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Mafia cigarette cards are a, uh, series of a couple of much a' collectible cards uh, bio cards if you will, made by the senior or retired FBI Agent, Mike Makovinski on some of the most famous mobsters on this Wiki and that ever existed... probly'.
Mike had a nice lil' chat with an artist who specialised in mobster and police chief portraits and then had these cards taken and emboled at the Redwood Cigarettes Co. who distributed them all around US.
Some of these mobsters are already long dead, while sum are still breathin'.
The Cards[]
Card 1: Osvaldo Ramozzi[]
Osvaldo Ramozzi came into the life of crime powerfully, becoming the frikin' Don of Marina Family after Antonio Cadena was imprisoned. He is honoured and famed as the most peaceful of dons in New York, but don't let that fool you into thinking the Marinas lost their edge. If a day comes when you pass him across the street: move on. You have seen one of the most feared faces in the Dixmor Project.
Card 2: Roberto Barzini[]
Barzini Family caporegime Roberto Barzini is the Don's nephew and operates around the territories of Paris, away from France City. Quick and short-tempered, he oversees a tight network of griminals and associates loyal to his unlec. Whenever he walks the cold streets of France he is greeted by the fake smiles of those extorted and numerous Barzini shoes, including his own cuisine, Norman Barzini. To earn his displeasure is ill-advised. If he stops, it ain't to talk, he wants muneh. MONEH!
Card 3: Jean-Marc Samperis[]
Hard-edged, ruthless and ambitious is our o' European King. He is highly skilled and is now a famous figure in the New York underworld and France. Littel is known about his past, save that he used to be a Lawyer for the Magistros. Jean's nature should not be taken for hesitation, second or third thoughts. He means buzzness. He is merciless but loyal to only one other Frenchman: Victor Barzini. Believe it or not Samperis is wanted for bank robbery, grand lancery, money-stealing, assault (regular and sexual) and murder. DO NOT approach him, or don't let 'im approach u.
Card 4: Phillip Cuneo[]
In 1996 Phil Cuneo first stood on French soil aka ground. He had no muneh, was a poor bum on the street. Within ten years, he already created his own crime family. The next four years, he led one of the most powerful criminal organisations in France or the entire Evropa. The poor, good and bad folk of Old Town and a few coppers see him as the champion of the people, but about two other families would say otherwise. His charge sheet is filled with stuff like racketeering (of weapons and cigars plus chocolate), extortion and swindling but not much else. Hell, even only a few cops say it so, the Cuneo Family are known as law-abiding and trustworthy folk.
Card 5: Leopold Strauss[]
To hear his Devilish name makes quite a few skin crawl and turn to cold ice. His mug may be scary, but to some he is known as a great lawyer, adviser, bookkeeper and closest ally. However, those who employ him usually find their business doomed. Gang and mob leaders alike use him for his golden tongue has helped and convinced over many, but once proven useless to him, Strauss makes sure to stab you in the back the most heinous way possible. Beneath his harmless and elderly looks lies a deadly serpent whose tongue out to be cut out soon! Evil man.
Card 6: Sergio Luccio[]
Sergio is a tough guy. He swapped his army life for that of an Italian mobster and quickly found himself serving Don Raul Marina. He is usually paired up with a legion of gangster who work under Lucas Hernandez's crew. He don't use weapons that much, he don't need 'em, his bare fists 'r enuff, and perhaps a rusty butcher Axe. Sergio likes mob violence, like Lucas, it is there where his sadism really shows and also shows why the Marina Family ain't to be messed with.
Card 7: Tom Hagen[]
He'll make sure they don't serve u papers, sure, but if you rub him the wrong way or his Corleones, there'll be Hell toupee. Make your excuses and leave! He is no other than Thomas Knaus Hagen, a powerful German Lawyer for the Corleone Family and numerous other misfits. Hagen serves the Redwoods now and is known as one of the smartest b-tards in the clan, but not such a fighting type. It is said he is tired now, but does it really matter?
Card 8: Samuele Gorginni[]
The man in the white suite, hehe. The criminal who made the most money through beer and liquor. Gorginni was a friend of the Corleones, but later sold them out to the Tattaglias. He murdered, exploited, profited and decimated all that he saw worthy, moving from one illegal enterprise to the next. Ever since his death, the Tattaglia Family had to rendezvous for immediate impact. Few dared to stand against him, however.
Card 9: Willie Sissy[]
FBI Agent, Corleone hitman. An assassin for the-once deadliest clan in France, Willie commanded more muscle than most. He was responsible for the death of Don Cuneo, but due to having to live in the shadows of the tough soldatos and capos of the Family, Willie decided to betray Don Vito. Him and Walter Manetti shot Vito when his old, grumpy s was lying on an armchair. He was recently suspected of betrayal and assassination on Don Vito, although his decade-long disappearance made the Corleones baffled. Alone he is powerful, with the Tattaglia Family he is invincible.
Card 10: Emilio Barzini[]
Don Barzini's legacy looms over the entire France. Under his rule, the Barzinis really were somebodies, hell, they still are today, but they wouldn't get where they are if it weren't for the Wolf. His greedy hands, skull-like face, and wiles first corrupted the politicians and the police. He was a former capo and an assassin for Giuseppe Mariposa along with his brother, Ettore. His intuition, smart and sharp wit and mentorship saw that Paul Fortunato and his son would one day rule the place. In late 2011, Emilio was assassinated by Charlie Trapani, three years after killing his father, but his death changed littel. France City will never have the luxury of forgetting him.
Card 11: Tomaso Falcone[]
No criminal can be trusted, nor relative. Take Tomaso's case for example, the guy got whacked by his own son. Years spent at his father's side frustrated him with deals unmade, promises unfulfilled, but Tomaso should've had seen this coming. Carlo Falcone always did stick by his mother's side, he never had any real loyalty to o' Tom. In order to end the Vinci-Falcone War, Carlo car-bombed his own father, taking his family as his own. Tomaso dies in flames and Carlo rules supreme, said the papers. What lied ahead was nothing but foul play.
Card 12: Frank Vinci[]
This... this... THIS... POWER, this hush, this lush, blush, heck imagine having a bunch of cops, politicians and judges always in your pockets just because you said no to drugs. Only one man made his fortune that way: good o' Franko Vinci. He was once the most respected SOB in NY and the most influential gangster. Vinci's spaghetti-like blood goes back ages, his ancestors started out as lemon sellers and as whippers of Michelangelo. Franko never... EVER, relinquished the old ways. In fact, he's all the evidence you need that they still exist, too bad this attitude ended this old farter's life, tho.
Card 13: Leone Galante[]
The wits, the evil, evil and witty wits of o' Leon Galante have led the Vinci Family to near total dominion and domination over New York, rivalled only by the Falcones and Marinas. However, the Falcones have recently made some peace with Vincis. But even in Vinci's victory, Galante is forced to rebuild, restart and modernise the city and his family as some Marina foes are lurking around here. They are led by that rat-faced Lucas Hernandez, known as Don Marina's whippin' boy. But as Galante is the lawyer for Franko Vinci, he holds some powerful cards behind the throne. Even in his death, his influence is felt throughout the sity of Empire Bay.
Card 14: Luigi Tattaglia[]
A short, but pimpy and violent figure stands out of the Tattaglia Family Tree. The secret, first son of Don Tattaglia himself, coming out of the hiding. His powers made the Tattaglias get quite a name for themselves, he orchestrated a lot of smart alliances with the likes of Barzinis and Delveccos. His liquor racketeering was the strongest ever when he was in charge, more so under him than under Sammy. But his rule was over when he was betrayed and killed by his half-brother Bruno Tattaglia, who took over the empire. While he brought a lot of fortune to the Tattaglias, he is known for his mustache the most, but it weren't enuff for Bruno to kill him, no, no, he had to erase bits of his legacy as well, and took credit for himself for half of Luigi's work.
Card 15: Elio Nunziato[]
Ah, the Stracci Family, the railyards of exotic cards, diamond, gold and explosives smuggling describes these psychos well. After the death of Don Stracci, the new lawyer by the name of Elio Nunziato stepped in to lead the shebang, making sure the Straccis had seen it all. Elio commanded even the unions, workers protesting for peace in their name against rival families. Elio also had the power to launder money, not so privately, even in plain sight - thanks to his deadly adictotes and his family's violent history plus Barzini's backing, can anyone really do anything against him? Heck, just look into the eyes of the cops' from close-up, you can practically smell their fear.
Card 16: J. Jonah Jameson Jr.[]
The blood of the Vinci Family still runned deep even after Franko's death, all thanks to JJJ Jr. He owned at least 3 restaurants filled with 18 soldatos on the unnerving and oak-wooden floor of the buildings. However, Jameson was a victim, a horrific or terrific target of Juarez Marina, who wanted nuffin else but to make his father and uncle proud. The city was once in Vinci command, but all of that has now been swept under a rug. Vincis had long ruled NY, but all of that changed when Don Ramozzi, Toothy and Alekseyevich Krokov stepped in.
Card 17: Tony Bianchi[]
For every successful crime lord, there has to be a lawyer. And damn if Antonio "Tony" Bianchi wasn't the best lawyer for the Barzinis. However, the murder of Bianchi was only one of the first steps that would spell downfall for Don Emilio Barzini. Bianchi was one of the brainiest guy they've had, yet by Don Victor he's still considered a nobody and a push-over. A good lawyer and an ally to the Tattaglias, yet forgotten right after his funeral after his death at the hands of the Corleone Family. And Bianchi's legacy? Ha, that of a perverted pimp and a groupie for the Don. His life meant little to the rival Five Families and even to the toppest Barzinis, who much more preferred Harvey Dent as their attorney.
Card 18: Nicky Corleone[]
Those of greed and timid disposition - read no further. There is a restaurant in France known for its meringue and known for being filled with black trench-coated assassins and Nicky is her lord. A friend to the now defunct Corleone mob and cousin to it's first Don, Nicky has to serve the DeVazzis now. Overweight, overbearing and overzealous - he and the DeVazzis now hold France tightly by her balls! Although the only thing Nicky has is delusion of power and I doubt his dead relatives are happy the way he sold his fat hide over to Carmine DeVazzi. Despite this, Nicky's proud bearings makes all of his cooks and dishwashers soil their britches when they see him.
Card 19: Sammy Tattaglia[]
A man of prostitution... Don Sammy was also the first one to accept the drug dealer Virgil Sollozzo's proposal to run his drug factories, rackets and warehouses in France under the watchful eye of the Wolf himself: Don Barzini. Don Tattaglia, while the head of the least trustworthy and respected family in France, was the only Don to run two territories in 2008; Crazy Town and Little Town. He was also a loyal puppet to the Wolf and stood in silence and support when Santino Corleone's car and body were bullet-ridden by the Five Families' hitmen that hot day in summer of 2010.
Card 20: Emilio Barzini III[]
His father was a dangerous and charismatic mob boss, his eldest brother a runt and a slave and his older brother the underboss and a trash-talker... A forgotten kid, always in the shadows of his brother and Diamond Tiara yet liked a lot more than his eldest brother, who got rejected from having his father's name, Emilio the Third had the ability to follow and obey orders of his superiors to learn about the family business, but his lack of courage never got him far enough. As his father eats through the Corleone Family's territory, Emilio struggles to find an identity for himself, yet finds his best ally in his brother, Emilio II.
Card 21: Samuel Robinson[]
Humble Afro-'Murican beginnings. An immigrant? An orphan? A poor boi? No matter, his difficult circumstances made sumfin greater. Sammy Robinsen is a mob boss of his own and the adoptive father of the army veteran Lincoln Clay. He runs his own bar in New Bordeaux and finds his best allies in Montana Gang. However, once he declined the deal from Frank Carezzo, all of that changed and the only thing Sam was in charge was a wooden box and his saloon got burned down to the ground while Frankie played Paint it Black by Walking Pebbles, mmmmmm-mmmmmmm-mmmmmm-mmmmmm!!!
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