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U.S. hitmen unreliable, Mafia outsourcing hits with Sicilian-bred killers
TIMEOFLONDON ^
| 03/08/04
| UPI
Posted on 03/09/2004 11:51:17 AM PST by Pikamax
Italy: Sicilians are hit-men of choice
NEW YORK, March 8 (UPI) -- Organized crime families have given up on U.S. hitmen as unreliable, and now rely on Sicilian-bred killers, The Times of London said Monday.
Dozens of young Sicilians are believed to have been sent from towns in the Palermo area to the United States to help shore up the ranks of clans such as the DeCavalcante family in New Jersey and the Bonanno family in New York, said Roberto Centaro, the head of the Italian parliament's anti-Mafia commission.
"'Soldiers' from Sicily are considered less likely to end up collaborating with police," he said.
Centaro spent last week in New York discussing organized crime with the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Department of Justice.
Investigators told him they have learned from telephone taps new Sicilian arrivals are discussing attacks on U.S. investigators and judges.
Antonino Giuffre, a leading Italian Mafia turncoat said the Trapani area of Sicily is the home training ground for the Cosa Nostra's code of honor.
"In America, there isn't the same attachment to values -- there's no respect anymore," Giuffre said.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hitman; mafia; outsourcing
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posted on
03/09/2004 11:51:17 AM PST
by
Pikamax
To: Pikamax
Even the mob is outsourcing.
2
posted on
03/09/2004 11:52:53 AM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Jogging alongside excellence since 1970!)
To: Constitution Day
I thought all the H1-B visas were already used up for 2004.
3
posted on
03/09/2004 11:54:23 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Howard, we hardly knew ye. Not that we're complaining, mind you...)
To: Constitution Day
ROTFLMBO!!
To: Constitution Day
They're only killing the stoolies that Americans don't want to.
5
posted on
03/09/2004 11:55:53 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Just once I'd like to get by on my looks.)
To: Constitution Day
Cheeze, can't a guy from Joisy catch a break?
Dese guys dont even, like, speaka da English, ya know?
Wadda ya lookin' at?
fahgedaboudit!
Cheeze...
6
posted on
03/09/2004 11:58:26 AM PST
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: Constitution Day
Probably for the same reason.
Those Union Hitmen are just a bunch of slackers.
7
posted on
03/09/2004 11:59:53 AM PST
by
MrB
To: Pikamax
I heard that the Mafia's button men were once thinking of going union, but they didn't want to be associated with the Teamsters. It was an image thing.
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:00:06 PM PST
by
Spok
To: Pikamax
Aren't the hitmen from India cheaper and better educated?
CG
9
posted on
03/09/2004 12:01:45 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I'm armed. Isn't everyone?)
To: Constitution Day
Even the mob is outsourcing.
Darn, you beat me to it! LOL!
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:02:07 PM PST
by
wjcsux
(3rd Party Voters; stupid is as stupid does.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
This is all OSHA's fault - overregulation is killing American industry. Not to mention tort lawyers...
11
posted on
03/09/2004 12:02:32 PM PST
by
general_re
(The doors to Heaven and Hell are adjacent and identical... - Nikos Kazantzakis)
To: Conspiracy Guy
It's Bush's fault. We need legislation to protect American thugs from international competition.
12
posted on
03/09/2004 12:03:58 PM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Dick Gephardt is a <a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">miserable failure </a>)
To: Tijeras_Slim
LOL!
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:04:32 PM PST
by
Constitution Day
(Jogging alongside excellence since 1970!)
To: Pikamax
there's no respect anymoreYeah, all this cooperating with the law. What's the world coming to?
To: Pikamax
I knew it. Once Tony brung Furio, the flood gates would open.
Badda Bing!!
15
posted on
03/09/2004 12:06:13 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Always remember to consider the facetiously challenged and use your /sarcasm tag.)
To: Pikamax
Nothing new here, Carlo Gambino was doing it in the 70s
So9
To: VRWCmember
I just got my Hitman Degree after going to Hitman College on the internet. Now all the career opportunities evaporate before I can send out the first resume.
I'm saddened.
CG
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:07:10 PM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Of course I'm armed. Isn't everyone?)
To: general_re
On the other hand, successful hitman creates one job opening.
To: Pikamax
Yet another fine example of American's getting lazy... sigh. Perhaps I could offer La Cosa Nostra a seminar on the Deming principals of Total Quality... I wonder if they pay well??
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:09:29 PM PST
by
BlueNgold
(Feed the Tree .....)
To: Conspiracy Guy
I just got my Hitman Degree after going to Hitman College on the internet.
Let me guess....Wuts-a-mahta U. ??
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posted on
03/09/2004 12:10:36 PM PST
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Always remember to consider the facetiously challenged and use your /sarcasm tag.)
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