New York mafia has long maintained a very profitable racket by keeping its hooks in the distribution of New York newspapers in both NY and New Jersey.
The mafia newspaper racket has been controlled for the last several years by the Bonanno crime family but times are changing as the beleaguered family loses its grip. Mob sources confirm that powerful Genovese crime family captain Peter “Petey Red” DiChiara has taken control of the mob local newspaper rackets. The Bonanno family continues to lose ground as other families including the Genovese family have once again begun to re-establish themselves to an extent as law enforcement focuses more efforts on anti-terrorism.
The 72-year-old DiChiara although not all that well known is said to be a powerful member of the Genovese family operating out of his social club in Knickerbocker Village. According to sources, he used his connections with members and high ranking officials inside two newspapers worker unions to grab control. Payoffs from the racket come from kickbacks and payoffs from the bootlegging scheme which has stolen magazines and newspapers delivered by nonunion workers.
The elder mobster was busted back in 2001 on gambling, extortion, and money laundering charges after mob associate Michael “Cookie” D’Urso turned rat and wore a wire for feds for three years. He and several members of his crew were taken down and Peter Red ended up doing 63 months. When he returned to the streets along with members of his crew his Market Street social club once again became a hotbed of NY mafia activity according to the feds. It was clear the elder wiseguy was back in action on behalf of the Genovese family.
In 2008 Peter Red was being investigated by organized crime detectives along with members of the Newspaper and Mail Deliveries and Mailer Unions for involvement in a check cashing and tax evasion scheme. According to the investigation, it involved the use of a shell company to hide illegal payoffs and kickbacks received by the men from the nonunion drivers bootlegging scheme. To date, prosecutors have yet to be able to make a case against DiChiara or any of the Union members for the alleged money laundering and check cashing scams or any form of labor racketeering they investigated.
A real gangster no surprise all the unions are beating eaten up by the Genovese and gambinos. Luchses share everything with the Genovese. Only construction is what the bonnanos have left
Definitely seems to be the case TM. The Bonanno’s and Colombo’s really have lost ground the last few years as the other families have been trending upwards. Some work to do with in those families to begin their own revitalization.
the colombs lost all there biggest rackets in the 90s the bonannos after joe Massimo. The colombos I know have some big construction rackets going on and made huge money of the 9/11 site. They work closely with the gambinos. Brooklyn is where the power is but even there the gambinos have pushed them out of rackets
The bonannos have the least amount of respect the lucheses and Genovese despise them especially the Bronx guys I mean after Vinnie, pat and johnny joe got arrested the Genovese ate nearly everything they had the Bronx is there powerhouse and the gambinos and lucheses ate the scraps. The bonannos don’t really exist In the Bronx anymore they are a joke there to be honest they were never really big there till joe made that crew bigger which was a mistake. Vinny could have been with the Genovese and but he wanted to be made quick so he switched to the bonannos I bet he thinks about there everyday in Florence super max
(he does not deserve to be there yes a murder but come on he Is with terriosts)
the only real gangsters in that crew was johnny joe, pat and that other guy I forgot his name.Mikey nose was a bum who whacked his own wife and dom I hate with a passion he talks so much rubbish he talks about the Lufthansa heist and mob history like he saw it all kid you were in diapers when the Lufthansa heist got done he says how he spoke to Sammy what bullshit when Sammy was on the streets the guy was not even a teenager his father was a rat and he always talks about mikey nose saying how he could be around the guy who whacked his father well dom you cant exactly talk your father was a rat. Vinnie took him under his wing when dom was a loner and the guy betrayed him
Queens is the only place where the bonannos could be the top family.
Seems lke the Genovese is staying a step or to ahead of the game & the Gambino family for tht matta, for every tme the Gambino family mkes a push for the number 1 spot in LCN. ..The rolls Rolls-Royce of LCN keep the foot on the gas. …ijs
the Genovese, Gambino and luchese families are miles ahead of the other two. and all the five familiys are so much ahead of the families outside of new york
Yes the Ivy League or organized crime has not taken their foots off the gas and seem to be pushing even harder now that they see more light at the end of the tunnel as law enforcement against them in NY has weakened.
It’s kinda of fitting when you think about it. It’s the family Luciano started, and he was very intelligent for a gangster. Costello was a fox. Genovese, the name sake was the enforcer thug. Gigante had direct connections with the founding fathers, which is likely why he was such a great Don. Even in the 60’s and 70’s they were already using front bosses. It’s 2015, and we have ALL kinds of technology and we STILL don’t know for sure who the boss is. (assuming there is one and not a panel) That’s impressive. I hear even members don’t know other members in some cases.
Gambino’s are on the rise, I believe they will flourish under Cali, who I view as a throwback to founding fathers.
Lucchese’s are no joke either, Crea is staying low and rebuilding well.
The other two are just scraping by comparatively speaking. But are still a force, and would still make me crap in my pants if I owed them money. 🙂
Yeah i knw wht you mean. &i agree the Gambino crew will do very well under cali wth dom in the shadow, & even thgh the Genovese is at the top the Gambino ‘ s has strengthen it’s ties in Sicily & the international rackets as well. Not too say the other families dnt, it just seems really evident tht the Gambino has really made tht extra effort in tht regard . also it’s only rght tht the Genovese crew is & has always been the pinnacle of LCN, hell even b4 the birth of the commission, B4 lucky thre was joe the boss who at one tme had almost 600 wiseguys in tht family. …ijs
the gambinos have used the siggs to there advantage though there is still some guys unhappy that the siggs have the power but they are just jealous because the siggs are making the big money. I will say this though the gambinos are very different to the Genovese
the lucheses and the Genovese familys are so close they are praticily one famly I know they share a lot of rackets the lucheses and Genovese families are both defo more white collar than the gambinos.
They are really smart though I think everyone in new York know with the feds backing of that they can make some real money guys are doing well guys are getting there button and the feds don’t know guys are getting capo slots and they don’t even have criminal records the feds are struggling two squads for five familys is not enough 5 years ago there was a squad for each family look what happened in the 90s with the bonannos they took down the bonannos squad then the bonannos managed to reorganize and by the time the feds realized they made a big mistake and made a squad for the bonannos 1998 it was too late and they were the most powerful family in the new York.
I think they will reorganize and get stronger and stronger then they will either get hit hard by the feds or start whacking each other which will bring the feds I know its good at the moment but things like this never last. The feds know they have made a mistake feds have come out and said it they need more manpower and resources terriosm is very expensive and they have other groups to deal with though the mafia squads still gets ten times the amount of resources than any other organized crime group. Like I said before when they get too big they will come down hard on them. If these guys want to keep this up they need to make sure they don’t leave bodies all over the streets otherwise they will come down hard
Number one spot ?? Of what? There are no real wiseguys on the street