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Who's really the Boss of the Philly Mob? Is Joey Merlino Out? If so, who's running the show? A not-so-new leader has emerged. Is It Mike Lancelotti, George Borgesi or Steve Mazzone? We'll break down why these boyhood friends appear to be jockeying for position. Who's now running the day to day operations? Recent meetings and Mob get togethers are painting a new picture for the Philly Mob. George Anastasia joins the podcast as we take a deep dive into the latest comings and goings in the Philly LCN. Please join us.

A sweeping raid by NJ State Police across North & Central Jersey snares four top Lucchese Crime Family members, including two ranking leaders in a widespread, multi-million dollar gambling & racketeering operation. Mob expert George Anastasia joins the podcast as we break down the 39-defendant investigation, where else it could lead and the possible ramifications for the wiseguys caught up in the alleged scheme.

A busy week in the Philly Mob World. The former Underboss returns, The Feds execute search warrants in South Philly in an ongoing investigation and a Gambino Crime Family Soldier gets sentenced in a huge Philadelphia based fraud case. Plus Johnny Alite gets a new, controversial title. Mob expert and author George Anastasia joins the podcast to break it all down

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, otherwise known as RICO. It's famous as the law used to take down organized crime, with then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani bringing the Mafia Commission Trial in the 1980s after indicting nine high-level organized crime figures, including the heads of New York's "Five Families."But that's not the only time it comes up in court. It's been used in criminal court to go after motorcycle clubs, wealthy investors, the Key West Police Department in Florida, R&B singer R. Kelly and even President Donald Trump, but also in civil cases, like against Big Tobacco and sex abuse claims against the Catholic Church. RICO is the subject of our second episode this season: What it is, what it isn't and why it's used so much in one particular state.Special guests:George Anastasia, former Philadelphia Inquirer crime reporterJeff Grell, an attorney and lecturer at the University of Minnesota Law SchoolEric Seidel, former deputy attorney general in charge of New York's Organized Crime Task ForceJoe Lancaster, an assistant editor at ReasonThis episode was produced by Kirk McDaniel. Intro music by The Dead Pens. Editorial staff is Ryan Abbott, Sean Duffy and Jamie Ross.

We'll take a look at the highlights and the low lights for the Philly Mob this year, the ins and outs of 2024 as well as who's up and who's down in the local LCN. From the latest escapades of former Mob Boss Joey Merlino to the latest rankings for the Philly Crime Family. George Anastasia and Dave Schratwieser break it all down and look ahead to 2025. Who might go the jail, who might be getting out and some thoughts on Mob podcast mania dominating the headlines.

Jailed Lucchese Crime Family Captain Martin Taccetta finally gets his day in court and presents evidence as he looks for a new trial or his release from prison after 28 years. The day long hearing featured a showdown between the prosecutor who handled the case in 1993 and the defense team that claims the state withheld evidence that could have helped the defense and destroyed the credibility of two government informants who testified against Taccetta and three others. Mob expert George Anastasia and I will break it all down and reveal some new details in the ongoing case.

The 3-decade old judicial saga for jailed Lucchese Crime Family Captain Martin Taccetta takes a turn and support for his bid to be set free gains support from non other than one time reputed Mob Boss, turned podcaster Joey Merlino. Plus the Feds go digging for bodies again in upstate New York at two sites linked to the Gambino Crime Family. And a key figure in the Par Funding half-billion dollar alleged fraud case in Philly is set to plead guilty to federal charges. Mob expert George Anastasia joins the show with new details you don't want to miss.

Federal authorities in Philadelphia dropped a massive 60-count Racketeering indictment on Brothers Joseph and James LaForte this week after hundreds of investors and clients were allegedly defrauded to the tune of $550 Million. One of the brothers in the “LaForte Enterprise” has been publicly identified as a soldier in New York's Gambino Crime Family. Author and Mob expert George Anastasia joins the podcast to discuss the indictment, the ramifications in Philly & New York and what's next. We'll also take a deep dive into the life and times of government informant Anthony Persiano, who recorded a Philly Mob Making Ceremony on tape for the FBI. Please join us. Contributors:

A New Jersey judge this week ordered a full blown hearing into defense claims that dental records that could have provided an alibi for Lucchese Crime Family leader Martin Taccetta were tampered with in a 1984 murder case and a report saying so was withheld from the defense. Lawyers say the doctored documents and questionable testimony from 2 government cooperators could help set the 72-year old Taccetta free from his 30- year sentence. Mob expert and author George Anastasia joins the show to break it all down.

It was a Mob hit that rocked Philadelphia. A daring, rush hour drive by shooting on the infamous Schuykill Expressway. The target was Mob Boss John Stanfa. The shooters, allegedly his rivals from the Merlino Mob faction. Now 30 years later, one of the cops assigned to the case delivers new details and Mob expert George Anastasia,who was on the scene that day in 1993, opens up about the Mob hit heard round the nation.

The Philly Prime Podcast meets MobTalk Sitdown.com this week. Mob expert George Anastasia joins the show to talk about Philly Mob Boss Joey Merlino's new podcast, website and Instagram page dubbed “The Skinny with Joey Merlino”. We'll break it all down on this gambling centric venture. Since Joey is stepping into the odds making spotlight again, we'll take a look at the Philly Mob. Who's in. Who's out. And who's running the show. Join us as we launch our 100th Philly Prime Podcast. Back where it all started with George Anastasia.

In conversation with George Anastasia The director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, James Comey captured international attention for his investigations into Hillary Clinton's emails, Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election, and Donald Trump, the last of which ultimately led to his dismissal. He is a former prosecutor, defense lawyer, general counsel, law teacher, and the author of two bestselling books, Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust and A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, which was adapted into a popular Showtime series. Central Park West, Comey's first work of fiction, draws upon the author's many decades in federal law enforcement as it follows a federal prosecutor's efforts to solve a disgraced former New York governor's murder amidst shocking revelations of high-powered politicians' ties to the mob. ''One of the most respected crime reporters in the country'' (60 Minutes), George Anastasia was a long-time writer for The Inquirer, where he earned two Pulitzer Prize nominations (and a hit contract from then-Philly crime boss John Stanfa) for his searing mafia exposés. He is the author of six crime books, including The Last Gangster, Blood and Honor, The Summer Wind, and Gotti's Rules. Anastasia's work has appeared in Playboy and The Village Voice, and he has been an organized crime consultant on projects for ABC and the History Channel, among others. (recorded 5/31/2023)

George Anastasia is a former Philly Inquirer reporter. Expert on the Mob. Author of a several books including Blood and Honor, The Goodfella Tapes, The Last Gangster and Gotti Rules. He's currently an adjunct professor at Rowan University. Guest speaker and lecturer. Guest on multiple Mob-related documentaries. Co-host of Mob Talk Sitdown. 

Interview with George Anastasia: Nemesis of the Philly Mob

The Mazzone Brothers pleading out in that big 2020 Philly Mob Racketeering Conspiracy case. What does it mean for Steve & Sonny? What impact does it have on the local LCN and is there still more to tell. In the end, how big was that 2015 Mob Induction Ceremony caught on tape by the FBI to this case and others. Mob expert, author & former Inky reporter George Anastasia joins us. 

Welcome back to the NJ Criminal Podcast.

In Part 1 in this series on Organized Crime

Welcome back for Part 2 in this series with retired Philadelphia crime reporter George Anastasia.

Interview with George Anastasia: Nemesis of the Philly Mob

Interview with George Anastasia: Nemesis of the Philly Mob

Joey Merlino returns to Philadelphia Dave Schratweiser is the co-host of Mob Talk Sitdown with well-known Philadelphia Mob reporter and author George Anastasia.  Dave talks with Gary about the most recent activities out of the... The post Dave Schratweiser on Joey Merlino appeared first on Gangland Wire.

Part 2 This week George Anastasia and I go undercover with a former North Jersey cop who infiltrated the DeCavalcante Crime Family and helped take down a top Capo and his colleagues. The thrilling inside story, the tapes and his life working with the FBI on the crime family that brought us the Sopranos. Please Join us.

This week George Anastasia and I go undercover with a former North Jersey cop who infiltrated the DeCavalcante Crime Family and helped take down a top Capo and his colleagues. The thrilling inside story, the tapes and his life working with the FBI on the crime family that brought us the Sopranos. Please Join us.

Inside the Philly/ Boston Mob Connection from the 1990s with former Boston Mob Captain Bobby Luisi and Mob expert George Anastasia. From the Gardner Art Museum Heist to his days with Philly Mob Boss Joey Merlino.

Inside the Philly/ Boston Mob Connection from the 1990s with former Boston Mob Captain Bobby Luisi and Mob expert George Anastasia. From the Gardner Art Museum Heist to his days with Philly Mob Boss Joey Merlino.

George Anastasia Biography George Anastasia is a published author, crime writer and has twice been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. A reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer, he is also the author of several books: Blood and Honor, Mobfather, and The Goodfella Tapes, among many others including countless newspaper and magazine articles.. He is widely considered to be an expert although he prefers Historian, on the American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter, who was twice targeted for death by then-Philadelphia crime family boss John Stanfa and Nicky Scarfo.https://www.youtube.com/c/WrestlingWithTheFuture/

Inside the recent takedown of the Philly Mob. Some big names, big charges. We cover it all. Mob expert & author George Anastasia joins the show. Don't miss it.

GEORGE ANASTASIAGeorge Anastasia is an author/journalist who was a long term writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is widely considered to be an expert on the Italian-American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter who was once targeted for death by then Philadelphia Crime Family boss John Stanfa. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer prize and won the Sigma Delta Chi award. He has also been described by 60 Minutes television profile as "One of the most respected crime reporters in the country". His latest works include GOTTI'S RULES and DOCTOR DEALER

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss World of Wonders, One by One, The Bone Shard Daughter, and more great books. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community, A Drop of Midnight by Jason Diakité, and Skyhunter by Marie Lu. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Prime Deception (Chilling Effect, #2) by Valerie Valdes  The Baddest Bitch in the Room: A Memoir by Sophia Chang Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Two Dollar Radio Guide to Vegan Cooking: Recipes, Stories Behind the Recipes, and Inspiration for Vegan Cheffing by Jean-Claude van Randy, Eric Obenauf, et al. One by One by Ruth Ware WHAT WE’RE READING: Wayward Witch (Brooklyn Brujas Book 3) by Zoraida Córdova One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston In the Quick by Kate Hope Day MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Seconds and Inches by Carly Israel Sanctuary: A Novel by V. V. James In Case You Missed It by Lindsey Kelk  Self-Portrait with Russian Piano: A Novel Wolf Wondratschek, Marshall Yarbrough (translator) The Radium Girls: Young Readers’ Edition: The Scary but True Story of the Poison that Made People Glow in the Dark by Kate Moore The Watcher by Jennifer Pashley Border Lines: Poems of Migration (Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets Series) by Michael Waters and Mihaela Moscaliuc  The Year’s Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 by Jonathan Strahan  Meme by Aaron Starmer   The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich  What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action by Jane Fonda  Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics by Leonard Mlodinow Savage Kiss: A Novel by Roberto Saviano and Antony Shugaar The Ancestry of Objects by Tatiana Ryckman The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett   Act V Scene I: Poems by Stanley Moss The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne Captain Moxley and the Embers of the Empire by Dan Hanks Somebody Give This Heart a Pen by Sophia Thakur The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters  Love, Zac: Small-Town Football and the Life and Death of an American Boy by Reid Forgrave WitchCraft Cocktails: 70 Seasonal Drinks Infused with Magic & Ritual by Julia Halina Hadas Sweet Dreams by Peter Leonard Pink Mountain on Locust Island by Jamie Marina Lau The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience, and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World by Shannon Huffman Polson  The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux by Samantha Vérant The Night Portrait: A Novel of World War II and da Vinci’s Italy by Laura Morelli MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang by Steven Dudley The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett: A Novel by Annie Lyons The Big Door Prize by M. O. Walsh Monogamy: A Novel by Sue Miller Doctor Dealer: A doctor high on greed, a biker gang high on opioids, and the woman who paid the ultimate price by George Anastasia and Ralph Cipriano The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth, Deborah Lee A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett  A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying: A Cautionary Tale by John Roa Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future by Margaret Heffernan Modern Madness: An Owner’s Manual by Terri Cheney Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi One Time by Sharon Creech The Book of Old Ladies: Celebrating Women of a Certain Age in Fiction by Ruth O. Saxton Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection by Corey Brettschneider On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist by Clarissa Ward  The Mystery of the Masked Medalist (Kudo Kids Book 1) by Maia Shibutani, Alex Shibutani Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney Three Rings: A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate (Page-Barbour Lectures) by Daniel Mendelsohn The Seventh Mansion: A Novel by Maryse Meijer Silence Is My Mother Tongue: A Novel by Sulaiman Addonia  The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan Stone-Garland by Dan Beachy-Quick Lapse by Sarah Thornton Marlene: A Novel by Philippe Djian, Mark Polizzotti (translator) The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid, Yardenne Greenspan (translator) What Are You Going Through: A Novel by Sigrid Nunez The Tiny Mansion by Keir Graff These Vengeful Hearts by Katherine Laurin Animal Wife by Lara Ehrlich Andrea Dworkin: The Feminist as Revolutionary by Martin Duberman The Bookweaver’s Daughter by Malavika Kannan When Villains Rise by Rebecca Schaeffer That Time of Year by Marie NDiaye, Jordan Stumps (translator) Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling  Devastation Class by Glen Zipper, Elaine Mongeon Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine Sources Say by Lori Goldstein Iron Heart by Nina Varela Dear Ann: A Novel by Bobbie Ann Mason Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness by Max H. Bazerman Each of Us Killers by Jenny Bhatt Home: New Arabic Poems on Everyday Life (Calico) by Iman Mersal Arrow by Sumita Chakraborty Eat a Peach: A Memoir by David Chang and Gabe Ulla The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Edited by) Olive & Thyme: Everyday Meals Made Extraordinary by Melina Davies Mobile Home: A Memoir in Essays (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction Ser.) by Megan Harlan See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

George Anastasia (born February 5, 1947) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an author/journalist who was a long term writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is widely considered to be an expert on the Italian-American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter who was once targeted for death by then Philadelphia Crime Family boss John Stanfa. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer prize and won the Sigma Delta Chi award. He has also been described by 60 Minutes television profile as "One of the most respected crime reporters in the country". The now retired former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter is the author of five books, which include “The Last Gangster” (ReganBooks/Harper Collins, March 2004), a New York Times bestseller that chronicles the demise of the Philadelphia mob. His other books are “Blood and Honor” (William Morrow & Co., 1991), which Jimmy Breslin called it “the best gangster book ever written”; NYT bestseller “The Summer Wind” (Regan Books/HarperCollins, 1999) about the Thomas Capano-Anne Marie Fahey murder case, and “The Goodfella Tapes (Avon Books, 1998), and “Mobfather” (Kensington Books, 1993).His work has appeared in Penthouse, Playboy and The Village Voice. He also has been featured on several network television news magazine reports about organized crime and has worked as a consultant on projects for ABC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and National Geographic.

It was a brazen Mob hit in broad daylight. 18 years later, it’s still unsolved, the killers are still on the loose and the motive unknown. Join Dave Schratwieser and mob expert George Anastasia as they break down the Gangland style murder of Philly wiseguy Raymond “Long John” Martorano and a handful of other Mob hits the FBI is still trying to solve.

Our first podcast kicks off as a new decade opens for the Philly Mob. Mob expert and author George Anastasia joins Philly Prime with a look at what's ahead, what's behind, who's moving up and who's falling in the ranks? The Mob's piece of the pie gets smaller, but the ranks are full. Where does that leave all the players? A look at where those federal investigations are headed or are the Feds spinning their wheels. All that and more on Philly Prime this week.

This episode is tailor-made for any fan of true crime. George Anastasia probably knows more about the Philly Mafia than any other civilian. He covered the Philly Mob and local organized crime for over thirty years for the Philadelphia Inquirer and is currently doing video updates with Dave Schratwieser for PhillyVoice.com. George discussed how a... The post George Anastasia Tells All About the Philly Mob appeared first on The Philly Blunt.

2011: The danger of writing the “Ultimate Book” of anything is if you wind up demonstrating that you ultimately don’t know much about anything. That didn’t turn out to be an issue for George Anastasia and Glen Macnow, co-authors of The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies. Their list of the 100 greatest gangster films of all time includes just enough of the films you’d expect to see and enough surprises to convince the skeptics among us that they did their research.

Goodfella Tapes by George Anastasia is the true story of how the FBI recorded a mob war and brought down a mafia don. A riveting, eye-opening true crime masterwork in the vein of “Wiseguy”, “Underboss”, “Havana Nocturne”, “The Valachi Papers”, and other bestselling exposés of life in La Cosa Nostra, Goodfella Tapes is an astonishing story of the brutal acts and remarkable blunders of soldiers, capos, and kingpins of the Philadelphia mob and the ingenuity of government agents that, combined, help topple a powerful criminal enterprise.

For more than 25 years as a reporter with the Philadelphia Inquirer George Anastasia has made tracking the American Mafia his regular beat, writing investigates pieces, profiles and slices of underworld life. Mobfiles is a compilation of his best work -- stories told from street level and often based on insights and access provided by investigators, prosecutors and the mobsters themselves. Mobfiles provides the true stories around which classics like The Godfather and The Sopranos have been built. George Anastasia, a veteran reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, is the grandson of Sicilian immigrants who settle in South Philadelphia. He is the author of five books of nonfiction, including Blood and Honor, which Jimmy Breslin called the "best gangster book ever written." He has won many awards for investigative journalism and magazine writing.

This week, prize-winning reporter and bestselling author George Anastasia offers a shocking and very rare glimpse into the Gotti family, witnessed up-close from former family insider John Alite, John Gotti Jr.’s longtime friend and protector. Until now, no one has given up the kind of personal details about the Gottis.  Anastasia offers never-before-heard information about...

Mafia expert, George Anastasia, talks to Jim Parisi about his new book, Gotti's Rules.

Wise guys and femmes fatale form the central focus of these next panel discussions from Noircon 2008. In the first half of the podcast, Clute and Edwards talk with authors George Anastasia and Anthony Bruno. Anastasia and Bruno are two seasoned mob-watchers who uncover life on the mean streets-Philly style. Based on their Noircon panel, Wise Guy Noir, they give us an inside look into the Godfathers and Goodfellas of Philadelphia. In the second half, Clute and Edwards lead a lively roundtable discussion on the femme fatale with four authors who have strong female characters at the center of their novels: Megan Abbott, Christa Faust, Vicki Hendricks, and Jonathan Santlofer. The discussion touches on many different aspects of the femme fatale and the homme fatale (fatal man). For more information about Noircon, visit the official conference website at www.noircon.com. For more information about the hard-boiled podcasts of Clute and Edwards, visit www.noircast.net

Wise guys and femmes fatale form the central focus of these next panel discussions from Noircon 2008. In the first half of the podcast, Clute and Edwards talk with authors George Anastasia and Anthony Bruno. Anastasia and Bruno are two seasoned mob-watchers who uncover life on the mean streets-Philly style. Based on their Noircon panel, Wise Guy Noir, they give us an inside look into the Godfathers and Goodfellas of Philadelphia. In the second half, Clute and Edwards lead a lively roundtable discussion on the femme fatale with four authors who have strong female characters at the center of their novels: Megan Abbott, Christa Faust, Vicki Hendricks, and Jonathan Santlofer. The discussion touches on many different aspects of the femme fatale and the homme fatale (fatal man). For more information about Noircon, visit the official conference website at www.noircon.com. For more information about the hard-boiled podcasts of Clute and Edwards, visit www.noircast.net