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The death last Tuesday of the 86-year-old George Barone marked the end of an era: Barone was the main Genovese man on the docks for decades, and a witness to Mafia history.

Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese could be out of prison for his 100th birthday - with time off for good behavior.

Federal authorities have arrested more than 100 members and associates of organized crime Thursday in a sweeping crackdown on the city's five Mafia families.

A feared hit man for John Gotti pleaded guilty Thursday to arranging a decades-old slaying of a Staten Island businessman the Dapper Don suspected was a rat.

A Staten Island man who pocketed a $2 million settlement from the state after DNA evidence got his conviction on charges he raped a cop's wife tossed - was swept up in Thursday's arrests.

The massive mob takedown shows organized crime's grip on unions is virtually unbroken - even at Ground Zero - despite decades of prosecutions. Exhibit A: Ralph Scopo Jr.

Catherine Godkin was watching the news Thursday morning when she heard something she had thought impossible: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the feds had arrested the man who killed her husband 30 years ago.

THE FEDS have a message for reputed Gambino associate Kevin Croce, who's on vacation in sunny Hawaii: Wish you were here.

A letter of support from "Godfather" actor James Caan - and a cameo appearance by Furio from "The Sopranos" - couldn't persuade a judge Tuesday to release a Colombo crime boss on bail.

The widow of a Bronx man killed by an accused "ice-hearted" mob hit man gave chilling testimony Tuesday of the gunman's evil act.

An investigation of the penny-ante heist was ordered by the Waterfront Commission, the agency charged with policing the docks for mob corruption, drug smuggling and other major crimes, the sources said.

In the words of Colombo boss Andrew (Mush) Russo, a goodfella must have brains, be willing to do jail time and be capable of violence.

The Waterfront Commission, created to root out mob corruption on the docks, was frozen out of last month's historic Mafia takedown, the Daily News has learned.

Not surprisingly, former Bonanno boss Vincent (Vinny Gorgeous) Basciano is getting more high maintenance by the day on the eve of his federal death penalty trial in Brooklyn.

A powerful Colombo captain who vowed to find a mob rat and "chop his head off" is cooperating with the feds less than two weeks after his arrest, the Daily News has learned.

The housing boom that swept the nation spawned glittering luxury condo towers across New York City and was a windfall for developers, banks, mortgage brokers - and the mob.

AT 2 A.M. ON Feb. 2, 2006, a church volunteer was asleep in the sanctuary of the Nakwon Reformed Church when an explosion jolted her awake.

Joseph Barone didn't leave his FBI job after 18 years with a going-away party and a gold watch. The veteran Mafia informer's farewell gift was an indictment, accusing him in the kind of crime he long helped prevent - a $1 million murder for hire.

Mob families are so infested with rats these days it's a wonder there isn't ear-piercing feedback from all the recording devices.

Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry is keeping reputed soldier Joseph Lombardi on a short leash, twice rejecting his requests to travel to New Jersey so he could "attend to" the shelter in Old Bridge, N.J.

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