We have seen most of the associates in busts already. Who are the 7 guys? Or are you saying they have not been ID'd?

I think most of them have been identified, but the only one I remember is Dominic Grande.

Grande was made in 2011

Ligambi said this in May 2010.

I screwed up the years/details, actually. They were talking about a making ceremony that happened 3 years prior. Don't ever listen to me.

"What follows is a partial transcript from that meeting, with Licata reminiscing about the 2007 “making” ceremony at which Fazzini and others were formally inducted into the Philadelphia crime family, refered to in the document as “LCN” (La Cosa Nostra).

Licata notes that Fazzini and Eric Esposito, a co-defendant in the racketeering case, were made at the same ceremony conducted by Ligambi. He states that Anthony Staino, another codefendant, also was present, along with Michael Lancelotti. Staino and Lancelotti, referred to as “Lance,” have been described as capos or captains in the Ligambi orgnaization.

Five others, including codefendant Damion Canalichio, were inducted in an earlier ceremony, Licata says, noting that Canalichio was initiated shortly before he went to prison (the “can”) for a drug conviction.

Licata references then-jailed mob boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino, who he says had proposed three others for membership. Ligambi declined to “make” those unnamed associates, Licata says, because he didn’t know them well. He tells Licata that Merlino can make them himself when he comes home from prison.

Also below, from the detention memo, is the federal prosecutors’ analysis of the transcript.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-05-04/news/31556726_1_racketeering-case-merlino-transcript

So in 2007 Fazzini, Esposito and Canalichio were made along with 4 other unnamed guys. Plus 3 unnamed guys Merlino has not inducted yet. Is it possible Grande was one of these 3 and Ligambi eventually decided to make him in 2011?
The transcript of the conversation is also in the link.

What if the King of England got the Bruce Jennerectomy?

Would he be the Queen?

One of the funnier things I've seen/heard today. I love the Philly chats and threads, but I'm with you on this one. I think the whole thing is a moot point, anyway. I don't see Nicodemo flipping - EVER. Maybe down the line somewhere he will prove me wrong. But for right now he has proven that he is nothing but a stand up guy who is going to take his sentence on the chin and do his time.

Not that spending 20-30 years in jail is something that regular civilians aspire to do. In "their" lifestyle though, he could come home sometime in his 60's with the utmost respect and be a major player in the administration, a la Chickie Ciancaglini now.

Will there even be a Philly family in 30 years?

does anyone know if maybe one of the 3 unknown guys that joey wanted to make of one of them was allie lance?? mike lance's nephew?? im not positive hes made but im pretty sure he is.. hes a young guy like grande..south philly for sure has more younger potential members then people think.. you see a lot of young guys hanging around narducci.. then you got all the young guys who were involved in the Borgata book case..don't know if anyone of them were made besides nicodemo but either way young associates.
I still think that the depietro hit is one of the most fascinating things to happen mob wise in the 2000's.. would love to know the real truth behind it all. cause it was so fucked up I just cant accept that was really how it was planned.. especially since nicodemo has been suspected in a couple other hits that never got solved..

how did everybody made on the same day get pinched n the same case

Prosecutors in his first trial (where he faced first-degree murder charges), alluded to Grande being the trigger man in the DiPietro hit. According to state police files, Grande was sponsored for membership in the Philadelphia LCN Family by Nicodemo in a late-200os induction ceremony presided over by Ligambi, recently tapped the Borgata’s consigliere upon his return from a more than two-year stay as a guest of the government in the winter of 2014.

From an article. I guess it was after Joey got out, but I don't know if he was at the ceremony or just gave his okay from Florida after he was out to have Ligambi do the ceremony.

Grande, Joseph Servidio, and cant remember the 3rd

was micali made he was niccodcemos man in the boragat sports book thing

does anyone know if maybe one of the 3 unknown guys that joey wanted to make of one of them was allie lance?? mike lance's nephew?? im not positive hes made but im pretty sure he is.. hes a young guy like grande..south philly for sure has more younger potential members then people think.. you see a lot of young guys hanging around narducci.. then you got all the young guys who were involved in the Borgata book case..don't know if anyone of them were made besides nicodemo but either way young associates.
I still think that the depietro hit is one of the most fascinating things to happen mob wise in the 2000's.. would love to know the real truth behind it all. cause it was so fucked up I just cant accept that was really how it was planned.. especially since nicodemo has been suspected in a couple other hits that never got solved..

Does potential mean that they are somewhat young and Italian American? If they were smart they would make their own side money on their own. You don't need to be connected down here anymore. The smart guys are the ones who have legit jobs and do a little extra so they can live a better life. Or just work hard and do nothing on the side. A lot of these young guys you talk about as "potential" are there because of the lack of talent. They aren't some big pool of great upcoming mobsters. Its stupid if they were. They have nothing else they can do...at least some of they. A lot of it is laziness. And some like to get involved because they think they are famous in SP cause of it. Just stupid to be directly involved anymore. I know this post is all over the place. I just wanted to point out that the "potential" you talk about are not guys that are the smartest per se.