great post luan kuci about zips.
my take on said zips would be about the same. i dont think we can consider them in the same context today as say back in the pizza connection days. there would only be 2 ny families showing any connect back to sicily in present day. gambinos have by far the strongest and most ongoing. it appears that this is a partnership between a faction of the gambinos and several families all based in palermo. the proof of this is all over the web from indictments and investigations old bridge, new bridge etc. the connections for the bonannos appear to be a little murkier and less defined. are there native sicilians establishing crews in ny with protection from bonannos? is this a partnership among crews from C.D.G. and a faction of bonannos? one thing for sure these 2 families are not importing illegal zips to work for them like in the 70's and 80's.

although long considered to have a "zip/sicilian faction" the bonannos in present day ny do not have this. who r they? whos the leader? questions that go unanswered constantly across this site and the web. same names get put forward (baldo amato for ex) with no new info coming out. some who post on this site and on others across different site appear to have a hard time separating historical knowledge and present day fact. what was in 1957 in the mafia is not the same in 2023. we cannot keep regurgitating the same old outdated info and stating it as fact ignoring the fact that 70 years has gone by.

the commission is a good example. we can all agree it did exist there is ample proof of this. valachis testimony and the bust at appalachia is enough proof of this i think. but can we think of the commission in the same terms today? good god no. if it exists it is in an entirely different context and function. the same can be said for the bonannos. that family once had rock solid ties back to sicily there is no dispute in this. but we cannot assume the very same connections exist in the same way today.

all this can be said for some of the families listed above. if you are a historical mafia buff there is nothing wrong with that i used to love to dig into the old stuff and connections. but that framework of a once mighty mafia commission overlooking all aspects of crime across the u.s. does not exist anymore and has not for a long time. i do not believe there is a an LA anything of the mafia unless it starts with mexican. no proof at all anywhere and this argument or discussion has gone on too long. san jose, san fran, new orleans, dallas, tampa, cleveland, pittsburgh, rochester etc... there gone. those families are gone in the context most on here are thinking of them. is there still crime in these cities sure there is but it is not being committed by a functioning crime family its just not.

on the above list martino caputo really? a once montreal mafia associate is now being considered a gambino something because there is a minute possibility that his twin brother was made. caputo is serving life for multiple murders and mass import of cocaine all of which took place before his 2012 arrest and imprisonment. so how he is now labeled an associate of the gambinos in LA is laughable. furio i know its not yer list.