Gambino family Mafia crackdown: 16 arrests by New York feds and Italian authorities
- Sixteen defendants were arrested in New York and Italy on charges related to Mafia activities, authorities said.
- The defendants in Brooklyn included alleged members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family.
- Prosecutors said the New York defendants committed extortion, assault, arson and crimes related to unions in an attempt to dominate the city’s demolition and carting sectors.
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