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Wiseguy wrote: ↑Sun May 16, 2021 10:29 am If you go through the drug cases over the last 20 years, the Colombos actually have the least involvement. Which is probably more a result of the state of the family than them intentionally avoiding it. They've had the least cases out of the NY families and the least amount of people charged for it. Gambling is going to be their biggest money maker, as always.

Right thats what I thought and why I figured it would be an interesting topic of discussion.

If you go through the drug cases over the last 20 years, the Colombos actually have the least involvement. Which is probably more a result of the state of the family than them intentionally avoiding it. They've had the least cases out of the NY families and the least amount of people charged for it. Gambling is going to be their biggest money maker, as always.

Its the colombos, they all sell.

By 2021, dope is about all they have left. I don't think the colombos or bonannos would have any recruits if they didn't let dealers in. Im not saying they dont have any earners, but the average made guy in the colombos is likely to earn more off drugs than anything else. Off the top of my head im thinking of guys like Tommy Farese, who even when he had a couple of streams of extra income as the acting consigliere, still couldn't resist the temptation for easy money. I think the feds got him by setting him up for money laundering but still. None of these guys can avoid easy money.

Wild Bills crew was involved with extorting and robbing drug dealers in the 'party scene' (Limelight, the club/rave scene, etc) and also shaking down or 'protecting' others that were doing the same thing. I think they took money from guys moving drugs versus moving drugs themselves

More recently wasn't John "Brains" Cerbone a pretty high level drug dealer?

Teddy Persico Jr. did a lot of time for dealing drugs in the 1980s.


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I can't think of any major traffickers from that family, but I'm sure plenty of guys did it as a side hustle. Soldier Michael Souza and his crew were charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and conspiracy to distribute marijuana, among other charges, in 2006.

Here is the DOJ press release:

https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/ny ... ec12b.html

Browniety86 wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 8:14 am

JeremyTheJew wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:08 pm Wild Bill ??? Did his crew sell coke???

I know the Wimpy Boy crew was big into weed and steroids (how Scarpa Snr got HIV) ....

I think the Long Island crew ( Giolei right??) Was a pill pushing crew ...??

Always heard Bill's crew pushed alot of powder through Brooklyn in the 90s

Ya I feel like late 80s Everyone pushed some coke especially.

JeremyTheJew wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 7:08 pm Wild Bill ??? Did his crew sell coke???

I know the Wimpy Boy crew was big into weed and steroids (how Scarpa Snr got HIV) ....

I think the Long Island crew ( Giolei right??) Was a pill pushing crew ...??

Always heard Bill's crew pushed alot of powder through Brooklyn in the 90s

Wild Bill ??? Did his crew sell coke???

I know the Wimpy Boy crew was big into weed and steroids (how Scarpa Snr got HIV) ....

I think the Long Island crew ( Giolei right??) Was a pill pushing crew ...??

Wild Bill ??? Did his crew sell coke???

I know the Wimpy Boy crew was big into weed and steroids (how Scarpa Snr got HIV) ....

I think the Long Island crew ( Giolei right??) Was a pill pushing crew ...??

Yes I thought of him but wasn't totally sure, and thats early on, anybody else from like 70s to 2000s?

Old man Profaci comes to mind. I remember reading somewhere that he was behind smuggling heroin hidden in wax oranges that came thru his Mama Mia importing company.

Who were some of the bigger junk guys with the Colombos? Every other family theres a bunch of names that come to mind, but not really with the Colombos. Would love to hear some thoughts.