---Stevie began life of crime in early 1960s.
"Bookmaking and loansharking, latter part of the 50s."
Operated in Roxbury.


---Aligned himself with the Bennett brothers, Walter and Wimpy, loansharks.
"I had a bar...Wimpy was in prison. His girlfriend came in"


---"When he come out, she introduced me to him."
Frank Salemme "came on the scene later on."
"Wimpy had him on the payroll."


---In 60s, Flemmi was with loansharks, Ed "Wimpy" Bennett and his brother Walter (Flemmi later admitted killing both,and 3rd brother Billy)


---"What was your relationship with Frank Salemme?"
"Well I met him...and eventually I got involved with him in criminal activity"


---"Who was Joe Barboza?"..."A notorious criminal in Boston."....had his own gang, East Boston.


---Met George Kaufman and John and Jimmy Martorano. Knew Jerry Angiulo.
"He was the underboss of the Mafia, to Raymond Patriarca."


---Flemmi's brother Vincent "Jimmy the Bear," vicious killer, died in prison; Jerry Angiulo, Mafia underboss; Larry Baione, consigliere


---He knew Larry Baione, capo for Angiulo's crew.
In Charlestown, the McLaughlin brothers ran the show.
Punchy, Georgie. Edward "Punchy" McLauglin and brothers part of Charlestown crew at war with Somerville's McLean group, left some 60 dead in 60s


---In Somerville, Buddy McLean and Howie Winter ran the Winter Hill crew.
Barboza had Nick Femia, Chico DeMico, Tash Bratsos, etc


---Knew Paul Rico, FBI agent and friend of Wimpy Bennett from the Brinks Robbery.
Wimpy got some of the money.
Was Rico's rat.


---Flemmi identifying photo of agents Rico and Condon - wearing straw hats - escorting Mafioso Henry Tameleo to jail in 60s


---Flemmi: There was a gang war between Somerville people and Charlestown war, yeah that means they were killing each other, he says


---Gang war between Somerville and Charlestown.
Initially Stevie was with Wimpy, aligned with Charlestown.
But then went to Somerville


---Flemmi: agent Rico was friends with Somerville people so convicted Bennent to switch sides from Charlestown to Somerville crew in war


---Flemmi saying he was providing info to Rico in a "quid pro quo" arrangement. "He was giving me information about the Mafia." Rico was the one who pushed them to go with Somerville people