The Gametax indictment confirms they dealt in drug trafficking. And I'm almost certain the Nove Tocco & Corrado tapes mentions something about Jackie The Kid wanting to tax the drug dealers, along with the bookies, and loansharks.
The drug violations in the Gamtax case were almost an afterthought. And that was nearly 20 years ago.
the # of made guys in Detroit is of great debate, as many as you know. I will say probably more than 30, less than 50.
Not much of a younger generation in Det LCN right now.
Scott
So they are basically on the same level as philly?
Philadelphia has approximately 50 made members. I'd be surprised if Detroit has more than half that at most at this point. And Philadelphia is far more active.
Yet there were drug trafficking charges, which proves they clearly played and possibly still do play a role in narcotics.
How do you know how active Philly is compared to Detroit? If we base this on news articles, like some on this forum do, wouldn't they be pretty comparable? There's barely any news reports on current Philadelphia LCN, the only reason majority of the community has some idea of their current activity, is through articles written up by the researchers like Capeci, Anastasia, & even Scott himself. Not doubting you, but do you have anything to support the statement of Philly being far more active?
