Pete wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:43 pm
Wiseguy wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:42 pm
Pete wrote: ↑Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:22 pmAccording to Sallett the outfit is a criminal force, heavily involved in labor racketeering and other crimes and made a point to say he hasn’t forgotten about them. Of course wise guy likes to try and cherry pick one comment to push forward his talking points. Although I agree with most on here that the outfit is severely weakened and could be getting close to the finish line we have to go by what LE says and the head of the fbi in Chicago would be the best source for this info
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicag ... t/2714190/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicag ... d/3550181/
There's that Chicago poster mentality we were talking about. Good to have you back, Pete.
First, I know Sallet said the FBI hasn't forgotten the Outfit but where did he say they are heavily involved in labor racketeering?
Second, I'm not cherrypicking anything. I actually go to the trouble of compiling comments like those from Sallet to get the best idea of things. And the general consensus is that, while the LCN remains a priority in New York, it's a low priority/non-priority elsewhere in the country.
Third, in one of those articles John Binder says the Outfit is "involved in the wholesaling and to some extent importation of cocaine and heroin that gangs sell on city streets." Not sure what he's basing that on.
If you watched the videos I linked they say according to Sallett they are heavily involved in labor racketeering which I found surprising as I thought that had for the most part dried up. And he himself said the outfit is a priority for him so that goes against the comment you are mentioning which you provided no link to. As I said I don’t think there is too much going on with the outfit these days but if you are gonna say things that conflicts with the head of the fbi in Chicago I’m gonna have to call you out. The fbi is our best source for information. And thanks for welcoming me back, good to be back
First, you're right, Pete. By now I should be accustomed to doing your research for you (and a lot of other people).
Sallet's comment that I quoted is in the new prologue to Selwyn Raab's book Five Families (see link below).
https://books.google.com/books?id=VhRmD ... em&f=false
You can also read this excerpt from a report on the LCN from 20 years ago that is still the case today.
La Cosa Nostra is a high priority for the FBI and for law enforcement in New York City. Elsewhere, however, it is a low priority, with attention being characterized by members as "hit and miss" because of a belief that "things are under control."
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... saqUUvYXR1
That has been the relative, overall, big-picture, state of things for years. However, individual area priorities may fluctuate, at least on a short-term basis. When Sallet was the FBI SAC in New England in 2011, he said the LCN "remained the top organized crime threat in the northeastern New England states." I'm not sure he would say now after making the case against Mannochio and moving on.
Second, the fact that Sallet has to say, "We haven't forgotten about you," gives you an idea of where the Outfit is in terms of priorities. Moreover, what have I said is the one thing I put even more stock in than what the feds
say? Answer: What they
do. And since 2003, the FBI in Chicago has had one 12-agent squad which, as part of their duties, is to investigate the Outfit.
Third, as for Sallet's comment in the second video about "organized crime in Chicago is still a potent force in labor racketeering and money laundering," we did see both Pudgy Matassa and James Coli charged in 2017. And over the past 20 years or so we have seen union cases here and there in Chicago that often fly under the radar because they have tenuous or unclear links to the Outfit. For example, one case may involve a union that has had historical links to the mob but present links are harder to determine. Or we may see a case where the people involved are children or relatives of deceased Outfit members, and these descendants may be doing some shady things, but it's unclear how much of what they're doing is overseen by or benefits the Outfit; at least directly.
Anyway, what I said (or actually what Sallet said) about the relative LCN priorities in New York and everywhere else don't really conflict with anything he said more recently in Chicago.
All roads lead to New York.
