Among the charged associates is a Nassau County police detective who allegedly accepted money from Bonanno coffers to arrange police raids on rival gambling operations. Reputed Bonanno capo Anthony Pipitone, known as “Little Anthony,” was among the highest ranking of the wiseguys rounded up as authorities unsealed two indictments - one for each family – with allegations dating back a decade. Two of New York’s most storied Mafia families formed a secret gambling alliance - then suffered a whack to their profit streams with a round of arrests Tuesday morning.įederal prosecutors in Brooklyn say eight members or associates of the Bonanno and Genovese crime clans were taken into custody for their roles related to a string of illegal poker parlors run out of a coffee shop, a shoe repair store and several social clubs dotted around Queens, N.Y., and suburban Long Island.
