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[CabriniGreen]

Partinico and Borgetto families are part of the same "mandamento" as San Giuseppe Jato and San Cipirello ones

Partinico and San Giuseppe Jato are two different "mandamentos".

Partinico mandamento: Balestrate, Borgetto, Giardinello, Montelepre, Partinico and Trappeto families.

San Giuseppe Jato mandamento: Monreale, Camporeale, Altofonte, San Cipirelo, San Giuseppe Jato, Santa Cristina Gela and Piana Degli Albanesi families.

So the " Super Mandate" attempt failed?

[B.]

This map was published in 2021, not sure when the data is from or how current it is but it has Partinico and SGJ as separate mandamenti:



Was there any info on why Partinico and San Giuseppe were going to be turned into the Camporeale mandamento? Partinico and San Giuseppe Jato are powerful strongholds so it's significant that their districts were going to be turned into one and that Camporeale was being given the seat. Why would longstanding district powers like SGJ and Partinico suddenly lose their seats, have to answer to Camporeale, and now be vying against each other for influence in the mandamento?

The Trabia mandamento (formerly under Caccamo) has or had 15 Families in it which seems to be the biggest one that's existed. Giuffre was the capomandamento and based on what he said it just made things more politically fractured and the Termini Imerse Family was vying for power with Caccamo much as they had under previous Caccamese capimandamento when the district was smaller. The power ultimately went to Trabia after Giuffre flipped. Corleone has/had a large mandamento, nine Families, and San Lorenzo in Palermo is another big one.

If the Families in a huge mandamento could unify it would make the new district a force to be reckoned with but in a large mandamento you're more likely to see multiple Families competing to dominate the district and constantly making/breaking alliances with each other. That's why I wonder if the formation of the Camporeale mandamento was meant to be punitive to SGJ and/or Partinico. I could see the island's new leadership of the 2000s-2010s wanting to punish SGJ for their abuses of power as part of the Corleonesi but not sure if anything surfaced about that.

[CabriniGreen]

This map was published in 2021, not sure when the data is from or how current it is but it has Partinico and SGJ as separate mandamenti:



Was there any info on why Partinico and San Giuseppe were going to be turned into the Camporeale mandamento? Partinico and San Giuseppe Jato are powerful strongholds so it's significant that their districts were going to be turned into one and that Camporeale was being given the seat. Why would longstanding district powers like SGJ and Partinico suddenly lose their seats, have to answer to Camporeale, and now be vying against each other for influence in the mandamento?

The Trabia mandamento (formerly under Caccamo) has or had 15 Families in it which seems to be the biggest one that's existed. Giuffre was the capomandamento and based on what he said it just made things more politically fractured and the Termini Imerse Family was vying for power with Caccamo much as they had under previous Caccamese capimandamento when the district was smaller. The power ultimately went to Trabia after Giuffre flipped. Corleone has/had a large mandamento, nine Families, and San Lorenzo in Palermo is another big one.

If the Families in a huge mandamento could unify it would make the new district a force to be reckoned with but in a large mandamento you're more likely to see multiple Families competing to dominate the district and constantly making/breaking alliances with each other. That's why I wonder if the formation of the Camporeale mandamento was meant to be punitive to SGJ and/or Partinico. I could see the island's new leadership of the 2000s-2010s wanting to punish SGJ for their abuses of power as part of the Corleonesi but not sure if anything surfaced about that.

You've honed great instincts with this stuff. Indeed, it happened around 2013-ish..... it starts out talking about some modest marijuana op.....


MAFIA
"The mafia is financed with drugs", eight arrests in Jato
This is what emerges after the latest operation by the Carabinieri, part of the "Nuovo Mandamento" investigation. Deputy Prosecutor Principato: "Cosa Nostra urgently needs money, which is why it dedicates itself directly to the cultivation, storage and sale of cannabis"


September 17, 2013
"The mafia is financed with drugs", eight arrests in Jato
The mafia needs drugs to sustain itself. Easy and immediately available money. This is what emerges after the latest operation by the Carabinieri which led to the arrest of eight people between San Giuseppe Jato and Camporeale (READ THE NAMES) . The confirmation comes directly from Teresa Principato , deputy prosecutor of the DDA. "The mafia - he explained - is directly dedicated to the cultivation, storage and sale of cannabis.

A modest activity which demonstrates that Cosa Nostra urgently needs money. This is because with the crisis extortion is no longer able to reach the coffers of the criminal organization large sums.

( This is particularly interesting given these recent "expansions" of extortion activity to NY)





There are fewer and fewer contracts and commercial activities are facing a serious crisis. 'The mafia doesn't stop and we don't stop either. In recent months we have witnessed the continued dominance of Cosa Nostra in the area, and new scenarios that have led to a change of leadership in the area. We had requested 22 precautionary custody orders - concluded the prosecutor - and the investigating judge granted only 8 because other suspects are already detained. We will appeal against this decision".


The arrests were conducted by the soldiers of the Monreale group, led by Colonel Pierluigi Solazzo, and by those of the Investigative Unit commanded by Mauro Carrozzo. The precautionary custody orders in prison were issued by the Court of Palermo at the request of the deputy prosecutors Teresa Principato and Vittorio Teresi, and the deputies Del Bene, Barbiera, Demontis and Paci .

(This is where it gets REALLY interesting...)

Today's operation - explain the investigators - is an offshoot of the broader investigation called "Nuovo Mandamento" , which documented the territorial reorganization of Cosa Nostra in the western part of the province of Palermo (with the creation of a new superstructure of coordination, identified in the Camporeale area , of the two historic mafia districts of “San Giuseppe Jato” and “Partinico”) and which led, last 8 April, to the arrest of 38 people, including leaders and followers.

( A forum member, cobra; posted that LoPiccolo had expanded the SanLorenzo- Tommasso- Natale district, and that this was " copied" by the other mandate...

At the time I originally found the article, I thought it was some kinda hostile reaction to the re-emergence of the Inzerillos in Sicily, but B. had previously pointed out Lombardo from Monreale was already on record with the Gambinos for years.

But I definitly saw it as that Mandate trying to forge its own ties to NY without having to go through the Torreta or Passo di Rigano guys...)



During the investigative activity, some plantations were identified in the hinterland, especially in the Jato river valley , with the simultaneous arrest of 3 people responsible for their cultivation. Then two storage places for the narcotic substance, ready to be placed on the local market, with the red-handed arrest of 8 custodians and the seizure of approximately 40 kilos of already dried marijuana.

“NEW MANDAMENT” OPERATION - The investigations conducted on the “New Mandate” had initially made it possible to redraw the boundaries of the San Giuseppe Jato district, which compared to the past had taken on a partially different shape, including the mafia families of San Giuseppe Jato and San Cipirello, Camporeale , Piana degli Albanesi, Monreale, Montelepre and Giardinello.

The Altofonte mafia family was excluded and left dependent on a city district, Santa Maria di Gesù-Villagrazia.

( I just recently watched that new Equalizer movie based in Sicily, so this part really caught my eye..)


After the transit of some mafia families from the Partinico district to that of San Giuseppe Jato, following the release of Antonino Sciortino (which took place on 5 November 2011), a character linked to the Vitales and Domenico, the two districts were merged and to the birth of the "mafia super-mandate" of Camporeale, under the aegis of Sciortino himself. And from November 2011 to March 2012, the intervention of the new head of the super-mandate brought about a series of important changes in the mafia hierarchy of the Palermo area.




DRUG FINANCING - At the turn of the summer of 2012, the investigations highlighted how one of the sources of income of the mafia association investigated was the cultivation of Indian hemp, aimed at the production and subsequent placing on the market of large quantities of the narcotic substance of type marijuana, with the aim of providing for the maintenance of the criminal organization and, in particular, to support the expenses of the prisoners.

THE PLANTATION IN CONTRADA ARGIVOCALOTTO DI MONREALE - In the month of June 2012, some environmental conversations were intercepted from which it clearly emerged that the suspects were busy planting numerous cannabis indica plants in an agricultural land located in the Arcivocalotto district of Monreale, with the aim of proceeding with their illicit cultivation. The land, immediately identified, was owned by an elderly lady, unaware of everything, and cultivated as an olive grove. Unaware of being intercepted, after having transported the cannabis indica plants with the off-road vehicle used by Giuseppe Lo Voi and other cars, they proceeded to bury them and create an irrigation system connected to an artificial tank located a few hundred meters from the cultivation. Due to the fear of being discovered, after about three days, the plantation was dismantled and the plants uprooted and transferred to other locations.

THE CAMPOREALE PLANTATION - The interceptions captured on board the car used by Francesco Lo Cascio made it possible to reveal the existence of a "cannabis indica" plantation, of around a hundred seedlings, also in the Camporeale area and exactly in Monte Petroso district. The investigations ascertained that the management of this plantation, which was later found completely destroyed at the beginning of July 2012, was entrusted to Giovanni Battaglia.




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[B.]

Since Vito Rappa is married to Francesco Nania's sister, I'm curious what relation if any Nania has to the brothers Antonino and Filippo Nania. Antonino was Partinico boss and Filippo was underboss. Filippo killed himself a few years ago due to old age and sickness. Since Vito's father is boss of Borgetto it would fit for his son to marry into the leadership of the adjoining Family.

Francesco Nania is Antonino Nania’s son.

Sicilian media outlets also referred to Francesco Nania as a “capomafia” when he was pinched in 2008 here. I’ve seen it more than once, but I’m not sure of the precise boss succession in recent decades in Partinico so I’m not sure if he actually was boss and then apparently succeeded by his father? Was he acting for his father, and on top of this from the US, as the former had been busted again on weapons charges in 2007?

Francesco has been consistently identified as the boss of Partinico since then and in 2018 was said to have become the new capomandamento.

The leadership of Partinico went from Nene Geraci to Geraci's namesake cousin Antonino Geraci who was then killed by Riina ally Vito Vitale in 1997. Vitale had been an acting leader but when he killed Geraci he became the official boss and capomandamento. Antonino and Filippo Nania were cousins of the Geracis and Filippo was underboss in the 80s, the Nanias being part of the Geraci faction who were in conflict with Vitale's faction in the 1990s.

After Vitale goes away his sister helps him carry messages to the Family so he retained power but I'm not sure what the succession was in the 2000s. I've seen a Giuseppe Bertolino listed as boss but it looks like the Nanias coming to power in the 2000s coincided with other shifts going on in Sicily where allies of the Corleonesi were losing their grip, the Nanias being part of the old Geraci clan.

[peteyboxcars]

Here is a press release. Seems the feds also picked up Lanni’s New Jersey Assault

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/te ... us-italian

Do most Gambino Capo's tell restaurant employees they are "Gambinos" LMAO . Like the waitress gives a shit. This guy must have been wasted he walked across the street to the Exxon to try and buy a gas can lol. ON VIDEO. Brain dead

[newera_212]

Pennisi brought up a good point on his video about this - he said that the only mention of Lanni identifying himself as a Gambino came from one of the employees of the restaurant... a civilian. Whether Lanni said that or not, Pennisi said that internally, Lanni can just deny it and that's it...since those guys aren't supposed to take the word of a civilian over a fellow made man.

[Uforeality]

Lanni was begging the business owner to beg him for forgiveness.

[B.]

To Everyone: Great article, and great on-going thread. However......................

Am I the only one who is curious/confused with these three sentences in the Daily Mail article:

"The lengthy documents contain evidence that shows when the men were 'made' into the Gambino family. One image shows Tantillo being inducted into the family on October 17, 2019, standing with Gradilone (pictured). Both men were arrested on Wednesday."

IIRC, this was a caption under a picture of 2 men standing on a sidewalk, one facing the camera, and one with his back to the camera. What is confusing me is the use of the word "image" in the aforementioned sentence. Is the writer of the article stating that the aforementioned "documents" states that Tantillo is being inducted at that moment, outside, and the moment has been captured by that "image"? Is it another verbal induction ceremony?
Also, IIRC, that same language is used somewhere else in this thread in another newspaper article on this topic.

Am I reading too much into the caption of the picture, or is this actually an "image"/picture taken of an on-going verbal induction ceremony?

Regards,
BeatiPaoli

Based on the photos of the Bonanno induction in Ontario (and descriptions of some of the NYC inductions they've done over the years) I don't blame you for wondering. Pretty sure the photo is just from the day of the induction, though, and the Daily Mail was either confused or poorly worded the caption.

[nizarsoccer]

Thinking Waldorf Holding and Sal's Hauling Corp were the "Demolition Company-1" and "Joe Doe-1" respectively, mentioned in the indictment and detention memo. Waldorf is owned by 3 people and have a documented history with Diego and Sal Tantillo, with Sal being involved in a sister company to this day based on Linkedin. Waldorf is also a signatory with Local 79, one of the locals mentioned explicitly in the memo/indictment. Waldorf also was denied a carting license which makes sense why they need a separate carting company to haul the debris away. Sal's Hauling is owned by Jack Dellorusso fitting the single owner profile. The memo makes it seem like carting company does a lot of business with Demolition Company 1 and Sal's Hauling appears in at least two lawsuits side by side with Waldort and/or its sister companies in different years which suggests an on-going relationship and fitting that profile. Hopefully, Capeci and others enlighten us to their identities in the near future.

[Tonyd621]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ssman.html

Where is this mysterious Palmieri character that came about years ago? Is he involved?

[Dave65827]

Per this article Vinny Slick was helping Laforte pay his lawyers and was a business partner with laforte in a Brooklyn bar. They also Alledge Laforte kicked up 1.5 mill from the par funding scam
https://www.inquirer.com/business/james ... 31113.html

[aray22]

Per this article Vinny Slick was helping Laforte pay his lawyers and was a business partner with laforte in a Brooklyn bar. They also Alledge Laforte kicked up 1.5 mill from the par funding scam
https://www.inquirer.com/business/james ... 31113.html

Care to copy and paste? Paywall.

[Dave65827]

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn say James LaForte, a former collector for Philadelphia-brd Par Funding, “kicked up” more than $1.5 million in profits from the loan company to firms controlled by a “captain” in the New York-brd Gambino crime family, in which LaForte served as a “soldier.”

According to a grand jury indictment released last week, the Par funds — referred to as “proceeds of LaForte’s criminal activity” — were paid to companies controlled by Gambino captain Joseph Lanni in an effort to “conceal the underlying source of the funds,” which was Par Funding.

In May, federal prosecutors in Philadelphia charged James LaForte with conspiring with his brother Joseph LaForte and other owners of Par Funding to defraud hundreds of investors who raised more than $500 million to finance the company’s merchant cash advance business in hopes of collecting double-digit annual profits.

Par Funding was seized by a court-appointed receiver in 2020. Since then, lawyers have been tracing and taking control of the company’s assets, including cash, homes, cars, a jet, and other property collected by company owners.

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They are trying to return at least $250 million to investors the government believes were defrauded by the company, also known as Complete Business Financial Solutions (CBFS), and related companies controlled by Joseph LaForte, who faces Par-related criminal charges in Philadelphia but is not a subject of the New York indictment.

Lanni and James LaForte were among 10 alleged Gambinos — a captain, three soldiers, and six associates — accused of racketeering conspiracy in the indictment, which targets members of the organization once headed by the late convicted racketeer and murderer John Gotti.

LaForte was “‘made’ — or formally inducted — into the Gambino crime family” in a ceremony on Oct. 17, 2019, alongside a second new member, who was a subject of federal wiretaps and surveillance that helped build the case, according to the indictment.

Besides racketeering, the Brooklyn indictment accuses James LaForte of extortion and beating an unnamed victim who owed an associate money “by wrongful and threatened use of actual and threatened force, violence and fear.” He was also charged with retaliating against a witness — allegedly beating a man he and a mob colleague suspected of informing on fellow mobsters — at a Manhattan restaurant in 2021; and possession of a Smith & Wesson .38 Special revolver, despite his earlier convictions on financial felonies.

Other defendants were charged with extorting New York area demolition and trash-hauling businesses and ripping off employee benefit plans.

Most of the accused were arrested and arraigned in New York last week. LaForte was already in federal custody in Philadelphia.

Three lawyers representing James LaForte didn’t return calls seeking comment on the Brooklyn charges.

Prior charges

James LaForte was charged in March with assaulting Philadelphia attorney Gaetan Alfano from behind outside his Center City law office, hitting Alfano in the head with a flashlight. LaForte’s flight was caught on video cameras along his path, leading to his arrest.

Alfano had been hired by the court-appointed receiver to prepare the sale of properties belonging to James LaForte and his wife to raise cash for investors they defrauded. Alfano recovered, and resumed work on the property sales.

Par stopped payments to investors in March 2020 and was taken over by a court-appointed receiver that July, after the Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil fraud charges against Joseph LaForte and other Par officials and investment salespeople. FBI agents, who had been investigating the company, assisted the SEC in seizing properties.

Joseph LaForte and Lisa McElhone, his wife and codefendant, controlled Par. James LaForte helped lead debt collection efforts for the company, according to the government.

The SEC and federal prosecutors in Philadelphia said the Par principals sold fraudulent, unregistered securities, without warning investors that both LaForte brothers were felons. They also say the owners failed to warn investors that Par’s business consisted of making risky, uninsured loans to borrowers who were often unable to pay the company back, and lying about the risk. Last year Joseph LaForte and McElhone agreed to pay or give up assets worth (a revised) $197 million and to stop fighting the SEC allegations.

Prosecutors also alleged that the LaForte brothers extorted Par’s small-business borrowers, threatening violence when businesses fell behind on their payments. Another Par collector, Renato “Gino” Gioe, a reputed Gambino associate, pleaded guilty last year to federal extortion charges after the government accused him of threatening to hurt borrowers. Last winter Perry Abbonizio, a former securities salesman, pleaded guilty to criminal fraud charges in relation to his sales of unregistered Par securities to investors.

In their Philadelphia indictments, the LaForte brothers were charged with obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and retaliation, in connection with the attack on lawyer Alfano and other threats. They have denied wrongdoing and are fighting the charges.

James LaForte is charged with making threatening calls to others in connection with the SEC case, including relatives of Abbonizio, the salesman.

The LaForte brothers are in prison while preparing to fight the allegations in court.

Other defendants

Among the other defendants in the Brooklyn case is Vincent J. Minsquero, who the government says is a Gambino associate. Minsquero is one of several LaForte family friends who helped Joseph LaForte pay lawyers who defended him from the SEC case, pledging a family home as collateral for a loan, according to documents filed in that case.

According to New York State records, Minsquero owned two bars in Brooklyn as of last fall but has since been taken off their licenses. One of the bars had been managed by James LaForte.

[Eline2015]

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[TommyGambino]

https://news.italy24.press/trends/1030010.html

Badalamenti in contact with Jackie D'Amico, sounds like Jackie is still active