This is an excellent example of NOT sharing profits actually. The Bonanno Family was not involved with the concrete club. They were not involved with the window scam. They did not receive shared profits from these rackets.
Excellent point.
However, I believe the only reason the Bonannos were excluded was because they lost their commission seat during that period. The Genovese, Gambino, Lucchese, and Colombo definitely shared profits from the concrete and window schemes because they were indicted for them in highly publicized trials.
The Concrete Club was prosecuted under RICO and resulted in 4 dons going away for life. Rusty was actually indicted in this trial, but wasn't prosecuted when Giuliani discovered the Bonannos were kicked off the commission. That was ironic since Joe Bonanno's book led to the problems for the other 4 families.
Pete Savino and Fat Pete Chiodo were witnesses in the Windows Cartel trial, which indicted the 4 commission members. I believe Peter Gotti/Gambinos were acquitted but the other 3 families had high ranking members convicted.
Regarding the gasoline racket, the Gambinos, Genovese, Luccheses and Colombos (I believe Michael Franzese receives most of the credit for this scam) were involved- either they shared the racket as a group, or they each got their own Russian partner and worked peacefully.
The theory of Galante being killed because he did not want to share his drug profits with other bosses is without merit. The theory holds no water.
You very well could be correct. We know that what has been reported about the mob is not always accurate- an obvious example being the thread title.
However, we should be able to agree that the vast majority of reports about Galante's death attributes his refusal to share drug profits as one of the main reasons for his murder (along with a power struggle with Rastelli). Maybe this is an example of what Turnbull posted on the previous page about writers reprinting rumors from book to book.
