I really don't understand the responses in this thread. Why is it people find it so easy to believe Vincent Gigante, John Gotti, or Carmine Persico were able to maintain their positions from prison but Vic Amuso couldn't? And their reasoning for this usually is stated like, "I just can't see..." Well, who cares if you can't see?

Also, while Capeci isn't infallible, he's certainly one of the more respected and well-informed journalists on organized crime. And I tend to think he takes his credibility a little more seriously than to use his articles to "phish" or "tickle the wire" for the feds.

There really is no good reason to doubt this latest info. But, for some reason I've never been able to understand, certain people on these boards always stick up their nose at credible info in favor or their own guesswork or internet forum hearsay.