130 to 145 members
Boss: Vacant
Underboss : Vacant
Consigliere: Vacant
Last year was a bad one for the Bonanno family�probably the worst in its history. Its boss since 1991, Joseph Massino, was convicted of seven murders dating from the eighties, and the Feds decided to try to execute him for a 1999 mob hit. Two dozen family members and associates, including three capos he selected to coordinate things while he battled the law from prison, were all indicted and jailed on racketeering and murder charges. This fall, Vincent �Vinny Gorgeous� Basciano, the capo he chose to replace the convicted trio and serve as acting boss, was himself socked with murder charges. Since November 19, Basciano, 45, has been awaiting trial at the same federal lockup in Sunset Park as his boss and the men he replaced. In the new millennium, more than 40 family wiseguys and associates have been convicted and imprisoned, including a former acting boss, Anthony Spero, 71. On top of all that, Joseph Massino, the Last Don, a wiseguy who surely amassed millions during his decade on top, says he can�t afford a lawyer and has told a federal judge that he needs a court-appointed attorney. Joseph Massino, the so called last-don became a rat and testified as a government witnes, the first for a boss ever. Many think the Bonannos are done for.
Meanwhile, Massino is expected to tap an old cohort, capo Anthony �Fat Anthony� Rabito, as his �street boss.� On his mob r�sum�, Rabito, 70, has a drug rap, a few dead bodies, and a keen business sense, according to FBI documents. He has owned a bakery, a caf�, and several nightclubs, all on Manhattan�s East Side. Unlike a Las Vegas business venture that failed�a New York�style pizzeria called Fat Anthony�s�his local endeavors were said to be moneymakers.