very good article one of the best in awhile. I am not posting the whole thing because of board rules but i am going to post the bit about the bonannos i know there is already a thread on this but this should clear up alot of things in this family apparently cammerano is the new boss very interesting the other things capeci discusses are very good like the gerlando bruno trial and micheal perisco.

I think indicments are coming guys i predict next 6 months


Bonannos Have A New Boss, With Help From The NYPD And FBI

The feds rounded up and jailed a bunch of Bonannos last week. And the state put another imprisoned bunch of them on trial this week. But don't count Joe Bonanno's old gang out yet: There's a bold, brazen new big banana trying to turn things around for his much-battered borghata. He's Joseph (Joe Saunders Jr.) Cammarano, and he got to the top with more than a little help from the NYPD and the FBI.

Cammarano's promotion became possible after capo John Palazzolo was sent back to prison last year for violating his supervised release restrictions (VOSR) after a 10-year-stretch behind bars for racketeering and murder conspiracy. Palazzolo had been first choice of imprisoned boss Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso. With Palazzolo behind bars, Mancuso tapped Cammarano as the family's "official" underboss and its "acting street boss," law enforcement officials say.

Palazzolo, 77, was sentenced to a year and a day after Organized Crime Investigative Division (OCID) detectives spotted him meeting with Mancuso emissary Frank Salerno and several other wiseguys four times during a six day stretch last March, according to court papers.

At the time, wrote Probation Department officer Robert Anton, "an internecine war was brewing" between factions loyal to Palazzolo and Cammarano for control of the family. "As a result of Palazzolo's incarceration," wrote Anton, the threat of violence dissipated and Cammarano, 56, "assumed control of the Family's day to day criminal activities."

Citing intelligence information obtained by OCID detectives and FBI agents, Anton wrote that Mancuso had "selected Palazzolo to be his acting street boss" but Cammarano had his sights on the top spot too. And he "garner(ed) support" for that at a March 22 meeting of 15 mobsters that included consigliere Anthony (Fat Anthony) Rabito, seven capos and five acting captains.

And last week, three of the seven capos were charged by the feds with violating their post-prison release restrictions by associating with other mobsters at two so-called "captains meetings," one in March and another in September. Two of the captains also are accused of attending a family Christmas party that Cammarano hosted at a Staten Island restaurant last month.

If nothing else, Cammarano can't be sent back to prison unless he is charged with a real crime. He completed a 27-month jaunt for extortion in 2009, and his supervised release ended in 2012.

The three capos arrested and jailed last week, Joseph (Joe Desi) DeSimone, 81, Ronald Giallanzo, 45, and Anthony (Little Anthony) Pipitone, 43, all attended the March gathering at a two-story private home in Glendale Queens, according to the VOSR charges Anton lodged against Pipitone.

The trio also attended the largest of the three Bonanno family gatherings that were detailed in the filing against Pipitone — an early Sunday morning session at a Staten Island barbershop. It took place at Pucho's Barber Shop at 136 Fingerboard Rd in the Rosebank section. The comings and goings were observed by Anton and FBI agents Robert Ypelaar and Adam Minnini.

DeSimone was with his mobster grandson Steven DeSimone, 43 who was behind the wheel of his car when the feds tailed them from the brownstone in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn where they both live, Anton wrote. After "driving a few blocks," Anton stated, Steven "pulled over for a few minutes" in a "counter-surveillance" move, one that obviously did not fool the veteran officer and his colleagues.

The DeSimones got to the barbershop at about 8:30, wrote Anton, noting that Pipitone and Giallanzo, a nephew of capo Vincent Asaro, arrived a few minutes later, according to a copy of the report that was obtained by Gang Land.

The Feds speculate that the meeting was called by Cammarano, who was the last of 19 Bonanno mobsters to leave Pucho's, about half an hour behind the others who departed one or two at a time. Cammarano's father-in-law, Vito Grimaldi, and his brother-in-law, Joseph Grimaldi, both capos, departed at 10:40. Cammarano left the barbershop at 10:56 sharp with capo Joseph Sabella, according to Anton.

The crime family's "mandatory/Administration" Christmas party took place on the second floor dining area of Bocelli's Restaurant at 1250 Hylan Blvd. in the Grasmere section from 11 AM until 5 PM on December 16, Anton wrote. OCID detectives, FBI agents and Anton identified 18 mobsters, including Cammarano and the 81 year-old Rabito, the family's longtime consigliere, at the six-hour affair, according to the charges lodged by Anton.

Little Anthony Pipitone and Ronnie Giallanzo were at the party, although the third arrested capo, Joe Desi DeSimone, skipped the event. DeSimone's wiseguy grandson Steven did attend, but it's unclear if authorities followed Steven there or if they learned about the not-so-private party from other sources.

Sentencing guidelines for such "association" violations usually call for between four and 10 months behind bars, but the Probation Department has asked Brooklyn Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis to impose the maximum two years in prison for each of the capos.

"A sentence of two years will send a strong message of deterrence to any ranking organized crime offender that this type of blatant disregard for Court-imposed conditions will not be tolerated," wrote Anton, calling the current case, "the most egregious association violation involving organized crime members" that he has seen in 25 years on the mob beat.

Pipitone's attorney, James Kousouros, agrees that the allegations are "serious" but argued that his client is not a danger to the community or a flight risk and should be granted bail while he contests them. In his filing, he noted that Pipitone has worked 10 hours a day as a laborer since his release from prison in 2013, information that has been verified by probation officials.

Kousouros essentially conceded that Pipitone will be judged guilty of association — since the feds have pictures of him meeting with mobsters — but proposed a $500,000 secured bond, with home confinement, except for his client's work day, so he can provide for his wife and three young children while he contests the severity of the charges before his sentence is imposed.

DeSimone's attorney, James Neville, has not yet sought bail but reserved the right to do so today, at a scheduled bail hearing for the trio. Giallanzo's attorney has not filed any papers.

Meanwhile, Bonanno capo Nicholas (Nicky Mouth) Santora, and wiseguys Vito Badamo, Ernest Aiello, and Anthony (Skinny) Santoro went to trial in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday on state racketeering charges involving extortion, grand larceny, gambling and loansharking from March of 2010 until 2012.

Santoro is also charged with weapons possession. All four mobsters, who have been have held without bail since their 2013 indictment, face up to 25 years behind bars if convicted. Jury selection continues today, with trial testimony expected to begin next week.

Badamo's brother-in-law, Nicholas Bernhard, former president of Teamsters Local 917 pleaded guilty to racketeering and perjury charges last year and was sentenced in October to a maximum of seven years.