luigi ronisvalle- murder is my business

[CornerBoy]

this was a book by mike vecchione former prosecutor that seems like a good guy that wanted to help ppl.

about this zip named luigi ronisvalle= great book so far but aside from pietro licata, he changed a lot of names

Does anyone know which names were changed to what?

That would make the story much more interesting

Some of you guys that know history of knickerbocker ave will know i think

Thanks in advance!

[Pmac2]

I swear I think the guy Luigi posted a few times on gangsterbb and deleted them soon after. He had to much information to just be making shit up but he lied and said he was a made guy I forgot people argued with him and he vanished

[CornerBoy]

seriously? i never read that site. i was at boston mafia which turned inot real deal and now this. much more knowledgeable ppl w this crowd,

IVe seen and intereacted w wiseguy,scott deitche, chucky/philly consigliere,B. Chris Christie- they do mmore historial stuff and were under diff names but certainly have admiredd them and occassionally bantered w them and Soliai for going on 20 yrs. this is where the great info comes from

Anyway that whole knickerbocker ave ruled by pietro licata was in the 1st chapter of octopus and that's onlhy place ive seen stuff on it

[CornerBoy]

says that carmine galante made billions for Bonanno- how come bonanno didn't create generational wealth- where did it go? Bill was broke!

Also ive asked this before but whre can I see the video of carmine g's daughter?

Thanks

[TallGuy19]

says that carmine galante made billions for Bonanno- how come bonanno didn't create generational wealth- where did it go? Bill was broke!

Also ive asked this before but whre can I see the video of carmine g's daughter?

Thanks

I doubt he actually made billions. People grossly overestimate the amount of money mobsters make. There's no way to prove exactly how much a particular wiseguy is/was worth, and some writers let their imagination run wild. One documentary claimed that Carlo Gambino was worth $800 million, which is absurd.

[Adam]

So names are changed in the book? I was really hoping for an honest informative book. Like a lot of us we've all known that Ronsisvalle had tons of information that would be fascinating. Makes me sad if names are changed.

[Adam]

says that carmine galante made billions for Bonanno- how come bonanno didn't create generational wealth- where did it go? Bill was broke!

Also ive asked this before but whre can I see the video of carmine g's daughter?

Thanks

I doubt he actually made billions. People grossly overestimate the amount of money mobsters make. There's no way to prove exactly how much a particular wiseguy is/was worth, and some writers let their imagination run wild. One documentary claimed that Carlo Gambino was worth $800 million, which is absurd.

I'm guessing he's(or the author) using some of the government numbers where they list the street value of the heroin that was imported during that time period. Which happens. I don't get too annoyed by that. Also, it's forty years later so things tend to get exaggerated.

[thekiduknow]

I’m only about half way through the book, but I don’t think theres been many name changes. At least with regard to what Luigi testified to, Pino D’Aguanna and Paolo LaPorta for example.

I swear I think the guy Luigi posted a few times on gangsterbb and deleted them soon after. He had to much information to just be making shit up but he lied and said he was a made guy I forgot people argued with him and he vanished

According to Pistone, Luigi committed suicide in the mid 2000s.

[johnny_scootch]

he changed a lot of names

I’m reading this book also, which names do you suspect are fakes?

[CornerBoy]

are a'guanna and laporta real? in the intro vecchione says a lot of names are changed. maybe i just don't know who they are. Thats on me!

[CornerBoy]

I doubt he actually made billions. People grossly overestimate the amount of money mobsters make. There's no way to prove exactly how much a particular wiseguy is/was worth, and some writers let their imagination run wild. One documentary claimed that Carlo Gambino was worth $800 million, which is absurd.
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im sure the numbers are very exxagerated but even if its 1m per week net.........

[PolackTony]

are a'guanna and laporta real? in the intro vecchione says a lot of names are changed. maybe i just don't know who they are. Thats on me!

Those two are 100% real.

The names of the guys associated with the Chicago stuff are also the same as in Ronsisvalle’s testimony also (Frank Lombardo, “Carlo”, “Appuzzo”, Felice Puma, Enzo Napoli, Mario Maimone, Giuseppe Mirabile).

Paolo and Giovanni LaPorta were big heroin guys from Bagheria (same hometown as the Ragusas and Andrea Aiello who was part of the heroin network to Buffalo in this period; this group also seems to have had connections to Chicago where a bunch of Sicilians from Bagheria settled as well). They were connected to the Bonannos and I believe also the Cherry Hill Gambinos and the Philly Family. The LaPorta network was infiltrated by undercover DEA agent Frank Panessa, who has been on Jimmy B and Scott B’s podcast a couple of times (well worth the listen). The LaPortas were working with a guy from Castellammare del Golfo named Alberto Ficalora, who was based in Lansdale, PA, and they also had operations in Puerto Rico.

You said that you read Claire Sterling’s “Octopus”. If you’re interested in the Knickerbocker Ave stuff, “Last Days of the Sicilians” by Ralph Blumenthal is a must read.

[PolackTony]

So names are changed in the book? I was really hoping for an honest informative book. Like a lot of us we've all known that Ronsisvalle had tons of information that would be fascinating. Makes me sad if names are changed.

When I skimmed the Ronsisvalle book, it seemed that there was very little in it that wasn’t in his testimony. I had high hopes also, and it didn’t help to shed any more light at all on the stuff I was hoping to get some insight into (the big Sal Catalano to Chicago heroin operation in the late 70s).

[johnny_scootch]

From the book on the name change situation

‘In addition, we have changed some names to protect the identity of informants and those in witness protection programs. We have purposely avoided identifying and of Luigi’s family.’

[CornerBoy]

MY BAD GUYS! I WASN'T DONE WITH BEFORE I OPENED MY FAT MOUTH. IT SEEMS THEY ARE ALL REAL CATALANO, GALANTE, and now I know that d'aquanna and laporti are real i was totally wrong. GOOD BOOK. THIS ONES ON ME, DIDN'T MEAN TO BESMIRCH THE AUTHOR OR THE BOOK. ALSO READ THE PURPLE GANG BOOK. BOTH ARE GREAT,

40 lbs of heroin per trip?!! this was a billion dollar operation in todays money.