Those government snakes really don't have a life.

Miljanic was sentenced to six years in prison in Italy in 2010 for cocaine trafficking. He was given work release four years later, but he ditched the program and escaped to the U.S.

For years, OCCRP, KRIK, and Czech news outlet Investigace.cz have been following Group America — a decades-old criminal organization with roots in New York and the Balkans, believed to have been run by Miljanic.

Reporters discovered that it operates in dozens of countries and is suspected of supplying Europe with tonnes of cocaine from South America.

The group has a reputation for dismembering rivals with chainsaws, assassinating prominent government figures, and working with spy organizations.

This guy is one of the most UN-ASSUMING, LCN members you will ever see.

You would never know who he was if you were sitting next to at a table in a restaurant making small talk.

The FBI has their work cut out for them.

I think best case for them is they throw a BS indictment against him offer him a BS plea just so they can say they nailed him.

I'll give it to the Gambino's they have flown well under the radar for a while with the administration, sans Cali freaky demise, being rather untouched for a decade or more

He''s been a target for a long time. I have always heard that if they (LE) want to get you, they will.

Well...not exactly. I mean obviously I'm here 'cause I'm fascinated by the Mafia genre like everyone else here, but let's not actually pretend like these guys aren't criminals. Brilliant criminals perhaps, with a storied history and a certain code of honour, perhaps, moreso than other criminals - but my God, it's the Government's *job* to catch and prosecute known offenders. Of course the government is trying to uphold the law - and thank God they are.

And I think even the most hardened old time LCN guys would agree with that - if you could catch them, the right way, they'd take their sentence and do their time. That's the game.

If someone else in the life kills them, that's the game too. Nobody in that life is under any illusions about that.

Lorenzo Mannino is a leader in a major, ongoing criminal conspiracy against the public. Don't lose sight of that.

100%

Everyone is attracted to the "Good Life" most of these gangsters have these guys grow up poor, but the State has to enforce the law otherwise it will be like the Wild West.

Let's cut the bullshit shall we, the government's pursuit of the mob has nothing to do with morality but everything to do with ego and saving face. Not to mention they get more funding and promotions etc from such pursuits. Their pride is hurt because this guy has managed to escape their grasp for decades, but Lorenzo Mannino isn't taking 30% of our hard-earned paychecks, the government is.

The FBI isn't focused on the Italians anymore, they investigate anyone who are breaking the Law even Donald Trump!

What?

Chinese, Russian, Greek, Middle Eastern immigrants do NOT gamble?
No one from their own community services their vices?

No Chinese Whores? That Chinese men pay for?
No Greek Loan Sharks?

No middle eastern gambling places getting raided?

Where are the indictments?

Let's look at all the cases brought against Italians vs all other nationalities combined.

If you added up all other nationalities combined and looked at their indictments for gambling and loan sharking in the last 5 years, compare that to cases against Italians....

And then tell me the Gov't does not have a problem with Italians.

So, it is either that no other nationality likes to gamble, and they have no one from within the community to service their own OR the Gov't is PREJUIDICE against ITALIANS.

Which one is it?

Busts against other ethnicities happen all the time. Why don't you show the evidence Italians are targeted more often by L.E than others.

The bottom line is that investigations and arrests targeting Italians and the so-called "Mafia" sell. The prosecutors get their funding approved from Washington. LCN is "sexy" and sells newspapers and garners headlines. The mystique, the funny nicknames, the "code of honor." All these things conjure up images of The Godfather. To this very day, the public loves it!

These other groups you speak of? Not so much! Nobody knows or cares about a Jose Rivera, Gui Chin, or a Sergi Nemerov

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The bottom line is that investigations and arrests targeting Italians and the so-called "Mafia" sell. The prosecutors get their funding approved from Washington. LCN is "sexy" and sells newspapers and garners headlines. The mystique, the funny nicknames, the "code of honor." All these things conjure up images of The Godfather. To this very day, the public loves it!

These other groups you speak of? Not so much! Nobody knows or cares about a Jose Rivera, Gui Chin, or a Sergi Nemerov
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Well said. No one cares about the bloods , crips, latin kings, mexican mafia, or other ethnic organized crime. They dont sell newspapers. There certainly isnt anything sophisticated about bloods and crips.
I remember a few years back when a so called leader of the latin kings was arrested at a mcdonalds( im serious). He was wearing baggy pants and dressed llike a 12 year old. He was in his 40’s and looked ridiculous.

Law enforcement and headlines. Just captured El Chapos son. What about the million other cartel scumbags. The government just gave El Mayo's son some sweet ass deal. All i know is to stay away from them. If they want you they will get you and the nonsense against Italians is truly deplorable. Knowing that, you think these guys would try a lot harder to become legit.

The FBI combats drug trafficking by focusing investigations and prosecutions on entire criminal enterprises rather than on individuals.

@ BensonHURST

Gambling is not a priority for FBI anymore yeah there are some cases but it's socially accepted, drug trafficking, weapons trade, violence, extortion that are the crimes.

Aren’t all known alleged bosses being targeted or looked at? Seems like a given if someone is suspected of being the boss of a large criminal enterprise Italian or otherwise they’d be watched. Why the disgust and surprise by this? Let’s not act as if the authorities are doing something out of the ordinary here.

No I do not believe that is the case.

Every boss is not being targeted by the feds everyday 24/7

You have the Squads that are always investigating the families however, that is different.

Case in point Matty Madonna and Steven Crea, they became targets after they ordered the hit on Meldish.

Being a target the feds are expending a TREMENDOUS amount of resources on that TARGET, which amounts to BIG,BIG MONEY…

I.E. let’s say they plant 10 bugs they need to have agents listening to those bugs 24/7.

The Feds LOVE going after murders because it’s easy to get guys to flip when they are facing possible life sentences.

[quote=Hollander]@ BensonHURST

Gambling is not a priority however, it is low hanging fruit.
A lot of it going on

And easy to prove.

The feds need two predicate acts to bring a Rico Case and almost all today involve gambling.

A gambling charge will bring someone probation if you turn that gambling into a RICO even on the smallest level you are looking at a few
Years.

Gambling and loan sharking which go hand and hand.

It is always difficult to prove a negative.

The only to prove it is to look and see what if any indictments have been brought against these other ethnic groups, that have known O.C. groups I.E. Chinese, Greeks and Russian.

So if you google the term Chinese gambling busts you will see you get some really big hits in China and in other countries.

Then google Chinese gambling busts in America, and you get NOTHING REALLY.

So as I said gambling exists across almost all nationalities however, in America it is really only illegal for Italians.

Most people on here know this already.

So you can't prove it and are just whining about Italians being arrested for committing crimes.

Words and phrases like Mafia, the mob, La Cosa Nostra, mob boss, capo, Mafia don, etc generate MAJOR MAJOR headlines, this is why they target Italian organized crime more than anyone else.

probably italian mafia in USA is more involved in gambling than other groups that's why there are more indictments against them

don't use logic against them it's because they're Italian and fbi bad

Its because LCN is much more structured and they are the only group that can infiltrate unions and entire industries. Imagine a blood or crip trying to control a pension fund???? Lol

The problem with Common Sense it’s not that Common.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/182468-n...gambling-parlors-still-bustle-chinatown/

Here you have a casino outside in Chinatown there were almost a dozen outdoor tents set up with different games.

Did the FBI come bust em up?
No

Did NYPD arrest them NO.

Right behind the court houses federal and state.

The NYPD gave out tickets.

AS I SAID ITS ONLY ILLEGAL FOR ITALIANS.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loc...g-den-robbery-in-brooklyn/2913889/?amp=1

Someone was killed in a Chinese Gambling den
No arrests.

If that scenerio happened on 18th Ave at the Cafe,
What do you think would have happened?

I agree with your point Lenox, the point I am trying to make is a little different.

You have posters on here that think it’s not happening.

I am not talking about street gangs:

Gambling in China, by Chinese OC brings hundreds of millions of dollars
If you look at some of the crack downs in China by the Govt

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-1...-of-cross-border-gambling-101617760.html

$150 Billion

Chinese don’t gamble
Not in America

Let me ask this question if Italians set up a casino out doors in little Italy does anyone on here think they would only get a ticket?

Or is LE bias towards Italians and will hit them harder than they did the Chinese that did it a few blocks away?