U.S. Opens Trial Against Alleged Mobsters
From Times Wire Reports
Federal prosecutors kicked off a case against seven alleged mobsters -- three of them relatives of the late convicted crime boss John Gotti -- accusing them of rigging contracts, shaking down businesses and controlling unions.
On trial are Peter Gotti, reputed head of the Gambino crime family and John Gotti’s older brother, younger brother Richard V. Gotti, nephew Richard G. Gotti and four others, all charged with racketeering, money laundering, conspiracy, fraud and loan-sharking.
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