Originally Posted By: Oscarthedago
Originally Posted By: Blackjack2121
From the sportsbook comes loan sharking...dont forget that

Gambling machines all around philly they were making a killing on as well

Nicodemo and some guys made a lot of cash off real estate and rental properties as well

more than you think is being earned...but not for the guys on the outside like Georgie Boy


But still not even close to the Scarfo era. Not even close. Real Estate and rental properties weren't rackets, they were nothing more than a way to wash some illegal cash. I know for a fact that John Stanfa was washing his money through Youngstown, OH businessman Vic Calautti and his group of financiers in Switzerland. The numbers were staggering. Check out this article that has a federal affadavit included: Copy and paste into browser:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=32RcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3FYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5523,3669785&dq=william+d-elia+and+youngstown&hl=en



And you can say that with every family.

Nothing is as big today.

New york used to run entire unions, their influence has waned and their rackets are not what they used to be either.

Just how it goes. But no family from around the "scarfo era" is making as much coin as 20 years ago