by B. » Tue Nov 01, 2016 9:13 am
Antiliar wrote:B. wrote:HairyKnuckles wrote:Antiliar wrote:D'Arco claims that Lucky Luciano set the caps for all the Families. Luciano never had control over the other Families, and if anyone is going to set a cap for a borgata, it's going to be the leaders of that borgata. Maybe by the time D'Arco was an acting boss there were caps, but it's difficult to say how accurate his information is before he became a member (aside from his personal experiences). Mafiosi are well known for believing myths and passing them on.
Good post. There may have been a cap later on, from let´s say the late 1970s and 1980s but no cap before that. To the best of my knowledge, no informants from the 1950s and 1960s talked about a cap. That´s a bit surprising to me because these informants talked a lot about the rules. It looks to me that if D´Arco was aware of a cap he probably believed it had been around since the days of Lucky Luciano.
I would agree except for Pussy Russo being recorded in 1962 saying the Genovese had to keep their numbers at 300.
Where did he say that?
It's on MF. I'll try to find it later but my search limit is reached right now. It's a summary of a conversation between Russo and Anthony Randazzo.
[quote="Antiliar"][quote="B."][quote="HairyKnuckles"][quote="Antiliar"]D'Arco claims that Lucky Luciano set the caps for all the Families. Luciano never had control over the other Families, and if anyone is going to set a cap for a borgata, it's going to be the leaders of that borgata. Maybe by the time D'Arco was an acting boss there were caps, but it's difficult to say how accurate his information is before he became a member (aside from his personal experiences). Mafiosi are well known for believing myths and passing them on.[/quote]
Good post. There may have been a cap later on, from let´s say the late 1970s and 1980s but no cap before that. To the best of my knowledge, no informants from the 1950s and 1960s talked about a cap. That´s a bit surprising to me because these informants talked a lot about the rules. It looks to me that if D´Arco was aware of a cap he probably believed it had been around since the days of Lucky Luciano.[/quote]
I would agree except for Pussy Russo being recorded in 1962 saying the Genovese had to keep their numbers at 300.[/quote]
Where did he say that?[/quote]
It's on MF. I'll try to find it later but my search limit is reached right now. It's a summary of a conversation between Russo and Anthony Randazzo.