Michael Franzese on The Russian Mafia Now Surpassing The Italian Mafia (Part 29)

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In this clip, Michael Franzese gave his take on Rudy Guiliani saying the Italian Mafia has lost much of the influence it boasted for the greater part of the 20th century. He reacted to the former mayor of NYC claiming the Russian Mafia has gained control over the world of organized crime. Franzese also opined on the changes across the organized criminal landscape.

[ThisHandleWasTheOnlyAvailable]

Vlad's three main talking points in every interview:
(1) I never turned to crime because of the rape scene in American Me
(2) It's hard to get away with crime nowadays because of the prevalence of cameras, phones, etc
(3) I interviewed so-and-so, and he said this...

[therealazzaripmfreecasfree]

Russians Albanians and Serbs all super active in London, Italian just make great food, but that's the goal, street life was borne out of immigrant poverty and it wasn't meant to continue forever.

[robert]

Vlad asking 70 year old Italians about 69 might be the funniest thing i’ve seen

[looktothefuture]

Also, the Italian neighborhoods aren't as big anymore. Not as big a pool of recruits. Not to mention the fact that most Italian Americans have made it to the Middle to upper class so no need to turn to crime.

[briancrawford]

It's hard to get away with crimes today unless you're a politician or their family member

[Georgemeister]

Well said Vlad. I wish Mike could tell his opinion too.

[AKEG]

American-italian mafia and italian mafia are two completely different things..the two seem to get confused too often

[glove]

Glad Michael was present to see Vlad interview himself

[thiagoclauston]

Thanks Vlad for bringing on guests so that we can listen to your thoughts. I mean, who would want to hear what the interviewee has to say?

[spaceghost]

“I don’t know this for a fact but, maybe they just got quiet” something tells me that last statement was the truth and he knew it.

[GiovanniCapannori]

There's a difference between Italian American and Italian mafia groups. The 'Ndrangheta and Camorra are some of the strongest groups out there.

[MishaElRusito]

Russian mafia outside of Russia isn't really a big thing. In Russia though, it's huge and yet people never see it or know about it cuz the mafia in Russia is in the government and they just stay low while making some crazy money. So only once in a while there are public hits of some people that are in the game but regular folk doesn't even know they exist.

[STEVEVARVOUNIS]

Funny how the news always use to put the Italians on blast but these days they never talk about the Russian mafia.

[whazupwituwhazupwitu]

At what point during these three or so minutes did Vlad allow Michael to answer a question?

[moxmann]

How do you measure who's more powerful? Are we taking head counts, gross income, or is it who has the most guns or bodies?
Sometimes the people who are the most powerful are the ones you don't know exist.

[rebelliouslogic]

Italians moved all the money in the legal areana. Construction, manufacturing, real estate, etc. Plus all the children have become Drs lawyers and educated people for the most part.

[southie]

Maybe because the neighborhoods the Italian mob came from barely exist anymore. Demographics

[citypopFM]

OF COURSE Vlad had to bring up 6ix9ine to Michael again...

[Gzuphosdwn]

John gotti took the mob down and his grandkids made it a laughing joke 😆

[James_Edward]

The Russians are huge and have always been big. The Mexican Cartels are definitely one of the strongest criminal organizations as well as the Chinese are definitely up there and I’ve heard a good amount about the ‘Ndrangheta being very powerful too but I’d say here in America, it’s probably the Mexican Cartels because they are right next door and you see people associated with Mexican Cartels everywhere you go or at least I do because I live in CA. I’m sure I come across a lot of Chinese that are involved too that I wouldn’t know about and you really don’t see Russians around much unless you live in an area populated with many Russians. You see Cartel influence everywhere in America whether it’s movies or music even rappers always talk about the cartels but I can’t say the same about Russian influence or even Chinese influence being that huge in America when it comes to their criminal organizations. Everyone knows who El Chapo is but not many can name a top Russian criminal or a top Chinese criminal unless you follow that world.