The video includes footage of Gigante along with some very interesting news reports, interviews, and trial footage from various archives. He controlled one of the largest and most influential American mafia families for decades yet is probably more known for his crazy act. He reportedly took control of the powerful Cosa Nostra family back in the early 1980s and remained in control for the better part of 30 years. Few mobsters tried harder then Gigante to avoid being part of Mafia news headlines. We take look back at the life and downfall of the famous Mafia leader often referred to as “ The Oddfather” for his antics. Vincent Gigante the former boss of the Genovese crime family is one of the most notorious godfathers in New York Mafia history. The post Members of a New Jersey based Genovese family crew run by Charles Tuzzo plead guilty appeared first on About The Mafia.
Charges are still pending against alleged captain Charles “Chuckie” Tuzzo and a few of the other defendants in the case. All of the defendants who plead guilty are scheduled to be sentenced in September. He went on to say that this case is another instance of the Waterfront Commission and law enforcement efforts to disrupt the influence of organized crime. Disruption of its profits from gambling, loansharking and money laundering weaken that family’s grip,” said Michael Murphy the New Jersey Commissioner of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. “The Genovese Crime Family has historically exerted its influence on the Port of New Jersey. Coppola is the son of jailed Genovese family capo Michael Coppola. The other three members of the mob crew that plead guilty included Vincent Coppola, Robert Spagnola, Manuel Rodriguez. Pucillo and Alberti both plead guilty to second-degree criminal usury and are facing up to five years behind bars.
The criminal schemes generated millions of dollars in revenue that was laundered through check-cashing businesses in Newark run by an alleged Genovese family associate named Domenick Pucillo. Tuzzo also known as “Chuckie” allegedly reported directly to the hierarchy of the New York Mafia family. According to the feds, the Cosa Nostra crew was under the supervision of Genovese family captain Charles Tuzzo and soldier Vito Alberti. The mafia crew was taken down back in 2014 during “ Operation Fistful” a joint operation between law enforcement agencies from New Jersey and New York that targeted organized crime. Five members of a New Jersey-based Genovese crime family crew have pleaded guilty to loansharking, unlicensed check-cashing, and various other crimes.
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