Balistrieri I was certainly a interesting mob figure. Obviously he was a pretty clever boss. One thing I always go back to is the Donnie Branco operation. Balistrieri seemed to know something was off and knew enough to pull out of their deal with the vending machine company
Balistreri felt the associate Brasco was pushing the machines too hard through Lefty, and also Tony Conte just shows up out of the blue with no connection trying to start up a vending machine company. Milwaukee controlled a lot of vending machines and knew everyone in the business in their area.
