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Re: New Video: Mob Boss - Vito Genovese
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01/25/18 08:20 AM
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The Luciano book is based on myths and invented informations. None of the Italian bosses ever suggested a non-Italian criminal as a member of their commission simply because it was, and still is their own thing
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Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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Re: New Video: Mob Boss - Vito Genovese
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B & B also quotes Carl Sifakis a lot and I find his views on the Commission also very peculiar. He states that there in fact were 2 commissions, the one we all know and the one of the National Crime Syndicate, consisting of 3 Jews (Lansky, Zwillman, Guzik) and 3 Italians (Adonis, Costello, Accardo) and he even implies that this commission was more important and powerful than the LCN commission. Here is the link to the excerpt: https://books.google.nl/books?id=jg...20sifakis%20the%20commission&f=falseWhat do you think about this Toodoped??
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Re: New Video: Mob Boss - Vito Genovese
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01/26/18 06:05 AM
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Guys like Lepke and Lansky were only high level non-Italian gangsters who cooperated with US Cosa Nostra on daily basis and they also attended meetings on which faces such as Luciano and Costello were present. The US CN was always different from the European model simply because the whole country was made of various nationalities which constantly cooperated with each other, even today, no matter if legit or not. So if someone wants to call a dozen of meetings between the previously mentioned criminalsfrom different nationalities a "second commission", let it be since there was only one real commission and it was all Italian. Me personally, I would rather name the close connection between the Italian and non-Italian gangsters simply as a "clique", instead of a "second commission". I would also rather believe in a one time second and lower level Italian commission on the Midwest, possibly controlled or represented by Chicago
Mongol General: Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.
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