we all know that the italian mafia is obviously an illegal opperation of so many areas, but at least they are organized and if anything kill their own. i say leave them alone. the feds are worse. i cant stand our government yet im not about to do anything about it, what can 1 do? i believe stand ing by the president we have like it or not, not to show weakness.

anyway, the mafia, forgettahaboutit, theres much more to do than to deal with these people. 5000 plus people got whacked in one sitting,, what the hell are they doing about that. we go after sadam, little sadam. for big oil. ok, exactly what the mafias does. yet its justified. i bet if we do let the mob they would find osama, but the fbi wouldnt want that would they. first off, they would have to payup the finders fee.

when it comes to the fes/police its a lose lose situation. thats why im not so hurt when an officer is down. the news is like hollywood movies to me, and i always root for the bad guys.

mik, miami, florida

What about Canada? Don't tell me that all these arrests end up with no arrests here. If not maybe we should take the former RCMP Police Commissioner's words to heart: that organized crime have infiltrated Parliament and our Canadian justice system to destabilize it. There's enough evidence for that now in Ontario - the City of Hamilton is an example of anarchy as is the Crown's botching of the 6 Toronto Police officer drug corruption charges

T, Toronto, Canada

I don't believe there is no other culture like Italians that can manage for such a long time an organized mafia clan. Yes it is wrong of killing people but at the same time Italians run just about every business in every city and country....their last names always make an effect on everything they do and everwhere they go. Everything originated just about in Italy....the latin language....ar...history and we can go on and on.

Saadia, San Diego, California

Better yet, why don't we get the Mafia to infiltrate/destroy the Taliban? I betcha Paulie Walnuts and Silvio would have a field day wid dat!!!

TMD, Carlisle, USA, PA

The mafia need to be stopped wherever they are. Street thugs join them as mafiosi are no more than organised thugs. Honest hard working family store holders and businessmen are terrorised, beaten down, and killed by them for nothing more than stolen profits. And then the mafia have the desire when they pass away to hold grand funerals with goldplated coffins- they will never get respect from God, man or mice.

mark mcginty, Edinburgh, scotland

Probably you don't really know the real "power" of Cosa Nostra.

Carlo, Padova, Italy

I like how alot of people seem to think these guys are harmless, lol. They are hardcore criminals. The movies warp people's minds. BTW the Mexican drug cartels are still worse, their war down there is resulting in litterally thousands of deaths. Still most of the people commenting on how harmless these guys are, are from places far removed, like the UK and Arkansas. If you don't know what your talking about, don't talk.

No one, New York City, Ny

That's why the Sporanos are off the air! Tony has gone underground because he had a "heads up" this was going down. I'll bet he's hiding out in Miami with his goumad!

Michael Schwartz, London, England

So let me get this straight. The Feds spend 25 years trying to bring down the "Mob" while our troops are dying everyday in Iraq. If the Feds are so good at filtrating underground why aren't they in Iraq bringing down "THE TALIBAN", the Iraqie Mob. There are alot more lives at stake in Iraq than anyone the Mob is after. Chances are, and most of the time, Someone would have to do something to tick the Italian Mafia off, they don't just go around messing with everyone. Sickly, I like gangsters, family oriented gangsters...leave em alone..

Tracy, Benton, AR

I agree... our government is concentrating on a group of organized crime/mobsters that only kill who they have too.. instead, our government should concentrate more on destroying terrorist cells and cracking down on blood thirsty thugs in the major cities.. not the Italian Mafia.. in my opinion, the Italian Mafia is not a threat to the public, but pathetic street thugs are.

Zach, Okemos, Michigan

I belive that the more organized crime families, such as the Gambino should be left alone, they only kill other mobsters usually, but like Rob said, the Mexican Mafia and MS-13 should be taken care of, they are the blood-thirsty gangsters who are really ruining our neighborhoods!

Sean, Utica, Ohio

Dean from Australia.. you are 100% right. They should concentrate more on finding Osama Bin Laden and bring down terrorists. These guys are harmless.

Mick, London, England

HUGE NEWS !!!!

Allan, Kent, UK

These old school Italian & American wise guys are much more sophisticated than Mexican criminals. Mexicans are mainly Street gangs, these guys have there hands in the union's and people with power's pockets. Well done to both the Italian and U.S Authorities.

Andrew, London, England

The FBI should leave these guys alone. They are all old hard working citizens who are trying to make a living.

Dean, Artarmon, Sydney, Australia

this is wild news, but i while the FBI is chasing down old school mafia clans other huge gangs are flurishing like the mexican mafia and MS-13.

rob, huntingtonbeach,

My goodness, this is pretty big news as im sure most people would have thought that links between the Mafia in Italy & America was all but gone.

Nathan Lamont, Hammersmith, London, England