THE BLACK HAND FORUM

Can we get a breakdown what these examples exactly mean?? Such as these ppl OWNED a portion of it under fake front ppl?? Like Alan Glick or whoever else was just on paper but these guys were the ones who really did?? Or - did these certain guys just start taking a claim in said casinos and somehow ...

^^^^ BTW a guy named Joseph Zaso who goes by "Joey Cracks" from Buffalo/southern tier (Jamestown) area was arrested on drug trafficking charges. The press release from the US Attorney for WDNY's office indicted he had a previous drug trafficking conviction in the Eastern District of Michi...

@OC thanks for that info didn’t have some of that. @Chin… someone has asked that question on twitter but Paul hasn’t responded. Anybody know anything about Cervini and Ragonfrim the 1st document? Do we have a first name for Cervini? It will be very interesting to see if it is true that this Cervini...

The mob no longer has national control of unions, which was one of the primary ways that guys from different Families interacted and coordinated activities together. What some of them do have today is food. You have guys who are restaurant owners, others are involved in food distribution, importing...

Phenomenal question indeed. I have never looked at Chicago (but that might change soon as I am planning a book on the Italian-American mafia in the East Coast..). The thing that stands out for me is the misspelling of the surname Archino which not only is not a frequent surname but it's not Calabri...

Aladdin - Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Frank Piccolo (Gambino) Circus Circus - Spilotro used gift shop as HQ Desert Inn - Dalitz (Mayfield Road Gang), Cleveland, Chicago Dunes - Chicago, Genovese, Raymond Patriarca Flamingo - Siegel, Lansky, Costello Thunderbird - Lansky Frontier - Chicago Sahara -...

A lot of the Detroit guys own restaurants or food/produce companies. Toccos had a linen service forever and real estate developments. Lapiana is ridiculously wealthy after selling his health insurance company for like $50 million. Completely agree, Adam. Historically and today, many of the Detroit ...

B. wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:37 pm With guys like Licavoli and Moceri transferring to Cleveland, I think it was mutually beneficial to both Detroit and Cleveland. Cleveland needed formidable mafiosi in their ranks and Detroit now had their people in the Cleveland Family.

Agreed B. An underworld Joint-Venture of sorts.

Something to keep in mind is Cleveland's books were closed between 1931 and the late 1940s, then again from 1949 to the 1970s. It was extremely difficult to get made in Cleveland, though to be fair what we know of Detroit and Pittsburgh is they also went long lengths of time without making anyone a...

A lot of the Detroit guys own restaurants or food/produce companies. Toccos had a linen service forever and real estate developments. Lapiana is ridiculously wealthy after selling his health insurance company for like $50 million. Completely agree, Adam. Historically and today, many of the Detroit ...

Mallamo was definitely a Pittsburgh member along with Romeo. JCB can tell you a lot about him. The Sicilians are harder to figure out since they had strong ties to multiple Families active in the area and even Families based in other areas. I could see some of them being with Cleveland but some wer...

Hey @PolackTony, Have you heard anything on Dominic Corrado, a Detroit guy who lives in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn? He was busted in the 2006 Detroit (don’t call it LCN) gambling bust. He's connected to the Syracuse family in Chicago, like a few other modern day Detroit LCN members. Chitown m...

Hey @PolackTony, Have you heard anything on Dominic Corrado, a Detroit guy who lives in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn? He was busted in the 2006 Detroit (don’t call it LCN) gambling bust. He's connected to the Syracuse family in Chicago, like a few other modern day Detroit LCN members. Chitown me...

^^^^ Porsches were used in attempt on Leonardo Rizzuto's life, SQ believes https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/porsches-were-used-in-attempt-on-leonardo-rizzutos-life-sq-believes Two nearly identical Porsche Macan SUVs were used to target Leonardo Rizzuto’s Mercedes GLE53 AMG SUV. What this...

And they label Violi an “ndrangheta boss” lol That’s Canadian journalism for you, everyone has their own crime family and if you’re not Sicilian you’re an Ndrangheta boss. I think something along those lines has also led to the idea (false, in my opinion) of there being 7, 9, etc. Ndrangheta clans ...