A bit off topic but I remember a testimony at a mob trial of a few years ago when one of the defendants said that he didn’t know he was a “Colombo†until prosecutors identified him as such during trial. And he’d been a mob associates for years. Most of the guys in this life don’t really focus on the larger scheme of things, they are truly focused on their inner circle, that’s how the LCN should operate: insulate the administration and let crews run smoothly without letting the low-tier guys know too much about what goes on upstairs, both big money and mob politics-wise
Some more court-savvy poster may remember the trial in question and the guy’s name. I read about it either on the NY Post or Daily News.
Yeah, this is what I mean. It'd strike me as odd if every single involved guy would know who he's with, well maybe which org they're with, which crew etc. But no way you'd know every crew and every made member of all the families.
Have there been any instance of a guy accidentaly getting into a scuffle with a made guy, cap or another guy from another family that caused shit on the big picture or only on a small scale? Of course made guys aren't as untouchable as they have been in the past, but some of the rules still hold up, no?
