Gotti laments loss of mob's manliness in tapes

NEW YORK - As he languished at an upstate federal prison in 2003, John “Junior” Gotti had plenty to worry about.

The jail, he told visitors, was crawling with informants. He had money problems. Old friends were getting indicted. Other members of the Gotti clan were stealing his money.

And at the root of his troubles was this: The modern mob, he lamented, was losing its manliness.