Under Gambino the Mafia extended their control of legitimate business, controlling trucking in the garment centre of New York and construction contracts throughout Manhattan. Mafia Empire: Vow of Silence, 2006
It was during the Gambino era that the Mafia enjoyed closer and stronger connections in business and politics. It was widely reported the Mafia was even able to influence the presidential election. ibid.
It was 1960 through the ’70s under the leadership of the legendary godfather Carlo Gambino that the Mafia enjoyed the fruits of widespread political corruption. ibid.
Castellano was an imposing figure of a man, a contrast to the diminutive Gambino, and a Godfather who carefully cultivated the image of a business man. ibid.
‘Carlo Gambino was running the largest, most extensive crime empire in the United States at the time.’ Mobsters s1e14: The Gambinos: First Family of Crime, Biography 2007
The Gambino crime family stood out: one of the five crime families created in New York in the 1930s. ibid.
He [Gambino] expanded the [waterfront] racketeering to gambling, construction, loan-sharking and even more white-collar crimes such as securities fraud on Wall Street. ibid.
Roy DeMeo had made a name for himself as the enforcer for Gambino bass Paul Castellano. Mobsters: Paul Castellano
Gambino had established himself as a business-savvy earner ... When he was promoted to Captain, he brought young Paul Castellano in under his wing. ibid.
On his deathbed Gambino shocked everyone by choosing Paul Castellano as his successor. ibid.
December 16th 1985 ... Inside the car Castellano and Bilotti had no time to react. The boss of the Gambino crime family lay dead on the sidewalk. John Gotti had orchestrated his own rise to the head of the Gambino crime family. Mobsters: John Gotti
The Mob made Gotti an enforcer. ibid.
In his spare time Gotti gambled recklessly. ibid.
By the 1970s the Mafia had opened its books again, and in 1977 John Gotti finally became a member of the Gambino crime family. ibid.
Gotti’s crew faced scrutiny from inside the family. Gambino boss Paul Castellano had a no-tolerance policy to drug dealing ... Gotti ignored the boss. ibid.
A new nickname: the Dapper Don. ibid.
GAMBREL, JOHN: True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV -
1989: In a remote corner of Montana a brutal attack leaves a young woman [Lori Anne Schwegel] dead and her boyfriend [John Gambrel] clinging to life. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s6e7: Head Case, ID 2016
Police now suspect that John knows a log more than he’s letting on. ibid.
Police soon learn of other reports suggesting that Shelly wasn’t John’s first victim. A handful of women from California to Canada report similar assaults at the hands of John Gambrel. ibid.
‘It would look like he had been shot by somebody else trying to deflect the blame.’ ibid. rozzer
GAMSKY, JOSEPH HENRY aka JOE HUNT et al: Marcia Clark Investigates TV -
This is the story of some inexperienced rich kids from Beverley Hills trying their hand at a high stakes investment game who turned to a conman in a moment of desperation. It’s the story of two men obsessed with money and power and status. Marcia Clark Investigates: The Billionaire Boys Club, 2018
‘None of the investments had paid off. They were spending a lot of money.’ ibid.
The cruelty of Ron Levins’ hoax deals Joe Hunt’s ego not to mention his finances a crippling blow. ibid.
The jury votes to send Joe Hunt to life in prison without the possibility of parole. ibid.
GANDHI, INDIRA murder: viz Assassinations: GANDHI, INDIRA & RAJIV
GANDHI, MAHATMA murder: viz Assassinations: GANDHI, MAHATMA
GANDHI, RAJIV murder: viz Assassinations: GANDHI, INDIRA & RAJIV
GANDHI, SATPREET SINGH: Forensics: Murder Scene TV -
Leeds, 5th September 2022: A woman has been stabbed. Forensic teams are despatched to the scene … This is now a murder investigation. Forensics: Murder Scene I, news, Channel 5 2024
‘We have got a lot of blood around.’ ibid. forensics
The initial 999 call came in from the lodger who lives in the room next door to the victim. ibid.
With the suspect in custody, a full forensic search of his flat is ordered. ibid.
Our suspect is Satpreet Singh Gandhi. ibid.
Six months earlier, Harleen had rented a room less than a mile away from her estranged husband. ibid.
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The beautiful rolling countryside of north Yorkshire. Here, the quiet village of Melsonby became the unlikely location of an horrific murder. More than a decade on a murder conviction still disputed. Faking It: Tears of a Crime s6e3: Robin Garbutt
On March 23rd 2010 at 8.30 a.m. Robin Garbutt rang 999 to report that Diana had been attacked during an armed robbery. Police and paramedics found that Diana Garbutt had been bludgeoned to death, not in the office office but in her bedroom on the first floor. And the emergency services were immediately surprised by Robin Garbutt’s behaviour. ibid.
Garbutt’s own words revealed more than he intended. ibid.
And this wasn’t the first time Robin Garbutt had reported a robbery. ibid.
Three weeks after the murder, Robin Garbutt was arrested and charged with killing Diana. ibid.
GARCIA, EDGAR & LAURA HERNANDEZ: Killer Kids TV -
Tension in the Hernandez home was at an all-time high with Laura’s marriage to Alberto on the rocks and their house on the verge of repossession. In addition, Ashley had just revealed she was pregnant … The plan started with Ashley’s boyfriend Edgar [Garcia, 16]. Killer Kids s3e6: The Million Dollar Plan & Rattlesnake Romeo, LMN 2014
‘Alberto had three separate life insurance policies.’ ibid. Harold Nutt, prosecutor
She [Laura] offered him [Edgar] $5,000. ibid.
The murder of Alberto had been a family affair. ibid.