THE BLACK HAND FORUM

chin_gigante wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 2:27 am That's a great new post. A lot of interesting information about the Lucchese administration, captains, and inductions during the 90s.

A few other things I thought were interesting:
- Around October 1993 DeFede was made captain by Amuso and put on a three-man panel to run the family along with Steven Crea and Danny Cutaia
- In April 1994 Amuso appointed DeFede acting boss and Crea acting underboss
- At the same time, DeFede was instructed to demote Anthony Casso, Frank Lastorino, and Anthony Baratta to soldiers
- This was after Casso and Lastorino's plot to kill Bobby Amuso came out
- Louis Daidone was made consigliere around 1996
- The books in NY were closed for a while after Gravano's defection until the mid-90s
- Around 1996 DeFede asked Peter Gotti who the Gambino family recognised as the boss of Philadelphia - Gotti eventually came back and said Nicky Scarfo
- Around 1998 DeFede met with the three-man panel running the Genovese family, he recalled two of the individuals on it at the time were Frank Serpico and Michael Coppola

PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:35 am

Tonyd621 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:04 am

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 5:06 pm Included in that post is a link to family lists from the 1960s.

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... PageId=190

Who is "66" as identifying source? He knows everything it seems

Did you mean to write a different number here? "NY T-66" in this report denoted DE 968-CTE, a confidential informant with the Detroit office. I have no idea who he actually was, but he gave only a little but of intel to the FBI in the 60s, at least from what I've seen. The FBI used him, however, as a source in this report for a number of Detroit member identifications (though it isn't even clear that DE 968 was himself an LCN member, which is a more general issue for the validity of member identifications listed by the FBI in this period, particularly for the non-NYC Families). He isn't cited for anything else in the linked report, so I'm thinking you meant someone else.

Tonyd621 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 11:04 am

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 5:06 pm Included in that post is a link to family lists from the 1960s.

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... PageId=190

Who is "66" as identifying source? He knows everything it seems

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 5:06 pm Included in that post is a link to family lists from the 1960s.

https://www.maryferrell.org/showDoc.htm ... PageId=190