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Gambino Crime Family We Are Looking For Bodies
The FBI and other law enforcement are searching and digging for bodies in Orange County, New York in connection with an ongoing investigation into the Gambino crime family, sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC New York.

The search is taking place at two locations -- one on Hampton Road in Goshen and one on Hamptonburgh Road in Campbell Hall.

Heavy equipment, including a backhoe, could be seen from Chopper 4 at the location in Goshen on Wednesday afternoon. Sources tell NBC New York no remains were found on Wednesday but the search in Goshen will continue Thursday morning.

The FBI would not confirm who they believe might be buried there or what led agents to the sites and would only tell NBC New York that agents have been on scene all day in connection with the organized crime investigation.

The search appears to be connected to law enforcement action just last week when ten men linked to the Gambino crime family were arrested, sources said. The men were arrested for allegedly using baseball bats and other intimidation tactics to muscle into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said.

The men associated with the infamous Brooklyn crime syndicate were arrested and charged on a 16-count indictment unsealed in federal court, which includes allegations of racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation, and union-related crimes "committed in an attempt to dominate the New York carting and demolition industries," according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office.

In addition, federal prosecutors said Nov. 8 that Italian law enforcement arrested six members of the mob there in coordination with the actions of the FBI and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn.

According to prosecutors, the 10 arrested are:

Joseph Lanni, also known as "Joe Brooklyn" and "Mommino," an alleged captain in the Gambino organized crime family
Diego "Danny" Tantillo
Angelo Gradilone, also known as "Fifi," an alleged Gambino soldier
James LaForte, an alleged Gambino soldier
Vito Rappa, an alleged U.S.-based Sicilian Mafia member and Gambino associate
Francesco Vicari, also known as “Uncle Ciccio,” an alleged U.S.-based Sicilian Mafia associate and Gambino associate
Salvatore DiLorenzo, an alleged Gambino associate
Robert Brooke, an alleged Gambino associate
Kyle Johnson, also known as “Twin"
Vincent Minsquero, also known as “Vinny Slick”
Tantillo, Rappa, Vicari, and Johnson are alleged to have demanded money from an unnamed person who ran a carting business by threatening him with a bat, setting fire to the steps of his house, damaging one of his trucks, and assaulting an associate.

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