Vincent Asaro, left , was arrested Thursday in connection with the 1978 Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport. Thomas “Tommy D” Di Fiore, bottom right, was also busted on a sweeping racketeering ...

Lufthansa heist arrests made 35 years later 00:29. Asaro, 80, who has a history of convictions for lesser mob-related crimes, was arrested again after his cousin, Gaspare Valenti, came forward ...

The famous 1978 Lufthansa robbery is a great crime story — it was even a plot point in GoodFellas. But a new book about the heist falls flat, hampered by purple prose and pointless details.

Lufthansa heist Valenti is one of two witnesses cooperating with the government who have been called in the trial’s opening week, and it’s his testimony that ties Asaro to the most serious ...

More than 35 years after the infamous Lufthansa heist at JFK Airport, the feds have finally busted a “Goodfella.” An aging mob captain from Queens was charged Thursday with scheming to steal ...

Vincent Asaro, a career mobster who was found not guilty of murder and of helping to organize the staggering $6 million Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy Airport — one of the biggest cash ...

"There were 750,000 reasons for this guy to cooperate,'' Capeci said. Mobster Salvatore Vitale testified Monday that he saw Asaro give a case filled with jewerly from the Lufthansa heist to a ...

A mob rat claims in a new book that he knows what happened to the $6 million loot stolen in the infamous Lufthansa heist at Kennedy Airport, the Daily News has learned. In a 52-page e-book called &… ...

1978 Lufthansa heist was the 'score of scores,' prosecution says as trial starts FBI agents escort Vincent Asaro, middle front, from FBI offices in lower Manhattan, Jan. 23, 2014.

Lufthansa heist trial highlights struggles of aging wise guys By Lorenzo Ferrigno and Ray Sanchez, CNN 7 minute read Published 5:53 PM EST, Tue November 3, 2015 ...

The Lufthansa Heist was as big as they came. As the players die off, it's unlikely another trial will be held or that every detail will ever be revealed.