Profaci had those rackets as well...plus a multimillion dollar legitimate enterprise. I agree, Gambino should have been very wealthy, but I have a hard time giving credit to a guy who marries his first cousin...but yes, he was a very wealthy man.

marrying his first cousin really bothers you. i understand. but that wasnt so much out of the mainstream decades ago amongst the italians, and other ethnic groups as well. it was all about the tight circle of the family. its still practiced today among the n'drangheta.and yes im calabrese, as are you.

While I understand the history of our ancestors, and yes, my entire family hails from San Nicola Ardore, Tropea and Bianco...none of them married first cousins and "many" of my uncles and my all of my grandfathers (including my great grandfathers) had arranged marriages...which I found odd when I found out about it. I do have a case in my own family where my dad's brother and their first cousin actually had a son and a daughter who were married which makes them 3rd cousins..BUT, that side of the family settled in Connecticut and it wasn't arranged...and trust me, I crack jokes about that all the time.

understood. things were certainly different many moons ago. i know you to be knowledgeable, so im certain you know which don was born in tropea.

Probably the Lord High Executioner, he was Calabrese.

correct. otherwise known as Don Umberto.

The Milano's from Cleveland, Tony & Frank were both from Calabria as well. If I'm not mistaken, they came from San Roberto, which is about 65 miles south of Cantanzaro. Along with many other Calabrese mob bosses in the Ohio River Valley. Another infamous name who was a major boss was Gianni "John" Bazzano Sr., born in Reggio Calabria with strong ties back in Italy.

you can also include costello, yale, moretti, scarfo, carfano , mallamo, romeo among many others of calabrian origin.

What made Profaci so smart was like y'all mentioned, him washing his money in his olive oil company. Unlike Gambino and the others, he could live big time if he wanted (I don't know if he did or not) and the Feds wouldn't have to do anything but eat shit and watch unless they could tie the dirty money to the company which is easier said than done. I can't really blame these guys because a lot of them their kids are still living off their wealth and in some cases their grandkids. If I had to break the law to make sure my son lives comfortable you better believe I would.

Mallamo, Romeo, Prato all from Youngstown. I know them well to say the least, better than most We could also include Antonio Ripepi from Pittsburgh, Vincenzo Tripodi and Cosmo Quattrone both from Steubenville. How do you know about Mallamo/Romeo etc?

mallamo/romeo from what jcb has posted on this and other forums. i believe jcb was related to mallamo . talking about wealth. its been alleged that ripepi was worth 40 million legally from his business enterpises. now factor in his other income and he was quite wealthy.

Ripepi was extremely wealthy. Had the biggest vending machine company in Western PA as well as a cement block company. He also had a very large illegal gambling operation for decades.

Are your initials JB Jr? What is your moniker over on Black Hand?

no im faffy444 on the black hand forum as well.

New article on Calabrian OG in June issue of informer. Might be worth a look.

http://informer-journal.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/just-one-more-thing-calabrian.html

i have the issue, and it is a great article, well worth reading.

Looks like a pretty good issue all round, thanks for the recommend, I might even shell out $5 for the whole thing. And no! I don't have a vested interest! Don't even have a vest

they are well worth a fin apiece. i have them all.

House once owned by legendary Chicago Mafia boss Anthony Accardo sold for $1.5 million https://gangstersinc.org/blog/house-once-owned-by-legendary-chicago-mafia-boss-anthony-accardo

$32k/year in taxes. HolY shit. That's even the big house he owned.