19 arrests between Usa and Sicily, Gambino-Inzerillo families

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TommyGambino wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:10 am The mayor is a Gambino? lol
These people got serious power.....
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Do you guys think that rival clans might've had some role in this so-called "surprise party" just so they can get rid of the Inzerillo clan?
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TommyGambino wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:10 am The mayor is a Gambino? lol
I don't know if he is related go Gambino's. Gambino is frequent last name in Sicily.
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Villain wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:00 am Do you guys think that rival clans might've had some role in this so-called "surprise party" just so they can get rid of the Inzerillo clan?
Well they were allowed to come back,i don't think anyone set them up. Salvatore Lo Piccolo wanted them back but Antonio Rotolo and people that were close to Corleonesi didn't .Rotolo killed one of them personally,so he was fearing revenge. That almost caused a war between families in Sicily, Rotolo even ordered death of Lo Piccolo and his son , he gave order to Gianni Nicchi,even prepared acid barrels. But he was already under investigation by police & anti mafia , they arrested him shorty after , seized assets worth 30$ million
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This article mentions raids in Philadelphia as well. Any idea what the Philly connection is?

PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian and U.S. police have launched a coordinated crackdown on a Sicilian Mafia family that was seeking to rebuild its power base after years of exile in the United States, Italian investigators said on Wednesday.

More than 200 police, including officers from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrested 18 people in Sicily as part of their investigation into the Inzerillo clan in the island's capital Palermo and the allied New York-based Gambino family.

A 19th suspect is being sought in the United States.

Sicily's organised crime group, known as 'Cosa Nostra' (Our Thing), has been in a state of flux since 2017, when its boss of bosses Salvatore "Toto" Riina died in prison, where he had spent almost a quarter of a century.

Riina launched a ferocious mafia war on the Mediterranean island in the 1980s, chasing the Inzerillo family out of their stronghold in the Palermo suburb of Passo di Rigano and into self-imposed U.S. exile.

The family has since looked to reclaim its old business, police said, helped by influential allies in New York.

"The investigation "has registered the strong bond established between Cosa Nostra Palermo and U.S. organised crime," particularly the Gambino clan, a police statement said.

There was no immediate comment from either the Gambino or Inzerillo families.

The Gambinos are one of the five historic Italian-American Mafia families in New York. Past charges against family operatives have included murder, loan sharking and illegal drug distribution.

The reported crime boss of the family, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, was gunned down in front of his Staten Island home in March - a killing that deeply alarmed the Inzerillo clan.

FBI officers and Italian colleagues with international search warrants carried out raids on three properties in New Jersey, Staten Island and Philadelphia, police said.

Italian police said the suspects arrested on Wednesday faced a string of charges, including membership of the mafia, aggravated extortion, fraud and "unfair competition".

Amongst those detained was Salvatore Gambino, the mayor of a village near Palermo, and Tommaso and Francesco Inzerillo, close relatives of Salvatore Inzerillo who was killed by Riina in 1981.

Once all-powerful on Sicily, the Cosa Nostra has been squeezed over the past two decades, with many bosses jailed, businesses sequestered and locals increasingly ready to defy it.

Prosecutors have warned repeatedly that the group is looking to rebuild.

The state's fight against the Mafia got serious in 1992 after the group murdered two of Italy’s top magistrates, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, triggering national outrage and finally forcing complacent politicians to act.

Friday marks the 27th anniversary of Borsellino's death.

(Reporting by Wladimiro Pantaleone; Writing by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Peter Graff and John Stonestreet)
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baldo wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:15 am This article mentions raids in Philadelphia as well. Any idea what the Philly connection is?
Well they raided houses of Calogero Zito, Giuseppe Spatola and Tommy Gambino. I guess someone has property in Philly.
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FWIW in the Gambino Member Party thread toto asked felice if Giuseppe and Cesare from Philadelphia attended, to which felice replied that they had.
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Per the article:

A 19th suspect is being sought in the United States.

Wonder who that could be.
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Strax wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:12 am
Villain wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:00 am Do you guys think that rival clans might've had some role in this so-called "surprise party" just so they can get rid of the Inzerillo clan?
Well they were allowed to come back,i don't think anyone set them up. Salvatore Lo Piccolo wanted them back but Antonio Rotolo and people that were close to Corleonesi didn't .Rotolo killed one of them personally,so he was fearing revenge. That almost caused a war between families in Sicily, Rotolo even ordered death of Lo Piccolo and his son , he gave order to Gianni Nicchi,even prepared acid barrels. But he was already under investigation by police & anti mafia , they arrested him shorty after , seized assets worth 30$ million
Thanks for the info bud
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bronx wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 1:12 am in two hours n.y will be getting knocks on the doors. fbi comes a little after 6 a.m.
You know from experience lol
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Wow it's huge.
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Interesting what they said about Cali murder. So far any reports about the American Gambino Family, any reports of any arrests.
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Rosario lookin straight outta central casting:

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Rosario always looks like an old school Sicilian with clasd
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felice wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:55 am Looks like Tommaso Inzerllo was mad at Calì and that he was complaining to a Gambino family member who stole stuff from another and got his life saved for a miracle
what article talks about this?
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