An ageing gangster went on trial on charges he was in on the $6m Lufthansa holdup in 1978, a legendary theft dramatised in the hit film Goodfellas.

A Mafia “godfather” clawed his way to the top of a major US crime organisation with a string of hits on fellow gangsters, a court has heard.

A FABLED, 20-year-old FBI undercover operation resurfaced to shock the US underworld this week.