armen keteyian has details. >> reporter: the raids began before dawn, and by the time they ended, 110d members of organized crime had been arrested in three states. street bosses, underbosses, consigliere's capos, soldiers and associates with nicknames like meatball, vinnie car wash and johnny bandanna, caught up in a sweep involving more than 800 law enforcement officers. >> we are permitted and we are determined to eradicate these criminal enterprises once and for all and to bring their members to justice. >> reporter: members of seven organized crime families from new york to new jersey to rhode island were charged in 16 separate indictments. the colombo and gambino families in new york taking the biggest hits. >> some allegations involve traffic mob hits to eliminate perceived rivals. others involve truly senseless murders. >> reporter: the litany of alleged crimes seems straight out of a mafia handbook, murder, gambling, loan sharking, arson, extortion, drug trafficking, robbery and racketeering. exhibit "a," bobby vernace, aka bobby glasses, an acting head of the gambino family.

our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyian reports on one of the biggest mob roundups in u.s. history. >> reporter: the raids began before dawn, and by the time they ended, 110 alleged members of organized crime had been arrested in three states. street bosses, underbosses, consiglieres, cappos, soldiers and associates with nicknames like meatball, vinny carwash, and johnny bandana caught up in a sweep involving more than 800 law enforcement officers. >> we are committed, and we are determined to eradicate these criminal enterprises once and for all and to bring their members to justice. >> reporter: members of seven organized crime families from new york to new jersey to rhode island were charged in 16 separate indictments. the colombo and gambino families in new york taking the biggest hits. >> some allegations involve classic mob hits to eliminate perceived rivals. others involve truly senseless murders. >> reporter: the litany of alleged crimes seems straight out of a mafia yeah handbook: exhibit a, bobby vernace, aka, bobby glasses, an acting head of the gambino family,

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