Originally Posted by Mamaluke
The Sicilians for sure. I always assumed it was the Castellammare del Golfo faction that had the most impact. They fought a whole mob war here over it.


They lost though, which was probably why Bonanno's old Maranzano family was never really in the same league as the Luciano/Genovese, Luccheses and Gambinos in their prime.

Palermo seems to have the most influence in the U.S. among Sicilian clans here, through the Gambino family.

I would say the Americanized faction of the mob is still in charge however I'm interested in the Bellomo connections to Corleone.


"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea