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How would you run your family? #760182
01/24/14 07:08 PM
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Ok here's some questions on situations or just other general mob boss stuff


Where would you operate?

I'd operate in Los Angeles with 3 crews there each operating over bread-and-butter rackets such as Gambling, Loan Sharking and Extortion also I'd get guys from my crews into the porn business, working guys into the LA docks in Long Beach and getting a piece of all the strip clubs and rub/tug's massage parlors in and around LA, also I'd open up a Front company for protection of businesses (like Patsy in Sopranos) as a protection racket, each crew would have the duty to hold influence in a major union etc; Longshoremen, Laborers and Teamsters which would go towards construction projects, along with a crew in San Diego running the same kinda stuff, 2 soldiers in Vegas and Reno for clubs or whatever, (sounds like a good idea from the other guy that mentioned it) my crews would have 7-15 soldiers in them depending on how many were needed to run operations


What would your hierarchy be?

I know there's basic Associate, Soldier, Capo, Admin ranks but what other titles would you have specially for insulation.

I would be the Underboss/de-facto Boss involved in construction like Johnny Sack (keep a lower profile though) and all Capo's would have 2 Lieutenants (advisably)(Also another good idea from a guy posting below) guys would have certain operations such as guns, drugs and diamonds trafficking but it would be partnered with other ethic gangs such as the Irish with the guns, African Americans with the drugs and a Jewish crew with the diamonds it would be slightly hands on where one of my guys oversees this and takes his cut for being involved and if the one of the other crews gets busted me and my a lot of my guys aren't arrested but if the guy I put there is for some time I'll promise to take care of his family try save him ratting


High Profile or Low?

I'd be in the middle, stuff like no Cadillac Limo's or some stuff like that but maybe a car that the working man would have to work their ass off for like a BMW or Mercedes Exec car and then I would go out to clubs in nice suits but try keep it to my own family's clubs and not talk business there (just make it look like friends out enjoying themselves, with mistresses's on the weekend), my house would be middle class but secluded also my mother would live there and somebody I trust would be home 24/7 so the fed's wouldn't break in and bug me, my legit business would most likely involve waste management, I would have my son drive me even if he became Underboss, one last thing I would forbid use of my name like Gigante or Massino they must point at their nose to refer to me, Capo's and the Soldier's working partnerships with the ethnic gangs kickup only directly kick up to me and do it in installments (a few guys deliver the envolope to seperate locations and it's a different guy and location everytime then somebody I trust would collect it [preferably my son]) also passing orders would be through my lawyer who would carry it on a piece of paper have the guy I want the order passed to go to my lawyers office read the note and then the lawyer would burn it (the guys been paid by me it's perfectly safe)


Policy on Drugs?

I would allow drug dealing but Soldier's and Prospecting Associates ready to get 'straightened out' couldn't deal directly but one of their earners could be a dealer but if their dealing themselves they would be whacked (shelving increases risk of ratting if they continue afterwards), although as said above I would be partnered with the African Americans when it came to drugs


Meetings?

I would meet at big fields and have a trusted guy collect the person at short notice so if they were going to get a wire they wouldn't have time to put it on the one-to-one meetings would be basically out of the blue but mostly I'd send a messenger to meet with other Bosses and Capos but if I needed to speak to a Capo and feel him out for signs of being a rat or just shout at him for messing up his operations, sometimes I'd meet in my home but this meeting would involve the person being searched for a wire (my guys will understand it's procedure), full Capo and Admin meetings would be during a crisis such as rumors of indictments


Bringing guys in
I would ask that a prospecting member have a good money maker with a minimum kickup of $1,500 a week and to be known for 10 year's also I would do that Detroit relation thing and ask my made guys to recommend their sons for membership or to join as an enforcer/associate like Massino ensure loyalty


Finding out if guys are rats
I know this method is a bit Gotti but I would ask Capo's to make sure their soldiers meet up at a location at a certain time and if their late or don't turn up and then turn up another time the capo must then ask his excuse example; if it was the same as Pusy Bompensiero's then the soldier would stay at the meeting place while another guy went to collaborate his story (maybe we use a cop on the payroll if it's a hospital) if it doesn't check out we whack him plain and simple, the same will be done with those 3 soldiers with hands in the Guns, Drugs and Diamonds business


Indictments coming down
I would have a full family meeting and tell my Capo's to make sure their soldiers to keep everything on the low down and try to look legit as possible no new operations and collection on Drug profits must be laundered before it reaches a Soldier/Capo

The Soldier's working under me would be asked to collect one last kickup from the joint op's and I'd convince the other ethnic crew's to keep a low down so the Fed's don't realise were operating together (if they already haven't)


Note: If there's anything I missed out please say

Last edited by Philip_Lombardo; 02/05/14 07:33 AM.
Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #760226
01/25/14 12:28 AM
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Where would u operate:

I would base my business in a place that doesn't have a mafia presence like colorado, I would dominate the neighboring territory and place crews in open states like florida and california, I myself would live in a different state and order my men not to do anything illegal where I live at


Hierarchy:


I would have a 3 man capo regime running operations with a spokesperson to carry my messages to the panel, I would order my men to never mention my name, I would have 7 capos and I would have any additional capos placed under and answer to one of my 7 capos in a "christmas tree " structure, I would make it hard to be made and place a lot of responsibilities on my associates, I would give my capo regime the green light to whack people if they follow certain guidelines and give them permission to make people but only when I say


Profile:


I would be isolated in my state with a reputation as a business man, I would invest in business, donate to charity and go to church every week, I would always be seen with my family


drug policy:


I would limit my families involvment with drugs to wholesaling and I would only let my associates handle it


meetings:



I would only let my spokesperson meet with my capo regime, if I'm seen with any members of the family it would be in a social outing and they must never to discuss business in that social outing, I would just be one of the guys


p.s.: I would encourage my members to intermarriage


"McGurn likes you, so I make you. So you are now one of us, if you fuck up, we take it out on McGurn. He is your sponsor. Fuck up, it's his ass. You work in his crew, he is your capo."
Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #760238
01/25/14 01:43 AM
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Ok here's some questions on situations or just other general mob boss stuff


Where would you operate?

The rust belt cities are the best. St. Louis, KC, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore. Anywhere where there is no OC task force or FBI presence presently looking for Mob activity.

What would your hierarchy be?

Always an intermediary. I think the key is to stay off of recordings. What would be wrong with writing orders like murder or violence on a piece of paper, deleting the message, then crumpling up the paper and putting it back in your pocket?

High Profile or Low?

Low Low Low.
Look like a bum on paper. Live in a middle class house or whatever your legit job can afford. Cadillacs or whatever are fine, they're gingerbread. The real crime is the excessive assets and housing. Look middle class. Take a page from Uncle Joe's book. Better to never work a day in your life and live 60 years a free man as a middle class guy than 5 or 6 years as a Gotti style boss.


Policy on Drugs?

Is there any use avoiding it now a days? If you keep the drugs biz down to financing upstart street dealers you should be okay. Any of your high level guys that you have direct contact with should shield themselves from direct contact. The key is layers IMO.


Meetings?

Restaurants are fine but keep the kissing and fanboy spankbank material to a minimum. I like how the Tocco's do in Detroit. Nobody can forbid family from meeting family. Whoever suggested intermarrying is spot on.

That being said, any boss should prepare for a descent stint in prison. The Government is just really good. They'll find a way in, no matter how long it takes. The best you can do is damage control.

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Re: How would you run your family? [Re: FrankMazola] #760250
01/25/14 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted By: FrankMazola

What would be wrong with writing orders like murder or violence on a piece of paper, deleting the message, then crumpling up the paper and putting it back in your pocket?

I've always wondered why they don't write down orders to avoid wires. I'm sure some do that.

Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #760501
01/27/14 12:36 AM
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Where would you operate?
I would pick Texas, Houston perferable and try to get a crew in Dallas and San Antonio. I would have would have two capo's in Houston, one white collar, one blue collar. Place a soldier in Florida (Miami or Orlando), two soldiers in California (Bay area and southern California), and two soldiers in Navada (Reno and Las Vegas).

What would your hierarchy be?
Traditional, a boss has to be availible for his men even in this day of age. I would only confer with my underboss, consiglieri, capos, four or five soldiers that would serve has my drivers and bodyguards who I will know are loyal and reliable cause everyone has at least one sick day in the year, don't forget Paulie in The Godfather. Crew size of soldiers do not need to be ten under a capo, only need enough to maintian the family's influence in their areas.

High Profile or low?
I would try for a low profile.

Policy on drugs?
Depending on how well the profits are, I would only appoint one or two members of my family to oversee the operations, and they must share with the family, not me but I would be expecting a cut, but for members that are in jail, prison or hospital so their personal families are taken care of.

Meetings?
Associates have to stay in touch with their soldier, soldiers have to stay in touch with their capo, capos have to stay in touch with an administration member. Meetings in backrooms of joints or places that have been swept for bugs and surveillance of LE, that are safe. Meetings with other families, I would start and maintain a friendship with other families, I would maintain a good relationship with at least two of the New York City families, one of which would be the Lucchese family.

Bringing guys in?
I would follow whatever LCN guidelines there are for a prospect at the time, full blooded, half blooded italian ect. I would perfer if the candidate could trace his lineage to Sicily. I would have an associate be know for at least a decade, be loyal, reliable, being a good earner is not enough, but it does help. Candidates must be at least 30 years of age, not even the son of any administration member including one of my own sons can be may if they have yet to reach the age of 30. All prospects have to be vouched by at least three members of the family, capo brings the name forth to the administration and caporegime and to see if anyone has a problem with that candidate. I would allow some intermarriage, but i would perfer that members would allow thier children to think for themselves when it comes to marriage.


"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green
Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #760582
01/27/14 01:42 PM
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Where would u operate:

There are cities screaming for an organization. Cleveland being forst on the list

Hierarchy:
I would be invisable, no one talks to me but my underboss, who is both underboss and Consigliare rolled in to one
Strett bosses report only to the underbooss, Capos report only to Street Bosses. I would add the position of Lutenenet, who would be the buffer between the crews and the capo. Associates only need to know the name of the guy they kick up to.

Profile:
Completly buffered insulated


drug policy:
Shake down every drug dealer in my reach. RICO has made the penalty the same for drugs as any other offense so why not?


Meetings:
I meet only with my underboss, who meets only with the street biosses, and so on down the line

Bringing guys in?
Had to have made bones, did time without flipping, or be a legacy with air tight references from some very trusted people


Been there and done it
I am very much for real, so if you ask, make sure you really want to know.
Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #761074
01/30/14 03:07 PM
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Where would you operate?

I will be operating in Southern California and the border with Mexico, I have two crew in San Diego which through a construction company would build houses with tunnel to Tijuana to pass drugs and illegal immigrants, I also have two crew in Las Vegas and Reno and one in Los Angeles.

What would your hierarchy be?

Ndrangheta style with two societies:

A Major Soiciety: First the boss that is completely isolated from other criminal activities, then we would the cashier that deals exclusively with the money laundering, under the cashier, there would be santisti, which can be Italian or not and be police officers, politicians and all kinds of ties that needs to run the family.

A Minor Society: every crew must have from 7 to 20 soldiers,headed by a capitan
link with the crews and the Major Society is the street boss.

Herarchy

Boss Cashier

Santisti Street Boss

Captains

Soldiers

High Profile or Low?

I would use a low profile except when I would have to do with other bikers as criminals or other gangs, I would hide behind the facade of honest businessman perhaps as a builder, I would also interest in porn and in any other activity which I was able to get my hands , ostenterei only what I could buy with that which apparently gain.
I would make sure that only the people that I trust blindly know that they are the boss, use technology to prevent eavesdropping and would prohibit the use of my name, maybe I would use pieces of paper to give orders (like Provenzano).


Policy on Drugs?

I would make a alliance with both bikers with both black and Latino gangs that with my contacts with the Ndrangheta would buy both arms and drugs, and given to my allies to sell them on the street and then divide the profits, these profits a part goes to the crew of the territory. I would use the bikers for transfer to all the Southern California to Los Angeles. However, the soldiers that use or sell drug directly will die.


Meeting ?

Only with the ally for the contact with the crews there are the street boss

Making Guys ?

If a captain or soldier can indicate a possible made man, this has ten years to prove to be worthy ie to be a good earner, to be loyal and smart, but above all ready to kill everyone even his friend or a relative. I'll examine each candidate through the investigators (social security numbers, etc.) to prove where he was born etc for understand if he is an undercover agent.


Finding out if guys are rats

by corruption anyone can give me information if my man is an informant or a rat, or if there are serious suspicions, kill immediatly the man sospect.

Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #761582
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Avoiding a war?

If you see a war with another family in the midst how do you avoid it?

I'd have a sit-down with another families upper echelon along with mine and discuss the problem (say it was a bit like the one in sopranos that led to the end series war) I would try reach a fair accommodation and tell them which way the cold wind blows when it comes to my territory

If they were too stubborn and it looked like they might try to kill my guys, I'd tell my crews to hideout in specified safe-houses and I would hide out with my Consigliere and Front Boss in a family owned motel outside of town and send messengers to my Capo's on who to kill, the safe-houses would change once a month throughout the duration ordering my Irish, African-America or Jewish allies to perform hits, in the meantime I would try reach out to another family to be mediators

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Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #761623
02/03/14 02:09 PM
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If a run a family,a make an alliance with the bikers and the Latinos,but I've also my firegroup for prove that I'm not afraid to pull the trigger, perhaps using the associates led by a couple of trusted and ruthless made men.

Phil,a what war and against who you are in mind ?

Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #761699
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where would you operate ?

Classic: New York City. Ten crews enough. I would seperate my crews each on some kind of speciality: let's say one for gambling, one for hits: a hit squad, one for labors, construction etc., one for traditional racketeering, one for bookmaking etc. one for whorehouses, one for let's say big robberies, one for smuggling, one for dope business (that would made up by guys i can waste easily), one for other stuff ...

what would your hierarchy be ?

tought capos. very tough. also talented on making money. each would need to respect the code and can control their ambitions. for each capo, there would be three or two champion lieutenants, made guys, proved theirselves with both murder and money making. my underboss would be my fixer: smart but tough, problem solver, street smart but loyal and consigliere would be a real strategist, who would be forward-looking wise man.

high profile or low ?

well, i would bite other families some little, to show that i'm dangerous and they needed to be well with me. but i wouldn't do it like Galante, i would know how to share. when it comes to violence, i would like to keep it low since there's no necessary, but i would make some of people example, by using some violent stuff.

policy on drugs ?

well, one crew on drugs. effective, smart crew who only my underboss would get contact with, i would never reach them as a first, second or even third person. and that drug crew would made up by guys i can waste easily, doesn't mean anything to me. because if dope guys flip, everybody's f.cked up.

meetings ?

i would go meetings alone. no driver, no enforcer. i would wear casually, like jeans, hockey jackets etc. and i would make my meetings alone. because i wouldn't need any bodyguards, if the things were in that position and i'm under danger with the meeting, that already means i'm a bad boss.

bringing guys in ?

murder ! murder is the code ! if they flip, they'll also get it up in the .ss. so that would make them think twice. also i would bring guys in who believe in some sort of honour code, just as Sonny Black Napolitano or Tommy Pitera: tough and wise guys.

finding out if guys are rats

i would try to make sure. but i wouldn't take it so long. i wouldn't always punish the capos bring rats in. but if i'm sure the guy's 60 percent or 70 percent a rat, i would erase him.

Avoiding a war ?

i would try to take commission on my side firstly. Then i would seek for a peace, but with the commission having sympathy on me, i would act dare against some other family.

if the commission against me, let's say if my family's like Bonanno's or Colombo's, the traditional ones, i would take the other one on my side and rival with the other three till death. on that i would make sure my team's loyal to me, i would make them happy, rich and respected.

in war, i would do simultaneous moves: once if you're facing with'em, you take'em all out of picture: each small cool hit squad for each boss, underboss or capo.

street or my mansion ?

street. i would spend time in social clubs with casual wearings. i would keep my physic strong, muscular to make sure guys around me doesn't count me as a week in physic. I would play cards with'em, with my champion capos, play chess to show that i'm both street smart and intelligent. sure i would read books but not in front of many tough guys, but i would make it known that i'm a reader. and in once incident, i would beat up some guy, like Tony did in Sopranos to that muscular guy, but i would beat up someone really deserves it, so that would show i'm both brains and brawns, even i'm not that kind of enforcer.

rapists ? abusers ?

no ! there would be no room in my family for guys like Sam DeStefano or Tommy DeSimone, any sexual abuser in my family, i would make him disappear, even if he's a good earner. so that way i would earn respect from tough but honorable guys as Sonny Black or Gigi Cestone kind of guys.


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Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #761719
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Where would you operate?

Nashville, TN. With branches in Birmingham & Atlanta. Main business will be Gambling, Bootlegging, and Cigarette Trafficking. Also Bribery and Money Laundering.

What would your hierarchy be?

Committee, Supervisors, Representers, and Associates. Committee consists of Advisors over each city; Supervisors, one under each advisor, manages the teams and select a representer from each team; Representers collect the team's dues and gives a report log to the supervisor. Each team is involved in a specific field. Associates are treated as equal partners therefore a 50/50 cut.

High Profile or Low?

Low. Everybody blend in like regular joes.

Policy on Drugs?

No members involved in drug trade. Members caught involved will be expelled and received no support. If that person becomes a liability afterwards will disappear.

Meetings?

Only in case of emergencies. The Committee and supervisors will meet in a congested public place and softly talk in codes.

Bringing guys in?

I only recruit when needed and they must be sponsored by a member and half a year of work while an associate. Go through a trial of trust, loyalty, and unity.

Finding out if guys are rats?

A couple of my guys infiltrate the police department as detectives.

Wars?

Avoid it as much as possible and do sit downs.


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Re: How would you run your family? [Re: Philip_Lombardo] #766417
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Alternatively

Where would you operate
-4 borough's of New York, a crew in Jersey and one in Miami operations would involve traditional Gambling, Hijacking, Loan Sharking but have Construction, Trucking and Waste Management and Drug Trafficking could only be done by the lowest level guys

Hierarchy
-4 Capos in Brooklyn and one in Queens running mainly Blue Collar operations (although I would encourage they get involved in waste management operations etc) represented by an Underboss with a 2 crew's in the Bronx and 2 in Manhattan operating White Collar operations with a few Blue also represented by an Underboss, the crews in Jersey and Miami would be represented by me.

Profile
-I would own a bar in Little Italy with an apartment above it which would be my home but I would also own a chain of bakery's around New York to show income for my car, I would wear suits sometimes while out with the guys (with a family member guarding my apartment from FEDS) but mainly Suits would be for Weddings, Funerals and Court

Drugs
-Made members must not deal drugs directly but can have somebody deal it for them but this person must be prepared to say he was alone and not working for my guy otherwise he'll be whacked by my Made man (if he fails to do so both will be), people prospecting to become made men must drop dealing as they get closer to joining the family officially.

Meetings
-I would meet in my apartment and other random places but the only people I would meet with is my Consigliere and my two Underbosses, my Jersey Capo once a month and my Miami Capo once every 3 months but if it is necessary that I meet with one of my other Capos I will such as if I was to give him a new operation or bring a guy into his crew

Bringing guys in
-Guy's wanting to be made must be represented by a Capo, a Soldier from that Capo's crew and another Soldier in the family and I must have met him at least twice before within the space of two years before his proposition

Finding out if guys are rats
-I know this method is a bit Gotti but I would ask Capo's to make sure their soldiers meet up at a location at a certain time and if their late or don't turn up and then turn up another time the capo must then ask his excuse example; if it was the same as Pusy Bompensiero's then the soldier would stay at the meeting place while another guy went to collaborate his story (maybe we use a cop on the payroll if it's a hospital) if it doesn't check out we whack him plain and simple, the same will be done with those 3 soldiers with hands in the Guns, Drugs and Diamonds business

Avoiding wars
-If another family is trying to muscle my operations or beats up some of my guys I'd reach out to another family to be peace settlers

Fighting wars
-I would assign hit-men to certain top members of the enemy

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Where would you operate?
As said earlier by a member, Houston, Texas. I've lived here all my life and I have to say, if anyone wanted to make a new Crime Family (assuming their isn't one), Houston is the place to do it. Only downside I see in Houston is the FBI Sub-Branch located in Downtown Houston.

As for my personal operations I'd have three crews directly in Houston, and two crews located on the outskirts of Houston.
Inner City Crew #1
The location of this crew would be in North Houston, around Bush Intercontinental Airport. Obviously, this crew would be heavily involved in theft of goods located in airport hangars, truck hijackings, a chop shop due to the vast option of vehicles in the parking lots (use of the airport could come in handy when it came to shipping parts off), and day-to-day rackets (i.e. numbers, illegal gambling, extortion),

Inner City Crew #2
This crew would be located in the Galleria, how I see it where the middle class can comfortable move and become the upper class and expand from there in life. With the Galleria (Houston's most infamous mall) extortion would be a must for this crew. Not to mention the fact that millions of individuals visit this mall annually (especially teenagers), so pushing drugs would be permitted for Outsiders and newly Connected Associates (however only selling to their outsider(s)). Located in the Galleria's parking lots are everything you could dream of, Fords, Mercedes, Cadillac, etc. So a chop-shop would be a superb racket for this crew as the vehicle selection would be in great abundance.

Inner City Crew #3
My third Crew for inner Houston would have to be the Houston Ship Channel despite it being more towards the outer edge of the city. This crew would steal cargo from ships, boat hangers, warehouses, etc. Extortion of local shrimping/crabbing companies would be a fantastic option for the crew, along with the day to day rackets as mentioned above.

Outer City Crew
The following two crews come from my personal experience growing up here. Katy, Texas is completely and utterly untouched by any criminal groups despite the recent and large influx of Motorcycle Clubs (Most of them are family clubs, how ever some wear 30%'er patches, and I've seen a Hells Angel a time or two). As far as I know, all we have are mass amounts of street gangs, meth labs, and small time crack downs. My first Crew would be located in Downtown Katy. The main street is covered by small time family owned businesses that could use a good shake down, not to mention Katy's mall "Katy Mills Mall", is a prime location for pushing drugs, car theft, and extortion. Katy is a Agricultural based town, it would be a hard task, but to begin a Agricultural Union, or perhaps influencing one already made (not too sure), would be a big priority of mine personally for my Captain to look into.

Outer City Crew #2
My final crew would be located in La Centerra, just south of Katy in Cinco Ranch. Here the homes sell for anywhere from $10,000,000 to $150,000,000. This is /the/ place to find any high rollers worth pushing around. With a large shopping center extortion, drugs, and once again car theft are prime rackets. You'd be more likely to find Exotic Sports Cars in Cinco Ranch that the Galleria as funny as it sounds.

What would your hierarchy be?
My hierarchy would be the following

  • Boss
  • Consigliere
  • Underboss
  • Street Boss
  • Captain
  • Lieutenant (At least one per Captain)
  • Soldier
  • Associate
  • Outsider

Now why would I use Street Boss? Well when I picture the mob, I picture the lower guys doing the dirty work, being the ones in the spot light, they're typically young and naive. Myself (as Boss), my Consigliere, and my Underboss would go around acting like an exclusive group of close friends. We'd talk business in random spots. While we're looking innocent, my Street Boss would be out in the field, collecting, enforcing, and making decisions to make the family better over all.

I'd have a soldier that I trusted do my things for me. Call people, talk to people, drive me places, be my own personal gunman basically. Although this seems like a personal position, for doing what I'd consider a highly valiant job, the individual would always be considered when the books open for being moved to Captain if a applicable replacement is at my disposal.

High Profile or Low?
Low Profile would be my style, but I know for a fact it would never go that way, so I'll have to swing for the middle. Depending on what I did as a legal cover would depend on what I would own, in due time of course, the last thing I want to do is be arrogant and by a expensive home, car etc. I'd make sure anyone who drove anything that looked suspicious got the message verbally and given a month to fix it, after that time I would see to that they'd be forced to get a new vehicle after finding their vehicle in a tragic accident... Everything would depend on rank in the end, your time, your annual income from your legal cover etc. As for me personally since Houston is a large Corporate based Oil Town, I'd probably swing my way in a Managerial Position at a Corporate Oil Office.


Policy on Drugs?
Drugs would be allowed as the City of Houston runs on narcotics in all honesty. However, I wouldn't want anyone to sell drugs once they've become connected for more than six months after meeting their Captain. If they keep it going after six months, they're gone. Associates can supply their outsiders to sell for them, but they cannot sell directly to civilians or even gang members.

Meetings?
Meetings would be held randomly every week at completely random times with nothing being uniform. However all meetings would contain my Faction Administration (Boss, Consig, UB, Street Boss). From there the Street Boss would round up my Captains, then my Captains my soldiers if need be. At these meetings, anyone could be ordered to strip for a wire at any point in time, this is not however exclusive to meetings, and will be made highly apparent the day the individual is introduced and becomes a connected man.

Bringing guys in
My kick ups wouldn't be set in stone, you send up what you think you should send up, but if you try to jerk me over with a silly kick up, I'll jerk your leg out of its socket. As long as you're Caucasian you'd be allowed to become Connected, however blacks and hispanics would be allowed to become Outsiders.

Finding out if guys are rats
Simple, I'll run the DeCavalcante way, if someone seems suspicious they go. I have no time to waste when it comes to a criminal organization as large scale as the one I have described here for you. Depending on who the individual will depend on the precautions taken. If my top earner has been gone for a couple of days, he'll be randomly stripped every week or so. However, all my members will be wire stripped weekly for a two month period before it slowly dying down to every two to three months.

Indictments coming down
When indictments come I stay. I begin to slowly start spending more time at my "legal job" and conduct private meetings in my office via messengers having it swept every four days to keep an irregular schedule possibly making it three then five to throw off anyone bugging my office. During times of indictments, earning will become focus #2 with focus #1 being clean your act up so they don't kick your door down while you're sorting out firearms.

This is how I would run my family, I understand there's probably more than a dozen or so major issues/loop holes, but I consider myself fairly new to the LCN world.


One last little edit real quick.
I'd have a wife, with the mindset similar to Mrs. Underwood in House of Cards. Very charismatic, smart, amazing with words, and sexy. I'd back her and assist in major projects she's interested in running to allow for even further legal coverage of myself, i.e. starting a real estate company and becoming one of the CFO's of the entire organization allowing for numerous offices to meet at.

Last edited by Skygee; 03/21/14 12:02 AM.

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