Yeah, whats he on the list for
he was a greedy boss, collecting membership tax but in general he was an okay guy

joeph Profaci was a very greedy boss, forcing members to pay $ 25 a month, as an old Sicilian tradition, to help the families of mafiosi in prison, in reality, stayed with Profaci. Profaci didn't tolerate any dissent to his policies.Profaci didn't tolerate any dissent to his policies. People who expressed discontent with the tithing policy or other matters were murdered.When he ordered to kil Frank Abbatemarco, a bookmaker, and split the profits between himself, his relatives and his colose associates, instead of giving it to the Gallo brothers, who had more right because they are already cooperating with Abbatemarco,Gallos began to rebels to Profaci.When Gaetano Lucchese and Carlo Gambino proposed him to withdraw, to avoid the impending war with the Gallos , he refused, because he thought (and perhaps he was right) that the two were in agreement with Gallo, and said he would set off a gang war if they tried to dismiss it.
And so began the First Colombo War

He was the one who founded the family. Without him the Colombo's wouldn't be there to be ruined in the first place.

Colombo wasnt liked that much, i think Profaci was more respected. After all Colombo did draw heat towards Cosa Nostra with his early Gotti type career.

Yeah, but that didn't hurt him half as much as that silly Italian-American Civil Rights League crusade. In theory, a good organization, but when it's run by the very stereotype that we're railing against (Italians as criminals), it was really kind of ridiculous.

Shouldn't Amuso be up there before or with Casso, because he was actually the boss for a few years, and seemed to be just as nuts as Casso.

That's a good point. Casso turning rat kind of let Amuso off the hook by comparison. But back in the '80s, Amuso was just as insane. Crazy part is, a lot of people believe that Casso was Tony "Ducks" choice for his successor, but Casso deferred to Amuso for some reason. Either way, they were both crazy as shithouse rats. Still, Amuso does have his loyalists. Because if nothing else, he's no rat.

I think Casso deserves the upper spot, sure Amuso is mad and crazy but Casso is of a different calibre.

Casso was Tony Ducks choice for Boss but he turned it down cause he knew the new Boss would have target from the FBI on their back so he suggested Amuso be made Boss and he stay as Consigliere. Amuso and him were very close friends before they were known as "Vic and Gas" by the guys in the family, Casso was much more outspoken than Vic and thus he was able to control Amuso through his actions.

Casso would not have been the first choice for Boss, because there werent any qualified guys left to replace Corallo. Casso was a good earner, thats all.

Amuso does seem to be well liked to this day by some, I've read post on other forums from guys that knew him, and they seem to have a lot of respect for him, or he might just have a big family. The whole transition after Tony Ducks went down seems sketchy. Some sources say he made Buddy Luongo the boss, and then he was killed a short time later by Amuso. If that is true people must have really been afraid of him and Casso because there was no attempts against their lives by other members in the family after killing the active boss. I read the book about Casso by Carlo, and I don't remember them talking much about the Luongo hit.

yes, this photo was taken when Nardi was still alive

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Vincent D'onofrio as John Nardi in the movie (to kill the) Irishman.

John Nardi could have a very promising future in the Cleveland Family, however, too independent and arrogant don't want to wait to become a made man, in 1976 the family pocketed a lot of money during the feast of the Assumption in Cleveland's Little Italy,Nardi wanted a part of profits, but Leo Moceri the family unddrboss laughed in the face of nardi, his murder began the war. Nardi allied with the Irish gangster Danny Greene.
In the summer of 1976, Moceri disappeared; in August his Mercedes-Benz sports car was found soaked in blood. Greene and Nardi then went after Eugene "the Animal" Ciasullo, the family's most feared enforcer. Ciasullo was seriously injured by a bomb placed on his front porch.
In 1976, after the Moceri murder, Licavoli and new underboss Angelo Lonardo went to New York to talk to Anthony Salerno, the titular head of the New York Genovese crime family. The two Cleveland mobsters wanted Salerno's help in murdering Greene and Nardi. Nardi and Greene had previously taken a trip to New York to discuss a partnership with Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano about a meat business venture in Texas. Salerno agreed to speak to Castellano and to have Nardi and Greene murdered on their next trip to New York. However, neither Greene or Nardi travelled to New York again.

There were two murder attempts on Nardi's life by Cleveland family mafiosi Butchie Cisternino and Allie Calabrese prior to his eventual murder. They tried to assassinate Nardi in Little Italy with a high-powered rifle. Another attempt was made a few days later when a shotgun blast was fired at Nardi from a moving car. In response to these murder attempts , Nardi threatened that everyone responsible for taking shots at him would be killed.
Just weeks before his death, Nardi granted an interview to a reporter inquiring about a rumor that Licavoli and he were feuding. During the interview, Nardi stated that he and Licavoli were lifelong friends and vehemently denied the allegations that there was a feud between them. He also denied that Danny Greene worked for him stating that they were just friends.
On May 17, 1977, in Cleveland, a bomb was placed in car next to Nardi's vehicle in the rear of the parking lot of the Teamsters Joint Council 41, across from the musicians union. When Nardi left his office and entered into his vehicle, the bomb was detonated by remote control. The impact from the explosion had blown away both of Nardi's legs. According to the book To Kill the Irishman by Rick Porrello, as Nardi was being pulled away from the wreckage, Nardi whispered "It didn't hurt" in a final act of defiance. He was pronounced dead within minutes.

Just is picture alone is scary enough I would hate to meet this guy in person.

He looks rather funny imo.

Gregory Scarpa was for years the best soldier and member of the Persico faCTION in the third Colombo war, but since the '60s he is an FBI informant, according to some this is the reason because Carmine Persico has done so often in prison. Having to submit to a blood transfusion, he preferred to accept the blood of his men, however, didn't know that one of them, perhaps Paul Mele, was hiv positive.
He was a bodybuilder who abused steroids and could have taken the disease from a infected needle. Scarpa to justify his failing health told everyone he had cancer. After he was arrested in 1992 and admitted to being an informer, he convict
all members of his faction; was sentenced to 10 years for three murders, died of AIDS nell'1994. Because of him and his mistress Linda Schiro, Lyndsey DeVecchio an FBI agent, who was the contact of Scarpa, was accused and then acquitted of corruption.

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Scarpa,in prison before die.

Carmine Persico, said the snake, and the immortal. Still boss of the Colombo family in prison since 1987, the only survivor of the commission trial, Joe Pistone in his book says that once was so stupid because of it easy in a case he gets 14 years instead of 1. Initially it was in the Gallo faction, then passed to the winning side, and nearly died in the attack by the warp Gallo in retaliation.Although incarcerated for the rest of his natural life, Persico formed the "Lompoc Four", a band in which Russo played guitar and Persico played the drums, as well as participating in the annual prison rodeo competition

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Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 to June 14, 1986) was a member of the Family of Chicago (the outfit). He worked in Las Vegas in the 70 and 80. His job was to protect and monitor the illegal profits of the mafia in casinos.
Anthony Spilotro was known by the press as the "Tony the Ant" (Tony the Ant), because of its size (1.55 m). He was born and raised in Chicago, a family of five children. His parents Pasquale and Antoinette Spilotro, emigrants originating Triggiano, city located in Italy in the province of Bari , managed an Italian restaurant in Chicago. With his brothers John, Michael and Victor, Tony began his criminal activities very young. (Two other brothers have managed to avoid the attraction of crime: one of them, Pasquale Jr., became a highly respected dentist in the Chicago area.)
A dunce at school, dropped the Spilotro Steinmetz High School in its second year, and began to commit a series of petty crimes. He was arrested many times while walking in the streets. In these streets he met Vincent "The Saint" Inserro, who presented the crime figures in Chicago such as Joseph Aiuppa, Jimmy "the Turk" Torrelló, Joseph Lombardo and William Daddano Sr. All those men who become senior members in the Family of Chicago. The mentors were Spilotro Sam "Mad" DeStefano, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio and Charles Nicoletti, all serious killers. Tony became a member of the Family of Chicago in 1963.
In 1971, Spilotro succeeded Marshall Caifano as a representative of the Outfit in Las Vegas (Nevada). Spilotro was sent to Vegas with his old childhood friend, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, a bookmaker of Jewish origin, who ran several casinos run by the family, including the Stardust. Spilotro and Rosenthal worked together to divert the profits of casinos and send to the families of Cosa Nostra in the Midwest, particularly the family of Chicago. When Rosenthal was responsible for the management of casinos, Spilotro's primary role was to control casino employees and other personnel involved in the embezzlement of casino profits. Since his arrival in Vegas, Spilotro and his team racket bosses of casinos, bookmakers, small drug dealers. In short, he wanted to make Las Vegas its territory. The problem was that the boss of Chicago sent him to Vegas to watch the casinos of the Family, not to get noticed. On top of that, the role of Spilotro was severely reduced after the Gaming Commission of the State of Nevada has put on their blacklist, in December 1979. The blacklist is a law that prohibits the entry of all casinos located in the state of Nevada. At about the same time, Spilotro formed a team of jewel thief with his friend Frank Culotta he knew the gang "Hole in the Wall" (hole in the wall). Their gang was called so because they burglarized jewelry making holes in walls. Spilotro invested their illegal profits by opening a jewelry store and a restaurant. At that time, his relationship with Rosenthal have started to deteriorate after Spilotro had had an affair with Rosenthal's wife, Geraldine McGee.
In addition, the relationship with Spilotro his wife Nancy became increasingly difficult, and their heated discussions often ended with strong arguments, with physical violence. (Note: Tony Spilotro had a son with his wife Nancy, named Vincent. During childhood Vincent, Tony Spilotro was returning each morning to prepare breakfast for her son and take him to school, he invariably this ritual, although the night he committed a robbery or murder.)
Spilotro was blacklisted casinos that were supposed to monitor, it generated media attention with his business of murder and theft of jewelry, and did not respect the honor code of the Mafia, which stipulates the prohibition of sleep with the wife of another mobster or a partner. All these factors caused the fall of Spilotro. With the rise of a new boss in the family of Chicago, Joe Ferriola, the decision to kill Spilotro was taken. With his brother Michael, Tony Spilotro was brutally beaten with baseball bats and buried in a cornfield in the state of Indiana, near St. Anne, Illinois. After an autopsy on the bodies of two brothers, FBI forensic experts have concluded that Tony and Michael Spilotro were buried alive. No arrest was not made until April 25, 2005, when 14 members of The Outfit (including the renowned chef James Marcello) were arrested for 18 murders including those of the Spilotro brothers.
"Tony the Ant" is suspected of participating in some 22 murders. Spilotro was known for his involvement in the murders of James Miraglia and Bill McCarthy in 1962, better known as "M & M Murders" (M & M Murders) Spilotro McCarthy put his head in a vise, making out his eyeballs from his head, immortalized by the famous scene from Martin Scorsese film Casino. Miraglia and McCarthy were two burglars who had killed two gangsters, brothers Scalvo (Ronald and Phillip), and that also owed money to Sam DeStefano, Spilotro's mentor. The bodies of two men were found in the trunk of a car May 15, 1962, in Chicago. The two bodies had been badly beaten, their throats were sliced and McCarthy's head was completely distorted, with one eye. Tony Spilotro was subjected to all kinds of torture McCarthy, for example, he sprayed his face with gasoline and set fire to, to know the name of his accomplice, in this case James Miraglia.
Spilotro was probably involved in a bomb attack against Rosenthal October 4, 1982.
Spilotro was also implicated in the murder of his former mentor Sam "Mad" DeStefano April 15, 1973, at the time or Sam, his brother Mario and Spilotro were all on trial for the murder of Leo Foreman, a collector local Mafia, who was brutally tortured to death by Sam DeStefano.
The character of Nicky Santoro, mafioso nasty, bloodthirsty and power, beautifully played by Joe Pesci in the movie Casino, is largely based on Tony Spilotro.

I've said similar before. Guys like D'Arco and Ricciardi always overstate Casso and Amuso's psychopathy to justify their own flakiness. D'Arco turned his own children into junkies and blamed it on his bosses. And Ricciardi wasn't the saint that Manhattan Mob Rampage would have you believe - look at Seton Hall and the golf club beating on Craparotta.

They were all as bad as each other.

Chiodo was the only high profile guy who ratted with any justification.

Moe, to use the words rat and justification in the same sentence just doesn't make sense to me...They know way beforehand what that life is all about before signing up, so....


Anyway, maybe if he got "The Tick Special" he would have thought twice about doing what he did. LOL

angelo ruggiero and j.g, ... vic gas,.. nicky scarfo, tony cap.. joe messino,killed all his tough guys. left shit i.e. t.g. et al ....vin palermo,

"They call me "Tick" because the minutes will feel like hours when Bruno and Sal here beat you to within an inch of your life and make you suck my dead dick".

Tick tock... tick tock... tick tock... tick tock...

"Now tell me where D'Arco is or I will give new meaning to the expression rusty trombone".

Hahaha...You are one, sick in the head, son o bitch!

I think Carmine Persico did far more damage than Orena ever did.

What about Phil Rastelli? He was an ineffectual boss, wasn't he? Donnie Brasco, excessive drug dealing, Carmine Galante, the Three Capos' revolt, getting thrown off the Commission because of Donnie Brasco/drug dealing/internal warfare since the 1960s, behind bars most of the time, family shut off from most of inter-LCN joint rackets such as construction/labor unions/garbage.

Phil Rastelli has to be on that list. During his tenure as Boss, Was he even on the streets? If so, What years? You had the 3 capos revolt, and the Carmine Galante incident, which i think damaged the family.

By the 1980s, the Bonannos were the laughing stock of the mob. Nobody from the other families took them seriously.

3 Capos, Donnie Brasco, etc. and the list goes on and on.