Police and the FBI carry out raids targeting New York's Gambino family and the Inzerillo Mafia in Italy

More than 200 officers from the FBI and Italian police carried out 18 arrests. Another suspect was reportedly arrested in New York as part of the bust. Police say the mafia clans are trying to re-establish power in the old country. Photos show suspects in shades and designer labels being arrested in Palermo

PUBLISHED: 05:09 EDT, 17 July 2019

OPERATION NEW CONNECTION

A 200-strong force of FBI and Italian police targeted the New York Gambino family and the Sicilian Inzerillo Mafia clans during dawn raids this morning in Sicily. Eighteen suspected gangsters were arrested in Palermo, including Salvatore Gambino, the mayor of the Sicilian town of Torretta, while another was detained in New York. The crackdown comes as police say the Inzerillo clan are seeking to re-establish their old power-base in Sicily with the backing of their Gambino allies in New York.

Two of those arrested - Francesco and Tommaso Inzerillo - are the brother and cousin respectively of Totuccio Inzerillo, a don who was murdered in a vicious war in the 1980s as his family went into self-imposed exile in the US.

Salvatore 'Toto' Riina launched a bloodbath on the Mediterranean island in the 1980s, forcing the Inzerillo family to flee as Riina took over Sicily. The suspects are accused of mafia association, aggravated extortion and fraud while operating wholesale food supplies and gambling dens, ANSA reported. Around £2.7million in real estate and other assets were seized by Italian authorities, CNN reported.

'The investigation, dubbed "New Connection", has registered the strong bond established between Cosa Nostra Palermo and U.S. organised crime, with particular reference to the powerful Gambino crime family of New York,' a police statement said. The Gambino crime operation is one of the five historic Italian-American Mafia families in New York. Past charges against family operatives have included murder, loan sharking and illegal drug distribution.

The reported crime boss of the family, Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali, was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home in March. It was not clear if his murder had anything to do with tensions in Sicily.Italian police said the suspects arrested on Wednesday faced a string of charges, including membership of the mafia, aggravated extortion, fraud and 'unfair competition'.

Once all-powerful on Sicily, the Cosa Nostra has been squeezed over the past two decades, with many bosses put behind bars, many of its businesses sequestered and many locals ready to defy it. Despite these setbacks, prosecutors have warned repeatedly that the group is looking to rebuild. The state's fight against the Mafia got serious in 1992 after the group murdered two of Italy´s top magistrates, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, triggering national outrage and finally forcing complacent politicians to act.

Friday marks the 27th anniversary of Borsellino's death.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7256095/Italian-U-S-police-make-arrests-Mafia-clan-looks-regroup.html

>>14636

Two elusive gators caught in as many days? What are the odds...

First in Chicago, next in Sicily (Perps, shirt). Fishing is a good way to catch gators.

Florida expert captures elusive alligator at Chicago lagoon

Investigators don't know why the animal was in the lagoon but they knew they had to capture it.

Author: Associated Press

Published: 10:59 AM EDT July 16, 2019

Updated: 3:46 PM EDT July 16, 2019

The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida.

The male gator, nicknamed 'Chance the Snapper,' was first spotted in the Humboldt Park lagoon about a week ago. After local enthusiasts tried and failed to trap the reptile, Frank Robb arrived from St. Augustine on Sunday . By early Tuesday, he had caught the 5 foot 3 inch animal using something that even cartoon alligators know to avoid: a fishing pole.

https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/nation-world/florida-expert-captures-elusive-alligator-at-chicago-lagoon/507-1b4ddb80-9354-4f19-a711-f3ff588bd32c

>>14610

The Swiss are known for their accuracy, almost exclusively (Think timepieces)

I don't think their "error" was an accident.

>>14610

I pulled up GEarth for Langenbruck, where they performed. ID'd nearby castle with 360 Imagery. Opened Imagery to this view. Note the Code 26.6/98

Someone uses 360 imagery all over the world to ID drops, routes, and resources and other useful points.

>>14636

FLASHBACK to 2015

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton's ties to the MOB: How former Secretary of State met with Mafia heir at his pizzeria where he asked for father's release from prison (in return for an offer she couldn't refuse)

• White House hopeful met Giovanni Gambino at a Charleston, SC pizzeria in 2007 during her previous presidential primary bid

• Giovanni is the son of heroin kingpin Francesco 'Ciccio' Gambino and cousin of Carlo Gambino, the boss of the notorious crime family

• His father suggested Giovanni meet with Hillary to help him get out of prison

• He made the face-to-face request and promised VOTES in return

• Bill Clinton met with Giovanni too

• Francesco died in prison before his release

PUBLISHED: 12:05 EDT, 9 December 2015 | UPDATED: 02:15 EDT, 10 December 2015

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3351235/Hillary-Clinton-s-ties-MOB-former-Secretary-State-met-Mafia-heir-pizzeria-asked-father-s-release-prison-return-offer-couldn-t-refuse.html

Hillary Clinton met with a Mafia heir who asked for his drug kingpin father to be released early from prison in exchange for votes, it has been revealed. The former First Lady met Giovanni Gambino, the son of Francesco 'Ciccio' Gambino and the cousin of Carlo Gambino - the boss of the notorious crime family and one-time head of the American Mafia - while she was campaigning in the the presidential primary in 2007. The Democratic front runner spoke to the crime author, who recently made headlines for saying he would protect New York from ISIS, at one of his pizzerias in Charleston, South Carolina. The 41-year-old's father, who was serving a 30-year prison sentence at the time, suggested he contact Clinton to see if she could help with his early release through a presidential pardon.

In return, Giovanni Gambino would get his 'connections' in the restaurant business to vote for her and drum up support. He also wanted the pair to discuss over-populated prisons - a policy she has championed in her latest presidential bid. Clinton agreed and the pair met during her unsuccessful run for the 2008 Democratic nomination, and even posed for a picture with the mobster's son. Giovanni, who has also served time in a New York state prison, also got the chance to pose with her husband Bill for a picture. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail Online, Gambino said he has fond memories of the encounter

'When it has something to do with your family, you never forget it. She might have forgotten about it. She probably hears stories like that every day,' he said.

'But if you have a father that has been in prison for so long, you would go to the North Pole and back to get him out.'

'I spoke to her about over-populated prisons. I said: "I've been there. I was in state prison. It looks like a farm, people can barely walk. It's crazy. Why don't you try and do something with these non-violent offenders." The pair shook hands and grinned for the camera. However Giovanni directed his attention to Hillary, asking about his father and over-population in prisons across the country. He told Hillary that his father was given 20 extra years, just for being a Gambino, while the pair joked that the problem of over-crowding wouldn't be solved until the whole of America was behind bars.

Despite his intentions for the meeting, Giovanni's father passed away in prison before Clinton could act. During his trial in 1987, prosecutors claimed Francesco Gambino was the leader of the Sicilian Mafia drug network. He was part of the same family business set up by his cousin Carlo. Born in Sicily, Carlo immigrated to the United States in 1921 as a ship stowaway, settling in Brooklyn and becoming a gang member under Joe 'the Boss' Masseria. He then worked for Salvatore Maranzano, Philip and Vincent Mangano, and finally, from 1951, Albert Anastasia. He inherited the crime syndicate when Anastasia was murdered. In 50 years of crime Carlo only served 22 months in prison.

>>14687

Red meant Dem in the 1980s. Guess the MSM "fixed" for us.

>>14749

>>14894

Further down the rabbit hole we find Zack Exley.

"Since you asked, here’s a little of what I’ve been up to. Recently, I’ve been helping to found a new economic policy project called New Consensus, intended to equip a new generation of leaders with powerful ideas about how Americans and all of humanity can regain control over our means of making a living and economic life. Most recently, we’ve been involved in shaping the ideas around the Green New Deal.

Last year, I did a fellowship at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center where, among other things, I wrote this paper. Before that, I served on the Bernie Sanders campaign where I was honored to work alongside thousands of amazing grassroots leaders who made many miracles happen. Later, as a volunteer I helped start Brand New Congress, a campaign to replace pretty much the entire corrupt U.S. Congress with a slate of honest and visionary local leaders, and Justice Democrats, which has been called a Tea Party for the Democratic Party.

Rules for Revolutionaries

Becky Bond and I wrote a book about organizing based on our experiences on the Bernie campaign called Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything. We’ve had a lot of fun speaking to groups all around the world about Big Organizing. Please get in touch if you’d like one or both of us to speak to your group.

YouTube Experiment

Last summer, inspired by the Alt Right’s complete takeover of YouTube–which more people watch now than television (read my paper)–I made some videos that attempted to engage an audience there on economic issues in a new way. Check out the videos here.

Other stuff I think about

I spend as much time as I can reading history and economics. I’m focused on how poor countries become rich, and how countries with declining living standards like the U.S. can turn things around. The first book I recommend to everyone is Cambridge Economist Ha-Joon Chang’s Bad Samaritans.

Contact

If you’re a reporter or looking for me for some other reason, just email me@zackexley.com."

http://zackexley.com/

>>14988

Ilhan Omar calls Somalia, "Our Home" when addressing the Revolution Somali Youth League (RSYL)

00:00:55

"In 2016's election cycle, you guys have the ability to make an impact on where our nation is headed. Not only here in the United States, but in our nation back home."

https://youtu.be/bho-3l4H2Gw

>>15029

Archived -- offline.

Twitter CEO maxes out donations to Tulsi Gabbard… conspiracy machine kicks into overdrive

I thought Tulsi was a cult controlled bot? Oh, well, that makes sense now.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated thousands of dollars to anti-war Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard – and Twitter users and mainstream media journalists are (rather ironically) up in arms about it.

Dorsey gave the maximum donation of $5,600 to Gabbard's campaign a day after her appearance during the first Democratic presidential campaign in June, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings, reported on by BuzzFeed.

Of all the Democrat contenders for the 2020 nomination, the Hawaii congresswoman has been a favorite punching bag for US journalists, who have accused her of being “pro-Russia” due to her anti-intervention foreign policy stance. She has also been consistently targeted for meeting Syrian President Bashar Assad during a 2017 trip to the war-torn country, with the media deriding her as an "Assad apologist” ever since.

BuzzFeed’s own story on Dorsey’s donations even smacks of disbelief, claiming that Gabbard is “probably best known for her visit to Syrian dictator” Assad, despite the fact that she is obviously well-known for other things, like being a high-profile congresswoman and Iraq war veteran. Later, BuzzFeed notes that Dorsey also scandalously “faved a bunch of tweets” from and about Gabbard.

Other media reports were equally incredulous. A Gizmodo article on the FEC filings branded Gabbard an "odd duck" and Dorsey a "weird dude."

https://www.rt.com/usa/464340-jack-dorsey-tulsi-gabbard-donations/

>>15234

At 'em boys, give 'er the gun. GIVE HER THE GUN!