Alleged Mobsters Busted In Major Roundup

The hierarchy of the Gambino organized crime family — from underboss to capo — was arrested Thursday along with scores of street soldiers and associates in what authorities called the biggest mafia takedown in a generation.

Federal and local authorities targeted the family once famously run with an iron fist by the late John Gotti Sr., saying they smashed its leadership and solved seven homicides, including the 1976 slaying of a court officer poised to testify against the mob and the 1990 murder of a security guard during an airport heist.

This reads like an episode from either of the above cinevideo efforts, or of course The Sopranos.

You’ve got to love the nicknames listed in the indictments too, a real scriptwriter’s dream:
# Vincent “Elmo” Amarante
# Thomas “Tommy Sneakers” Cacciopoli
# Domenico “The Greaseball” Cefalu
# John “Jackie the Nose” D’Amico
# Vincent “Vinnie Hot” Decongilio
# Joseph “Joe Gag” Gaggi
# Anthony “Buckwheat” Giammarino
# John “Johnny Red Rose” Pisano
# Richard “Fat Richie” Ranieri
# Michael “Mike the Electrician” Urciuoli

Can TV shows and or movies be far behind?