Originally Posted By: IvyLeague
Originally Posted By: Giancarlo
Is there any sign of LCN activity at all in LA? Not even a sports book or anything? Who are the big bookies out there, anyone know?

Lot of money in LA you'd think they would try to jump start the place and get a piece of the action..


There really hasn't been a mob case in LA in recent years. Nothing significant anyway. Back in the late 1990's Jimmy Caci was busted for counterfeit travelers checks. This was about the time the FBI was doing it's "Operation Thin Crust" which dealt with whatever remained of the mob's presence in Vegas; and that included some elements of the LA family. For years, Ronald "The Cigar" Sacco was a huge bookie in California. Skinny said he's still active. Kenji said Paulo "Paulie Tattoos" Rossi, who's an associate, has a decent sized book. LA member Mike Esposito still owns his porn company, Gentleman's Video. I think Tommy Gambino is still out there. So is Gambino member Joe Isgro. California is just too far away and, with the mob's scope shrinking as time goes on, there just aren't the numbers out there for really anything substantial.


Thanks. I just quickly went through the 2010 Organized Crime in California Report and they're not even mentioned.

http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/pdfs/publications/org_crime2010.pdf