As more time goes by, the more I think some of these old timers are not even involved anymore. Like you said, Solly D is all over Facebook and his son is on their saying how he is retired. I thought Jimmy I for sure would be active. I heard recently he’s trying to finance a movie, which shocked the hell out of me. Bobby Bellavia is also involved in doing a documentary with Joey Seifert’s company. Then you have Scalise who has been involved with director MichaelAntiliar wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:26 amI agree on the BOD and the late 1990s setup. The confusion comes after Monteleone died. What we've been told is that Tornabene became a caretaker boss, holding the position for Marcello, who officially takes it in late 2003. No information about their respective underbosses. Once Marcello is convicted and sentenced in the Family Secrets case it goes to Mike Sarno, with Salvatore Cataudella as his apparent underboss. Sarno is convicted and sent to prison and we read vague quotes about Salvatore DeLaurentis and Pete DiFronzo being important people, but no official statements that clearly state who was (or is) occupying which positions. Questions persist about the roles of John DiFronzo and Joe Andriacchi.Snakes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:23 am
I think the idea of ruling council/BOD lost a ton of steam the further away from the sixties we got. It was just never mentioned by informants or files from the 70s and on. I was never big on it anyway, but considering the size of the organization and how many guys were imprisoned by the mid-90s it doesn't make much sense to have a boss, underboss, and a BOD. However, if someone wants to say that the capos acted as a sort of de facto BOD, I'll buy it.
I think the situation in the late-90s was Monteleone as boss, handling street issues and conflicts with direct responsibility over Cicero and Chinatown (with assistance from Tornabene, Spano, and Toots Caruso). Centracchio bossed the NW suburbs and Grand Avenue, deferring to Monteleone, and Andriacchi bossed EP and the North Side but was pretty much just left alone by Monteleone.
Of course if DeLaurentis is running what's left of the Outfit you wouldn't know it from his behavior. He continues to run an extermination company into his 80s, and he makes a Facebook page that he uses to upload photos that anyone can see. (Not to mention his son being active in Mafia groups). I think he now has cancer like Andriacchi had a few years earlier. Albert Vena, we were told ran Grand Avenue, but who knows what his role is today in 2022? Is there anything that I'm missing?
Mann in the past and he is trying to get a movie made. He’s supposedly living in Milwaukee now which is the last I heard. The stuff these guys are doing, tells you that they are retired and just trying to make a quick buck. I get it, the Outfit doesn’t have a retirement fund. The Outfit is still active for sure but I think we may be looking in the wrong places when trying to identify the top spot.
