by PolackTony » Tue Jul 12, 2022 1:01 pm
PolackTony wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:16 pm
B. wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 11:55 am
Zummo's father was apparently the 1980s NYC heroin trafficker Paolo Zummo who was ID'd as a Sicilian mafioso who hung out at Caffe Aiello. I think they're from that inland Trapani area but don't know for sure. There were Zummos in the Gibellina Family.
Bartolotta came up a lot in conversation. His father was also involved in drug trafficking with these guys, Salvatore Bartolotta. An Article says his grandfather was involved too. They're relatives of the Ragusas so maybe from Bagheria like them where Filippo Ragusa was made.
Yeah, I'd bet good money that Zummo's family is from Gibellina or the immediate area. Connections to the guys from Partanna/Santa Ninfa would make sense, so it's unsurprising that Paolo Zummo hung out at Caffe Aiello.
The Bartolottas are Bagheresi. Lots of Bagheresi in these circles, as it turns out. The Ragusas, the Bartolottas, Andrea Aiello, Salvatore Greco, Francesco Affatigato (working with La Portas moving heroin to Philly); the Castronovos I'm pretty sure were also Bagheresi. And, of course, in Bagheria itself Leonardo Greco and Domenico Lo Galbo. Bagheria was, I believe, a really critical part of this network, as it seems that they were using Leonardo Greco's iron factory in Bagheria not just as a storage warehouse, but as a clandestine lab to refine morphine base into heroin.
As a side note, but still Bonanno connected: while following up on some of the Bagheria mafia network people, I came across a Simone Castello from Villabate who was ID'd as a partner of the Grecos and Castronovos in Bagheria. This could connect to the Angelo Castello from Villabate who thekiduknow recently brought up as an apparent Bonanno (instead of Profaci) member in BK.
As it doesn't directly pertain to Castellammare, I'm cross-posting this here from the Castellammare Post WW2 thread, as this seems like the active thread most relevant to the non-Castellammaresi Sicilians linked to the Bonannos.
Per court documents from the Buffalo BUSICO case, Filippo Ragusa was the father of Francesca Bartolotta (also convicted in BUSICO), wife of Sal Bartolotta, and Maria Scaduto, wife of Lorenzo Scaduto. Hence, Fabio Bartolotta's grandfather was indeed involved in narcotics trafficking (his maternal nonno, not sure about Sal's father). I believe that the same Queens Bonanno source cited in this thread also confirmed that Lorenzo Scaduto was related to the infamous Scadutos who came to control the Bagheria family. Paul Ragusa is thus also the uncle of Fabio Bartolotta.
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Zummo's father was apparently the 1980s NYC heroin trafficker Paolo Zummo who was ID'd as a Sicilian mafioso who hung out at Caffe Aiello. I think they're from that inland Trapani area but don't know for sure. There were Zummos in the Gibellina Family.
Bartolotta came up a lot in conversation. His father was also involved in drug trafficking with these guys, Salvatore Bartolotta. An Article says his grandfather was involved too. They're relatives of the Ragusas so maybe from Bagheria like them where Filippo Ragusa was made.
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Yeah, I'd bet good money that Zummo's family is from Gibellina or the immediate area. Connections to the guys from Partanna/Santa Ninfa would make sense, so it's unsurprising that Paolo Zummo hung out at Caffe Aiello.
The Bartolottas are Bagheresi. Lots of Bagheresi in these circles, as it turns out. The Ragusas, the Bartolottas, Andrea Aiello, Salvatore Greco, Francesco Affatigato (working with La Portas moving heroin to Philly); the Castronovos I'm pretty sure were also Bagheresi. And, of course, in Bagheria itself Leonardo Greco and Domenico Lo Galbo. Bagheria was, I believe, a really critical part of this network, as it seems that they were using Leonardo Greco's iron factory in Bagheria not just as a storage warehouse, but as a clandestine lab to refine morphine base into heroin.
As a side note, but still Bonanno connected: while following up on some of the Bagheria mafia network people, I came across a Simone Castello from Villabate who was ID'd as a partner of the Grecos and Castronovos in Bagheria. This could connect to the Angelo Castello from Villabate who thekiduknow recently brought up as an apparent Bonanno (instead of Profaci) member in BK.
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As it doesn't directly pertain to Castellammare, I'm cross-posting this here from the Castellammare Post WW2 thread, as this seems like the active thread most relevant to the non-Castellammaresi Sicilians linked to the Bonannos.
Per court documents from the Buffalo BUSICO case, Filippo Ragusa was the father of Francesca Bartolotta (also convicted in BUSICO), wife of Sal Bartolotta, and Maria Scaduto, wife of Lorenzo Scaduto. Hence, Fabio Bartolotta's grandfather was indeed involved in narcotics trafficking (his maternal nonno, not sure about Sal's father). I believe that the same Queens Bonanno source cited in this thread also confirmed that Lorenzo Scaduto was related to the infamous Scadutos who came to control the Bagheria family. Paul Ragusa is thus also the uncle of Fabio Bartolotta.