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San Fierro Wiseguy Aquitted on All Charges After Spending the Past Year Intangled in a Court Case Reputed Mobster James Delutro will be Back on the Streets Feb 14th, 2021 SAN FIERRO - One gangster got his Valentine's day gift early, James Delutro a reputed member of the nearly defunct San Fierro Crime Family was acquitted in the San Fierro superior court today. Delutro 46, has been in and out of prison lately, spending eight of the last fifteen years behind bars relating to charges stemming from two separate drug arrests. Delutro is a longtime member of the Fierro mob and a close associate of the lasting acting boss of the family: Anthony Gatti. His latest stint cost him four years inside of State prison. The family Delutro will be returning to is a far cry from the one he left in 2019 however, the San Fierro Crime Family has been on a steady decline since the mid-2000s. The family is now largely considered largely defunct, last year one FBI agent described the current state of the once dominant Durante mob as "a gambling club for senior citizens now." Rumors have long stated that the family has no more than a handful of active members at this point. The history of the San Fierro Crime Family dates back to the late 90s, when Valenti Captain Patrick Durante broke off from the family staking his own claim to Fierro. Also known as the Durante Family, the group was always small compared to the two major LS families. They gained a reputation quickly, however, for reliable drug trafficking due to the family's connections at the San Fierro port. This control of the ports has allowed the Fierro family to remain relevant despite its size. Since the disappearance of Patrick Durante, the Fierro Mob has had the tendency to overstep its boundaries and try to expand its criminal schemes into Los Santos. James Delutro was once a part of one of those early satellite crews which attempted to plant the Fierro flag in Los Santos. Delutro found himself involved in a drug operation alongside Ray Ferrante and Patrick Durante Jr., the son of the former boss, the bust up of the operation resulted in his incarceration. During this time the Fierro crew ran into turbulence with the Bellantonio Crime Family this led to the deaths of the acting Fierro boss Anthony Gatti, along with two soldiers: Albert Alfani, and Phil Cefalu within a two-year span. Currently, the family is believed to be led by Richard Novarese a Valenti soldier with close ties to Patrick Durante, Novarese has kept a low profile since the death of his predecessor. However, it's widely believed that Novarese is no more than a figurehead at this point and stays off the street away from what criminal activity remains. Alleged Underboss Frank Baldi is assumed to be the one running what few rackets are still going on. Baldi in his late 60s, was a long-time friend of Anthony Gatti and is frequently spotted running down to Los Santos to meet with other rumored gangsters. Anthony 'Lines' Ulino, a Venturas gangster who was also incarcerated with Delutro in the past, is known to often accompany Baldi on these trips. A major question for James Delutro if he wants to return to the Fierro organized crime scene will be if there's anything left for him. Los Santos is now firmly under the control of the resurgent Valenti Crime Family along with the remnants of the Bellantonio Family, setting up a crew once again in LS would likely lead to conflict. This means that Delutro will have to find where he fits amongst the hierarchy within the largely defunct San Fierro mob, this could lead to future conflicts on the horizon. SAN FIERRO CRIMINAL UNDERGROUND IN TURMOIL April 2, 2020 Twenty twenty, a new decade in a city. San Fierro has always been on the forefront of weapons smuggling, and narcotics trafficking along with many other illegal activities in the state of San Andreas. The city has widely been known for its large LGBT and Asian populations, but of the city’s more local problems, the Chinese community specifically has drawn a lot of interest in recent weeks. A prominent Chinese-American port official was found in the trunk of a car last month after that vehicle was shot up in Los Santos according to authorities. The reason for this individual, currently unnamed as police search for next of kin, to be involved in business with Asian organized crime is unclear but his death was followed by an explosion at his Los Santos property several days later. It remains to be seen whether the violence from Los Santos underworld scene is spilling back over into its neighbors; however, this does show that new organized crime groups are taking over where others had once laid claim. The power vacuum that was left by the once prominent San Fierro mob has grown as the family has become nearly defunct in recent years due to tumultuous chaos within its upper hierarchy. After the death of Patrick Durante in 2014, followed by the deaths of SF enforcer Phil Cefalu, and Durante’s then replacement Anthony Gatti in the following years, there has been some speculation about whether anyone has actually taken up the reins of the defunct San Fierro crime family since Gatti’s 2016 demise. The two most prominent factions in contention for control of what remnants are left of San Fierro mob, appear to be: Richard Novarese a Valenti soldier with close ties to Patrick Durante who never strayed back into Los Santos after Durante’s 2014 death; unlike some of his more greedy counterparts, Novarese has avoided the spotlight in recent years and he may be the acting boss of the SF family according to some sources. Novarese and his button man and enforcer James 'Jimmy' Delutro have avoided the media spotlight so far, but will they be coaxed back into the San Fierro mob scene due to these recent turn in developments? The other main faction vying for control of what’s left of the San Fierro Organized Crime Group is one of the former acting boss Tony Gatti’s closest associates, an old-time button; The nearly seventy-year-old bayside hitman Frank Baldi. He has been seen in the Chinatown district of downtown Los Santos within the last few months however, what his intentions hold remains to be seen. What is certain is that Frank Baldi and another Fierro button John Magro have made multiple trips out to the Las Venturas strip to visit the son of deceased San Fierro enforcer Phil Cefalu, Charles 'Chuckie' Cefalu. Now, what was Charles doing in Las Venturas? Another Durante original has popped back on the San Andreas organized crime radar; James Bruno, a Michael Sarino loyalist, who was apparently running the Visage Resort Hotel & Casino with other notable felons like Charles Cefalu, Samuel Nola, and Anthony 'Lines' Ulino listed as his employees. How was a convicted felon with illicit gambling ties was able to gain control of the most profitable casino and resort hotel on the strip? Apparently through his political connections in city hall gained from years of running operations for once-prominent Los Santos organized crime figures like Patrick Durante and Michael Sarino. The waning influence of the once-dominant organized crime group in San Fierro has not gone unnoticed by the multitude of other criminal organizations planning on staking their claim on the bayside city, as the recent outbreak of violence in the Asian-American community in San Fierro reveals. SAN FIERRO BRINGING OUT THE MATTRESSES January 30, 2015 The recent discovery of a body has attracted dozens of mob journalists. The corpse belonging to the San Fierro crime group member, Albert Alfani, was found in an alley near the Avispa Country Club. Alfani was shot three times. Instead of a mugging gone wrong, the incident may have been a mob hit with the purpose of sending a message to Alfani’s associates throughout San Fierro. Alfani was a notable affiliate of Anthony Gatti, the successor of Patrick Durante. Gatti became the reputed acting captain of Durante’s Fierro crew between the years 2012-2014. Durante’s death last year solidified Gatti’s position as boss of Fog City. Local law enforcement claims that organized crime in S.F. has taken a turn since the beginning of Gatti’s reign. Investigators have confirmed that there is a list of potential suspects. Other than local trigger-men, the list surprisingly includes the names of a few known L.S. mob figures. In a short press release, the Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs exposed the existence of a possible rivalry between Cosa Nostra organizations in Los Santos and San Fierro. The Criminal Division distinctly mentioned Gatti and a number of his underlings, as well as Michael Sarino. The involvement of the two calculating criminals has not been explained in the press release, but further investigation by the DoJ has revealed the rest of the plot. Philip Cefalu is amongst those in the list of suspects. The forty-year-old already had an extensive rap sheet by twenty-five. In 2012 he was inducted into the San Fierro crew. Surveillance has shown that Gatti and Sarino have been meeting regularly, about a month after Sarino’s release in November of last year. Within roughly two weeks of their first sit-down, Gatti’s crew headed by Cefalu made a move to Los Santos to join forces with Sarino. To help clarify the situation, Detective Joe Dino agreed to meet with our team for an interview. “Gatti and Sarino had some sort of an agreement in which everyone somehow made a financial gain.” Dino then explained the confidentiality of the case, but when asked about Cefalu, he continued. “Phil made the move under Gatti’s order, but this must have been a temporary deal. Gatti would never leave his city or let his guys work for someone like Sarino. It never really made sense to anybody how Gatti and Sarino were even able to sit together in the same room. It’s no secret that Sarino played his part in bringing down Durante, who Gatti and the rest of the Fog City crew were most loyal to. This shows how loyalty gets trumped by riches, and that’s the reality of their world. But suppressed issues like these have been known to spark bloody mob wars almost overnight.” Dino then concluded, “for the Fierro gang, deep pockets talk. Cefalu let his hunger for wealth steer him.” Cefalu and Sarino were spotted arriving and leaving San Fierro the same night that Alfani’s body was found. Let your imagination run wild—a deceiving hoodlum and a money-cherishing hot-head come together. Cefalu would be making more money than he ever did if he was allowed to stay in Los Santos, and Sarino wouldn’t mind crossing another boss, allowing Cefalu to make his stay permanent. Knowing which strings to pull, it is fair to assume that Sarino saw to it that Cefalu became a part of his organization. It is likely that Alfani’s death was collateral damage in Sarino’s recently developed scheme. Mike “The Snake” has writers beginning to wonder how much backstabbing the mafia will tolerate. OOC INFORMATION: Any questions or concerns can be sent to either: Stephen_Molfetta or Anthony Ulino's private messages. Please get permission from leadership before posting screenshots on the thread. 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Actually, when we talk about the Italian Organized Crime ( Mafia-Like Organizations ), we rarely distinguish between the various types of criminal organizations that populate Italy and that often migrate to other continents safeguarding traditions of the criminal organization they were part of. 

The main differences are found in:
 Jobs they handle The way they threat petty crime The way they act Where they come from In 2021 have been officially recognized some mafia-like organizations operating both in Southern and Northern Italy with countless imports of drugs and weapons from different continents. What are these recognized criminal organizations? Cosa Nostra ( or Sicilian Mafia ) - Sicily 'Ndrangheta - Calabria Camorra - Campania Sacra Corona Unita - Puglia And other small groups affiliated with these criminal organizations COSA NOSTRA The criminal organization that started the phenomenon commonly referred to as the "mafia" General Info: With the passing years the structure and the organization have been lost, in fact the old marked hierarchy ( Consigliere, Capodecina, Soldier etc.. ) has practically disappeared. The structure of this criminal organization is now homologated to the structure of the other organizations since the criminal organization way of acting has changed radically compared to the last century. Jobs they Handle: drugs trafficking, guns trade, money laundering, protection service, manipulation of the legal system. Petty Crime: Cosa Nostra ( or Sicilian Mafia ) doesn't care about petty crime and the reason is simple. Actually one of their income just comes from protection service that is related to petty crime. Violence: MEDIUM - If the situation is resolvable in a contained or violent way, they will choose the contained way unless they want to teach a lesson. Where they come from: Sicily, Italy. 'NDRANGHETA The most violent mafia-like organization born in Italy General Info: The mafia-like criminal organization commonly called "'Ndrangheta" is not only a simple mafia-like criminal organization. It is the most violent mafia-like organization. It has a precise structure followed and idolized so much that it has never been changed since its inception. Structure: Everything comes to life through families called "ndrine". A set of ndrine is called "local". A local has its boss who has the right to decide if a person has to live or to die, an accountant, and a "crime" that deals with relations with other criminal organizations. The important thing is that there isn't just a "local" but there are several locals scattered all around the place they want to control. Jobs they Handle: drugs trafficking, guns trade, money laundering, protection service, manipulation of the legal system, countless investments on the stock exchange for foreign shares, scams Petty Crime: They do not admit it, therefore they usually repress the perpetrators of petty crime. Violence: HIGH Where they come from: Calabria, Italy CAMORRA One of the most ancient mafia-like criminal organizations in Italy General Info: What does "Camorra" mean? "Camorra [...], in the general meaning of the word, designates much more than the association [...] The word applies to all abuses of force or influence" ( Marc Monnier ). It is one of the most ancient mafia-like criminal organizations in Italy and the second one in terms of violence. Structure: This organization is divided into individual groups called "clans". Each clan differ from each other by type of influence on the territory, organizational structure, economic strength and their way to act. Each clan has a "boss" and each boss can manage up to hundreds of affiliates, depending on the power and structure of each clan. Jobs they Handle: The main activities of the Camorra are drug trafficking, racketeering, counterfeiting and money laundering. Furthermore, it is not unusual for the Camorra clans to infiltrate the politics of their respective areas. Petty Crime: They favor petty crime. Violence: HIGH Where they come from: Campania, Italy While in the past criminal organizations were very well defined, today criminal organizations operate in a totally different way. Today we can even talk about "Criminal Enterprise". The FBI defines a criminal enterprise as a group of individuals with an identified hierarchy, or comparable structure, engaged in significant criminal activity. These organizations often engage in multiple criminal activities and have extensive supporting networks. Various federal criminal statutes specifically define the elements of an enterprise that need to be proven in order to convict individuals or groups of individuals under those statutes. In the States, the RICO statute defines an organization as "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity." and defines a criminal enterprise as "any group of six or more people, where one of the six occupies a position of organizer, a supervisory position, or any other position of management with respect to the other five, and which generates substantial income or resources, and is engaged in a continuing series of violations". Those associations of individuals operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining monetary and commercial gains, power, influence, totally or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational organizational structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms. Talking about Italian Organized Crime, in the United States the FBI estimates several Mafia groups operating in the United States. More than 3000 members and associates scattered mostly throughout major cities in the Northeast, Midwest, California, and the South. What about their largest presence? The largest Italian Organized Crime presence is estimated around New York, Philadelphia and New Jersey. The major threats posed by these groups are drug trafficking ( heroin and cocaine in particular ) and money laundering. They're often involved in political corruption, illegal gambling, kidnapping, extortion, fraud, counterfeiting, murders, bombings, infiltration of legitimate business and weapons trafficking. Main activities: Drug Trafficking Interstate transportation of stolen property Murder for hire Bribery Sports bribery Fraud Money laundering Obstruction of justice Prostitution Counterfeit goods trafficking Interstate shipment thefts Gambling Extortion What about tattoos? Italian Organized Crime do not use specific tattoos to designate membership with the group, but some factions of the mafia occasionally get tattoos. For example, one common tattoo among the Stidda group is the five green marks in a circle that form a small starr: As you can see it is a small tattoo since secrecy is among the highest values.