That's a good question Ivy, I'm really not sure. What do you think? The last indictment was in 2006, at least according to the article in the OP.
There was the big bust in 1996...15 years ago. Then a smaller bust in 2006...5 years ago. So that's 2 significant cases over the past 15 years. Then, if you want, you can throw in a 2009 case where some guys with ties to the family (Mitchel Karam, Ghazzi Mani, etc.) were arrested in a point shaving scheme. Or Giuseppe and Girolamo D'Anna beating up a rival restaurant owner earlier this year.
The point being, the level of discernible mob activity in Detroit - or lack thereof - is more comparable to places like Buffalo or Kansas City than it is Chicago or Philadelphia.
well look at the buffalino crime family....barely anything outta them so should we write them off? i really don't believe that lack of indictments and arrests means there's no crime going on or activity. going back to the orginal question here....i think it is safe to call the detroit partnership non dormant.
The Bufalinos? D'Elia was supposedly the last member left. They are long gone. And nobody said what's left of the mob in Detroit is dormant. Just that it isn't as big or as active as some believe it to be.
