Originally Posted by NYMafia
Like Malavita said, “You know the drill.”

So here’s the challenge.…The five hoodlums listed were each nicknamed “The Wop” or a variation thereof. Three were with the Lucchese crew. The other two were with the Genovese crew.

Your job is to identify each man by listing his REAL “first and last name” and matching the (letter) of his nickname with the corresponding (number) of the Family he was affiliated with. For instance, you could say C-2, and his real name was Frank Russo.

Have at it fellas. Let’s see how many of these guys you can nail down.


A) Charlie the Wop
B) Willie the Wop
C) Augie the Wop
D) Frankie the Wop
E) Joe the Wop

1) Genovese
2) Genovese
3) Lucchese
4) Lucchese
5) Lucchese



E-1 was Joseph "Joe the Wop" Cataldo (Genovese)