Former New England Organized Crime Leader and Associate Sentenced for Racketeering and Extortion Activities (Justice Department, 2012)

Press release of May 11, 2012: Luigi Manocchio, described as an admitted former boss and underboss of the New England La Cosa Nostra, was sentenced to 66 months for a racketeering and extortion conspiracy against Rhode Island businesses.

Date

2012-05-11

Kind

press-release

Source

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs (archived release)

Retrieved

2026-10-12

Rights

A press release of the United States Department of Justice. A federal work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Press release of the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs, May 11, 2012. “Luigi ‘Louie’ Manocchio, an admitted former boss and underboss of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), was sentenced today to 66 months in federal prison for his leadership of and participation in a racketeering and extortion conspiracy that demanded and received between $800,000 and $1.5 million in ‘protection’ payments from several Rhode Island adult entertainment businesses from 1995-2009.”

Judge William E. Smith of the District of Rhode Island imposed the sentence and three years of supervised release. Manocchio had pleaded guilty on February 22, 2012. A co-defendant described as an admitted associate received 37 months for a separate extortion conspiracy. The release also says a third superseding indictment charged another man as the alleged acting leader; that is a charge, and this page does not name him.

The words “admitted former boss and underboss” are the Justice Department’s description of what Manocchio admitted.