⚫ Millennial mafia members in New York have been accused by veteran mobsters of going soft, @nickallen789 reports.
They’re obsessed with their phones and using text messages rather than fists to intimidate victims
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The new generation of mafia soldiers are said to be less brutal and less versed in traditional in-person tactics.
➡️One alleged gangster sent his victim, a union official, a message saying: "Hey, this is the 2nd text, there isn't going to be a 3rd"
The extent to which social media has now infiltrated the crime world was evident in the recent case of a fugitive mafia suspect.
His son pictured him in a swimming pool in Florida and taunted the FBI by posting it on Twitter, along with a rat emoji 🐀
Ageing crime family bosses are now left concerned about their succession.
🚨They have to be more personally involved in criminal operations, leading to them getting arrested more often
❌ Last month Andrew "Mush" Russo, the Colombo family boss, was arrested along with most of the rest of its senior leadership.
They were held over an alleged two-decade long plot to seize control of a New York City construction union
Mafia experts said their involvement in the details of the alleged plot showed a lack of confidence in lower-ranking members.
According to court records, Mr Russo was taped by the FBI saying of his leadership role: 🗣️"I can’t walk away. I can’t rest"
The five crime families that have controlled New York's Italian-American mafia for decades are "shadows of their former selves", according to a research paper
🔻It says there is a lack of tough young mafiosos coming up through the ranks
⛔Professor James B. Jacobs of New York University School of Law wrote there had been a "breakdown of omerta" (the mafia code of silence).
And that "the current generation of members and associates may have less loyalty"
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✍️ Working-class Italian neighbourhoods “have dramatically shrunken as Italian-Americans have steadily assimilated into mainstream society,” wrote Jacobs.
“Thereby radically diminishing the pool of tough teenagers with Cosa Nostra potential"
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