by CabriniGreen » Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:08 am
Amershire_Ed wrote: ↑Thu Dec 03, 2020 9:15 pm
B. wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 1:57 am
Fascinating part about Pennisi meeting up with the 'ndrangheta group and them lining up in age from youngest to oldest.
Says the US mafia doesn't have to recognize Sicilian mafia, but the phrasing implies they have a choice. Says guys from Sicily can be "inducted" into the five families to be recognized. I wonder if he's aware of transfers still going on in the Gambino family, like Felice posted, and Calogero Ganci's 1990s testimony. Pennisi says the Gambino family is bringing guys over from Sicily and inducting them to this day.
I thought it was interesting when he was talking about the strength of the families, he acknowledged the Genovese were top dog but then he said the only thing that he thought made the Gambinos stronger than the Luchesse’s was the Gambino Sicilian faction. He said without that faction, the two families are basically equal. He also talked about Mannino with a great deal of reverence.
There's a reason I've been into them for awhile, and good reasons why I had Mannino as the next one up. I studied felices info, to me it seemed the Manninos rivaled the Gambinos for power inside the clan. They seemed to be itching to take the reigns.
Inzerillo- Spatolas seem to command in Sicily, Gambino- Manninos in NY and Philly..... so to me it seemed natural for Mannino to helm the clan. And if the clan/ faction is in power, that would make him an Admin candidate, almost defacto ....
Take the Persicos, they tapped every relative. Gotti tapped every relative and trusted crew member. Scarfo, nephew, Massino, brother in law. Merlino, all his buddies. If the guy in power has a strong crew, you have to look at that crew hierarchy too, a boss might just put one or more of his guys in.
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Fascinating part about Pennisi meeting up with the 'ndrangheta group and them lining up in age from youngest to oldest.
Says the US mafia doesn't have to recognize Sicilian mafia, but the phrasing implies they have a choice. Says guys from Sicily can be "inducted" into the five families to be recognized. I wonder if he's aware of transfers still going on in the Gambino family, like Felice posted, and Calogero Ganci's 1990s testimony. Pennisi says the Gambino family is bringing guys over from Sicily and inducting them to this day.
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I thought it was interesting when he was talking about the strength of the families, he acknowledged the Genovese were top dog but then he said the only thing that he thought made the Gambinos stronger than the Luchesse’s was the Gambino Sicilian faction. He said without that faction, the two families are basically equal. He also talked about Mannino with a great deal of reverence.
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There's a reason I've been into them for awhile, and good reasons why I had Mannino as the next one up. I studied felices info, to me it seemed the Manninos rivaled the Gambinos for power inside the clan. They seemed to be itching to take the reigns.
Inzerillo- Spatolas seem to command in Sicily, Gambino- Manninos in NY and Philly..... so to me it seemed natural for Mannino to helm the clan. And if the clan/ faction is in power, that would make him an Admin candidate, almost defacto ....
Take the Persicos, they tapped every relative. Gotti tapped every relative and trusted crew member. Scarfo, nephew, Massino, brother in law. Merlino, all his buddies. If the guy in power has a strong crew, you have to look at that crew hierarchy too, a boss might just put one or more of his guys in.