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NEW YORK — Authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a sweeping Mafia takedown aimed at closing the book on decades-old gangland killings and other crimes and knocking out what’s left of the once-mighty Gambino family.
A federal indictment in Brooklyn named 62 people, including the three highest-ranking members of the Gambino clan and the brother and nephew of the late John Gotti, the notorious boss who ran the family in its heyday. State prosecutors separately charged 26 others with running a sports gambling ring.
The raids coincided with an Italian operation, code-named “Old Bridge,” targeting Mafia figures who were strengthening contacts between mob groups in Italy and the U.S.
