Mr. Orgad, they say, supplied the same drug to a dealer named Ilan Zarger, who in turn supplied the Gravanos' Ecstasy ring.

At Mr. Gatien's trial, a promoter named Michael Caruso took the stand and admitted to running a widespread Ecstasy ring inside the club.

Back in New York in February, they heard that Mr. Gravano had been arrested in Phoenix on charges of running an Ecstasy ring.

"We busted a smalltime Ecstasy ring."

Lately, Mr. Speziale has taken to making pronouncements about smashing an Ecstasy ring based here.

Mr. Gravano and the members of his family, as well as Mr. Papa's mother, Maryann, 44, were among 36 people arrested in raids on Thursday in connection with the Ecstasy ring.

Both father and son are charged with running a multimillion-dollar Ecstasy ring.

So the gangland killer known as Sammy the Bull has decided to plead guilty to running a multimillion-dollar Ecstasy ring in Arizona.

Returning to the same federal courthouse where his turncoat testimony brought down nearly 40 members of the mob, Salvatore Gravano pleaded guilty yesterday to running a multimillion-dollar Ecstasy ring with his son in Arizona.

Eight Brooklyn men who the authorities said terrorized Russian immigrants with escalating violence over several years were indicted yesterday on charges that included racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking and running an Ecstasy ring.