Vincent Asaro gets eight years for tracking down and burning motorist’s carAsaro was cleared of 1978 Lufthansa robbery immortalised in 1990 filmNew York may have recorded a dramatic topple in crime this year,including the lowest annual murder total since the 1950s, but a sentencing hearing in Brooklyn on Thursday revealed the persistence of some of the city’s most distinguished criminal traditions. Prosecutors allege that Vincent Asaro, or 82,was inducted into the Bonanno crime syndicate more than 40 years ago and has held the position of captain and been a member of the family’s ruling panel.
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Source: guardian.co.uk