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Reports on the sudden departure of radio talk show host Curtis Sliwa from Manhattan, New York City for a safe haven after a federal grand jury's racketeering indictment failed to name Mafia figure Nicholas Corozzo. Background on the career of Sliwa, founder of the crime-fighting group Guardian Angels; Conflicts with members of the Mafia; Indictment of Mafia boss John A. Gotti on charges of ordering Sliwa's murder in 1992.

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to bring state racketeering and fraud charges against about a dozen officers and employees of a company hired to test the strength of the concrete at some of the biggest construction projects in the New York area, lawyers and people briefed on the case said Wednesday. The charges in the sealed indictment also name the company, Testwell Laboratories, and accuse the company, its president and other officials of failing to do some tests and falsifying others over a period of five years, according to the people who were briefed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The former head of the nation's biggest municipal labor council painstakingly detailed years of thievery from his own union and the state on Friday as he pleaded guilty to racketeering charges in federal court in Manhattan. Standing and facing the judge as he spoke, the defendant, Brian M. McLaughlin, once a seven-term assemblyman from Queens and the leader of a million workers as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, delivered his 45-minute catalog of wrongs in a tone that at times seemed blase and at other times abjectly cooperative. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the filing by Wackenhut Corp. of a racketeering lawsuit in Manhattan, New York City against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) over its attempts to organize the workers nationwide. According to the lawsuit, the union allegedly launched an international corporate campaign against Wackenhut after it refused its organizing demands. SEIU director Valarie Long said in a written release that the company security lapses were confirmed at one nuclear plant and guards were caught sleeping on the job.

The article focuses on John A. Gotti who, after escaping conviction thrice on federal racketeering charges in a year, will finally be able to pursue an ordinary life. According to Michael J. Garcia, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, New York City, the government has concluded that a re-trial of defendant Gotti on the pending indictment is not in the interest of justice in light of the three prior hung juries in the case.

The article highlights the testimonial of Joseph D'Angelo as a prosecution witness at the racketeering trial for John A. Gotti at Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York.

The article reports on the conviction of the six men accused of being members of a gang led by Balkan immigrants that seized control of illegal Mafia strongholds, were found guilty of multiple counts of racketeering, illegal gambling and extortion by the Federal District Court in Manhattan, New York.

Reports on the lack of verdict given by jurors on the federal racketeering trial of John A. Gotti, the prince of the Gambino crime family after several days of deliberation in Manhattan, New York City.

Reports on the sentencing of the Lucchese crime family acting boss, Louis Daidone, for the crimes of loan sharking and racketeering by Judge Richard M. Bernan in Federal District Court in Manhattan. Imposition of a life sentence for Daidone.

Reports on the individuals charged with racketeering and extortion in the construction industry of Manhattan, New York City.