by maloots » Thu May 16, 2019 9:07 am
maloots wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 8:51 am
CabriniGreen wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 5:47 am
nowandlater wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 11:03 pm
In Sicily what is now known as the First Mafia War began in December 1962 followed by what became known as the Ciaculli massacre in June 1963. At the time and especially after the massacre Buscetta and many others came to the U.S. as well as South America. At the time the migration appeared to be to avoid apprehension by the local authorities. The reason for the migration at that time was different from what motivated a subsequent migration in the early 1980's as a result of the Corleonesi and what is now known as the Second Mafia War.
Yes, this war was actually beneficial to a small click of clans, the Gambino and thier allies like the Inzerillos, Badalamenti, the Grecos, the Caruana- Cuntreras....
The drug trade fell into thier hands...
Interestingly enough, this first mafia war was also caused by rivalries in Sicily because of the drug trade.
It disrupted the Sicilian component at the same time the American component was disrupted, ( Bonnano ousted, Genovese Galante and Ormento jailed, Luciano died, Cavatiao pitting the Palermo bosses against each other..) as well as the Canadian- French connection part being disrupted.
These were some of the reasons it went to primarily Sicilian control. The families with access to America had the most profit potential..
The Sicilian's always had control or a foothold on the heroin trade in this county going back to the 1950's. The Americans referred to it as the "junk business" (at the time heroin was called or referred to as junk). While the Italians (Sicilians) called it babania (pronounced ba-bine-ya).
A lot of the traffic during the 1950's and early 1960's took place on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem and at the time young Italian guys (or young guys of Italian decent) who became known as the Purple Gang (the the Detroit version) played a role in facilitating the flow of traffic, but on a much smaller scale.
The Sicilian's always had elements of their own insular family (member who were formally inducted in Sicily and or associates who were also Sicilian born) that operated within this country, and that was (is) exclusively involved in babania from the growth and cultivation of it outside of the U.S, the processing of it in labs, the importation or smuggling of it into the county, the distribution and sale of it, and then the collection and transfer of the proceeds out of the county to accounts around the globe.
During the 1960's and 70's the Sicilian's successfully established nothing short of what amounted to a multinational corporation.
My mistake the section of the sentence "who became known as the Purple Gang (the the Detroit version)" should have read "(NOT the Detroit version)." Mi scusi.
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In Sicily what is now known as the First Mafia War began in December 1962 followed by what became known as the Ciaculli massacre in June 1963. At the time and especially after the massacre Buscetta and many others came to the U.S. as well as South America. At the time the migration appeared to be to avoid apprehension by the local authorities. The reason for the migration at that time was different from what motivated a subsequent migration in the early 1980's as a result of the Corleonesi and what is now known as the Second Mafia War.
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Yes, this war was actually beneficial to a small click of clans, the Gambino and thier allies like the Inzerillos, Badalamenti, the Grecos, the Caruana- Cuntreras....
The drug trade fell into thier hands...
Interestingly enough, this first mafia war was also caused by rivalries in Sicily because of the drug trade.
It disrupted the Sicilian component at the same time the American component was disrupted, ( Bonnano ousted, Genovese Galante and Ormento jailed, Luciano died, Cavatiao pitting the Palermo bosses against each other..) as well as the Canadian- French connection part being disrupted.
These were some of the reasons it went to primarily Sicilian control. The families with access to America had the most profit potential..
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The Sicilian's always had control or a foothold on the heroin trade in this county going back to the 1950's. The Americans referred to it as the "junk business" (at the time heroin was called or referred to as junk). While the Italians (Sicilians) called it babania (pronounced ba-bine-ya).
A lot of the traffic during the 1950's and early 1960's took place on Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem and at the time young Italian guys (or young guys of Italian decent) who became known as the Purple Gang (the the Detroit version) played a role in facilitating the flow of traffic, but on a much smaller scale.
The Sicilian's always had elements of their own insular family (member who were formally inducted in Sicily and or associates who were also Sicilian born) that operated within this country, and that was (is) exclusively involved in babania from the growth and cultivation of it outside of the U.S, the processing of it in labs, the importation or smuggling of it into the county, the distribution and sale of it, and then the collection and transfer of the proceeds out of the county to accounts around the globe.
During the 1960's and 70's the Sicilian's successfully established nothing short of what amounted to a multinational corporation.
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My mistake the section of the sentence "who became known as the Purple Gang (the the Detroit version)" should have read "(NOT the Detroit version)." Mi scusi.