I've got to be honest. I'm a Master student specialised in organised crime and this video completely cooked my brain. The way they shift from one place to another is mind boggling. The writing in this video is so bad they can't seem to make 1 point but try to make 7...
If a mentally-Ill person killed a doctor, would the audience need to be told about the history of medicine going back to Hippocrates? this is sensationalism. where is the story about how the mentally Ill are self-mobilizing and arming themselves, and the people and groups who continue to profit from peddling conspiracy?
Exactly. Thats where its gone to today. People have served thousands of man years of incarceration for gambling. Now the state of New York and NJ run the gambling racket.
My favorite neighborhood hustlers never left. As an ex prison employee, I have nothing but respect for the Teflon Don, the Pizza Connection and all the members of the Italian/Sicilian/Columbian OC inmates incarcerated at MCCNY during the years 1986 thru 1988. They treated me with a lot of respect and I really enjoyed working in the Federal Law Library helping out the inmates and translating indictments. Many of the OC inmates are now deceased or deported. But I have fine memories of them and the respectful manner in which they treated me. I met Big John in person and we traded Copacabana jokes for a few minutes. He was a great guy and may God bless his soul.
I used to live next door to these guys. They were such nice boys. Always so helpful to my mother. Some you’d see quite often but others you’d see a few times and then never again.
@@willneverreadreplies That's the thing - they're all crooks, but some are the most charming people you will other encounter. Also, not all extort, murder, or embezzle. As delusional as it may be, some see themselves as stand-up citizens. They live within a crazy world that is largely inspired by entitlement.
my moms best friend grew up in mob territory, they were all incredibly friendly to the children. Not to mention it was the safest area of NYC for women and children because no one dared entered mob territory to mess around/commit crime
"The mob as we knew it doesn't exist", but it certainly exists. The mob has always been tied to the stock commodity and real estate rackets. Take the U$ presidency, Truman to present, you're research will make it clear that the mob has helped them all along the way to the highest office. Cont'd
This little video is ALL over the place. I feel like I learned less than what I knew before I watched this. Idk what angle vice was going for with this lol
Since Disney has bought them out in 2019 and they have since said it was worthless vice has gone down hill. You gotta take the knowledge of their videos but leave the narrative behind.
Nowadays Cartels are the biggest thing, but that’s because drugs gives more money and that’s their focus. The Mob was into many stuff and they were in a first world where it’s easier being caught.
@@GuinessOriginal He went to prison half my life and being apart of a mob family, not something that you can hide. Obviously the logistics and whatnot you won’t know. You can see the picture but can’t see the details.
Right? The Frank Cali murder was completely unrelated to the mafia. His death was a freak accident by a schizophrenic ex boyfriend of one of his daughters.
I'm a retired Federal prison library law clerk. I worked at MCCNY during the 80s. In general, the Sicilian and Italian OC inmates were more respectful of staff. Guys like Henry Hill had great senses of humor and love to tell jokes. I met the Teflon Don and we traded Copacabana jokes for a few. I remember working with the Pizza Connection and they were all sweethearts with me. The Sicilian/Italian OCs have nothing to prove because no one plays around with them. The Italian and Sicilian OC inmates are also some of the best behaved. They know that the better you act, the earlier you will be released for good behavior. I hired the Columbian cartel OCs to help me in the law library. They were very good for keeping the heat off my back. The political prisoners were usually well behaved and cooperative in terms of prison rules. They demonstrated a lot of intelligence and it was a pleasure to help them with their indictments. The Asians like the Italians were totally cooperative and knew how to do their time. They all attended English classes to better their language skills. I met an inmate named Ray and he was Vietnamese. We studied the history of Vietnam together and I still remember plenty of Vietnamese history and its consequences. It was a real pleasure to help so many desperate men and I know that God is good to me because I always tried to help those in need.
What was the Teflon Don like ? Speaking to him in prison and stuff. And he ever say how pissed off he was no being able to live the high life. Or anything like that
Rudy giuliani when he was taking down the mob-“there’s only room for one corrupt criminal organization in this city! And that’s MY criminal organization!”
@@jrob4795 well i believe in neighborhoods where the mob had territory or lived they were very very safe because nobody was going to commit crimes in mob territory
Being a native New Yorker, it's a bit funny hearing such a classy and elegant accent describing the mob. Also the mob never left. I grew up close to howard beach, they are in plain sight. Just not very brash. My mom had a run in with one. My coworker had a run in with one. Both are fine but damn tense moments fuhgetaboutit
@@SuperSlimshady1 I used to work for a major bank. My coworker was a teller and got into argument with a client about fees. Eventually the lady got super frustrated and left. When we are closing up, my coworker got a call from a random number and it was the lady talking about no one ever talks to her that way. Looked up her name, last name was gotti. Called corporate and closed her account immediately.
@@dublinsfaircity apparently they're getting back into unions. They were into gambling before it got passed legally here in NY. Although you'll be surprised how many people still use bookies. Drugs are still a thing. Chopshops. There is still a lot of money to be made doing illegal things. The days of the don being larger than life and talkingbto media in 3000 dollar Armani suits are done though
@@luiscruz7343 Gotti the clown was never a proper mob boss just a street thug who whacked a family boss to save his own life. But yea those days are over for the mob.
If there was no RICO and the law didn't start giving people deals for testifying and giving them 20+ year sentences for not testifying then they'd still be just as big though. Those two things were huge in damaging the Mob and all other organized crime.
Christopher: "Aye Tone did you hear the head of the Gambino crime family got whacked? By some whackjob named Hue Aaron. Get this he said the internet made him do it!"
Yea it's actually tragic and weird man. Dude was just a knowbody. He was underestimated... See before this new generation a boss would never be left alone.
As long as people have an appetite for drugs, gambling and sex they’ll always exist. They haven’t gone away, just not as powerful or as implanted in society as they once were
Mob never left I’m from jersey and see quite few of them in Bergen county with the big ass rings and Cadillac you can tell a mob guy when you see him but they pay to keep everyone happy
@@sneezystudios5856 oh no listen nj crew not a joke by far and there history can explain it so for anyone thinking nj mob crew was a push over cause of times like the rat Sammy the bull being enforcer but everyone in ny was a fuckin rat very few jersey guys ratted and that’s in history less then 5
The Mafia never left in Sicily which is where it's the most strongest, La Cosa Nostra in NY and Chicago is long gone, there are a few "wiseguys" around who think they are still operating and have turned to cyber crime but every ex-mobster would tell you that you can't get away with those crimes they did back in the 40s-60s today since the police are far more sophisticated in cracking down organized crime. Like you can't just throw a brick through a shop window anymore to intimidate shop owners...we live in 2022, this ain't the movies. Racketeering is way harder in this era than it was back then.
Racketeering?) Harder?) Lol. Even in past years the Mafia didn’t smash windows, yet it acted in more in semi-legal ways. Extortion is not “window smashing”, there are lot more ways to make people pay. F.ex, labor unions activity, fire security, waste management (hello from the Sopranos), control over building materials and so on. The mafia is the mafia because it combines legal actions with criminal methods. In lots of situations the business owners seek to pay to some wiseguys themselves, because they can handle their problems with taxes, fire security and other stuff, which harms the business. Mafia hasn’t gone anywhere because it’s not a simple gang: it’s a think tank and a “bureau of connections”, which is very required in capitalist society. They don’t kill people on the streets and don’t smash windows, they handle problems and make money in legal and semi-legal ways. And, if we are talking about classical extortion, this thing happens in criminal enterprises itself, f.ex, street robbers or drug pushers have to pay money up ahead to the guys, which “control” the neighborhood. Criminals extort criminals.
One thing that's changed and greatly reduced the governments heat on them, is that, for the most part they no longer use murder as their main means of punishment. Instead, now when someone needs to be "taken care of" they essentially blacklist them so that person no longer has any influence nor will anyone be willing to work/associate with them.
My grandpa was a member but he never talked about it and was in the shadows. He didnt have as much physical involvement later in life as he got old but he still kept contact and was in the shadows enough to never have any suspicious or investigation into him. I have photos I got when he passed away of him with lucky Luciano at a very high end ballroom party in Chicago.
my pop did hard time with a few of them in fed prison. Growing up I would go with mom to visit. The stories some of them could tell, it was very interesting, unreal, some even hilarious, to say the least. A few have become like uncles. They don't make them like that anymore. True good fellas.
Misleading title, makes you think that the video will reveal new details about the current state of the NY mob, instead goes into its history and talks about other historical OC groups around the world.
This video still doesn’t answer the original question posed in the title, a quick summary on frank cali isn’t enough, I thought I’d see more on the New York mafia today and the players in it, not nostalgic vids from the past lol
This random killing, doesn't necessarily mean he's part of the mafia, nor a mob! He could have just had a personal vendetta, or seeking some kind of revenge.
Hey VICE, the title of this video is misleading - London and South Africa in a NYC Crima Family video? This video is as speculative as it is confusing. Seriously - how is the Pablo Escobar crime syndicate grouped with the Cosa Nostra?
Mob stories are so fascinating to me. I’m born and raised in Kansas and didn’t realize that the mob still exists like that in the US. I mean, I figured they did but since I’m not in New York and I don’t see them in real life (nor hear stories about them anymore), they don’t even cross my mind.
I'm from Scotland and for some reason they always gain my interest. I think that it must be down to the culture that makes great movies. Over here you get groups of people who will come together to go on jobs and to put on a show of strength but mostly people wouldn't hear of sharing there money, so mostly go it alone or with just one other person.
@@badrhaskouri327 I’m from Long Island, the mob is fascinating from afar but belligerently ruthless when up close. They built the best skatepark in NY only to let it close after a year of raking in the money and never paying the builders/rent/ employees/ . On the other hand Scotland is the best country I’ve ever been to, lots of rad skateparks there
@@cheveronLI cheers mate appreciated. What part of Scotland did you visit. Its funny that you mentioned skate parks LOL. I done the site security for the skatepark close to where I lived. The skatepark builders were legit but I wasn't getting paid into my bank or with a wage slip LOL. Its been 15 years since I done that so I don't think anyone is interested.
I find that so funny, because the Kansas City mafia were absolutely massive historically, they are the ones who created Vegas. I though they still were pretty powerful.
@vice Please do a full episode on the Adams family I grew up in that time on North London, such a fascinating and truly disturbing family. Would buy the whole pub a round then the next week blow that same pub up!!
Some of them learned their lessons from the mistakes of John Gotti. They are not meant to be celebrities just guys trying to make money in creative often times illegal ways and that's it.
Well the comello was a total nobody who killed Cali bc he believed he was part of the Qanon deep state. Even had a qanon in pen written on his hand that he showed reporters there in the courtroom. This video does a terrible job and halfs truths everywhere not to mention leaving out tons of pertinent information to lead ppl to believe other things. I have no idea what their agenda was with this video but it is full of b.s
it`s ridiculous that you guys would do an episode on the NY mob which has been declining for decades, but never thought of reporting on Italy`s most fearsome Ndrangheta mafia group, despite the latter one is facing a giant trial right now? That is the real juicy organized crime news you can report on.
1920s: Aye, we're the New York mob and we are here to stay (government cracks down and thinks everything is resolved) 2020s: We're back stronger than ever baby!!!!
Growing up on Staten Island in the 60s & 70s it was always known that Todt Hill was the center of the mob. Today, if you own a bar, restaurant or deli on the South Shore of Staten Island you are impacted by "fees" that you need to pay. When I was a kid I worked at a gas station. The owner was told he had to have two vending machines in his business whether he wanted them or not. He paid a flat inflated fee to stock them and a monthly fee no matter how much he sold.
Classic extortion. And to think people look up to mobsters and revere Goodfellas and Sporanos and Sammy the Bull etc when they are all lowdown bullies and scum. Yes you too M Franseze who butter wouldnt melt in his mouth now.
It's the mafia and how they've infiltrated the government that fuels things like q-anon. Now and I'm not saying q-anon is real but it is fact that the mafia has it's hands all over government and they commit conspiracies.
It's the mafia and how they've infiltrated the government that fuels things like q-anon. Now and I'm not saying q-anon is real but it is fact that the mafia has it's hands all over government and they commit conspiracies.
The sopranos is about muuuuuch more than the mob. Its only the premise. Also why would it be surreal..since crime and organization of it has almost always existed and exists everywhere.
@@kingsmokes733 Now you have a great point, the book is way different and far more complex, I'd say every film made from a book fails to do it justice, best wishes 🙏
They know the Mafia is still active but went underground. They lost alot of power and influence tho. Why do you think Michael could not go to his fathers funeral? Only way out of the mafia is death. Michael and Sammy can never safely walk through New York.
How hilarious that Rudy became a household name taking down the mob, and then became a criminal himself. And for the same reasons as the mob, money and self importance.
Obviously there are many more important parts of this video...but is there really such a thing as a "well-heeled" part of Staten Island? I mean, has anyone from Vice ever been there?
I lived in Staten island for many years. Todt Hill (where Cali lived) is the home of multi million dollar homes. It's where Paul Castellan's infamous White House is located. Houses in that area are from 1.5 Mill - 3 maybe 4 mill. As far as NYC goes Staten is where you can get pieces like that unlike Brooklyn queens Bronx and city
Killing a mob boss in front of his house with no retaliation doesn’t exactly scare anybody I can tell you that much. Today they are more like scammers they’re not thugs anymore.
There’s no substance to this video, no details about how they still operate. Just silly examples of various other crime organizations that aren’t even as sophisticated
The kid that killed Frank Cali is obviously in protective custody. He definitely signed his own death certificate because the Sicilians will never let that go.
@salkan Maybe they are just playing things much smarter. They know that murder is bad for business and I think that they are going old school and trying to be a secret society like it was supposed to be. Ever since 9/11 the Feds have shifted from organized crime to terrorism. Each family use to have 20-30 agents on them. After 9/11 that number went to 2-4 agents per family. The Zips will eventually get that kid for killing Cali. It might not be soon but eventually they will get him
Because Vice had to get an idiot to read half truths and lies to the youtube world in a company based in NY. That story was the biggest skewed b.s I've ever seen about the mob. Then again its Vice after Shane Smith sold it, so I'm not surprised. I cant believe the amount of morons who just suck this up as gospel
I Wonder if Americans actually recognize. Italian surnames because they’re to be seen everywhere in nyc especially or for example the people that got interviewed in this video etc
I've got to be honest. I'm a Master student specialised in organised crime and this video completely cooked my brain. The way they shift from one place to another is mind boggling. The writing in this video is so bad they can't seem to make 1 point but try to make 7...
That’s what I thought it was barely about the main subject and had very little substance
Agreed
I mean it’s Vice lol
I'm only 1 minute in but i still liked your comment
If a mentally-Ill person killed a doctor, would the audience need to be told about the history of medicine going back to Hippocrates? this is sensationalism. where is the story about how the mentally Ill are self-mobilizing and arming themselves, and the people and groups who continue to profit from peddling conspiracy?
Son "Dad I'm thinking a career in organized crime".
Father "government or private sector?".
👏🏻
Son "yes"
Exactly. Thats where its gone to today. People have served thousands of man years of incarceration for gambling. Now the state of New York and NJ run the gambling racket.
Lmao. The government hates competition
Both " The Freemasons "
“Is the mob back?”
Vice: “don’t ask us, we’re just gonna speculate”
👌🏻🤣
"Is the mob back?"
Vice: "there is a hunger strike in Germany"
My favorite neighborhood hustlers never left. As an ex prison employee, I have nothing but respect for the Teflon Don, the Pizza Connection and all the members of the Italian/Sicilian/Columbian OC inmates incarcerated at MCCNY during the years 1986 thru 1988. They treated me with a lot of respect and I really enjoyed working in the Federal Law Library helping out the inmates and translating indictments. Many of the OC inmates are now deceased or deported. But I have fine memories of them and the respectful manner in which they treated me. I met Big John in person and we traded Copacabana jokes for a few minutes. He was a great guy and may God bless his soul.
Vice are the kings of bullshit speculations and little substance
I used to live next door to these guys. They were such nice boys. Always so helpful to my mother. Some you’d see quite often but others you’d see a few times and then never again.
My neighbor was a butcher, but he never went work, later on he was arrested and went to jail
@@danrook5757 what was him name?
Woah they were nice to your mom, guess that makes extortion, murder, and embezzling of public funds okay. Dumb daego
@@willneverreadreplies That's the thing - they're all crooks, but some are the most charming people you will other encounter. Also, not all extort, murder, or embezzle. As delusional as it may be, some see themselves as stand-up citizens. They live within a crazy world that is largely inspired by entitlement.
my moms best friend grew up in mob territory, they were all incredibly friendly to the children. Not to mention it was the safest area of NYC for women and children because no one dared entered mob territory to mess around/commit crime
The mob has never gone anywhere. They’ve changed their ways keeping a low profile but they still exist and always will.
I have to say that it did go to Fed Gaols and Our Lady's Cemetary for a few years *
Omertà
They control most of the corporate businesses there especially real estate
"The mob as we knew it doesn't exist", but it certainly exists.
The mob has always been tied to the stock commodity and real estate rackets.
Take the U$ presidency, Truman to present, you're research will make it clear that the mob has helped them all along the way to the highest office.
Cont'd
The mob is just like the cartels John Gotti was the Pablo Escobar of the mafia and now they’ve both went into shadows and business is still going good
This little video is ALL over the place. I feel like I learned less than what I knew before I watched this. Idk what angle vice was going for with this lol
Seriously.
I can’t believe they managed to make such a boring video on such an interesting topic. I stopped halfway through.
True. Also the narrator is absolutely awful.
I thought i was trippin lol me too.
Since Disney has bought them out in 2019 and they have since said it was worthless vice has gone down hill. You gotta take the knowledge of their videos but leave the narrative behind.
The mob never vanished, it went underground, the mob got smarter and they’re still doing what they do but much more strategically.
nah
Mob cant go against cartels
@James Sturm in what video did he mention that
Nowadays Cartels are the biggest thing, but that’s because drugs gives more money and that’s their focus. The Mob was into many stuff and they were in a first world where it’s easier being caught.
Yea drugs, sports betting, prostitution and loan sharking. Not exactly rocket science but open to thuggery.
My father was in the mob but was never made. Incarcerated for a while. To this day this man never speaks on it. It’s always been mind boggling.
You from chalmette
How do you know if he never speaks on it?
@@tbaby5650 Brooklyn, Coney Island
@@GuinessOriginal He went to prison half my life and being apart of a mob family, not something that you can hide. Obviously the logistics and whatnot you won’t know.
You can see the picture but can’t see the details.
@@GuinessOriginal he was the shoe shiner
This is easily the worst mob “documentary” I’ve ever seen.
Lol
Right? The Frank Cali murder was completely unrelated to the mafia. His death was a freak accident by a schizophrenic ex boyfriend of one of his daughters.
This woman is terrible i just watched some other video shes in and its brutal
Vice has gone downhill.
@@JRsmith. This is an illustration of Patrice O'Neal's maxim about female storytellers.
I don't think an organization like this will ever go away. Long as there is corruption in the world, it will continue to exist.
It’s not just corruption. As long as people want things that are illegal there will always be someone there to provide it. Supply and demand
It's harder now cause big brother is watching, but Damm they lived the life to the fullest back then
@@juniora6182 the same way law enforcement adapts is the same way these mobsters and their business adapt too.
@@sukottoshinobe7360 which usually involves corruption on some level..like when the cia smuggled cocaine in the 80s..
The corruption is only in America and Europe
I'm a retired Federal prison library law clerk. I worked at MCCNY during the 80s. In general, the Sicilian and Italian OC inmates were more respectful of staff. Guys like Henry Hill had great senses of humor and love to tell jokes. I met the Teflon Don and we traded Copacabana jokes for a few. I remember working with the Pizza Connection and they were all sweethearts with me. The Sicilian/Italian OCs have nothing to prove because no one plays around with them. The Italian and Sicilian OC inmates are also some of the best behaved. They know that the better you act, the earlier you will be released for good behavior. I hired the Columbian cartel OCs to help me in the law library. They were very good for keeping the heat off my back. The political prisoners were usually well behaved and cooperative in terms of prison rules. They demonstrated a lot of intelligence and it was a pleasure to help them with their indictments. The Asians like the Italians were totally cooperative and knew how to do their time. They all attended English classes to better their language skills. I met an inmate named Ray and he was Vietnamese. We studied the history of Vietnam together and I still remember plenty of Vietnamese history and its consequences. It was a real pleasure to help so many desperate men and I know that God is good to me because I always tried to help those in need.
Who were the worst inmates
Did you get coke from the Colombians?
@@conpop6924 do you even need to ask that? look at society....
What was the Teflon Don like ? Speaking to him in prison and stuff. And he ever say how pissed off he was no being able to live the high life. Or anything like that
Rudy giuliani when he was taking down the mob-“there’s only room for one corrupt criminal organization in this city! And that’s MY criminal organization!”
Mafia films and TV shows were the best things to happen to the mob so when they changed their methods and style, it was no longer recognised
Nah more like the FBI were up their ass too much so they had to adapt
Is that why there are no mob movies today set in current time?
@@udbz7264 Yeah I'm saying that's what they did and the movies came after they had already adapted which changed public perception
@@justinwinn01 yep and there probably won't be
Yeah all they talk about know is the john Gotti era no much after that.
Phil Leotardo did 20 years in the can for this. 20 years ! Bet they don’t even have a gun and sword on the table when they make new guys.
I remember thinking while watching The Sopranos “how do high ranking mobsters get whacked so easily?”. I guess it is that easy in real life.
It either means something or it doesn't!
Let me tell you a couple a three things about doin 20 years in the can with a grilled cheese off the radiator and a shinebox.
@@cachanillaSMG first he’s gonna tell you he did 20 fuckin years though
And not a fuckin peep..
It's shamefully to say that it actually might be needed in New York right now... Just the street regulation
Explain?
@@jrob4795 The mafia is incredibly beneficial on multiple aspects
@@willpicou9828 I get it.
@@jrob4795 well i believe in neighborhoods where the mob had territory or lived they were very very safe because nobody was going to commit crimes in mob territory
Being a native New Yorker, it's a bit funny hearing such a classy and elegant accent describing the mob. Also the mob never left. I grew up close to howard beach, they are in plain sight. Just not very brash. My mom had a run in with one. My coworker had a run in with one. Both are fine but damn tense moments fuhgetaboutit
Well what happened where they almost robbed or something and what do you mean they are in plain sight like you see them jogging suits or something
@@SuperSlimshady1 I used to work for a major bank. My coworker was a teller and got into argument with a client about fees. Eventually the lady got super frustrated and left. When we are closing up, my coworker got a call from a random number and it was the lady talking about no one ever talks to her that way. Looked up her name, last name was gotti. Called corporate and closed her account immediately.
Their not as strong as before though. What is their rackets now? Drugs as usual? Sports betting? Loan sharking?
@@dublinsfaircity apparently they're getting back into unions. They were into gambling before it got passed legally here in NY. Although you'll be surprised how many people still use bookies. Drugs are still a thing. Chopshops. There is still a lot of money to be made doing illegal things. The days of the don being larger than life and talkingbto media in 3000 dollar Armani suits are done though
@@luiscruz7343 Gotti the clown was never a proper mob boss just a street thug who whacked a family boss to save his own life. But yea those days are over for the mob.
*“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.”*
So you think you are a Goodfella eh?
@@kingsmokes733 you don't know who he's quoting
Ray Liotta you wise guy
@@kingsmokes733 it's supposedly a quote from Henry Hill, Liotta just played Hill in the movie.
If it wasn't for Liottas acting skills Henry would never come to life respect the actor who brings life to the character.
I wonder if these crime organizations laugh at these vids bc we don't know what makes good criminals bc good criminals don't get caught.
Yuriko really this is youtube this is not a pornsite but I like your enthusiasm.
Underated comment.
smartest comment here.
"if the fish would've kept his mouth shut, He wouldn't have got caught." ~ Old Mobster Quote
@@guerillagrowerusa6939 bruh it's a bot
All criminals get caught eventually…. At least nowadays with the laws and technology.
If there was no RICO and the law didn't start giving people deals for testifying and giving them 20+ year sentences for not testifying then they'd still be just as big though. Those two things were huge in damaging the Mob and all other organized crime.
Imagine being a whole mob boss and getting murdered by a kid who worships an on the spectrum elderly billionaire. Embarrassing.
Alleged billionaire.
Alleged qanon, this is the first time I’ve ever heard this of the killer, vice is hilarious
Meanwhile all three did more in life than you
@@PohTrain Really defending criminals? 🤡
Christopher: "Aye Tone did you hear the head of the Gambino crime family got whacked? By some whackjob named Hue Aaron. Get this he said the internet made him do it!"
_"F**kin' existentialism!"_
Imagine being a mob boss getting killed by a 24 year old QAnon dude
Yea it's actually tragic and weird man. Dude was just a knowbody. He was underestimated... See before this new generation a boss would never be left alone.
It’s called putting in work.
Imagine
Imagine getting away with killing a boss by pretending to be 😜 crazy 🤪🤪🤪
That's the 21st century for you
Whenever you see a mob movie the stories are long after the facts. The stories of todays mafia will be made many years from now.
They are a joke like on Sopranos
As long as people have an appetite for drugs, gambling and sex they’ll always exist. They haven’t gone away, just not as powerful or as implanted in society as they once were
You took that part from ep2 of sopranos pal 😅
@@MetroCop2077 damn right and I’ll re quote that motherfucker 😂
Mob never left I’m from jersey and see quite few of them in Bergen county with the big ass rings and Cadillac you can tell a mob guy when you see him but they pay to keep everyone happy
They must be in Cahoots with Trump.
Loool im from Mahwah and know exactly what your talking about
Historically speaking Carmine always said the NJ Mafia were nothing but a glorified crew.
@@sneezystudios5856 oh no listen nj crew not a joke by far and there history can explain it so for anyone thinking nj mob crew was a push over cause of times like the rat Sammy the bull being enforcer but everyone in ny was a fuckin rat very few jersey guys ratted and that’s in history less then 5
@@JessieHewing-oh1bj exactly brother
As a native New Yorker they’ve never gone anywhere.
The Mafia never left in Sicily which is where it's the most strongest, La Cosa Nostra in NY and Chicago is long gone, there are a few "wiseguys" around who think they are still operating and have turned to cyber crime but every ex-mobster would tell you that you can't get away with those crimes they did back in the 40s-60s today since the police are far more sophisticated in cracking down organized crime.
Like you can't just throw a brick through a shop window anymore to intimidate shop owners...we live in 2022, this ain't the movies. Racketeering is way harder in this era than it was back then.
Racketeering?) Harder?) Lol. Even in past years the Mafia didn’t smash windows, yet it acted in more in semi-legal ways. Extortion is not “window smashing”, there are lot more ways to make people pay. F.ex, labor unions activity, fire security, waste management (hello from the Sopranos), control over building materials and so on. The mafia is the mafia because it combines legal actions with criminal methods. In lots of situations the business owners seek to pay to some wiseguys themselves, because they can handle their problems with taxes, fire security and other stuff, which harms the business. Mafia hasn’t gone anywhere because it’s not a simple gang: it’s a think tank and a “bureau of connections”, which is very required in capitalist society. They don’t kill people on the streets and don’t smash windows, they handle problems and make money in legal and semi-legal ways.
And, if we are talking about classical extortion, this thing happens in criminal enterprises itself, f.ex, street robbers or drug pushers have to pay money up ahead to the guys, which “control” the neighborhood. Criminals extort criminals.
What a load of shite
One thing that's changed and greatly reduced the governments heat on them, is that, for the most part they no longer use murder as their main means of punishment. Instead, now when someone needs to be "taken care of" they essentially blacklist them so that person no longer has any influence nor will anyone be willing to work/associate with them.
Cancel culture?
They do still commit violent acts to remind everyone what might happen if they dont cooperate.
They outsource their hits today through local street gangs
You confused rich Jewish to the Italian mob
I miss the days when vice had those undercover documentarys
Ladbible has become the new vice
*Documentaries
@@Ze-Germanzuk ladbible is trash and vice is still good
If you live in New York or Jersey you know the mob never went anywhere lol
the mobs a shadow of it's self
Thank God they will actually clean up the city and put it back in check
And I bet they are more honest then anyone in office over the past 20 years
My grandpa was a member but he never talked about it and was in the shadows. He didnt have as much physical involvement later in life as he got old but he still kept contact and was in the shadows enough to never have any suspicious or investigation into him. I have photos I got when he passed away of him with lucky Luciano at a very high end ballroom party in Chicago.
More in depth series would be interesting on the mafia and adams family
Perhaps by someone else
Imagine surviving mob wars and activities only to be gunned down by some internet maniac.
The criminal underworld will never go away.
Excellent Reporting…. Clear and precise information
A lot of the OG’s are getting out of prison with unfinished business their determined
Just like la Eme
my pop did hard time with a few of them in fed prison. Growing up I would go with mom to visit. The stories some of them could tell, it was very interesting, unreal, some even hilarious, to say the least. A few have become like uncles.
They don't make them like that anymore. True good fellas.
Old farts are heading to the cigar shop to talk gossip
@@Yarmox 😂😂 yea that to
The mob never had the makings of a varsity athlete
LOL "The Adams Family" that's just plain funny!
Thanks for the stroll down Memory Lane. Let us know if you get any info on whether the New York Mob is back today.
Misleading title, makes you think that the video will reveal new details about the current state of the NY mob, instead goes into its history and talks about other historical OC groups around the world.
This video still doesn’t answer the original question posed in the title, a quick summary on frank cali isn’t enough, I thought I’d see more on the New York mafia today and the players in it, not nostalgic vids from the past lol
Right? Like, thanks for the summary of what the mafia is. Never getting those 10 min back
I like how mostly all the pics that show in the vidoe are from years ago lol
"This is Vice" means "We're not sure, we'll have someone glace Wikipedia then attack gender roles or something".
This random killing, doesn't necessarily mean he's part of the mafia, nor a mob! He could have just had a personal vendetta, or seeking some kind of revenge.
This is real life not John wick
@@kaicreary4938 ya but hes a qanon probably thinks the mafia sell children and wanted to take care of it
@James Sturm yea it was over him seeing Calis niece he told him to stay away but he killed him instead.
Mobs and Mafias will never leave they just change their ways and tactics
They should just change their ways for the better. Go to school and work just like everyone else. Losers
At 1:30 when he was reading off the charges ..... I thought he could be talking about a lot of different politicians 🤫
Hey VICE, the title of this video is misleading - London and South Africa in a NYC Crima Family video?
This video is as speculative as it is confusing.
Seriously - how is the Pablo Escobar crime syndicate grouped with the Cosa Nostra?
Mob stories are so fascinating to me. I’m born and raised in Kansas and didn’t realize that the mob still exists like that in the US. I mean, I figured they did but since I’m not in New York and I don’t see them in real life (nor hear stories about them anymore), they don’t even cross my mind.
The mafia exists in Kansas
I'm from Scotland and for some reason they always gain my interest. I think that it must be down to the culture that makes great movies. Over here you get groups of people who will come together to go on jobs and to put on a show of strength but mostly people wouldn't hear of sharing there money, so mostly go it alone or with just one other person.
@@badrhaskouri327 I’m from Long Island, the mob is fascinating from afar but belligerently ruthless when up close. They built the best skatepark in NY only to let it close after a year of raking in the money and never paying the builders/rent/ employees/ . On the other hand Scotland is the best country I’ve ever been to, lots of rad skateparks there
@@cheveronLI cheers mate appreciated. What part of Scotland did you visit. Its funny that you mentioned skate parks LOL. I done the site security for the skatepark close to where I lived. The skatepark builders were legit but I wasn't getting paid into my bank or with a wage slip LOL. Its been 15 years since I done that so I don't think anyone is interested.
I find that so funny, because the Kansas City mafia were absolutely massive historically, they are the ones who created Vegas. I though they still were pretty powerful.
@vice Please do a full episode on the Adams family I grew up in that time on North London, such a fascinating and truly disturbing family. Would buy the whole pub a round then the next week blow that same pub up!!
Heard some nutty stuff bout adams family
@@EazyE420 mate these man were that fearless they pretended to be the IRA for cover when they committed there murders as ' terrorist assanations'
@@westhamsenan7186 yeah i heard they use to bring alot of weed in too
Lived next to Terry and his family in Totteridge for about 10 years. Some parties they had.
@@DdotRay86 care to delve into any story? Would very much like to hear back from someone who was truly around these menaces ! Pls? Lol
Days since Vice has hired a normal looking anchor I can understand:
The biggest trick the Devil played, was making "man" believe that he doesnt exist.
And after many years, the Mob learned the lesson.
Its quit impressive how low key they have kept for the last decades compared to the 20´s up to the 90´s
Some of them learned their lessons from the mistakes of John Gotti. They are not meant to be celebrities just guys trying to make money in creative often times illegal ways and that's it.
Vice can't help themselves but throw Q-Anon into every video 😂
Well the comello was a total nobody who killed Cali bc he believed he was part of the Qanon deep state. Even had a qanon in pen written on his hand that he showed reporters there in the courtroom. This video does a terrible job and halfs truths everywhere not to mention leaving out tons of pertinent information to lead ppl to believe other things. I have no idea what their agenda was with this video but it is full of b.s
Well Thanks Vice I,m Watching this on a 50inch screen but can still see a 4inch Tv
What’s the purpose of mentioning that guy lived with his parents lmao
The history of the Mafia is fascinating.
Doesn’t make it any better then the crime committed by bloods or crips crime is crime .
@@TK-9718 ikr it’s only fascinating to them since it’s white people n a bit more organized lmao
This is a very poor and inaccurate video
@@maineeveryday3991 Elaborate
Yes, in Hollywood maybe. I don’t think kids and women melted in acid are fascinating.
Love learning about the mafia!!
this video was so confusing i just know they waited to release it until youtube took down the dislike button lmao
Is this the best Vice can do? Wow.
it`s ridiculous that you guys would do an episode on the NY mob which has been declining for decades, but never thought of reporting on Italy`s most fearsome Ndrangheta mafia group, despite the latter one is facing a giant trial right now? That is the real juicy organized crime news you can report on.
Its vice haha
Well New York gets a hell of a lot more clicks on the title than Italy
Italy might not want a media circus surrounding the trial
cronica nera
They have done docs on the ndrangheta
Imagine living in country where only rich feel happy and believing that mafia is gone. Its deeper in the government than you think.
The NY Mob never went away. No matter what, there will always be organized crime.
they never went away but are a shadow of their former selfs,
1920s: Aye, we're the New York mob and we are here to stay
(government cracks down and thinks everything is resolved)
2020s: We're back stronger than ever baby!!!!
Growing up on Staten Island in the 60s & 70s it was always known that Todt Hill was the center of the mob.
Today, if you own a bar, restaurant or deli on the South Shore of Staten Island you are impacted by "fees" that you need to pay.
When I was a kid I worked at a gas station. The owner was told he had to have two vending machines in his business whether he wanted them or not. He paid a flat inflated fee to stock them and a monthly fee no matter how much he sold.
Huh, no. Todt hill was where castellano lived among a few others. Massapequa is where most of the mob guys llived
Classic extortion. And to think people look up to mobsters and revere Goodfellas and Sporanos and Sammy the Bull etc when they are all lowdown bullies and scum. Yes you too M Franseze who butter wouldnt melt in his mouth now.
I am more worried about QANON crazies then I am about any organized crime family.
It's the mafia and how they've infiltrated the government that fuels things like q-anon. Now and I'm not saying q-anon is real but it is fact that the mafia has it's hands all over government and they commit conspiracies.
It's the mafia and how they've infiltrated the government that fuels things like q-anon. Now and I'm not saying q-anon is real but it is fact that the mafia has it's hands all over government and they commit conspiracies.
All i got out of this was just quietly in my head, "... what if they paid taxes :o " lmao like in a funny haha way goodfellas
The recently quality of Vice content, producers and presenters has fallen off a cliff edge. They literally go in wiki and think that must be it
Very fascinating as i started watching the sopranos month ago it sounds surreal that the mafia actually exist in new Jersey for real
The sopranos is about muuuuuch more than the mob. Its only the premise.
Also why would it be surreal..since crime and organization of it has almost always existed and exists everywhere.
I appreciate you reminding me that I need to finish watching The Sopranos, lol
Bell 🛎 🔚
Read "The Godfather" book is way better than the movie & any Mob series.
@@kingsmokes733 Now you have a great point, the book is way different and far more complex, I'd say every film made from a book fails to do it justice, best wishes 🙏
Vice your all over the place with this...jesus christ I want my 10 mins back
I always thought the "New York Mob" was Wall Street...
Use to run with the Gargiomi Bros. back in New Haven when Frankie the Frank was still running things down by the docks... Salud...
I hope Michael Franzese and Sammy cover this on their UA-cam channels.
They know the Mafia is still active but went underground. They lost alot of power and influence tho.
Why do you think Michael could not go to his fathers funeral? Only way out of the mafia is death.
Michael and Sammy can never safely walk through New York.
This video is full of left out info and half truths, it's really a terrible video
They need to cover thier a** lol
7:27 even more ruthless is the…?
vice , i cant even finish this
How hilarious that Rudy became a household name taking down the mob, and then became a criminal himself. And for the same reasons as the mob, money and self importance.
This is what happens when evil destroys itself.
Obviously there are many more important parts of this video...but is there really such a thing as a "well-heeled" part of Staten Island? I mean, has anyone from Vice ever been there?
I have been to Staten Island a few times and nothing springs to mind as "well-heeled".
I lived in Staten island for many years. Todt Hill (where Cali lived) is the home of multi million dollar homes. It's where Paul Castellan's infamous White House is located. Houses in that area are from 1.5 Mill - 3 maybe 4 mill. As far as NYC goes Staten is where you can get pieces like that unlike Brooklyn queens Bronx and city
6:15 that Building is not of MI5. LoL
Killing a mob boss in front of his house with no retaliation doesn’t exactly scare anybody I can tell you that much. Today they are more like scammers they’re not thugs anymore.
The shooter was a madman not a gangster. Who are they going to retaliate against, The QAnon Shaman? lol
@@nagone11 And Cali was just as an acting boss, the real boss of the Gambinos is Domenico Cefalù.
@@drsoe08 That's pretty well known now. Cali was the key connect to Sicily, his position was very important with respect to that.
Love hearing about the Mafia….But this host makes it almost impossible to watch! Horrible!
There’s no substance to this video, no details about how they still operate. Just silly examples of various other crime organizations that aren’t even as sophisticated
“The top tier make decisions and the workers implement them”....Jesus, what stellar writing Vice has these days.
Read this as she said it Lmfao
“never had the making of a varsity mob documentary”
There’s something about this girl I just cannot stand.
It's the fact she reporting on a story full of half truths, wrong information and missing information
Ay Tone , why would they build swimming pools and theatres if they were just gonna wack em?
They’re all in on it. From the Governor to mayor.
The brotherhood
Nobody:New York Gotham city:Am I a joke to you?
The kid that killed Frank Cali is obviously in protective custody. He definitely signed his own death certificate because the Sicilians will never let that go.
Yeah he better watch out for senior citizens
@salkan Maybe they are just playing things much smarter. They know that murder is bad for business and I think that they are going old school and trying to be a secret society like it was supposed to be. Ever since 9/11 the Feds have shifted from organized crime to terrorism. Each family use to have 20-30 agents on them. After 9/11 that number went to 2-4 agents per family. The Zips will eventually get that kid for killing Cali. It might not be soon but eventually they will get him
@@ChicanoCowboy 😂
Contributor:
"They have one thing the other organized crime groups don't have, which is their historical reputation"
Yakuza:
"Are we a joke to you?"
the deadpan narration of this woman with the futuristic robotic soundtrack is exactly why vice isn't the vice of 10 years ago
You could've led wit the, 'it was only some weird crazy guy that did it,' instead of taking me around that crazy loop of a video.
This video is like a collection of memes just splurged onto your face. This is apparently how smart Vice thinks you are....
The mob never went anywhere - it's just that most of them now have NYPD badges.
Congrats Bryan... You just won the DUMBEST COMMENT OF THE YEAR award.
Dude with the glasses sounds like Johnny Knoxville
was there a trigger warning i missed? It started looking like the scene from Goodfellas.....
why does she talk like a 3 y/o
Because Vice had to get an idiot to read half truths and lies to the youtube world in a company based in NY. That story was the biggest skewed b.s I've ever seen about the mob. Then again its Vice after Shane Smith sold it, so I'm not surprised. I cant believe the amount of morons who just suck this up as gospel
@RetroJoe 😂😂
I Wonder if Americans actually recognize. Italian surnames because they’re to be seen everywhere in nyc especially or for example the people that got interviewed in this video etc
If it ends in a vowel usually itallian
Outside of ny… probably not
What? This question didn’t make sense. But if you’re asking if Americans can recognize Italian names I would say yes. They’re easily recognizable.
This video is all over the place. I was waiting for a point to be made
Mob documentary for children apparently. Another Emmy award winning Vice Video. Lol