Nardino Colotti

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Nardino Colotti (born 1963) of the Bronx, New York is an Italian American protégé of the late Gambino soldier Phil (Skinny Phil) Loscalzo and co-leader of the Albanian mafia Rudaj Organization.

[edit] Criminal Career

In addition to gambling dends in Queens, New York, the Rudaj Organization (known as the "Corporation" to members) ran gambling operations in Mount Vernon and Port Chester. Colotti's group had a gambling joint on Adee Street in Port Chester and forced bar owners in Mount Vernon to install their illegal gambling machines. In one instance, Colotti's group tried to force Salvatore Misale, the owner of Puerto Roja in Mount Vernon, to hand over his bar to the Corporation. Misale went to law enforcement authorities in 1999 after he endured a beating at a Bronx cafe over his refusal to hand over the keys to the bar. Nardino Colotti bit Misale's ear as he beat and cursed at him, while Nikola Dedaj waved a gun in his face, threatening to shoot.^[1]

[edit] Conviction

In January of 2006 Colotti and six other members of the Rudaj Organization were convicted of racketeering charges involving extortion, firearms offenses, loan-sharking, exorbitant debt collection and operation of large-scale illegal gambling businesses.

[edit] Notes

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