Taking down the Chicago Mafia is once again a top priority for the Feds according to Jeffrey Sallet the newly installed head of the FBI in Chicago.
In a recent interview, the new Special Agent In Charge said “The Chicago Outfit? We haven’t forgotten about you,” pledging to refocus the fight against organized crime. The last major mafia case in Chicago happened over a decade ago but Sallet says the Chicago Outfit is still a force and cannot be overlooked. The 2005 Family Secrets case took down most of the Cosa Nostra families hierarchy but after a decade-long lull in major cases, the mafia in Chicago has had a chance to rebuild its ranks.
Sallet is considered to be an expert in mafia investigations and has worked in New York, Boston, and New Orleans. He helped take down over 100 La Cosa Nostra figures including leading members of the Bonanno crime family of the New York Mafia. He also worked on the capture of fugitive Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger. The lack of cases and headlines surrounding the Chicago mob in recent years has led many to believe the declining organization was on its deathbed. But during his interview with the ABC7 I-Team Sallet said: “The Chicago Outfit is 100 years old, so when you look at an organization that is 100 years old and says we’re not going to work those guys because they’re done, would be a huge mistake.”
“Mob guys or Outfit guys whatever you want to call them are resilient,” said Sallet. “Where there is an opportunity to make money, they will engage. The reason they don’t kill people the same way they did 25 years ago is because it’s bad for business.” The faces of those leading the Chicago Mafia have changed but they are still engaged in plenty of mob rackets and remain a viable and profitable organization. These new Chicago mafia leaders which include alleged acting boss Salvatore “Solly D” DeLaurentis, street boss Albert Vena, consigliere Marco D’Amico and underboss Salvatore Cataudella could be under fire sooner rather than later. There could be some interesting Chicago Mafia news on the way!
This could get interesting! I mean we know the Outfit isn’t what it used to be but still there is a lot of speculation as to just how stable and influential they still are and some new info leaking and potential cases could definitely answer some of those questions. The new hierarchy def isn’t thrilled to hear this news although I guess this could also just be some chest thumping by the new guy in charge but would expect even if it is he now has to get some results to back it up at least early on.
Any reasonable mob researcher knows that the outfit is definitely still a force to be reckoned with, but I think the feds should focus on the thousands of mullinyans and their street gangs blasting each other, and hitting innocent people in the crossfire and the Latino gangs. f*****g feds are probably too scared that there’s gonna be riots and shit from all them hoods and their political correct bullshit groups, so they bother the mob instead. What’s the United States coming to.
It’s a mess no doubt about it. Would think with the death toll piling up year after year that the street gang problem there would now be the top priority for the feds and not the Outfit who lets face it aren’t really “on the rise” anymore, a force still yes but def less problematic than these other problems there. Still we could see some interesting developments from these new investigations esp if they are putting enough resources behind em to matter.
The outfit is incredibly more powerful than any street gang out there, but not as dangerous to the general public and innocent people. Of course the outfit is probably not powerful like it was especially in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s but like you said it will be interesting to hear if anything is uncovered. Who knows, perhaps the outfit has grown a decent bit in the last 10 years.
They have had a stable new leadership base for a little while now so they seem to have stabilized and could in fact be growing again at least to some extent.
Ya exactly, I doubt they are growing exponentially or anything like that, but maybe just bringing in some guys here and there that have been in line for a while.
This is true. Thousands of them, yet the feds always want to stay focused on these 50 or so guys who really don’t kill anybody any more unless absolutely necessary. Ridiculous.
As one that knows a little more about Chicago’s Street Gangs more than its Mob, the Fed’s are a little “gun shy”(pardon the pun). Believe it or not but They want Headlines,not Head Shots/shootouts which would happen if they went to the “hood”. It’s so bad that w/Gangs affiliated with Mexicans some Mobsters don’t even want to deal with Gangs anymore. As a Blk Man I miss this since the violence was lower and you could trust who you were dealing with. Basically it was the Mob that was The Law. Oh well as many Commenters state ” I miss the good old days”
They got that right, give these guys 10+ yrs to rebuild i could only imagine. Albert Vena has also grown alot in the streets, always been well respected but im hearing he is really feared and is one of the top guys out there now
Both Vena and Solly D at the top are extremely capable for sure.
Any more official positions? Or is it all acting bosses and street bosses now? I suppose the days of an absolute ruling don not sitting behind bars is a thing of the past.
The fact that top law enforcement guys like Jeffrey Sallet appear to be WASPS makes it seem like they just have a hard-on for Italians. He claims to be doing it in the name of justice, but what I really hear is “I’ll show you guys not to fuck with Uncle Sam. We’ll show you who the real gangsters are.”
I think it is only a matter of time until Solly is official boss and he may already be and we just haven’t caught up with that info yet because he seems to be calling the shots now from what info we have had lately.
The Italians still make for good headlines and we def know the feds are always in the flashy headlines business so.
I think to be an acting boss you have to be acting for somebody. If Solly D isn’t acting for anyone else, then that to me should make him official boss. That’s where it gets confusing.
Right personally I think he is most likely the new official boss of the Outfit even though the feds still consider him to be the “acting” at least from the last reports we have seen.
An interesting but unrelated fact: If you search the names of alot of outfit guys, a large proportion of them are from the Bari region of southern Italy (Apulia/Puglia). Joey Lombardo and Tony Spilotro are confirmed, but also alot of other guys if you search up their last names, they are strictly native to the Bari region. Solly D, John Difronzo and his brothers, and the Cassano brothers to name a few. (Of which 5 or so are made.) Also abroad other bosses are also from Bari. Stefano Sollecito in the Rizzuto’s originates from grumo appula (a town outside Bari) and carmine the cheese dinunzio is also from Bari. Interesting to see another group of southern Italians than the sicilians, Neapolitans and Calabrese taking the reigns and strengthening the families.
Most feds are a bunch of f*****g scumbags. This f*****g sallet prick is probably corrupt as heck and a douche bag but they have the law behind them so that makes it ok. There are some mobsters that are filthy low life’s, but alot of them aren’t so bad, atleast better than the feds in terms of being honest and good to the ones they love. Feds have no heart, no balls, they will always be losers and I think deep inside they know it.
Happy Saint Valentines day. Al Capone controls the weed rackets. The feds want to jump on. Good luck to the Chicago ‘Outfit”.
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