Anthony DiNunzio’s arrest comes as part of a years-long investigation by the Providence office of the FBI.
That investigation, which includes allegations of shakedowns of Rhode Island strip clubs, where the clubs allegedly paid protection money to the Mafia to stay in business, has already resulted in a guilty plea from former New England mob boss Luigi “Baby Shanks” Manocchio.
FOX Undercover’s camera was recording outside an East Boston restaurant – Carmen’s Kitchen, named for Carmen DiNunzio — in 2009 when Anthony DiNunzio met with other reputed mobsters. The FBI says in court papers that DiNunzio was there talking about “the distribution of proceeds from the extortion of the Rhode Island strip clubs” and how that money would now be coming to Boston, where the Mafia leadership had transferred from Rhode Island.