Mafia boss 'turns informant'

Jailed don Joseph Massino secretly recorded his successor plotting the assassination of a federal prosecutor, becoming the first head of a New York Mafia family known to have turned government informant, sources familiar with the case said.

A federal indictment unsealed yesterday, which charges acting Bonanno family head Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano with murder in another case, also says he planned the killing of a top mob prosecutor in meetings with someone described as a “high-ranking member” of his crime family.