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re: New Orleans La Cosa Nostra
Posted on 11/10/14 at 6:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 11/10/14 at 6:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
The boss before Marcello was Corrado Giacona. His grandson is a big dog with the WOW/PJ's Coffee group. I don't think is any connection there though. Corrado iii is a really nice guy.
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Posted on 11/10/14 at 6:49 pm to VetteGuy
RICO broke the mob's back all over the country. That and mobsters selling drugs. A lot of the time, narcotics is what lands a lot of them in prison for lengthy sentences, which creates the mobsters turning informants and betraying the Family.
La Cosa Nostra used to be a secret society that operated on their own terms. The more attention they got, the more they began to fall apart. John Gotti was actually the anti-traditional mobster if you think about it. He basked in the celebrity status his position of mob boss gave him, and he looked and dressed the part. Old-school guys, a lot of them lived low-key lives to not bring attention to themselves, and it was all about Omerta', silence to them was more precious than money and prestige.
New Orleans has a lot of Mafia-history, if I remember correctly, the first American Mafia family in the United States was in New Orleans, where at one time actually had more Italian and Sicilian immigrants than New York City.
La Cosa Nostra used to be a secret society that operated on their own terms. The more attention they got, the more they began to fall apart. John Gotti was actually the anti-traditional mobster if you think about it. He basked in the celebrity status his position of mob boss gave him, and he looked and dressed the part. Old-school guys, a lot of them lived low-key lives to not bring attention to themselves, and it was all about Omerta', silence to them was more precious than money and prestige.
New Orleans has a lot of Mafia-history, if I remember correctly, the first American Mafia family in the United States was in New Orleans, where at one time actually had more Italian and Sicilian immigrants than New York City.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 6:57 pm to NOFOX
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one of the Saia girls?
Michelle?
Posted on 11/10/14 at 6:58 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I hear they are behind the recent trash can disappearances
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:04 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:I believe this drug business is going destroy us in the years to come. I mean, it's not like gambling or liquor, even women, which is something that most people want nowadays and it's forbidden to them by the church. Even the police departments have helped us in the past with gambling and other things. They're going to refuse to help us when it comes to narcotics. I believed that then - and I believe that now.
A lot of the time, narcotics is what lands a lot of them in prison for lengthy sentences, which creates the mobsters turning informants and betraying the Family
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:13 pm to Kafka
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Anybody else know anything about this mysterious mob family in New Orleans?
La Cosa Oscurità?
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:15 pm to Kafka
That's what I thought of when he posted that. 
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:18 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Remember this story from the Summer about the "assassin" van?
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Somebody was going to get clipped - those cats in that ride were not making collections, intimidating witnesses, or running girls, gambling or drugs.
That stop kept somebody alive - no question.
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a loaded .22-caliber rifle with a scope stashed under a carpet. An unregistered silencer had been stowed in a side compartment, and deputies discovered an 8-foot cannon fuse — a wire capable of detonating an explosive device — tucked under a sandbag behind the driver’s seat.
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Dominick Gullo, 72, and Joseph F. Gagliano, 55, who were both indicted last month on federal weapons charges.
The two suspects, who are being held without bail, have disavowed knowledge of the van’s contents. But at least one has ties to the Marcello organized crime family that was active in the city for decades before ostensibly fizzling out in the mid-1990s.
Somebody was going to get clipped - those cats in that ride were not making collections, intimidating witnesses, or running girls, gambling or drugs.
That stop kept somebody alive - no question.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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the mob in New Orleans seems to have all but disappeared.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:21 pm to SaintlyTiger88
All of Carlos' old "corners" are run by a different kind of brown man these days. Armenian. Used to be one of his runners. True story.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:23 pm to NOFOX
quote:Grew up next door to them in Harahan (bro and sis). Was really good friends growing up until I moved to the Northshore
You dated one of the Saia girls?
deleted b/c too personal
This post was edited on 11/10/14 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:26 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I think they caused the arson at the house Uptown last week
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Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:30 pm to SaintlyTiger88
didn't they whack some banker or something near sunset point in mandeville a few years ago?
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:32 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I don't but I was friends with a kid at lsu in the 1980s whose dad was nopd. They lived in a huge house and fed us like kings when we were there....on a one income family. Everyone said he had some shady ties.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 7:34 pm to Hammertime
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Grew up next door to them in Harahan (bro and sis).
on doescher?
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:00 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:Well... There you have it. You're clearly the subject matter expert
I've watched a bunch of documentaries and read a ton of books about the mob.
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:11 pm to Lester Earl
Wilcox. I/they lived there from around about 87 until 97. Basically grew up together, but lost touch after I got kicked out of the school we all went to and then moved. I saw both of them a couple of times in BR randomly over the years.
They moved to Doescher after I moved to Mandeville. IIRC, they either just bought the lot or just barely started building when I left. Have some good memories with them
They moved to Doescher after I moved to Mandeville. IIRC, they either just bought the lot or just barely started building when I left. Have some good memories with them
This post was edited on 11/10/14 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:19 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:needs a close shave.
SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 11/10/14 at 8:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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New Orleans has a lot of Mafia-history, if I remember correctly, the first American Mafia family in the United States was in New Orleans, where at one time actually had more Italian and Sicilian immigrants than New York City.
Not a surprise. The guido accent is quite prevalent in nola
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