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To: nuconvert
Well, they used to, anyway. Read Joe Bonanno's book "Man Of Honor".

27 posted on 10/02/2006 8:46:19 AM PDT by Clifford The Big Red Dog (Woof!)
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To: Clifford The Big Red Dog; nuconvert

Bonanno Crime Family:
Joe Banana's criminal empire was brought down by drugs and infiltration by federal agents.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/bonanno/1.html

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Bonanno felt he deserved the vaunted position since in his estimation he, unlike his so-called peers, was the only remaining "man of honor" in the tradition of the Sicilian Mafia. "Wealth," he would later write in his controversial 1983 autobiography, was a "by-product of power." According to Bonanno, Lucky Luciano and his ilk concerned themselves with "the most primitive consideration: making money"-an interesting statement coming from a man whose crime family made most of its profits from the sale and distribution of narcotics. During his unprecedented 33 year reign, Bonanno used his considerable ill-gotten gain to extend his empire beyond the New York City area, acquiring major interests in Arizona, California, Canada, Cuba, and Haiti.
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35 posted on 10/02/2006 8:02:58 PM PDT by Valin (http://www.irey.com/)
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