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News desk > The Commission Rides Again

The Hierarchy of the New York Mafia met for the first time of the new century. After a decade of constant indictments and Federal RICO cases, the five families of New York have convened for the first time in over ten years.

The commission has ruled over the American Mafia since its inception in 1931 and has been the Mafia's power core, where every family in the USA is allowed a seat on the board of the directors. The commission's unofficial headquarters is New York Where the five families have remained the powers behind the throne.

The latest meeting met in the middle of last year and was spearheaded by Bonanno boss Joe Massino. The Bonanno's seat on the commission was suspended for many years during the seventies and eighties because they were heavily involved in heroin traffiking, which sent the family into turmoil particularly when Carmine Galante boss of the family in the seventies was killed, which brought about a huge power struggle between two factions vying for leadership of the clan.

These days the Bonanno crime family have emerged as a major force in New York. Under the leadership of Joe Massino who was released from prison in November 92 the Bonanno family has grown in size and influence and has allegedly made connections to clans working in Canada.

Last years meeting was put together by Massino who is the only official boss not currently serving time. Acting boss of the Gambino family Peter Gotti was also in attendance along with representatives for Carmine Persecio (jailed boss of the columbo clan), Vincent Gigante (Jailed boss of the Genovesse clan) and Vic Amuso (Jailed boss of the Lucchese clan), the representatives are not yet known as reports are sketchy. This latest event discussed a range of topics such as how to run business, more effectively and updating policy.

The meeting comes after a time of rebuilding and restructuring after a decade of onslaught from the justice department. All though the Mafia's power has diminished dramatically, the five families have been quietly rebuilding their power base. As some of the unions they once controlled went into trusteeship the Mafia has found a way to retake some of the local teamster unions that have been integral to the mobs power base for many many years. This latest meeting is evidence that the 5 families are quietly gaining momentum once again after a turbulent decade where many of the old godfathers have been incarcerated.


This is a new era for Cosa Nostra as the modern bosses must find new ways to take their families forward into the 21st century as they look to continue to take back what they lost during the dark days of the nineties.