A 43-year-old Albanian was killed in an ambush by several gunshots last night around 11 pm in via Gabrio Casati, in the Fidene area of ​​Rome. Gentian Kasa who was subjected to a semi-liberty regime was leaving the house to return to Rebibbia prison.
The victim was hit by several shots including one in the head. Investigations are conducted by agents of the mobile team.
The 43-year-old had a history of drugs, theft and receiving stolen goods.

Phil Jr and merlino same age eh. Never considered that dynamic;

- merlino must’ve been jealous especially considering his dad was under for a long time.
- were they friends at all?
- I suppose Phil did put in major work so it’s hard for anyone to argue with that.. and he forego the revenge of his dads murder..
- wonder what the dynamic between them is like now..

Guy does come across as full of shit

still resting i'm so depressed
i don't even wanna get up of bed

But who is left that could actually be a threat? Mirarchi was probably their biggest threat that was on the streets and now he's working with them. Desjardins is dead as soon as he's freed unless he pulls a Tony Magi and drive around with the secret service protecting him. The Scoppa's are dead and 2/3 of the group fighting them on the other side is dead (Montagna and Desjardins with Mirarchi being the only one to live it seems)

There is nobody else in Montreal that could take things over at this point other than the Rizzuto's. I never believed for a minute that the HA's were in control, the Sicilians have the routes locked down in Canada...

Not necessarily. The Genovese were still strong in certain rackets that the Gambinos never were involved in, including the Teamsters and casino gambling(Vegas, the Carribean, Europe). The Genovese, through guys like Jimmy Blue Eyes, Trigger Mike, and Patsy Erra were still the strongest family in South Florida. They had Morris Levy in the music industry. They had the Lee Morris agency in Hollywood. They just didn't have the one big out front boss that they had had previously, which made sense because the previous big bosses, Luciano, Costello, and Genovese, had been hounded relentlessly and had either deported, forced out, or died in jail. Chicago, the Genovese, and Gambinos were on equal footing at that time, Carlo Gambino was just the most recogizable boss at that time.

Jacques Mariani filed last week a complaint for inhuman treatment in prison.

Incarcerated in the prison of Baumettes in Marseille, Mariani, presented as an heir to the criminal gang de la Brise de Mer, would suffer for several months from dizziness and severe headaches.
He has not yet been able to receive adequate treatment, according to a source familiar with the matter.

His lawyer, Maître Yassine Maharsi , announced that he had filed a complaint for "inhuman treatment in prison" this Monday, January 20.
"Jacques Mariani has been suffering for months," explains the lawyer. The remand center remains silent despite the numerous requests from his counsel. We filed a complaint because it is the only way to be heard. ”

Jacques Mariani serving several convictions:
A 4-year prison sentence handed down in October 2018 by the Aix en Provence Court of Appeal in a case of prison warden corruption
A sentence of 5 years in prison was also imposed by the same Court of Appeal of Aix en Provence in June 2018 in a case of witness tampering , but he will benefit from a new trial in this case, the Court of cassation having ruled in this sense.
Jacques Mariani is also implicated in another procedure of money laundering and extortion of organized gangs that the investigators link to the double assassination at Bastia-Poretta airport, perpetrated in December 2017.

At 54, the detainee has spent more than three decades behind bars.

BESERK. 1967 Joan Crawford.

Circus Murder Mystery- so bad its great.

I can't remember if I've mentioned it, but I love the scene where Joe Gallo tells Frank Sheeran to "get the fuck outta here".

Though it's kind of depressing at the same time to see De Niro treated like such a schmuck.

Can you imagine the Godfather 2/Raging Bull/Heat vintage De Niro being treated like such a putz?

I watched Nightcrawler. I personally can't understand why it was so highly rated. I get the message they were going for. My problem is that it was completely lacking in any kind of subtlety.

It kind of strayed into several different genres without fitting comfortably into any one.

I'd give it maybe a 6 out of 10 at best.

LOL at how Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo never had a kissing scene despite her being a (contrived) love interest for him.

Then I looked it up on Wikipedia and read that Russo's husband was the director.

And I was wondering why she had crawled out of the woodwork again all of a sudden!

She looked fine though.

Italian arrested in Holland with 34 kilos of cocaine
He was wanted in Belgium
Category: News | VariousDate: 24.01.20| |

The Dutch police in a joint action by the Belgian police and the Royal Maréchaussée, arrested a 33-year-old Italian on the A16 motorway near Breda. The man carried 34 kilos of cocaine, hidden in a secret compartment inside the vehicle, for an estimated value of 1.2 million euros. The Italian, of which no other details were disclosed, was arrested Thursday afternoon, in a joint action by the Dutch and Belgian police. During the investigation, the man will remain in prison. He was already wanted in Belgium, because he was held responsible for several crimes.

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes