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by PolackTony » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:48 pm
Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:29 pm Thanks, Tony -- so he was a Camorra guy
by Snakes » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:29 pm
by PolackTony » Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:14 pm
Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:20 pm cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:17 pm Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:03 pm cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:24 pm Can anyone fill in any of the redacted parts in this 1993 OC file on Chicago? I do know the one that mentions Oak Park and River Forest is Carmine Esposito but how about the others? Particularly the one involved with John Cerone, Jr. The one associated with Cerone Jr. may be Tony Spavone's father. I remember Tony saying he had ties to Italian OC, but I can't remember if it was Mafia or Camorra. But was he a capo in Nuova Famiglia with residences in Brooklyn and Chicago? Ah, may not be him, then.
cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:17 pm Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:03 pm cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:24 pm Can anyone fill in any of the redacted parts in this 1993 OC file on Chicago? I do know the one that mentions Oak Park and River Forest is Carmine Esposito but how about the others? Particularly the one involved with John Cerone, Jr. The one associated with Cerone Jr. may be Tony Spavone's father. I remember Tony saying he had ties to Italian OC, but I can't remember if it was Mafia or Camorra. But was he a capo in Nuova Famiglia with residences in Brooklyn and Chicago?
Snakes wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:03 pm cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:24 pm Can anyone fill in any of the redacted parts in this 1993 OC file on Chicago? I do know the one that mentions Oak Park and River Forest is Carmine Esposito but how about the others? Particularly the one involved with John Cerone, Jr. The one associated with Cerone Jr. may be Tony Spavone's father. I remember Tony saying he had ties to Italian OC, but I can't remember if it was Mafia or Camorra.
cavita wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 4:24 pm Can anyone fill in any of the redacted parts in this 1993 OC file on Chicago? I do know the one that mentions Oak Park and River Forest is Carmine Esposito but how about the others? Particularly the one involved with John Cerone, Jr.
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Jun 07, 2023 12:18 pm There is info in this thread about Spavone and Chicago, if you're interested. He was most likely identified by the FBI in 1993 as a redacted "capo" of the "Nuova Famiglia" with ties to Chicago LCN. After he was shot in the 1970s he traveled to the US for reconstructive surgeries. I was able to confirm that he spent at least part of that time in Chicago, where he seems to have owned a restaurant, as did his brother, Giuseppe Spavone. Nephew Tony Spavone is a very well-known Chicago restauranteur and singer with mob ties, with it even being rumored that his restaurant was used for making ceremonies in the past. The thread also discusses Carmine Esposito, a fugitive from Acerra captured in Chicago who was said to have been one of the principal figures in the NCO. viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7151&p=233553&hili ... ne#p233553
by Snakes » Thu Sep 12, 2024 6:20 pm
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by Coloboy » Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:27 pm
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 6:06 pm B. wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:15 pm That's always been the mafia's best "racket" wherever the mafia exists. Not unique to Chicago or America for that matter. It's rare a boss controlling a multimillion dollar legitimate company until his death - Crea, Todaro, etc. - a few have done it but its rare in the more modern era. I think its amazing these DiFronzo brothers never got caught with bid rigging etc. - no one can even name Andriacchi's former company, though I've started to hear and read about developments he was responsible for building. It's quite impressive when you think about it.
B. wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:15 pm That's always been the mafia's best "racket" wherever the mafia exists. Not unique to Chicago or America for that matter.
by NorthBuffalo » Wed Sep 11, 2024 6:06 pm
by B. » Wed Sep 11, 2024 3:15 pm
by NorthBuffalo » Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:42 pm
Coloboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:31 pm NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 12:04 pm Coloboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:15 am Was there any indication that this guy was still active in any way? My source says this guy just hung out at his bar in Berwyn (Godsons) and gambled a lot - he didn't think so and he did a lot of prison time. I think as an ex-con, your options are limited. However I think and seem to pick up on the Chicago guys being smarter - often when they come home, they have investments (real estate, bars, etc.) that they can operate and make a buck. I think many of these guys kind of made money with the Outfit - went to prison and kept their mouth shut - and just stayed quiet and legit when they came home. I think its like a business, not some mob family you have to be part of. He says Vic Plescia is also out of prison and doing the same thing - living off the money he made from the rackets. I get the sense that in the modern outfit, many of the businesses that members and associates setup back in the day solely as fronts to launder money through, are now long time legit businesses that can make money. Seemed like John Difronzo was a prime example of this. I have to wonder if a guy like Solly D makes more or just as much $$ legitimately as he does from the rackets. With that said, I imagine it's hard to beat the un-taxed, 100% cash payouts of the illegal enterprises.
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 12:04 pm Coloboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:15 am Was there any indication that this guy was still active in any way? My source says this guy just hung out at his bar in Berwyn (Godsons) and gambled a lot - he didn't think so and he did a lot of prison time. I think as an ex-con, your options are limited. However I think and seem to pick up on the Chicago guys being smarter - often when they come home, they have investments (real estate, bars, etc.) that they can operate and make a buck. I think many of these guys kind of made money with the Outfit - went to prison and kept their mouth shut - and just stayed quiet and legit when they came home. I think its like a business, not some mob family you have to be part of. He says Vic Plescia is also out of prison and doing the same thing - living off the money he made from the rackets.
Coloboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:15 am Was there any indication that this guy was still active in any way?
by Coloboy » Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:31 pm
by NorthBuffalo » Wed Sep 11, 2024 12:04 pm
by Coloboy » Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:15 am
by NorthBuffalo » Wed Sep 11, 2024 6:17 am
PolackTony wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:30 pm Nice update and photo on Joey B. Joseph Bonavolante was born in 1957 to Ralph Bonavolante and Joanne Tangorra, both from the Taylor St community, and grew up in Berwyn (later in life he had addresses in Cicero, Westchester, and Downers Grove). Ralph Bonavolante was born in Chicago to Francesco Buonavolontà and Giulia Alberto, both natives of Marigliano (today in Napoli, then in the old Nola district of Caserta/Terra di Lavoro province). Marigliano was the hometown of Genovese captain Ruggiero Boiardo (who also lived by Taylor St as a kid before moving to Newark) and neighbors major Chicago comuni like Acerra and Scisciano. Ralph’s older sister was married to Pietro Ariola, a native of Scisciano and presumably a relative of the Ariola/Eboli family, also natives of Scisciano. Joanne Tangorra was born in Chicago to a family from Valenzano, Bari. Both Joey and his big brother Frank Bonavolante (b. 1946) were associates of the Carlisi crew and indicted on gambling and racketeering charges as part of the Carlisi crew case in December 1992 (Frank pled guilty while Joey was convicted). Frankie B was named by the government as a gambling supervisor reporting to Tony Zizzo, who of course was a made member, with Joey B tasked with operating one of the crew’s bookmaking businesses. At the time of the Carlisi crew case, Frankie B was already in prison on racketeering charges for his role in the Vic Plescia cocaine trafficking operation, in which Frank was identified by the Feds as responsible for bankrolling the narcotics operations of Plescia via profits from his gambling business. Frank Bonavolante died while incarcerated at FPC Duluth in 2002.
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