Edmond Valin is a guy in Canada who makes guesses at who the rat is in his Rat Trap articles, he has nothing at all to go by for certain. He also has a noted tendency to pick the highest person he can as his suspected rat, and blends actual reports that don't name the informer with his opinions where he gives the name of the informer as if it's fact.
Just another of a million people with blogs who think they are experts.

If you are referring to him outing Bill Bonanno then he is right. Bill Bonanno was indeed an informant for the FBI. As far as I know, he might stamp his name on the article, but there are others helping him.

No, Bonanno was an informant later in life, I agree. I was referring to the bloggers other stories I read. He would take a vague snippet of a document and twist it to fit his own narrative.

Thanks again little king much appreciated. Will check the Allan may one out now. I find the Mary Ferrell one too hard to use.

Edmond Valin is a guy in Canada who makes guesses at who the rat is in his Rat Trap articles, he has nothing at all to go by for certain. He also has a noted tendency to pick the highest person he can as his suspected rat, and blends actual reports that don't name the informer with his opinions where he gives the name of the informer as if it's fact.
Just another of a million people with blogs who think they are experts.

post a link cant find a rat trap .com just pops up literal rat traps

The Rat Trap article about Gambino Family rats was great

The one on Carmine Lombardozzi makes no sense, since he was pursued till the day he died by both the FBI and police, he kept doing time, and had one case after another in court in the last years of his activity. The blogger puts a few tidbits of info from various files together, and decides on his own that Carmine Lombardozzi was a source, he then puts it on a blog where it gets picked up by people online who just go with the story.

I too don't believe Lombardozzi was an informant, I think it was a soldier in his crew or at the very least, someone who knew Carmine.

In ´ndrangheta it´s allowed for a Santista (highranking member) to report some criminals to the police in order to prevent feuds and murders.

The one on Carmine Lombardozzi makes no sense, since he was pursued till the day he died by both the FBI and police, he kept doing time, and had one case after another in court in the last years of his activity. The blogger puts a few tidbits of info from various files together, and decides on his own that Carmine Lombardozzi was a source, he then puts it on a blog where it gets picked up by people online who just go with the story.

This 'Snake' of a Mafia Boss Was First Accused of Murder At 17

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/...a-boss-was-first-accused-of-murder-at-17

Frank Dimatteo strikes me as a man exaggerating and lying about his knowledge. Everything he says about Persico, form the Garfield Boys gang to his early arrests have been in older books or discussed multiple times on the internet. He grew up near the Gallos, but was not in their crew or close enough to know as much as he claims. I doubt he even knew Persico. Maybe he said hello to him once as a teen, that is not enough to fill a book. He'll still do it and make money.

He indicated in that article that he didn't know Persico but, due to his being around the Gallo crew, was raised to think Persico was a "rat." I've never read his first book so I have no idea how much he claims to have seen or heard. It helps that Michael Benson, a researcher, is there to help him write the book.

I the has Benson as a researcher, and I assume he is a good one, do you think the research will play a bigger part than DiMatteo's own knowledge? DiMatteo already wrote a book and has published many articles in his own magazine, I just can't believe him anymore. I looked at the article and everything he says is old news known for years.

This 'Snake' of a Mafia Boss Was First Accused of Murder At 17

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/...a-boss-was-first-accused-of-murder-at-17

I wonder where the carmine wants to go on 60mins and do a interview started. He gets 100yrs in 1987 hes still calling shots from lompoc. He order a handfull of hits the family loyaly did even killed a d.a.s dad. He appoints orena acting boss in 89. Where did the rumor come from. If he wanted to do a 60 min interview they would have been at the prison the next day. He seen what happen to joe bonanno.

Edmond Valin is a guy in Canada who makes guesses at who the rat is in his Rat Trap articles, he has nothing at all to go by for certain. He also has a noted tendency to pick the highest person he can as his suspected rat, and blends actual reports that don't name the informer with his opinions where he gives the name of the informer as if it's fact.
Just another of a million people with blogs who think they are experts.

I wonder where the carmine wants to go on 60mins and do a interview started. He gets 100yrs in 1987 hes still calling shots from lompoc. He order a handfull of hits the family loyaly did even killed a d.a.s dad. He appoints orena acting boss in 89. Where did the rumor come from. If he wanted to do a 60 min interview they would have been at the prison the next day. He seen what happen to joe bonanno.