James Ardizzone

You people probably believed that the Italian-American mafia was extinct. You mistakenly believed that we were extinct like the dinosaurs, which roamed the planet and preyed on men like you. You ought to have understood better. . . We never left the house. We suddenly changed into ghosts, ghouls, and the learned men you once immortalized in your novels. However, "This Thing of Ours" never stopped; instead, we simply went underground and improved our ability to remain undetected. We began to understand that having dead people covered in blood on the streets was terrible for business. We decided to stop fighting constantly and said, "Let me explain. My name is James "Jimmy" Ardizzone, and because of a fight I had in a bar that left me blind in one eye, I got the nickname "One-eyed Jimmy." I had that fight before I joined the mafia, but I caught up with the guy later. He's now resting at the bottom of the ocean. The wise guys got wiser, and you my good friends were none the wiser...and then...and then it all went to hell.
I was born in the late 90s on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, which is New York City to all of you guys on the other side of the world. There was nothing particularly special about my childhood. My ma worked part-time in a local bakery, and my pa did double shifts as a warehouse packer. In the great scheme of things we were poor, but not dirt poor. My parents are good people, they're honest, down to earth people "thing that occurred back in the late 1980s, when a number of our men were sentenced for operating illegal pizza parlors as fronts for the distribution of massive quantities of heroin and cocaine. My dad filled me in on everything. He even knew several of the participants. You know what, those dreadful federal agents recorded countless talks on wiretaps. Wise men behaving sloppily while on the phone, discussing murder and human trafficking as if they were discussing our children's birthdays Now try using wire taps and observe what results you get. When I was growing up in the 2000s, we conducted business in person. At times, we even covered our mouths in case we were caught on camera and someone tried to read our lips. We were really cautious, but as I mentioned, everything went horribly wrong. I'll tell you about that first, and then I'll discuss my current job in more detail.
You see, the head of the Gambino criminal family passed away in 2019. I mean the real boss. Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali was one of a kind. He was the boss, the main man, and he served as the Sicilian mafia's supply line in Italy. It was advantageous for business that the guy had family there. Before that, it had ceased to be common to see our men shot and killed on the streets; those were the days when we butchered them in barbershop chairs or shot them in cars. The fact is, gentlemen, we mostly adhered to that peace accord; we remained ghosts. However, when Franky Boy's body was discovered outside of his Staten Island house with seven gunshot wounds, we started to come back into focus. Everyone initially assumed that we had to be the ones hitting the boss. You are aware that this is not a little matter, so why would anyone want to clip the powerful man while business was booming? We were unsure of the perpetrator. Had communication come from Italy? Was that another family from New York? Russians, perhaps? It didn't make sense because we did business well with all organized criminals and because eliminating a crime lord would start a war. For the love of God, a boss hadn't been clipped since the 1980s. It found out that the assassin was only a young man from Staten Island who believed Franky Boy was somehow connected to the so-called Deep State. The phrase refers to the
alleged shadowy forces operating behind the government. The youngster believed that killing Franky would somehow protect the President from this covert group of influential individuals. Is it possible to be crazier than that? The media began speculating if the Five Families were at war once more before they realized it was the jabroni who had carried out the hit. There are disagreements between Franky and the Gotti family, the former leaders of the Gambino crime family, according to so-called experts on organized crime. They were nothing more than experts who were fabricating tales. A hit like that is not how the Mafia operates, at least according to certain police officers. I mean, come on, we have more respect than that outside a boss's house. Since then, we've been in the spotlight, so I've had to be extra cautious. We've had a lot of problems because of that damn crazy kid. Working sporadically with Mexicans, I had largely been transporting cocaine, babania, and heroin into the U.S. S. or overseas. The problem with the drug trade is that it never stops. Because Americans are fervent shoppers, there is always a market here. I've always been curious as to why such a developed country constantly wants to leave it. pursuit of happiness, or more accurately, pursuit of highness.
The drug battle can set you back a little, but never significantly. Because we can still reach them after they're locked up, we refer to it as the War on Schmucks. Okay, they imprisoned El Chapo, and then look what happened. That is what is referred to as a "Pyrrhic victory"; if you don't know what that term means, search it up. In the United States, there are roughly 3,000 of us. S. and a large portion of us are in New York. All Mafia activity, as one author put it, circles back to New York. Although murder and racketeering are no longer our "bread and butter," we nevertheless engage in the occasional act of extortion. Our other main businesses include illegal loan sharking and gambling, as well as, as I already mentioned, feeding people's insatiable appetites for drugs like heroin, coke, and occasionally ice and ecstasy. We do have some more traditional businesses, like managing strip clubs, but we also have more contemporary ones. We engage in illicit gaming, and all of our operations are conducted online. Like the wealthy, we stash our money offshore in shell corporations. We run our gaming websites from nations where they are permitted, like Costa Rica, to make sure they are not shut down. In the U.S., wagers are placed. S…. We employ several Costa Rican servers, after which money is sent offshore.
Stick that up your sleeve, FEDs. Craigslist has also been used by us to locate young women who were later trafficked into different states to serve as prostitutes. I've really carried out a similar action in New York. I found a lovely woman and then posted an advertisement on Craigslist. I drove her to her customer once she received the message. I obviously kept half of the money. If you believe that we can no longer do this because personal advertisements were prohibited, think again. There are still ways to get those adverts on the website. Anyway, that sort of thing is more of a hobby than a major source of income. Yes, that doesn't sound quite as monumental as what transpired in The Godfather, but sometimes you just have to get by. We may still provide protection, but we don't exactly charge into situations like we once did. I'll use an illustration. You didn't think we'd just stop all that, did you? Let's assume we have a man operating a heroin business out of a pizza shop, and one day some would-be street criminals clear him out. We then inform the man that there is a cost associated with protection on top of the price of the medications. Hey, perhaps we paid those thugs to ruin him. He won't have his belongings stolen again, and we make more money as a result. The same holds true for common people.
Let's say that their store is continually robbed, their factories seem to be constantly broken into, their trucks are taken, etc. Since we were the ones who started it in the first place, we can now put a stop to it. You may describe that as protection-extortion. We present those guys with an offer that they are unable to refuse. Additionally, several of the construction unions are still present. We join the unions and then begin to profit by deciding whose supplies the building company will use. If there is no union, we will create one. Then we can start stealing money, or we may design benefit systems and then steal money from benefit funds. It's a good agreement, but, to be honest, this is one battle the government has won. To that end, whenever you see a building being constructed in New York City, keep in mind that there may be subcontractors working on the project or that the workers may be supported by a union. These enormous construction projects give us sizable kickbacks. However, what do we do with all of this unjustified wealth? As I previously mentioned, we store our funds offshore, but we also use intermediaries to purchase real estate, and we even contribute to environmental causes in Europe. Do you know what the "Eco-Mafia" is? You see, wind energy is very popular in Europe, yet there are few regulations on the sector. We've been able to smuggle money into the wind energy sector in Europe because of our adored late boss, Franky Boy, and his connections in Italy.
Even in Europe, we have outmaneuvered our rivals and seized control of a large portion of the market. Not bad, huh, for a group of men who used to shoot at each other during arguments and conduct business over the phone. Due to the fact that the Sicilians own thousands upon thousands of businesses, bars, and cafés throughout Europe, we have also been able to launder money and make money through Italy. Without a doubt, the sage men in Sicily still wield considerable influence. Back to the basics now. We might not do street attacks any longer, but believe me when I say that if you have the money and want someone gone, we can make them disappear—albeit at a price. If someone is impeding our drug business, we might kill them outright, or if one of our own affiliates isn't following orders, we might kill him covertly. Things generally go easily when we deal with other organized crime groups like the Chinese Triads, Russian mafia, Russian mafia, Japanese Yakuza, and Albanian mafia. Then there is disordered crime, or what you may refer to as street gangs, and we make every effort to avoid being involved. In terms of my primary task, let's suppose I want some opioids, possibly some Fentanyl, to be sold on the street. Well, I can bring that from China to the USA thanks to my links with the Chinese Triads. I know a guy in Amsterdam if you want ecstasy. Millions of American raver fans are waiting with open arms to replace Sammy the Bull, who can be replaced by a man who is extremely delighted to do so. I suppose you might say that I oversee operations. And one of our largest sources of income is the drug trade. I don't need any more Mexicans.
No, not my drug business. According to this, some raw opium is produced in Pakistan, Turkey, or some regions of South East Asia. In nations where corruption is rampant, it is subsequently refined into morphine. Everyone gets a cut, including local politicians, the police, the army, and so on. Just consider what the former heroin trafficker turned Thai politician said when he claimed to have collaborated with soldiers. I therefore employ these corrupt nations, and the Sicilian Mafia can transport the goods to America, where I will gather and distribute them. I occasionally deal in cocaine, but my main sources of income are heroin and other narcotics. Simply put, there are too many people involved in the cocaine trade. Additionally, it's just not our style to be associated with gangs like the MS-13 or the Mexican Mafia. Since Franky Boy, the beloved of the Sicilians, was killed by that paranoid bonehead, our attempts to make deals with the Mexicans and smuggle cocaine back to the Sicilians for consumption in Europe have kind of failed. Despite what you may have seen on The Sopranos, we are not beasts, and we are now quite organized. We keep our heads down, just like the Russians or the Chinese. If there must be violence, then there will be violence, but we'll endeavor to make individuals disappear rather than let blood flow in the streets. Okay, so when we removed the grass from the prison cell, James "Whitey" Bulger, we caused a mess, but that only proves our point.
abide by our code of conduct; breaking it will result in punishment. For us, rats get splattered if informants get stitched up inside the prison. There are three options in this life, a captain who is one of my coworkers and lives in New York recently said in an interview: "You can rat, you can go to jail, or you can die. You can only escape in that way. Quitting is not an option. "That pretty much sums it up; we haven't moved forward because once you enter this life, there is no turning back. We simply don't garner much attention since we operate quietly in the background, attempting to maintain goodwill and typically avoiding the violence that comes with crime. Although we are still hidden, we believe that the authorities have much bigger problems to deal with when you consider what is happening at the border. Now, we believe you should watch the fascinating film "Most Horrific Crimes - The Italian Mafia" to learn more about the time when the mafia controlled the criminal underground.
== Franky Boy ==
Franky Boy is Francesco Paolo Augusto. American mobster Cali served as the Gambino criminal family's eventual acting boss. On March 13, 2019, he was fatally shot outside his Staten Island home. Cali was regarded by law enforcement as the Gambinos' "ambassador to Sicilian mobsters." Mafiosi from Sicily who came to New York to meet with him, conduct business, and inform him on events in their homeland had Cali as their point of contact.
2003 saw the start of Cali and colleague captain Leonard "Lenny" DiMaria's "mob taxes" on Joseph Vollaro. At the age of 53, Cali passed away at Staten Island University Hospital on March 13, 2019. Since the death of Paul Castellano in 1985, this was the first murder of a New York criminal boss. Cali was allegedly the acting head of the Gambino family, according to police who are looking into his death. Anthony Comello, 24, is accused of murder and having a weapon.
Believed Cali was a part of the "deep state" because of QAnon conspiracy beliefs. believed that Maxine Waters and Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York City, had been targeted for arrest by Cali.
On Wednesday night, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali was shot and killed in front of his Staten Island residence. He was John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico, a former important member of the Gambino family, as a pupil. Despite having radically diverse histories and people, the families are involved in the same criminal networks. Frank Cali, a prominent member of the Gambino family, is thought to have been brought onto his terrace via a phone call or text message before being shot and killed. According to Joel Frankel, a former FBI agent, knowledge about what attracted Cali out will be crucial to the investigation. Boyce hypothesized that Cali might have brought in new crew members from Sicily as a result of his wife's connections to the Sicilian mob.
Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, the purported leader of the notorious Gambino criminal family, was murdered, and Anthony Comello is accused of the crime. According to recent court records, Comello planned to have Cali arrested and thought he had the support of President Trump. According to reports, Anthony Comello attempted to place Reps. Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff, and Bill de Blasio under citizen's arrest. Documents describe how Comello drove to the Staten Island house of mobster Francesco Cali and "hit" his car. documents submitted in response to a demand for particular pieces of evidence. The next court date is set for August 13. In May, a judge rejected Comello's lawyer's application for bail. The legal representative for Comesllo has filed a notice of intent to present proof of a mental illness or defect.
The head of the Gambino Crime Family, as it is now known, is assassinated in New York in 1928. The family's current leader, Francesco Paolo Augusto Cali, is fatally murdered in the same city 34 years later. One of the most notorious criminal groups in New York is the Gambino Crime Family. One of the most dangerous crime families in the United States is the Gambino family. According to the FBI, Frank Cali's video business served as a cover for illegal operations.
In 1997, the FBI notifies Palermo's flying squad, the Squadra Mobile, of his "combination" or admission into the mafia. On unpopular internet message boards like 4 and 8chan, QAnon is not the first poster of its kind to surface. Anthony Comello is a young man with mental health issues who resides in Staten Island, New York. He thinks he has access to inside information on the "Deep State" and is enjoying Trump's protection. He plans to arrest the mayor of New York and two lawmakers from California.
The entire incident is live-streamed on a CCTV camera. Strangely, the identical car is still parked in the same spot on the Google Map of the address from June 2018. Donald Rumsfeld, a mafia expert, said that there are known knows, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.
== Gambino Crime Family ==
One of the "Five Families" that control organized crime in New York City is the Gambino criminal family. The organization engages in a variety of illegal activities, including prostitution, fraud, hijacking, gambling, loansharking, extortion, and fencing. Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila, a powerful Palermitan immigrant, joined the East Harlem-based Lupo gang. One of the earliest Italian criminal organizations in New York was the Lupo Mano Nera gang. The leader of the Morello gang, Nicholas Morello, was killed by the Camorra in 1916.
To combat them, the Morellos formed an alliance with the Morano and Vollero gangs. Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria was D'Aquila's sole notable adversary. Scalice was replaced by Vincent Mangano as the leader of the D'Aquila/Mineo gang, now known as the Mangano crime family, by Luciano. Masseria and Maranzano were more backward-looking than Mangano was. He shifted his family's focus to illegal gambling, union racketeering, and extortion.
In 1951, Vincent Mangano vanished, and the following year, his brother Phillip's body was discovered. The now-known Gambino crime family was headed by Carlo Gambino. A portion of the $100,000 given to a Puerto Rican drug dealer to falsely accuse Genovese of involvement in a narcotics deal allegedly came from Gambino and Luciano. Gambino allegedly used his influence to plan Colombo's murder in 1971. Under Carlo Gambino, the Gambino family become particularly powerful in the construction sector.
Gambino chose Paul Castellano over his underboss Dellacroce to take over as boss in 1976. The agreement divided the Gambino family into two hostile groups. In New York City, John Gotti belonged to the Gambino crime family. In all but name, Gotti was the boss, but the capos knew he had ordered the hit. On January 15, 1986, he was formally installed as the new head of the Gambino family.
As "The Dapper Don," Gotti was well-known for his hand-tailored suits and silk ties. Joseph Massino, the underboss of the Bonanno crime organization, lived nearby. Vincent "Chin" Gigante, the leader of the Genovese crime family, was Gotti's worst foe. Angelo DeCicco, the underling of mobster John Gotti, perished in an explosion on April 13, 1986. Members of the Lucchese family put out a bombing in order to exact revenge for the deaths of Castellano and Bilotti.
Gotti gave the order to kill Robert DiBernardo after the bombing. For his involvement in a fix, jury foreman Joseph Pape was found guilty of obstructing justice. Gotti has been accused of five murders, a plot to kill Gaetano Vastola, and loansharking. Due to mobster John Gotti's history of tampering with juries, the jury was sequestered. The first anonymous jury was selected in a federal case involving Brooklyn in January 1992. Gravano admitted to 19 murders, four of which Gotti was responsible for.
The Gambino criminal family was formerly regarded as one of the biggest in the United States. After his brother John Gotti passed away in prison, Peter Gotti became the new head. Other family members were either in jail or facing charges while he was in prison. Frank Cali, the future head of the Gambino family, was among those detained in the US. Between 150 and 200 members of the Gambino criminal family were thought to exist, along with more than 1100 allies.
17 members and affiliates of the 'ndrangheta Mafia were detained in 2014 by the FBI and Italian authorities. The individuals detained were charged with running a transatlantic narcotics operation. Franco Lupoi, a member of the Gambino family, was singled out by US Attorney Loretta Lynch as the main organizer of the scheme. Vincent Zito, a 77-year-old loan shark, was killed and robbed, and Anthony Pandrella was charged with both crimes. Due to a $750,000 debt that had not been fulfilled, Pandrella killed Zito for fear that he would kill him first.
On October 6, 2022, he was given a sentence of 40 years in jail. On January 18, 2023, 20 additional defendants, including Gambino family capo Frank "Calypso" Camuso, soldier Louis Astuto, and associate Robert "Rusty" Baselice, were indicted. The Manhattan District Attorney's Office brought the indictment for a kickback conspiracy. In 1916, Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila became control of the Brooklyn Camorra. 1930's Castellammarese War claimed the life of Manfredi "Alfred" Mineo.
John Gotti, the mob boss, ordered the assassination of Paul Castellano in December 1985. The head of the Gambino crime family at the moment is John Gambino. Carlo Gambino assumed control in 1957 and was formally named boss in 1951.
After shooting narcotics dealer Martin Bosshart in the back of the head over a marijuana quarrel, Bruno was given a 21-year prison sentence. The New York City metropolitan area serves as the family's main operating base. They mostly engage in labor racketeering and illegal gambling. In 2011 Joseph "Joe the German" Watts was found guilty for his involvement in a 1989 murder plot. On March 13, 2019, Anthony Pandrella was taken into custody for the robbery and slaying of Vincent Zito.
All five boroughs of New York City as well as the surrounding areas are home to the Gambino family's operations. The family also conducts business in the counties of Bergen, Passaic, and Essex in northern New Jersey. Two Gambino squads reportedly operated in New Jersey in 2004. Steven Crea, the interim Luchese chief, started the Gambino-Lucchese organization in 1999. The two families rigged bids to the tune of millions of dollars while extorting the construction sector.
The Genovese family and the Westies were engaged in an ongoing conflict that gave rise to the Gambino-Westies. When a Cosa Nostra insider stated that John Gotti of the Gambino family had dispatched one of their explosives experts to Sicily, the relationship between the Gambino and the Corleonesi was made public in May 2019. This person is suspected of being a part of the bombing plot orchestrated by Giovanni Brusca to assassinate prosecuting judge Giovanni Falcone and his staff. James Cardinali, a former associate who testified against John Gotti in 1986, is a member of the Gambino crime family. In 1975, Dominick Montiglio participated in Vincent Governara's attempted murder.
Dominic "Big Dom" LoFaro received a 5-year prison term after being found guilty of cocaine trafficking. Salvatore Gravano, also known as "Sammy the Bull," was the first underboss to violate his blood pledge. In 1991, Gravano collaborated with the government and acknowledged responsibility for the deaths of 19 persons. Former soldier Dominic Borghese was a member of John A. Gotti's crew. Michael "Mickey Scars" DiLeonardo, a former Gambino capo, began his career in the 1960s.
Andrew DiDonato was thought to have been involved in two homicides. John Gotti suggested Craig DePalma, a soldier, for membership. An associate of the Colombo criminal family is Frank Fappiano's brother. Former associate John Alite, who testified against hitman Charles Carneglia and John A. Gotti. Former soldier Joseph "Little Joe" D'Angelo provided information in 2005.
Robert Mormando was the first mobster to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality. Albert Anastasia's brother Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio. The capo is Joseph "Joe the Blond" Giordano. Younger brother of Carlo Gambino is Paolo "Paul" Gambino. William Devino, also known as William "Billy Batts" Bentvena.
Former soldier and significant heroin wholesaler Alphonse "Funzi" Mosca. Caporegime Frank Piccolo runs family businesses in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Gaetano Russo — In 1969, the federal government recognized him as a captain in the Gambino crime family.