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The 'Opting Out' Option
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08/28/12 08:37 PM
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Do you think that in the current climate of hard hitting indictments and law enforcements attention that most gangsters are 'opting out' of being made?
The only guy I can think of who did so was Peter Zuccaro.
Is declining membership a common thing? Is it frowned upon or dangerous?
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Re: The 'Opting Out' Option
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I will quote Anthony DeStefano's Mob Killer
"Peter 'Bud' Zuccaro, a Gambino crime family associate who testified against Charles Carneglia. Zuccaro aspired all his life to be a gangster but passed up the opportunity when the Mob wanted to initiate him into La Cosa Nostra"
He blames Gotti's flashiness and the changing face of La Cosa Nostra from secret society to being in the public eye as his reasoning.
From The New York Post
"After Gotti’s death, Zuccaro turned down the chance to become a made man after becoming disillusioned with the mob lifestyle.
He began drawing away from the Mafia and refused to take part in a hit on a Queens bagel shop owner who was suspected of having an affair with the wife of Gotti’s younger brother."
Okla: Lie to no one. If there 's somebody close to you, you'll ruin it with a lie. If they're a stranger, who the fuck are they you gotta lie to them?
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Re: The 'Opting Out' Option
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08/29/12 12:52 AM
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Is declining membership a common thing? I read in an article a while ago that it was quickly becoming more prevalent in modern times. Cause it paints a target on their backs for law enforcement and they make less money, as they have to be accoutable for a percentage of their earnings.
Last edited by AmericanCrime; 08/29/12 12:53 AM.
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Re: The 'Opting Out' Option
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Ivy League Im pretty sure said that since the 80's the Membership numbers have relatively stabalised
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Re: The 'Opting Out' Option
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I will quote Anthony DeStefano's Mob Killer
"Peter 'Bud' Zuccaro, a Gambino crime family associate who testified against Charles Carneglia. Zuccaro aspired all his life to be a gangster but passed up the opportunity when the Mob wanted to initiate him into La Cosa Nostra"
He blames Gotti's flashiness and the changing face of La Cosa Nostra from secret society to being in the public eye as his reasoning.
From The New York Post
"After Gotti’s death, Zuccaro turned down the chance to become a made man after becoming disillusioned with the mob lifestyle.
He began drawing away from the Mafia and refused to take part in a hit on a Queens bagel shop owner who was suspected of having an affair with the wife of Gotti’s younger brother."
I read that before, I completely forgot about it. My apologies.
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