Colombo big flips to feds

Anthony Russo, a Colombo crime-family acting captain, is the latest and highest-ranking member of the embattled Mafia organization to switch sides and become a federal informant, a source told The Post. Russo, who has been held on murder and other charges since his arrest two weeks ago in the biggest...

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Source: New York Post

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