Originally Posted By: carmela

No Messina is not nearly as strong as the others, but if you see recent events, there is a lot going on there lately.

It may not be as strong as Palermo, Agrigento and Trapani, but it must at least be comparable to Catania, because one of the Messina bosses, Giovanni Sindoni, was able to put pressure on the boss of Catania, Benedetto Santapaola, when he was going to kill the journalist Beppe Alfano in 1993. He was killed near the place where Santapaola was hiding, this was dangerous for him as it attracted unwanted attention, but he couldn't refuse Sindoni.
This was in 1993 though. Maybe Messina got weaker later. Sindoni is still free though, unfortunately and not even a fugitive. Too many powerful friends in law enforcement.

Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:

1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."

2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."