The charges:

Vincent Asaro, Jerome Asaro and Jack Bonventre are charged with racketeering conspiracy spanning a period of 45 years, including multiple predicate acts that constitute crimes of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 3156. The indictment also charges defendants V. Asaro, J. Asaro, Bonventre, Thomas Di Fiore and John Ragano, also known as "Bazoo", with substantive counts of extortionate collection of credit conspiracy and extortionate collection of credit, both of which are crimes of violence, based on conduct they committed in March through June of 2013. The charges relate to the defendants’ participation in the affairs of the Bonanno organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, a violent criminal enterprise that engages in a litany of crimes, including, among others, murder, robbery, extortion, and obstruction of justice.