Gene Borrello: My Era was the Last Mafia Gun Era, The New Mafia Guys are Soft (Part 8)

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Gene Borrello joins Vlad for a candid look at how organized crime has changed since the early 2000s. Raised in Howard Beach, Borrello says 1980s-born mob associates came up during what he views as the final wave of the Mafia’s “gun era,” when robberies, weapons, and street violence were still part of making a name. He pushes back on the idea that cell phones, surveillance cameras, and social media alone ended that lifestyle, noting that technology already existed during his own crimes through 2014. Instead, Borrello argues today’s Mafia has lost its hunger and toughness, describing the new generation as more privileged and less willing to take risks. The conversation also touches on internet detectives, prosecutors, agents, jewelry store robberies, and why he believes modern organized crime has become more like a fraternity than a feared street force.