Maddox aka Moore, Robert Ansani and Joey Aiuppa were allegedly pallbearers at Capone's funeral...

...And then there were 4!

McKenzie is a bad bitch lol

Heres another one of Matassa Sr....

Casalesi, here is the current face of Emanuele Libero Schiavone
The image spread on Facebook by the reporter Marilena Natale.

From Mauro Vignola-June 15, 2024

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The current face of Emanuele Libero Schiavone , son of the Casalesi boss Francesco Schiavone “Sandokan” (the latter collaborator of justice since last March) was released today on Facebook by the reporter Marilena Natale . Today Emanuele Libero was arrested together with Francesco Reccia , son of the Casalesi ras Oreste Reccia known as Recchia 'e Lepre.

An operation that comes a few days after the recent armed incursions that took place at night in Casal di Principe, with several shots reported in Piazza Mercato and also in Via Bologna, against the gate of the house where Emanuele Libero Schiavone lives with his brother Ivanhoe . Neither of them wanted to join the protection program, arranged after the clan leader's repentance.

F-2 was the notorious New York City mobster, Charles “Ruby” Stein.

Ruby Stein lived and plied his criminal trade in New York City. As a young man he initially tried his hand as a prize-fighter and street hoodlum. But he soon found his life’s calling when he stumbled upon the usurious loan business.

Better known on the gritty streets of New York as the “shylock” racket, Stein quickly became a natural at it. With his base intelligence and sharp mind, Ruby excelled as a shylock, or loan-shark. He had a near photographic memory and was quick with numbers, which only added to his success in the business.

He started out by providing small loans to needy businessmen in Manhattan’s “Garment District” and around Queens County. But with his growing success, he soon attracted a few legitimate businessmen as investors who provided the young hoodlum with much needed funds to bankroll his growing “shylock book.”

By the mid-late 1940s, Stein had established himself as a major loanshark figure in the metropolitan area. By this point in time, he had also branched out into the field of illegal gambling as well. Specifically, horse and sports bookmaking.

With his natural ability at mathematics and sharp business acumen, bookmaking was another field of endeavor he was successful at. In fact, he soon became something of an “oddsmaker” that other local bookies utilized to set the days figures for races and games.

But his growing success did not go unnoticed. He soon came to the attention of various organized crime figures who realized Stein was an “independent” as they say, and not tied into any one crime Family.

Soon, other hoodlums started targeting him for ripoffs, strong-arm tactics, and shakedowns. They’d send in an innocent looking “beard” to ostensibly borrow money from Stein. But once the budding shylock went to collect his payments, they’d scare him off with threats of violence.

So, ever the businessman, he decided to go partners with another young hoodlum, a tough, up-and-coming mafioso by the name of Nicholas “Jiggs” Forlano. They dovetailed together beautifully. Coincidentally, Nick Forlano also happened to be a fully “inducted” soldier of Brooklyn’s notorious Joseph Profaci Family.

With Forlano now providing the muscle, and Stein providing the brains, their partnership was an instant success. From that time forward, nobody who ever borrowed money ever dared tried to “stiff” Stein again. They all paid their vigorish.

By the early 1950s, Stein and Forlano had become notoriously known throughout the underworld as simply, “Ruby and Jiggs.”

By this point in time, due to Forlano’s Mafia connections, old man Profaci was now adding to their growing shylock book by helping to bankroll their business with funds invested from the Profaci Family’s treasury. By the late 1950’s, top members of other New York Families were also investing money with Ruby and Jiggs.

All through the 1950s and 1960s era, “Ruby and Jiggs” were widely considered to be the biggest loan-sharks in the nation.

But, after several decades of unrivaled success, by the early 1970s, the magic that had once made for an unbeatable partnership was gone, and everything would change...for them both.

……But thats a story for another day!

Yeeeeeeeeee...................

In fairness to Michael, Roth was stringing Michael along among others “gifting” their Hotel and pretending “to go along” with Michael moving Klingman out instead if Roth had been honest perhaps Michael and Roth could have worked out some mutually beneficial arrangement

As regards Roth's Havana business, I believe Michael understood that whilst Michael was Roth's successor, the heir apparent, Roth was always going to hold onto his Havana empire until Roth's retirement or death and at that time, Michael would inherit Roth's interests in the Havana operation but we all know Roth was somehow going to rule his empire forever!

Then both Michael and Roth could live happily for a hundred years! Nobody any the wiser

Michael, his "legitimate" life, decent American, gambling mogul, public Benefactor and Roth, the average neighbour, harmless old man, his carefully cultivated reputation as a retired investor on a pension intact

wave in November.

Still plenty of baseball left and I'm surprised with Sale after the last few years in Boston. Philly's been on a tear but again, it's only mid-June. Still about 100 games left in the season.

JJ thinks just because they're buddies that he'll have an easy time coaching LeBron but that's simply not true. Look at how many coaches in his past he has eaten up and/or doesn't have a relationship anymore. They usually turn bad quick and less than 5 years and the first time things go rough in LA he would throw JJ under the bus and JJ wouldn't say anything because he has business ties to LBJ.

Those Russian ultras were something else lol, thanks to Putin they are now banned from competing.