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Re: 17 arrests between Palermo and New York
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11/10/23 10:33 PM
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Hollander, do you think that Sicilians really want to be free from all the bullshit and not be tied to the Mafia? I met a Sicilian Uber driver where I'm from who couldn't relate to our fascination with the Mafia. At the same time, does it really matter? It's just a big stigma for Italians, I had some cooking lessons from a Chef (a Dutchman) the first thing we talked about when we were cooking Italian was the Mafia it has become a brand lol.
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Re: 17 arrests between Palermo and New York
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11/11/23 12:23 PM
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Guys Many years ago men would wear a suit to a movie theater. Not that long ago, men would wear a suit to go to work. Today, try finding a guy that works at an office that has to report to work everyday in a suit; they work from home in their pajama's. Mob guys were told to dress appropriately when going to a social club. The world has changed, it's about comfort and convenience. The mob is no different, in fact, they would stick out like sore thumbs if they weren't dressed in jeans or gym attire. Some of the pics you guys see are of guys who were picked up by law enforcement early in the morning and told to put on whatever was on their bedroom floor. Me, I would demand to comb my hair first. Whats their wives excuse then? Wtf is that shit? Actually when I analyze the picture of her she may have been headed to the gym when her husband got arrested.
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Re: 17 arrests between Palermo and New York
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11/11/23 07:04 PM
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International mafia bust shows US-Italy crime links still strong By Max Matza BBC News Their names could have been ripped from the kind of Hollywood mafia script that once dominated US cinema. But when an indictment dropped on Wednesday, Joseph "Joe Brooklyn" Lanni, Angelo "Fifi" Gradilone, and Francesco "Uncle Ciccio" Vicar were instead the faces of the justice department's latest attack on the notorious Gambino crime family in New York. Charging documents filed by prosecutors used wiretaps, secret recordings and surveillance footage to lay out evidence against the men, accusing them of conspiracy to use violence and extortion to commit fraud and retaliate against witnesses. However, as the initial excitement waned, experts observed that the latest round-up - which snared 16 alleged mafia members - was unlikely to have a major effect on criminal operations. Instead, the real twist revealed by the documents was the ongoing and close relationship between the New York based mafia, and its progenitor in Sicily - where six of the suspects were detained. Italian officials said the arrests demonstrated "the solidity of the existing relationship" between American and Sicilian gangsters. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67387249
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Re: 17 arrests between Palermo and New York
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Mafia, Matteo Messina Denaro was annoyed by the fugitives in his area The detail comes out of the investigation that led to the latest operation conducted by the police and the FBI. Two of the seven arrested talk about it
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
They had even managed to make the boss Matteo Messina Denaro nervous because they had not informed him that Mimmo Raccuglia, the mafia boss of Altofonte, was hiding in the province of Trapani. The former Scarlet Pimpernel of Cosa Nostra - who died on 25 September in L'Aquila hospital - who had managed to evade capture for 30 years, went into a rage when he learned that another man of honor had chosen precisely the his own territory to escape the police. 15 years after that episode - Raccuglia was caught in November 2009 in Calatafimi-Segesta, after 13 years on the run - Giovan Battista Badalamenti, one of the undisputed and historic leaders of the Torretta mafia family, but resident for some time in the United States, and his nephew Salvatore Prestigiacomo, also an affiliate who maintained relations with his overseas cousins, still talked about it, showing fear and respect for the Castelvetrano boss. The two ended up, together with five other people and ten members of the New York mafia, in the raid that began after international police and FBI investigations.
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Re: 17 arrests between Palermo and New York
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11/12/23 03:31 PM
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Badalamenti has not been arrested.
Giovan Battista Badalamenti, 69 years old, brother of Martino, the boss of Torretta serving a life sentence, managed to escape the arrest order issued on Wednesday and the raid by the SCO and the FBI. It was he who said that the mandate would be entrusted to the old mafioso Francesco Rappa and also who spoke about Matteo Messina Denaro.
Since Wednesday morning there has been no trace of him, neither in Torretta, nor in Palermo nor in the United States.
It was him who demonstrated his belonging to the Torretta clan and his closeness to Vito Vitale, head of the Partinico district with his brother Leonardo.
Investigators are looking for him and it is likely that the Palermo DDA will make an extradition request to the United States, where the suspect could be. And Badalamenti could soon go from wanted status to fugitive status.
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