lay-off action at the race track, and a massive bookmaking operation that extended from Watts to Beverly Hills He got the nickname ” Dago Louie" because he spoke fluent broken English. Nobody ever called him that to his face. "Dago Louie" was a hothead. He killed two guys back in the “old country” in a dispute over a goat. Johnny Roselli was always a close ally of Dago Louie’s, but behind Johnny’s back, he secretly squealed to the Feds that Roselli’s real name was Phillipo Sacco, which made Johnnys’ residence in the United States Illegal. "Dago Louie" carried grudges, and a gun, well into his old age.. Some say he drove the slugger that whacked out Bugsy Siegel

Hollywood Mafia, Frank De Simone

Frank De Simone

De Simone became the boss of the Los Angeles Mafia after Jack Dragna. He was a capable killer, as well as a very capable lawyer.
DeSimone attended the infamous mob meeting at Apalachin.. According to a mob canary DeSimone raped the wife of his Consigliari , Girolamo “Momo” Adamo.

. Adamo reacted by shooting his wife in the head then he committed suicide. His wife survived and married Mafia hitman, Frank “bomp” Bompensiero.

thousands march against Mafia

More than 100,000 people marched in Naples on Saturday in one of the biggest anti-mafia rallies in recent years to commemorate the victims of organised crime and demand an end to its stranglehold on southern Italy.
Relatives of victims, some wearing white gloves and holding pictures of their loved ones, led the demonstration as the names of some 900 people killed by the mafia were read out through loudspeakers.

One banner said: "You didn't kill them. They are walking with us." Another read: "Don't turn the other way."

Writer Roberto Saviano, a symbol of the fight against the mafia since his best-selling book "Gomorra" exposed how the mob dominates life around Naples, was also at the rally. The 29-year old has received death threats and lives under police escort.

Organisers said some 150,000 people from across Italy and 30 other countries attended the demonstration. Police put the number at more than 100,000.

"Today is a day of celebration because we remember our dead with all these young people gathered here. They are the future of Italy," said Vincenzo D'Agostino, the father of a policeman who was killed by the mafia with his wife and son.

Some families said they were still waiting for the killers of their relatives to be identified.

"We are still battling to know what happened. We are asking the state for the truth," said Anna Adavastro, whose 18-year-old son Daniele vanished in Reggio Calabria in 2005. His body was later found, charred.

The march was organised by Libera (Free), an association of civil society groups involved in many anti-mafia activities, including acquiring farms and buildings confiscated from the mafia and using them for social good, such as school and drug rehabilitation centres.


TIGHT GRIP ON ECONOMY

"A day like today is meaningful only if we keep fighting the other 364 days of the year," said Father Luigi Ciotti, a priest and Libera's president. Italian police have inflicted major blows on the Sicilian mafia in recent years, arresting several high-profile mafiosi, such as the "boss of bosses" Bernardo Provenzano and his heir apparent Salvatore Lo Piccolo in 2007.

But the country's four biggest mafia organisations -- Calabria's 'Ndrangheta, Sicily's Cosa Nostra, Naples' Camorra and Puglia's Sacra Corona Unita -- are believed still to account for a large chunk of Italy's economy.

Interior Minister Roberto Maroni has said that the 'Ndrangheta alone, now considered the most powerful of Italy's crime syndicates, makes 45 billion euros ($61.6 billion) a year through its hold on the European drugs market.

Italy's intelligence services said this month the global downturn was giving mobsters the chance to tighten their grip on the economy as they use proceeds from their illegal activities to buy stakes in the retail, tourism and real estate sectors.

Cash-hungry businesses have also become more vulnerable to loan sharks and protection rackets, they said in a report.

See more in the Photogallery: Tens of Thousands March in Naples Against Mafia.

Watch the protest in: March Against Mafia.

Hollywood Mafia, Danny Wilson aka Iannone

James Iannone a/k/a Danny Wilson. Danny was a "made guy"in the Dragna Family.
Danny was a reputed killer and an expert extortionist. He organized, and shook down movie extra’s. He was also a shylock. In his later years he was a bookie/loan shark.

Hollywood Mafia Tommy Ricciardi

Tommy Ricciardi a/k/a ”TR “ Ricciardi was an enforcer for the Colombo Crime Family before he became a member /soldier in the Los Angeles Mafia under Dominick Brooklier.

Ricciardi shot to death rat fink,Frankie “Bomp” Bompansiero in a phone booth in San Diego on Brooklier’s orders. The rub-out got ”TR” his button/”made” in the Family.

Ricciardi was known as the hitman with a pacemaker. His career as a memberof the LA Mob was short lived. Only a few years after whacking “Bomp”, ”TR” died of heart failure in a Federal prison while serving time for an exrtortion rap.

His wife and friends were convinced the Feds had a hand in letting Ricciardi die on the operating table.

Hollywood Mafia Nick Licata

NICOLA ”Nick” LICATA

Nick Licata became boss of the LA Mob after Frank De Simone died. He was called the “old-man” by the members of his Mob family – which is a tradition in the Mafia when referring to the boss . Licata was an ex-bootlegger from Detroit. He was old school and low-key. Nick provided mobster, Jimmy “The Weasel” Fratianno with a phony alibi the night Jimmy whacked out the Two Tony’s,Broncato and Trombino, on Jack Dragna’s orders. Nick was a big earner for the Dragna family before he became boss. . He owned barrooms and he operated as a Bookie and shylock out of a hangout on La Brea ave in Hollywood