New York mafia boss extradited to Italy

[willychichi]

A New York mafia boss has been extradited to Italy after allegedly demanding €1 million from an Italian businessman, police said on Wednesday.

Francesco Palmeri was extradited to Italy following his arrest last December in New York, police said in a statement. He stands accused of travelling to southern Italy and threatening a businessman in Matera, demanding repayment of a €1 million loan owed to New York’s Gambino mafia clan. In order to intimidate the businessman, police said Palmeri was backed up by a few people linked to the criminal underworld. The alleged mobster is said to be the number three of the Gambino clan, described by police as the “underboss” of the mafia family. He was arrested alongside seven other people accused of being tied to the New York crime syndicate.

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[Dellacroce]

Im pretty sure that it came out in gangland that this guy wasnt even made.

[TommyGambino]

Soldier with 18th Ave.

[TommyGambino]

[JerryB]

I would think someone described as an "underboss" would at least make it on our radar here in this forum. Doesn't make any sense that he would be called an underboss.

Also, back in December when his name first came up by Capeci in a Gangland article, where he called him an associate, Tag and someone else said the name should be Palmieri, the more common Italian surname, intimating that she knew who this guy was, possibly? Either way, this whole story is still an enigma.