Originally Posted By: Scorsese
A question about the case involving lupoi. Why would the head of the ursino clan sell the undercover 1 kilogram of heroin? Seems like something that should be beneath him and also they were doing other low level drug deals and even a gun sale leading up to this drug deal.


It seems small time, but the agent "Jimmy" also attended a meeting in Brooklyn with representatives of the Ursinos and the Gambinos to set up a legitimate fish-trade business between New York and the Calabrian port of Gioia Tauro as a means of delivering more heroin. Jimmy even went to Italy.

Last edited by Hollander; 09/01/16 02:48 PM.

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