The Italian Mafia

[Crown Royal]

Watching (for the first time ever) The Sopranos on TV, and last night I watched the Godfather (for the 12099023 time), and got to wondering - is the Mafia still alive? If so, where? I know that in Dallas, it used to be big (bigger than you'd think, the mafia in general, even with some large italian branches), but it isn't what it once was. There is still an underworld there, and some mob like dealings, but not like it used to be.

But do they still have it like this elsewhere?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Yes they are still around, maybe not in the same ways they were at one time, but still around.

Wherever there is a way to make money under the table someone will find a way to do it and the mafia was one of the best at it.

If you don't believe the mafia is still out there, take a look out your window.

See that guy in that caddy out there eating a sandwich?

That is one of the guys, and he is watching you.

Better pay up your money to your bookie, that is if you want to go throughout life without a serious limp.

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[Juke99]

Not that I know anything about this...but...the "Five Families" in New York have taken a serious beating...RICO Laws have done a lot to break apart the Mafia and it will never be as it was.

Also, other groups have taken over drug trade which ultimately, helped to lead to the downfall of the mob as it was.

Gotti being as public a personality as he was also brought alot of attention...attention that ultimately wasnt a good thing.

The Genoves family, which was really seen as the Harvard/IBM of mob families has branched out into some "legit" ventures.

Paul Castellano also tried to be much more "corporate" in his approach...he disdained drugs as a business...

We all know what happened to him. The lure of drug money was simply too great.

 

[DallasCowpoke111]

is the Mafia still alive? If so, where? I know that in Dallas, it used to be big (bigger than you'd think, the mafia in general, even with some large italian branches), but it isn't what it once was. There is still an underworld there, and some mob like dealings, but not like it used to be.

Tell ya what, next time you're in Dallas, stop in at Campisi's Egyptian on Mockingbird, find Corky Campisi and pose this question to him.

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[TruBlueCowboy]

My old man went to high school in Dallas and used to be buddies with a kid who I guess would be the real-life version of A.J. Soprano. LOL

Anyways, he told me a story about how the kid got his car stolen one day, and his father, the card-carrying mafioso, finds out about it. The car mysteriously reappears the next day and nothing is ever heard from of the fate of whomever stole it.

But no, I don't think the Italian mob has much influence in Dallas anymore. They tried to branch out all over the mid-west in the 50's-60's, but I don't think they ever really found a stronghold like Vegas or the East Coast.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Tell ya what, next time you're in Dallas, stop in at Campisi's Egyptian on Mockingbird, find Corky Campisi and pose this question to him.

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We still have what I call "Mild" Mafia around where I live and if they have those in a small county in WV than I am sure it is much worse in larger towns.

My wife's one uncle had a problem gambling on sports.

We all have gambled on football at this one little bookie place.

Everyone in town knows that the guy was a bookie and part of the mafia but nobody ever did anything about it.

So her Uncle gambled and gambled and would collect quickly if he won, or passed it on to another bet, but if he had to pay he would be slow.

There for some time he just would not pay even though the guy told him he could make payments, the guy cut him off from future bets until he paid.

So this is mild mafia in our area and they always would give someone a chance to pay up.

Well after a few weeks of not paying up her uncle was driving his car through town and someone hit him and did some damage to his car.

He got out of the car and noticed it was the bookie. He told the guy that he will need to get his insurance number to take care of the damages.

The bookie told him...let's say that makes us even on the bets you didn't pay and leave it at that.

Her uncle never filed an insurance claim LOL.

 

[DallasCowpoke111]

So this is mild mafia in our area and they always would give someone a chance to pay up.

Well after a few weeks of not paying up her uncle was driving his car through town and someone hit him and did some damage to his car.

He got out of the car and noticed it was the bookie. He told the guy that he will need to get his insurance number to take care of the damages.

The bookie told him...let's say that makes us even on the bets you didn't pay and leave it at that.

Her uncle never filed an insurance claim LOL.

Was the WVA "mild mafia" guy driving a Nova or did he happen to call his car the "General Lee"?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Was the WVA "mild mafia" guy driving a Nova or did he happen to call his car the "General Lee"?

It was some chevy.
No there was no rebel flag in his car but than again he is not exactly race sensitive.

I can not even be around her family during football games they are so bad.

I drop in for a few minutes and than head home to watch football.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It was some chevy.
No there was no rebel flag in his car but than again he is not exactly race sensitive.

I can not even be around her family during football games they are so bad.

I drop in for a few minutes and than head home to watch football.

Tell Daisy we said hello the next time you see her at the Boar's Nest

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Tell Daisy we said hello the next time you see her at the Boar's Nest

I don't go to bars anymore.

 

[Qwickdraw]

These days, there's far too many mafia-wannabees than the real thing.

Personally Im sick everyone thinking if your name is Italian, you must be "connected".

 

[calico]

When I was a teenager, I worked at a small, local business in Houston that I believe was a front for some mafia members.

Employees where never, NEVER allowed to hit F8 on the register computer because it would bring up the sales and overall financial info for the store. We were warned about it and if we did then we were fired. It happened to several people when I worked there and I actually did it by accident. I was not fired because they liked me, but they were pissed at me.

The kicker was that once a month, the mafioso looking "cousins" of the owners would come into the store and they would all go out into the back alley to discuss "business"...always done in Italian and not english even though they would all speak perfect English infront of the employees before going out back. And God help you if you stumbled back there during one of their meetings.

I asked my boss if the "cousins" were part owners of the store and I was basically told to stop asking questions and forget that they ever came around.

I was not even allowed to count my register and receipts after a day of work, they took care of that for me.

It was all very suspicious to say the least.

 

[VirusX]

The first rule about the "mafia" is we dont speak about the "mafia".

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

The first rule about the "mafia" is we dont speak about the "mafia".

Omerta

 

[Crown Royal]

Tell ya what, next time you're in Dallas, stop in at Campisi's Egyptian on Mockingbird, find Corky Campisi and pose this question to him.

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I LOVE Campisi's. But c'mon, DC - Everyone asks him. Seriously - it isn't a secret. At the worst you get a look, at the best he just laughs.

There used to be a guy in my Grandmother's neighborhood who was a major boss. I met a cop once and we were talking about Dallas' mob history, and he mentioned 'Al.' I never knew it, but after that, it kind of made sense. The cop told me stories and even described him - he was always a nice guy - talked to him a few times as a kid, used to give me home made caramel popcorn - but after I found that out, I always sort of hesitated around him.

I am probably set for a hit.