There is indeed no formally structured family there anymore. Anyone who claims otherwise is either lying or simply delusional. Even the highest estimates have the family at no more than a few made guys left at most.
That said, there has continued to be activity there over the past 10-15 years, mostly involving remnants of the family.
The most recent was the big video poker bust that involved Ronald "Porky" Melocchi Sr. (the ring leader and owner of Back Alley Vending), Jeffrey Risha (a bookmaker who had been involved in a 2001 Pittsburgh LCN gambling case), Kirk Mollica (son of late Pittsburgh LCN associate Primo Mollica), and Rodney Iannelli (son of Pittsburgh LCN associate Robert "Bobby I" Iannelli). The charges also involved bookmaking and numbers.
In 2006 you had the video poker and bookmaking bust involving associate John "Duffy" Conley.
In 2003 you had 15 people including Junior Williams get busted for running a numbers operation.
In 2001 LIUNA Local 1058 was put under oversight for ongoing influence by organized crime.
And in 2000, mob member John "Sonny" Ciancutti and 14 others were busted for bookmaking, numbers, and video poker machines.
Pittsburgh is a good example of how we can see some mob-related activity in an area (usually involving illegal gambling) even after there is no formally structured family left.
I'm well aware of these indictments but thanks for posting Ivy. And also, his name is Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti, not John. He had a brother Louis who died in the early 1980's and was involved with their cousins with the last name Golden, who were into drug trafficking. Sonny took over all of Gabriel Mannarino's rackets after Mannarino died in July of 1980.
Most of the guys who got pinched in the latest gambling bustout have already received slaps on the wrists. Iannelli, Mollica and Jeff Risha are however, serious bookmakers who bring in alot of action.
