Recent mafia news reports of a new acting boss being appointed by the powerful Gambino crime family of the New York mafia has come with some uncertainty.
Reliable mob sources seem to be split on recent reports that Frank Cali has replaced Domenico “Italian Dom” Cefalu as acting boss of the Gambino family. Most agree that “official” boss Peter Gotti holds the rank in name only and is no longer relevant within the family as he sits in a federal prison in Ohio. The family has been run by a series of acting bosses for several years and many now wonder who is calling the shots today.
Domenico Cefalu
The Gambino family was once the largest and most powerful Cosa Nostra family in the country and is seemingly once again on the rise. Gambino family has Sicilian roots and many believe its the current Sicilian faction leadership that is responsible for the rebuilding the revitalization of the organization. Sicilian Dom Cefalu took over as acting boss of the family sometime around 2011 when former acting boss John D’Amico stepped down. He quickly appointed fellow Sicilian Frank Cali as underboss of the Gambino’s and the family has been re-establishing itself ever since.
“Frank Cali“
Frank Cali is believed to have become a made member of the New York mob back in the late 1990’s and has been seen as a rising star in the Gambino family for some time. He has deep mob ties both in the United States and Sicily and is well connected to other well respected and high ranking members of the Gambino family. He has been on the radar of law enforcement for years as he has climbed his way through the ranks of the family. He is known as a top earner and as someone who possesses the qualities needed to have become boss of a NY mafia family.
Cefalu known as a tough stand up wiseguy has without a doubt been a positive force atop the Gambino family leading using old-school mafia tactics and traditions. But many believe the aging mobster lacks the charisma and long-term vision of Cali. Has the now 68-year-old acting boss Cefalu stepped aside so that the family could move into a new era under the leadership of the younger and more energetic Cali? Who do you think is the current Gambino family boss?
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I think the timing is about right for Cali to take over as boss. Dom is getting to that age where stepping down makes sense and Cali seems ready to take the reigns. Dom can sit back and relax and still counsel when needed and have less chance of being pinched with a less hands on role with in the family, gotta think he has made plenty over the last several years.
I agree. Cali is in the best spot to be the boss. Maybe this is just to get law enforcement guessing.
Its def been a tactic various families have implemented of late.
Cefalu is well insulated, the gambinos have taken a more Genovese typed stance in running the crime family , don’t forget they had the 3 man upfront panel consisting of sonny juliano Anthony gurino and john gambino insulating the administration
Agreed he really has been well insulated and the Gambino family hierarchy is now in as protected a spot as it gets for most part. And you make a good point as to things going well now and not wanting to make a change now and upset that apple cart. Although i still wouldnt be surprised at all if Dom even at this stage and well insulated is looking to take a step back and let Cali have his day.
Simply playing devil’s advocate, are they really insulated? I mean we know who the leadership is. Where as you look at Genovese, and no one knows who their top three are. People say Benny Eggs, but he’s 90 something. Maybe insulated in terms of no major convictions in last eight years of so for top guys. I think that may be more about the FEDS putting attention else where and downgrading their threat level.
Just a thought
Yes i think “insulated” as to the Gambino’s in this case is more so against any major convictions keeping orders handed down to an extremely short lists etc. No one has done as good a job at keeping their hierarchy unknown then the Genovese and its actually amazing to me they have been able to do it for this long.
I think a indictment is coming things are too quiet even with the Feds withdrawal guys are earning like never before the young guys are getting there button without doing time they are learning from the old guys who were not in the can like they were ten years ago things are too good I just can’t see it lasting I swear if someone told me this would be the state of the mob ten years ago even 5 years ago I would have laughed.
I concur. It’s too perfect right now. Three of the five are stronger than they’ve been in twenty years or more. Something is brewing beneath the surface.
I know the Feds have let there squads weaken but even then it’s ridiculous the Genovese family have had some busts last couple of years the gambino family has had some drug busts and a couple in a food distribution bust and that guy in Florida who was an associate and the guy in la. The lucheses have had little indicments. The colombos have had not many a capo and couple of soldiers a few guys here and there. Bonannos have had the most indictments with tommy,jack and vinnie(the drunk) asaro and vinnies kid that major drug dealer and a few other things.
No family has been hit as hard as they were ten years ago I defo think an indictment is on its way maybe they have an undercover I know people will laugh and I am prob wrong but look at Jack falcone he infiltrated the gambino family in 2003-5 NYPD officer infiltrated a Genovese crew and we all know Donnie brasco story. It’s defo possible I mean jack was Cuban and they were proposing I still can’t understand how they thought he Italian he must of really practiced
I am going to NYC this Oct. Where is Frank’s social club? Bensonhurst?
is social club (it is also a cafe) is right in the middle of bensonhurst on 18 ave but i hear he was considering moving so i am not sure if he is still there i dont live in bensonhurst so its what i hear he could be in there there is a high chance He owns circus fruit 62nd st in brooklyn just north of bensonhurst. He has some major meat trucking going on
he lives in staten island a mansion used to live in brooklyn
Its lke listening to my kids talk about justin bieber.. This is too funny
What saying were the club is
That was meant for Bellomos twink,,
every night franks at Il colosso you will see him there he is with this sigg everytime and as you can imagine i am hardly going to ask never spoke to either of them. The odd occasion he is with pete go to the il colosso there is very good chance you will see him he is there most nights
i hope you dont get your hopes up too much though you might see alot of connected guys but dont expect anything out of the goodfellas
Lol! I don’t expect goodfellas! I’m just curious.
No I know what you mean by that I am interested in these guys as well i know your not that dumb. Frank’s house is mad its massive. He has some interests in chinatown. He used to be big in the poker machines before he got busted I hear he is major in meat trucking and he owns circus fruit a fruit company in Brooklyn.
The club is a cafe I think he is still there but he should be at the il colleso which is one of the best restaurants in New York that’s if you like italien food if you don’t like it I advise don’t go. To be honest bensonhurst is still a big itslien population 40% italiens but back in the 70s it was 90% Italian many have moved to the suburbs. It will always have a italiens population defo I know that
Dom celfeau worked in a bakery (satisfying parole) and I think he might still have that “job” but you won’t see him around there.
Dry snitch
This is what we call ” dry snitching”
What is dry snitching
Saying where Frank eats haha that makes me a rat
Kid your naive do you think they care what we say snitching the Feds already know where Frank is they regularly watch the place.
I would never portray info that could hurt anyone not that I know anything anyway just a few stories
I was kidding grandpa,, learn to take a joke ,, and im not a kid character
also dont be dumb i know you are smart enough not say anything dumb but if you go up to these guys and say are you frank cali the underboss/boss of the gambino family if you are lucky they will get up and leave but if your ulucky you could take a beating or worse they will think your wearing a wire these siggs dont play games
Lol, I would never approach a made guy, unless he was like John gotti and loved attention. By sigg I assume you mean a zip?
Yearh I mean zip.
I know your smart enough I worry sometimes that a wannabe will say something. Guys like John gotti would laugh. Vinnie bascanio would have enjoyed it and joey merlino loves the attention
Yes certain guys love the attention but some hick from Idaho walking up and saying ” hey ur so and so the gangster I follow ur life on the internet ” they wont get a beating they will just be laughed at like the momo’s they are,,
Siggs don’t play games they don’t understand the public like the others .
Most though I agree would laugh or walk away
The grease balls do get physical quick but they know they are being watched ,, if some guy like this Bellomo twink came up to them they would take him in the cafe and rip is rektum open ,, to there suprise he would ask to get pictures of the anal beating for his mob scrap book
How would u know if a guy was made? Im confused .. Maybe I have been out of Brooklyn too long ,, do they were stickers on there shirts?
Lmfao,,
I’m done responding. Have fun in your moms basement.
A moms basement joke !! Very original??? Say Hi to Tony meatballs of the Ravioli crime family next time ur in NYC
I thought John gambino stepped down.
Sonnys a hardcore gangster
I don’t understand. I know him as “the greaseball” and I thought he was “the boss” since about late 2011 or maybe early 2012 not “acting boss”. If rumor has it he is stepping down and it is true then there is no doubt the other Sicilian Cali will be the next bigshot. Enjoy it while you can babyboy because when the shit hits the fan (and it will) your never coming home.
He is pretty much been “acting boss” in name only as the feds still consider Peter Gotti as the official boss of the Gambino family technically. But Peter has no more authority on the streets and things are definitely under the control of either Dom or Farnk.
Dom has a had it good since 2007 that guy has been in one of the top spots and franky has tens of millions just look at his house in Staten island
Cefalu is the boss of the gambinos in my opinion , capeci was tickling the wire for the Feds , he was backtracking last week saying he may have been wrong , cefalu is in firm control and they have stayed under the radar since he took over , why would u change it now ?? If cefalu had stepped down or been replaced then we would have heard about it , no doubt Cali will eventually take over wen cefalu steps aside but I don’t think he has just yet , he is only in his sixties
He is nearly 70 dom if that was me I would be long gone with my millions :D.
Who knows really I think Frank is the main guy on the street if there is a problem either the panel or Frank deal with it. Dom still gives input in big decisions
I admit, I don’t know anymore than the next speculator. That being said, I don’t understand your logic, meaning, by all means help me to understand. Maybe I am missing something, or simply not understanding. Why would Cali being boss draw extra attention, shake the tree so to speak? It’s no secret that Dom is/was boss, so how is knowing it’s Cali any different than knowing it’s Dom? Either way, they are not hiding it well enough, especially compared to the elusive Genovese. I don’t see how any extra heat comes down as a result of Cali’s appointment. He’s a massive figure regardless, so whether it’s boss or underboss, he still has a big target on his back.
The bigger issue in my mind, at least if I were in the Gambino’s is how this information is getting out. The Genovese can still keep leadership on the down low, maybe who’s boss is not as important is whose talking. So either they are terrible at being discreet, or a high ranking member is a rat. Why do we know who the boss is period is my point? “secret soceity” is not so secret.
Not that it matters either way, but I believe it’s Cali. Yes, Dom is 68, which means at best he has 20 years of life left. Maybe less, so why risk life in prison or even a twenty year stretch at this age? He’s got money, he can still advise, makes sense to step back and let the younger man take over. Carlo Gambino took over when he was about 56, and he lasted twenty years.
Again, I am no expert, simply guessing based upon what little I know.
The info gets out because the Feds tell capeci to write this.
like I said before they don’t care if we know dom and Frank have the panel they are very smart and hidden they are very like the Genovese family. You could UAE that argument for the lucheses as well we all know the boss under boss and conslgliere and they are the most stable family. We all know the big players in the Genovese family hell we are even hearing about the up and comers like alllie shades junior
It’s a different age everything is out in the open for us to see its impossible to hide from the public the Feds don’t care nor do the mob what we think no mobster is going to be reading this site
Who really knows who the boss is the Feds are prob struggling to know because dom and Frank don’t meet even the capos for business. If you want to speak to them two you have to go through the panel and they are quiet and hardcore gangsters guys like sonny
As I’ve stated b4 when ths was first reported bout a week ago or so, the Gambino’s is doing wht the Outfit & Genovese families has been doing since the sixties. …Dom is the boss, Cali is the face.
Who knows until an Indicment we won’t know. Frank is very well liked and very rich Jackie the nose brought him up well and mikey scars was saying that him and junior gotti were impressed with Frank. Frank’s born negotiating very smart guy young guy really he is what 48 49 look where he lives.
Mickey scars was saying when he was on the streets Dom would not have been considered good quality but that was 15 years and has done a very good job so far and since 2007 has been one of the top guys dom a very powerful guy lives very modestly drives a shitty car lives with his mother very quiet and old school. Frankie is easier ti find and bit more in the open
Truth is Dom and Frank whoever is boss are very well insulated the ruling panel is the only way you can speak to them to the panel is doing well
Yeah a ruling panel is bout the best way to do thngs thse days, Frank is very smart & stll quite young in his early fifties I thnk it’ll be another two to fve yrs b4 he really takes the big seat as the supreme leader of the family…by tht tme Dom will be in his early eighties. I’ve also heard one tme Frankie turn down tht offer because he ddnt wnt the attention frm the feds. He lkes wrkng behind the scenes. I just curious as to who would’ve been a second choice…ijs
that was a bullshit some joke of a reporter made up frank NEVER turned down the offer the feds even said it was bullshit and so did capeci
frank will be the boss one day no doubt if he is not boss already he knows that is the whole point of the panel if he was not going to take it he would not be underboss he would be one of the panel members and theres plenty of guys who can do the job. Will be intersting to see what happens when gene gets out in 2018 and so does john carneliga i can see gene and john going back what else are they going to do retire? with what? john is broke he has been away for years and charles is now doing life and he was never a earner anyway just a crazy killer and gene sure he has some money but i think he will go back to the life i dont think its enough and is family is broken anyway vince, peter, john and richie are either dead or in prison i think only richie senior is alive and junior is active. Gene does not even speak to junior
Junior active? Did I misread your post? I can’t imagine junior being active, honestly I think the gambino’s are ready for all the Gotti’s to be dead. It seems the Sicilians are dominating the game now
i did NOT say junior is active.
Junior is out and got lucky and i feel bad for the guy because what he had to go through in those trials and the way the feds treated him was appaling i mean they wanted danny m to whack junior the feds should be investigated because they got up to some dirty things during that time. Junior has been out since he got out of prison.
Gene does not speak to gotti they dont get on. Gene will be welcomed back he is close with jackie the nose who is close with frank. Gene already has rackets on the streets a loansharking operation he runs from prison he will rejoin and they will take him back.
The siggs dont want anything to do with that era 80s and 90s they never liked john really the siggs but they will take gene back in and john carneliga for two reasons one it would look bad if they refused to let a guy who just did 40 years back into the game and two they can be trusted never to rat
Your forgetting there is still two gottis active on the streets richie senior and richie junior though they are both low level gene would be allowed to run howard beach no doubt about it he would be given the stripes
I assumed I misunderstood what you said, my apologies. Gene is definitely no rat, but he is high profile due to his brothers. Interested to see how his release plays out.