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New England Mafia a shell of former self

Arrests, time have whittled membership to a handful of men

By Milton J. Valencia

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 08, 2012

Meet the leadership of the New England Mafia, a skeleton of the organization glorified in novels and in Hollywood. No more than 30 made, or sworn in, members make up an organization that in its heyday was more than 100 strong, law enforcement officials say. The younger crop is addicted to drugs, and the older, wiser members have either died or have gone to jail, officials said. “This is not your father’s Mafia,’’ said Massachusetts State Police Detective Lieutenant Stephen P. Johnson, who oversees organized crime investigations.

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