@813

That's a great post my man...


I was just posting about Trafficante in the Anastasia thread, made a comment about how a lot of his muscle was actually Cuban.

I also like how you highlight the family structure. It's like a very early blueprint for the type of families that are dominating OC today. Blood relatives, in control of smuggling routes, and illegal commodities, more so than dominating a territory, engaging in basically wholesale extortion.

And like you point out, it's more about how close you are to the relatives, than any actual " Made" guys. You are more so " Born into it" , rather than a meritocracy for violence and criminal acumen.


I was just re reading Silent Don, it touches on a lot of what you posted about, all those Sicilian families, and their ties to drug trafficking going back to the early thirties. It's a good read, have you checked it out?

@ irishItalian

The Trafficante family strength was always controlling the smuggling routes, in the Caribbean, not so much dominating the territory in Florida.

Enterprise syndicate vs Power syndicate...