Originally Posted By: gangstereport
Originally Posted By: mickey2
Originally Posted By: gangstereport

The philly mob is defo the most dysfunctional family in the country


no


it can defo be arguared


for example how ralph natale an assoicate could get made by joey merlino a soldier and then ralph made boss of a family

how guys like ron previte got made but without the cermonary

how there was brother on brother

how a low level degnerate gambler can get close to the boss of a family (ligambi)

how a boss joey merlino was planning hjackings and betting into bookies. This is the underboss/boss of the philly mob of the 90s i mean come on it is ridiciclous

they were so dysfunctional joe sodano refused to kick up so he got whacked

the whole scarfo junior thing

how marty angelni a underboss can get beaten up and how a low level hangeron can plan to kill him


how john stanfa even ended up as boss


how joey merlino cannot even operate a bookmaing operation him and ralphie head went bust after a few weeks



how guys like gino delpietro can get whacked in the way he did


how the organization last 20 years is nothing more than a small loansharking and gambling operation with some poker machines


All this is true, more or less. The family has had two major internal wars since 1980, dozens of members killed, and it has had the most turncoats.

That said, it's still a formally structured active family. The Borgata gambling bust run by the family involved a good sized operation - $60 million in bets over the course of the investigation. And, according to Anastasia, Ligambi and his partners in the video poker racket could have been taking up to a couple million a year from the machines.

It's all relative of course. The Philadelphia family is a minor league player compared to the NY families. But it's bigger and has a lot more activity than what's left of the mob in Detroit. If you want to talk about a family thats basically a small gambling and loansharking operation, look no further than Detroit.

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