Bosses who did it the right way, low profile, minimal or no time in prison include:
James Lanza- San Francisco over 30 years Frank Amato Sr- Pittsburgh 20 years John LaRocca- Pittsburgh 28 years Anthony Milano- Cleveland 40+ yearsm John Scalish- Cleveland 32 years Russell Bufalino- Northeastern PA 40+ years Michael Genovese- Pittsburgh 22 years Jack Tocco- Detroit 35 years Luigi Manocchio- New England 13 years Stefano Maggadino- Buffalo 52 years Joe Ligambi- Philadelphia 13+ years Joe Todaro- Buffalo 28 years Joe Zerilli- Detroit 40+ years Nick Civella- Kansas City 30 years Joe Civello- Dallas 15 years Joe Cerrito- San Jose 19 years
I don't know why everybody only mentions NY & Chicago bosses, there are plenty more who had major influence and were able to escape law enforcement with minimal or no time in prison.
Funny how all of these families you mention are today extinct, except from Detroit and Philly..
Only reason why these families are extinct is not because of the FEDS but because they didn't make guys, they could have made everyone that walked through the door of their Social if they wanted to. The East Coast is seriously a breeding ground for this type of shit. The NY families are influential sure, but no where near as influential or powerful as they used to be just like this family. The Colombo's are a dying family and at this rate, they're all going to fall one after another. However they'll return under a different name, it's bound to happen. But the NY families have the ability to make all of these guys, otherwise they'd be dead right now. The FBI really has nothing to shut down a family, it's all numbers. The Boss gets locked up, they move the next guy in. It's a system that the FBI can't stop... a system that'll burn itself out in due time.
