Youngstown rat made by Romeo and Mallamo describes his ceremony to the feds

[antimafia]

my duplicate post -- I've reported it to the moderators so that it can be deleted

We've been on it. He's been spamming the board with this stuff.

No, Rick, the duplicate post was genuinely my fault because I somehow pressed the Back button to edit the original instead of clicking on the edit button — my apologies to you and the board.

[Ivan]

Anyways, regarding the thread, this was mentioned way back in the early 2000s in David Critchley's book.

Dammit I read that twice but yeah it was 20 years ago. Thanks for the info, looks like I'll have to reread it (I was an idiot nonstop-binge-drinking college student back then so it's unsurprising I don't remember it... Ohio State was a fun place in 2002 ).

[Antiliar]

my duplicate post -- I've reported it to the moderators so that it can be deleted

We've been on it. He's been spamming the board with this stuff.

No, Rick, the duplicate post was genuinely my fault because I somehow pressed the Back button to edit the original instead of clicking on the edit button — my apologies to you and the board.

I wasn't referring to your post, but to the porn spam posts. You're fine.

[trafficante]

Couldn't open link. Who was the rat that got made?

Curious about this too, who exactly was the informant that got made during this ceremony?

[PolackTony]

Couldn't open link. Who was the rat that got made?

Curious about this too, who exactly was the informant that got made during this ceremony?

I’m not aware that anyone has figured out who the CI was. He was given the code “CV 278-CTE” (“criminal top echelon” informant). Maybe JCB has an idea of who he was, as I have no idea what CIs the Feds may developed in Youngstown in the 60s. The CI was also referenced in other reports as having attended meetings with Mallamo and others at the Workingmen’s Club in 1964.

[kyrieleis]

Interesting how Romeo describes a membership fee, $100 upon initiation and $10 or $20 monthly.. Is this usual for Italian-American OC, or special to this specific crew/faction? Haven't heard of membership fees before, seems a little odd considering the honor being made is..

- Kyrieleis

[PolackTony]

Interesting how Romeo describes a membership fee, $100 upon initiation and $10 or $20 monthly.. Is this usual for Italian-American OC, or special to this specific crew/faction? Haven't heard of membership fees before, seems a little odd considering the honor being made is..

- Kyrieleis

Specific to this group. Note that the CI wasn't being made into LCN, but rather into the local "Calabrian Organization" that was under Mallamo and Romeo. JCB has spoken about this quite a bit over the years. In 1964, CV 278 and two other CIs were giving info to the FBI about Youngstown and believed the "Calabrian Organization" there to have the following affiliates and to ultimately answer to Tony Milano in Cleveland (and before Tony, to Ciccio Milano):

[kyrieleis]

Interesting how Romeo describes a membership fee, $100 upon initiation and $10 or $20 monthly.. Is this usual for Italian-American OC, or special to this specific crew/faction? Haven't heard of membership fees before, seems a little odd considering the honor being made is..

- Kyrieleis

Specific to this group. Note that the CI wasn't being made into LCN, but rather into the local "Calabrian Organization" that was under Mallamo and Romeo. JCB has spoken about this quite a bit over the years. In 1964, CV 278 and two other CIs were giving info to the FBI about Youngstown and believed the "Calabrian Organization" there to have the following affiliates and to ultimately answer to Tony Milano in Cleveland (and before Tony, to Ciccio Milano):

Thanks for clearing this up. Seems like being made in a Calabrian org. has less privileges than being made into LCN, or this is just a one-off thing with the membership fees and such. Is this always the case or once again, specific to the Romeo-Mallamo group?

- Kyrieleis

[motorfab]

Does this imply that the Milano brothers were also made in the Picciotteria/Calabrian organization?

[JCB1977]

Interesting how Romeo describes a membership fee, $100 upon initiation and $10 or $20 monthly.. Is this usual for Italian-American OC, or special to this specific crew/faction? Haven't heard of membership fees before, seems a little odd considering the honor being made is..

- Kyrieleis

Specific to this group. Note that the CI wasn't being made into LCN, but rather into the local "Calabrian Organization" that was under Mallamo and Romeo. JCB has spoken about this quite a bit over the years. In 1964, CV 278 and two other CIs were giving info to the FBI about Youngstown and believed the "Calabrian Organization" there to have the following affiliates and to ultimately answer to Tony Milano in Cleveland (and before Tony, to Ciccio Milano):

Thanks for clearing this up. Seems like being made in a Calabrian org. has less privileges than being made into LCN, or this is just a one-off thing with the membership fees and such. Is this always the case or once again, specific to the Romeo-Mallamo group?

- Kyrieleis

The Calabrians were the true power in Youngstown and throughout the entire Ohio River Valley. Everybody danced to the their tune.

[JCB1977]

Does this imply that the Milano brothers were also made in the Picciotteria/Calabrian organization?

They were the true heads of it…