Friday, March 25, 2011

Mafia 'makes' new members remove clothes for initiation

The New York Post reports:
Drop your pants, take the cannoli.

The Mafia added a new twist to its initiation ceremony for wiseguy wannabes, a turncoat mobster revealed — if you wanna get your “button,” you’ve gotta get naked.

Anthony “Bingy” Arillotta, 42, testified that fears of FBI surveillance meant clothing wasn’t an option when he became a “made” member of the Genovese clan.

The mob rat’s Manhattan federal court revelation marked the first time La Cosa Nostra’s “take it all off” rule — with an exception for modest mobsters to leave their underpants on — has been made public.

The struggles of the stealing profession.