Joseph A. Todaro, the Buffalo mob and WNY newspapers
Joseph A. Todaro, owner of popular pizzeria La Nova, is no stranger to accusations of running the Buffalo mob. For more than 50 years, he and his late father, Joseph E. Todaro, have been accused by the FBI and federal prosecutors of crimes linked to local mob activity. And dating back to the 1960s, Joseph A. Todaro and his father have been the subjects of numerous stories in WNY newspapers documenting various cases against them.
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For 65 years, Joseph A. Todaro and his father before him have run La Nova Pizzeria. A trade publication calls La Nova an industry leader. But federal prosecutors say Joe Todaro is really something else: head of the Buffalo mob.
About 100 people will testify at the trial, and there are safety concerns about “seven, eight or nine” of the witnesses, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Tripi told U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra Jr. on Friday.
A government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case was warned days before her death about a bounty on her life, according to a federal prosecutor and documents filed in U.S. District Court.
