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Re: General Mob Questions

by Raven » Sun Sep 08, 2024 1:24 pm

Was frank Costellos brother Edward an initiated member? I’ve never read any specific info about it but have seen that he was made but no sources are ever listed.

Re: General Mob Questions

by Uncle Pete » Sat Sep 07, 2024 12:38 pm

Who are some of the guys from Messina? And do you happen to know if they were from the city or the northern area of the province like Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto? That area seems to have more activity today then the city itself right?

Thanks in advance!

Re: General Mob Questions

by Bontade » Thu Aug 29, 2024 1:13 pm

Why was Roger Touhy killed? He didn't pose any danger to the Outfit, or am I mistaken?

Re: General Mob Questions

by Brovelli » Tue Aug 27, 2024 6:36 pm

This has probably come up a million times but what would you name as some of the main rackets/businesses the mob still has strong influence in. Main ones that come to my mind are below, am I missing any?:
Pizza/Italian restaurants
Construction/property
Garbage
Loansharking
Gambling (clinging on as online gets stronger)

Re: General Mob Questions

by Proletarian187 » Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:37 am

Proletarian187 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:18 am How about Catania? Lots of Mafia activity to this day but not a lot of american mobsters come to mind.

Ragusa, Syrakusa, Messina have plenty of well known mafia members in America but Catania less so, right? Less immigration due to being the biggest city/economic hub in eastern Sicily maybe?
Correcting myself:
The Zappola family of Genovese/Lucchese fame were from Catania..
Funny what you come across when going down a Rabbit hole.

Re: General Mob Questions

by Proletarian187 » Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:18 am

How about Catania? Lots of Mafia activity to this day but not a lot of american mobsters come to mind.

Ragusa, Syrakusa, Messina have plenty of well known mafia members in America but Catania less so, right? Less immigration due to being the biggest city/economic hub in eastern Sicily maybe?

Re: General Mob Questions

by B. » Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:28 pm

Favara is one that has always surprised me. It was a hotbed of organized mafia activity in the 1880s but there were few if any known American mafiosi from there even though Agrigento province as a whole produced a massive amount of members.

Re: General Mob Questions

by Antiliar » Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:24 pm

Harrism wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:36 pm Are there any Sicilian towns with a lot of maffia related activities out of which we do not see or see relatively few american made members?
Probably the borgate in provinces outside Palermo, Trapani and Agrigento.

Re: General Mob Questions

by Antiliar » Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:22 pm

Ivan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:51 pm Is Fat Mike Sarno the recent Outfit boss related to Big Al Sarno?
No relation.

Re: General Mob Questions

by Harrism » Thu Aug 15, 2024 12:36 pm

Are there any Sicilian towns with a lot of maffia related activities out of which we do not see or see relatively few american made members?

Re: General Mob Questions

by Etna » Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:44 am

Not sure if this is Mafia related. Can any of the historians give me an understanding of the "Padrone system"? Did this have some link to OC?

Re: General Mob Questions

by johnny_scootch » Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:40 pm

DKellerman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 3:37 pm Im looking for books to read about the Westside, primarily Greenwich Village stuff. Anybody have any good recommendations?
Search some threads in the Book section of the forum.

viewforum.php?f=35

Re: General Mob Questions

by DKellerman » Fri Aug 09, 2024 3:37 pm

Im looking for books to read about the Westside, primarily Greenwich Village stuff. Anybody have any good recommendations?

Re: General Mob Questions

by DKellerman » Fri Aug 09, 2024 3:35 pm

Anybody have any good resources for getting deeper into the Colombo splits? Feel like theres lots of misinformation on the Gallo war and the second conflict with Joe Colombo. Books? Online content? I dont have access to the FBI files yet.. working on posting more!

Re: Carlo Gambino Jr.

by JogodoBicho » Sun Aug 04, 2024 10:30 am

JoelTurner wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 8:42 pm
JogodoBicho wrote: ↑Fri Jul 19, 2024 3:38 am I was reading the biography of Carlos Gambino on Wikipedia and sew that he had 4 sons. Thomas, Joseph and Phyllis are well-known, but Carlo Gambino Junior I never heard anything about.
Researching in google, I found an article in that said that he lived in Australia. That is correct? 

Article: https://wikitia.com/wiki/Carlo_Gambino_Junior
He did have a son named Carl.

Literally everything else is wrong though. Whoever wrote that must be a nut.

Carl’s still alive, listed as a living on Long Island with a residence in Florida. He owns meat markets and real estate. Never involved in crime from what I can tell.
Thanks man

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