U.S. Attorney, E.D.N.Y.: release on Bonanno family convictions (July 12, 2006)

Release on the convictions of Bonanno family soldiers, in which U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf said more than seventy Bonanno members and associates had been prosecuted, among them "Bonanno family boss Joseph Massino" and the men who led the family after him.

Date: 2006-07-12
Kind: press-release
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York (archived release)
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A press release of the U.S. Department of Justice, a work of the United States government prepared by federal officers or employees as part of their official duties. Public domain in the United States. 17 U.S.C. § 105.

The Eastern District of New York’s archived release of July 12, 2006, issued by U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf, announced the convictions of Bonanno family soldiers. It placed them in a longer run of cases: more than seventy Bonanno members and associates prosecuted, “including Bonanno family boss Joseph Massino.”

The release says that Massino’s successors had also been convicted: Anthony Urso, “who led the crime family from January 2003 to January 2004,” and Vincent Basciano, “who assumed control thereafter.” These are the U.S. Attorney’s statements in a press release. They are cited on the person pages as such, not as court findings.

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