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Re: Best reigns of American Crime Families
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07/10/13 12:07 PM
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Aiuppa is the most fascinating to me. He was the most powerful guy that most people never heard of. The Cicero Crew in the 70's and the 80's was ALMIGHTY. It had 2 branches it was so large-one was the Cicero/Berwyn Crew under guys like Joe Ferriola and Rocky Infelise, and the other was the Melrose Park Crew run by Sam Carlisi and Jimmy Marcello. He was a very greedy and very violent man whicih is one of the reasons why Outfit hits plummeted in the years since he went to prison and then died. As I said in another thread, I am curious to see what happens though when DiFronzo dies. When he does that will be it for his brothers too. Andriacchi is in ill health as well. Am curious to see what Cicero/26th St does as well as the Elmwood Park guys that have been shelved by DiFronzo... Chicago - what is your opinion on Aiuppa? The Cicero / Berwyn crew and Murray Humphries dealt with the southern Illinois / East St Louis crew that Buster Wortman and Art Berne ran. My uncle booked over there and at Fairmont, and met Auippa a couple times. He said he was an idiot and did not trust him. My uncle claimed that on a few occasions when they went up to Chicago to discuss strategic decisions, Auippa made the wrong decision. An example is that Auippa supported Ray Flynn and the Syrian / Lebanese group that took out Jimmy Michaels (over the St Louis Italian LCN) to grab control of one of the key unions down in St. Louis. That pretty much led to a war that caused Jesse Stoneking to flip, who put almost all of the East St Louis Outfit guys in the can, and bunch of St Louis guys in the can.
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Re: Best reigns of American Crime Families
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Chicago - there is a summary of the union power struggles written by Alan May at the link below. This account is lite on details, but the bottom line is Auippa backed Ray Flynn and the Sryian / Lebanese crew against Giordano and the StL family for control of Local 42. There are 3 unions in StL that were under LCN control back then - the StL family had 1, the East StL Outfit crew (under Chicago) had one and the Syrian / Lebanese had 1. The Syrians / Lebanese under Jimmy Michaels were aligned / associated with StL. Aiuppa backed the Flynn / Leisure faction within the Syrians / Lebanese (and kill Jimmy Michaels in a spectacular car bombing on the highway at the lunch hour) to take control of their union. In my opinion, these moves were the begining of the end for the East StL Outfit crew, the StL LCN and the Syrians / Lebanese. http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/louis/8.htmlNicky - there are some threads on the StL family on the board, no need to rehash here. They effectively were done when almost everyone got locked up after the war over the unions and when Trupiano died.
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Re: Best reigns of American Crime Families
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New York -Genovese crime family, Frank Costello -Gambino crime family, Carlo Gambino -Bonanno crime family, Joe Bonanno -Lucchese crime family, Thomas Lucchese -Colombo crime family, Joe Profaci
East coast -Buffalo crime family, Stefano Maggadino -Patriarca crime family, Raymond L.S Patriarca -DeCavalcante crime family, Sam DeCavalcante -Bufalino crime family, Rosario Bufalino -Philadelphia crime family, Angelo Bruno -Pittsburgh crime family, Sebastian LaRocca -Rochester crime family, Frank Valenti
South -Trafficante crime family, Santo Trafficante Jr -Dallas crime family, Joseph Campisi -New Orleans crime family, Calogero Minacore
Midwest -Cleveland crime family, John Scalish -Chicago Outfit, Joseph Aiuppa -Milwaukee crime family, Frank Balistieri -Detroit Partnership, Joseph Zerilli -Kansas City crime family, John Lazia -St Louis crime family, Anthony Giordano
West Coast -Los Angeles crime family, Jack Dragna -San Francisco crime family, James Lanza -San Jose crime family, Joseph Cerrito -Denver crime family, Eugene Smaldone
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