From today's NY Daily News
Federal prosecutors eye N.J. capo from Genovese family in 2005 trial rubout
BY JOHN MARZULLI
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, December 11th 2008, 4:00 AM
Federal prosecutors named a powerful Genovese family gangster as the prime suspect in the gangland rubout of a fellow capo who was killed while on trial in Brooklyn.
Reputed capo Tino Fiumara is a target in the investigation of the murder of Lawrence Ricci, who disappeared Oct. 7, 2005, in the middle of his waterfront racketeering trial, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jacquelyn Rasulo and Jack Dennehy disclosed in court papers this week.
Authorities say Fiumara, 67, runs the Genovese faction in New Jersey, including its illicit stake in the waterfront. Ricci reported to him at the time he was killed.
Ricci was killed for going on trial with two officials of the International Longshoremen's Association, sources said.
"They wanted him to plead guilty," a source said. "They didn't want him sitting at the table with the union guys. It didn't look good."
The prosecutors say another capo, Michael (Mikey Cigars) Coppola, could finger Fiumara in the murder.
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update - here are my previous posts on ILA and Mob
Is the Mob involved in the Florida ILA?
The Mob and the ILA
Tony Soprano would be mad
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