The Outfit of yesterfar is dead and wont come back

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No shit
I don't think anyone thinks that unless they're a moron
When I say things haven't changed as much as people think
As far as this notion that the outfit isn't engaged in violence
I think we have seen with guys like Calabrese(not frank sr) and carparelli
Is that they do what they have always done as far as gambling and collections
But they are much less obvious than they once were. They still have influence in the teamsters and are still the major player in Chicago as far as video poker and sports betting and also that they have connections to politicians and police and judges and all of these factors in my opinion make them very viable even if they are smaller than they once were

What factors in my opinion of the Outfit in 2013...


1. According to the FBI, approximately 25-30 made members and a little over 100 associates.

2. Scope of activity does not extend beyond Chicago and it's suburbs within Cook County, for the most part.

3. Down to two or three crews.

4. Still involved in street rackets like sports betting, video poker and stolen goods. Legit/quasi-legit interests include things like DiFronzo's companies, trucking companies, strip clubs, trade shows, etc.

5. Little to no involvement in narcotics.

6. Only residual influence in the unions. There hasn't been a labor racketeering indictment involving the Outfit in years. The 2002 Stier report resulted in no prosecutions.

7. Significant connections to politicians, judges, etc. seem based more on hearsay, innuendo, and speculation than anything else. Whatever influence is left seems to be grossly exaggerated by some.

8. Some examples of financial scams though unclear if they are directly connected to the Outfit or individuals acting on their own.

9. Murders of Jarrett, Chiaramonti, and Zizzo shows the Outfit is still willing and capable of using violence. Low number of informants shows it still maintains cohesion and discipline.

10. General attrition has taken a huge toll and will see the end of the Outfit, more so than indictments, and in spite of cohesion and discipline.

This will only add fire to the flames,Let the outfit debates end.

it never ends

Great post as usual Ivy! I think this has been brought up before and this isn't really related to this post but do you keep tons of word documents with listings of different families members and their activities and indictments ect? Your knowledge and ability to post REAL information is amazing! Thank you for making this forum informative and interesting buddy!

I agree with everything but #7, but I admit the Outfit is very top heavy in this respect. And when the old-timers pass away, they will take their connections with them, and the corruption vacuum will be filled by criminals from other groups of other ethnicities, as well as some well-positioned Outfit people. Even if nothing changes, there is still enough there politically to sustain the organization for a few more decades.

Don't forget the legalization of casinos in Illinois pretty much wiped out the mob card games. Those were big money back in the day.

Right, but it has spurred juice rackets to some extent in the spirit of making lemonade out of lemons. Don't be surprised if you see more news items over the next few years along the lines of the recent incident involving Carparelli.

Haha Very funny thread poking fun @ The Don & baiting ivy league at the same time LOL

#7

How is Jim Wagner former head of Chicago FBI. How is him saying the Chicago Mob replaced roti and Marcy with Sam banks in the 36th ward, speculation and conjecture???

Jim Wagner isnt credible???


#6
John matassa jr is the head of the amegalmated transit union
Not a member he's the head., how is that residual??

Wasn't Matassa the guy meeting with Ambrose and passing the word to M.Marcello.

I've kept track of every mob indictment since 2000. I also pay attention to the latest charts. (the credible, well researched ones)



Are you sure that's what he was doing or is it just what you hope he was doing?



If there's one thing I give even more credence to then what the feds say, it's what they do. And that applies to both things you mentioned above. When it comes to the LCN, nothing would please the feds more than cases related to political corruption or labor racketeering. The lack of either in years says a lot.

And, yes, at least as of 2004, Matassa was secretary-treasurer of the small and financially struggling Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 711. But if you look at the Outfit cases since then, there's hardly been anything in terms of labor racketeering. Once Matassa, DiForti, the Carusos, Lombardo Jr., Caravetta, etc. were all booted from the Laborers Union in the late 1990's and early 2000's, there doesn't seem to have been much left. Read the Stier Teamsters report in it's entirety and you'll see basically some residual influence. None of which, as I said, resulted in any indictments.

Have a gander at the shout box, Copernicus.

So when u quote an article that quotes the FBI saying they have 30menbers that is credible, but when I post the exact same thing of them saying Chicago mob has control of the 36th ward ,that is not credible??
Are you dumb. Do you understand everything isn't black and white. They're are politics to consider when the Feds go after certain politicians. And I'm sure this has some factor

My question then is are you saying Jim Wagner is a liar or are you saying that we should ignore Jim wagner and listen to you

Ps. Just because something has been indicted doesn't mean it isn't going on
The trucchio father and son ran a drug operation from the early 80s to the early 2010s
Does that mean in 2006 they were not dealing drugs because they hadn't been indicted??

He has no idea what he means or what he's saying.

And you're both arguing in an admitted troll thread. Congratulations, boys.

I saw it. Not sure what you were talking about, i.e. retaliation or whatever.



You can listen to whoever you want. When it comes to you, louie, time has shown you'll listen to whoever tells you what you want to hear.

Anyway, when you read that article, you'll notice the relative lack of prosecutions following Operations Greylord and Gambat in the 1980's and Roti's conviction in 1990. I can respect Wagner's theory, such that it is, but it didn't result in much. It's sort of like the law enforcement officials in New York who predicted back in the 1980's and 1990's that the mob would be gone by now.



Well, they eventually were indicted on those drug charges. And they were indicted in two other cases earlier in the decade. So get back to me when there's actually a political or labor-related bust involving the Chicago mob.

1. William Banks is no longer an alderman, now it's Nicholas Sposato, a career fireman.

2. More importantly, it would be impossible to "replace" anyone from the first ward with someone in the 36th ward. The first ward was broken up after GAMBAT. Fred Roti was the alderman of the FIRST WARD and Pat Marcy ran the FIRST WARD commission.

The FIRST WARD encompassed all of downtown Chicago--and thus the city's power nexus.

The 36 ward is Galewood... which is barely in the city.

So even if Banks was corrupt there is no parity whatsoever.

It's like comparing control of Manhattan to the farther outer burrough in Queens.

When Marcy was around the corruption was utterly unbelievable. Truly noteworthy, on a national level. But it's looooong gone.

Jonnynonos +1000..when The Outfit had the 1st Ward their power and influence at the city and county level was almighty. They had the ability to get Mayor Byrne to fire a police chief. They appointed judges at the County level. They decided which judges got which cases. The influenced city and county contracts and jobs it was unreal.

I agree! It was shocking. I realize he is not a favorite in most parts but did you read Cooley's book? It's pretty amazing hearing him talking how he would go to court and basically start every day by paying dozens of off.

You can understand how it happened though... cops don't make a ton of money, neither do local judges etc. Some extra cash goes a long way, and you can see how they could justify it by saying "They only hurt each other etc."

Of course that was just the tip of the iceberg.

One thing people don't know, M. Daley actually started his career as a state's attorney prosecuting Spilotro.

Most people dunno either that the Daleys and the Briattas of the 26th Street crew are intermarried too. I've never read Cooley's book but will soon. He was a degenerate gambler I'm sure the $$ he must have owed played a part in his decision to run to the FBI.

It's pretty interesting. Actually before he starts wearing the wire for them on Marcy etc., he goes into Dironzo's car dealership and meets with him and gets him on wire forgiving all of the gambling debt.

But I'm sure it factored into his decision. And who the hell knows, DiFronzo could have just been covering his ass, suspecting he was on a wire.

It's a better than average mob book, though, as it was co-written with Hillel Levin, the former editor of Chicago Magazine, so it isn't just some schlep recording every whopper that a turncoat tells him and writing it down. It was all treated with good journalistic practices etc. And I think the vast majority of it was verified off the wires Cooley was wearing.

Not saying everything in it is true but still, at least vetted better than most.

Apparently they are going to turn it into a movie at some point. Last I heard Mark Wahlberg's production company.

I actually agree on the overall quality of the book. Cooley has repeated something very interesting more than once in interviews: That, as far as he could tell and to the best of his understanding, Pat Marcy was the most powerful figure in the Outfit (more so than any other single individual, boss or not) in all his years of being affiliated with the Outfit. That is a pretty powerful statement from someone so well-networked at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofs3-rxmCpM

Wouldn't surprise me. Having dirt on half the politicians, police and other people in the city is a lot more valuable than just being able to shoot people.

He was a true svengali character if there ever was one.

Michael Genovese wasnt indicted does that mean he wasn't the boss
Vincent loscalzo inducted John Mamone into the trafficante family in 1995 and received tribute from his gambling loan sharking and drugs
But loacalzo wasn't indicted, does that mean none of it ever happened???
John difronzo started jks and his car dealerships and bought his buildings with mob money, and yet he wasnt indicted for money laundering does that mean it didn't happen.

Those Cleveland guys that were loan sharking and pressuring that guy at mcCormic involved with Rudy fratto. Those cleveland guys were never indicted
What about the Cleveland mob guys that gave the Lamborghini to the Philly crew. Those Cleveland guys weren't indicted. Does that mean it didn't happen???

Matassa jr is a felon and is draining the funds from the transit union
Does that mean its not happening
Do you think matassa jr does any illegal activity with this union???
Is he not a member of the mob?? He wasn't indicted???did it not happen???

The point your trying to make might be valid in the short term. However, as time goes by, it becomes weaker and weaker. If you stretch your way of thinking out long enough, somebody can claim this or that is going on forever; regardless of the lack of evidence. Your entire argument is based on hypotheticals, louie. Are you going to be making the same argument in another ten years if/when we still haven't seen any political or labor cases involving the Chicago mob? It's the same problem you have with the Detroit and Buffalo families. How much time has to go by before you finally write them off?



Matassa is "draining the funds" from the union? And we know this how? Because he's a mobster and that's what mobsters do with unions? Sure, plenty have. But you're adding 1+1 and getting 3 in this case. More hypotheticals.

Number 1 he has a history of doing this. Why then would you assume he works for the local, since he's a made member, what is his purpose of working there???
Also the people that hired him must be in. Bed with the mob.
One simple background check or google search would bring up his history??
Anyone in the field of labor that deals with him on a regular basis has to know him and what he is and what he represents.How could anyone in labor in Chicago not know about his expulsion from the laborers an obviously they deal with him because the mob in the unions is a fact of life in Chicago, even today

Also don't tell me he's retired or retreated. He's mentioned in the news and court papers and was said to be a capo in Scott burnsteins family affair book.
I know if I was a "legit union treasure" I would sue the shit outta him for libel and slander unless of course I can't because whats been said and written and alleged is true.
The same goes for the banks family and jimmy deleo. I know if I was a "legitament" politician like those guys and not controlled by the mob then I would sue the shit outta John kass and the tribune and the FBI, unless of course I can't because what was written and alleged and stated by a fucking FBI agent is factually correct
Again don't get me wrong I'm not saying it's 1983, I know it's 2013. I'm just saying they have more labor union and political connections than you give them cedit for.

Fact is, they are a toothless tiger.

That essentially is what all these conversations are about.

And the bottom line is these days "The Outit" is about as formidable as a legitimate mid size business. No more, no less.

Back in the early 2000s the feds estimated the entire Outfit annual take at $200 million, which was almost certainly inflated.

These days it's far less. Which puts it squarely in the "small business" category.

They don't kill people and they have greatly, greatly diminished political connections.

Essentially it's over.

They still kill..they have lost teeth but are not toothless. It's not over YET here in Chicago but may be within our lifetimes

Even if we assume Matassa is doing everything you say, that's one small, financially struggling local. And apparently he's not doing enough to even warrant an indictment.

And people can mention what few names they have, such as DeLeo, but the connections and whatever benefit the Outfit receives is often unclear. The connection to, and benefit from, Betty Loren Maltese was clear because there was an indictment; like Greylord and Gambat previously. Now, it seems were left with mostly vague connections and speculation more than anything.



I think it was $100 million. But even that was a faulty figure. One journalist gleaned it from another article, which was about the Outfit's video poker operations, and claimed it was the Outfit's total annual income. But the $100 million a year from video poker was based on the estimate of the Outfit having 1,000 machines (where did they get that?), each of which took in $100,000 a year. Even if you average out the take from each machine, they apparently didn't take into account the standard 50/50 split with the business where the machines are placed.

Anyway, I wouldn't go as far as to say "It's all over." It's still a viable family, albeit more like the other small remaining families outside New York. And we have seen guys still get killed now and again (Jarrett, Chiaramonti, and Zizzo).

So the FBI saying that deleo and banks are mobbed up is speculation and vague rumor?? They said it in plain English
Why did these people not sue the Feds and the tribune, if it wasn't true
Frank Calabrese said deleo is mobbed up, frank Calabrese has been proven in a court of law to be a reliable witness

I agree that DeLeo is mobbed up but what benefit the Outfit gets from that relationship today is unclear. And hardly amounts to it control of the 36th Ward. I'm not denying there are still some politicos with mob connections in Chicago today. But they seem to be few and far between, and the mob-related corruption much less pervasive today. And the lack of indictments regarding these things is evidence of that. Especially as more times goes by.

The $200 million figure I remember from Binder's book; I'd have to go back and check. I could be wrong. But that is interesting on how they came up with that... I know Fosco thought it was very inflated too, for what that's worth.

In terms of the murders and the question "if they still kill" look at it this way. It's estimated that since its founding the Outfit has been responsible for 3,000 murders. So if you broke it down between, say, 1920-1990, that's about 43 murders per year.

These days they haven't even committed a (known) murder since 2007.

In other words if you plotted it out on a chart it would something like the slope of Mt. Everest, and practically speaking we are at the bottom.

If it was a heartbeat the doctors would say "turn off the machine."

I'm not saying "it's over," as there are still guys out there making money.

But it's damn close.

Maybe on life support? I don't know, but it sounds like The Outfit has just about run it course. Looks like there will always be some type action, but things have obviously changed in Chicago.

Yeah, the writing is on the wall, just as it is for the other small families remaining outside New York.

It's about 1200 murders not 3k but still your very close(sarcasm)

There are three possible Outfit murders since 2009. The two Italian men on the Northside...I believe one has disappeared and the other was found dead. The third would be the restaurant owner whose house was set on fire in Lake County.

Whether these 3 were Outfit murders probably won't be known for 10-20 years.

The family is weakened, but still around. Several threads have been posted, but a made guy Carparelli and his crew were taken down. They were extorting businesses all over the country.

Here's one reference of many to the 3,000 stat.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/25/frank-calabrese-jr-mobster-shopped-dad

There are three possible alien landings since 2009.


That ANP stuff is wild conjecture.

How Are those three hits "wild conjecture" though? Research them, all signs point to the Cicero people.

HuronSocialAthletic: bobbytran looks like your Outfit troll thread was actually taken seriously by these people LOL!
bobbytran: Lol thanks for recognizing the joke, beleive me i hate the never ending debate as much as the next guy but i couldnt resist.
HuronSocialAthletic: it was golden. the "retaliation" from those who took it seriously (ivyleague) should be a good laugh. of course now that ive said something, it Probably won't happen.

Guess what's a good laugh now?

Lol buddy, give it up. Quit white knighting for your make believe friends on here. Still upset about your beloved Chicago (aka The Don, aka, the long lost forgotten son of Chuckie English LOL!) getting exposed as a loony tunes sociopath? You in particular invested a lot of compliments into him LOL!

This place is too much. I'm still laughing at "yesterfar' LOL!

You really think at this point in his life DiFronzo is going to risk everything by having a pill pusher bludgeoned to death.

You think after avoiding the drug trade, which they could have easily controlled completely, for 50 years he suddenly decides that he's going to turn his back on that policy so the doctor can kick up some cash from illegal pills to him every month?

Oh, then when they do decide to kill the guys, they make one disappear, then beat the other one to death.

When did I mention it had anything to do with John DiFronzo? He is irrelevant as far as the street Outfit is concerned at this point. As has been established many, many, many times. Too many. Yet you keep bringing up irrelevant figures like DiFronzo, Lombardo, etc.

If There Are knock Downs, they are ordered by the bosses: Jimmy Inendino, Solly DeLaurentis, Solly Cataudella, Toots Caruso.

"Which they could have easily controlled completely". How do you figure? The Outfit never opposed or avoided the drug trade, they welcomed it with open arms, and still do.

However, they were never in a position to "easily control it completely". Maybe for a very, very brief period, but even then, not likely at all.

I disagree they couldn't have easily controlled it up through the 80s. They had the political connections and everything else. But that's another debate.

Well, I don't know which 'theory of the crime' you are addressing. I am addressing the one proposed on ANP connecting the two men to the infamous Dr G.

If it was an Elmwood Park sanctioned hit I would imagine DiFronzo would still have to sign off on it. No?

Aren't all those people you mentioned from the south side anyway?

Yes but street activity like that immediately gets directed/redirected to the south side. Fosco is clueless, it has nothing to do with Elmwood Park.

The elmwood park crew

Well, that was the only Outfit related theory I heard, that they were potentially working for the dr.

That may be so, but difronzo wasn't, And any heavy work that took place has absolutely nothing to do with him. Wouldn't be surprised if He didn't even care to hear about it.

One time Fosco said something interesting that had an air of truth to it. He said someone went to Joey Andriacchi with a beef over something related to the street. Because it was a street thing, Joey A directed the guys with the beef to Monteleone to arbitrate because he wanted no part of it, and DiFronzo wanted no part of it. Monteleone had the #2 spot and the time, and he made a ruling and settled the matter. So the issue had been redirected “down south” as they say.

Well, what are your reasons for thinking it has anything to do with Cicero.

The evidence (or lack thereof) over the past several years shows the Outfit has little involvement in drugs today.

Cant they play cops and robbers.

What's involvement? I'm talking selling some coke/heroin/pills/etc here & There. The point was, they've never been opposed to it. Some bosses weren't a fan of it, but nevertheless, the myth that the Outfit was anti drugs is a myth.

Then why wouldn't they have gotten in on a major scale. Moving coke is a helluva lot more profitable than taking book, juice loans or burglary.

Wrong place, wrong time. They were catching intense heat when the coke movement really began to cement itself. Also, O'Brien wasn't the biggest fan of it (unless it was Marco D, of course. Lol.)