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6.1.1 Boss/acting boss. ... This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia organization, both past and present.
Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli (February 9, 1904 – September 17, 1973) was an American gangster and bootlegger during Prohibition.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Licavoli, along with brother Peter Joseph Licavoli and cousin James Licavoli, worked with Jewish gangsters to take over illegal gambling in St. Louis.
The Detroit Mafia also formed close links with Toledo, a major hub for bootlegged whiskey. [11] Following another period of internecine warfare in the Detroit Mafia known as the Crosstown Mob Wars in 1930 and 1931, the modern Detroit Partnership was formed, led by Angelo Meli , Joseph Zerilli , William "Black Bill" Tocco , John Priziola and ...
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #606 on Thursday, February 6, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Thursday, February 6, 2025 The New York Times
James "Big Jim" Colosimo (1878–1920), assassinated; Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (1878–1928), assassinated; Sebastiano DiGaetano (1862–?), disappeared in 1912 ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [ 23 ]
Levine was a member of the notorious Mafia gang, Murder, Inc., and is credited with being the trigger man, with Dutch Schultz lieutenant Abraham "Bo" Weinberg, in the 1931 murders of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and, along with Joe Adonis, Albert "The Mad Hatter" Anastasia and Benny "Bugsy" Siegel, one of the three hitmen sent by Meyer Lansky to assassinate the Sicilian Mafia boss Salvatore ...