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John Nardi (January 21, 1916 − May 17, 1977) was an influential associate of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in Cleveland, Ohio. At the end of his criminal career, Nardi turned against his crime family in a bloody gang war.
Former associate of Cleveland mobster John Nardi War with the Cleveland Mafia Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an American mobster in Cleveland , Ohio , whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977.
He was also jealous of Birns's immense wealth and celebrity status with the Cleveland media and public. The death of boss John Scalish had put Birns and Greene on opposite sides of a Mafia succession dispute with Greene supporting mobbed up labor union leader John Nardi and Birns supporting caporegime James T. Licavoli. Greene was soon willing ...
Moceri disappeared on August 22, 1976; his killing was arranged by John Nardi and carried out by Keith Ritson, an enforcer for Danny Greene. [37] [38] Milton "Maishe" Rockman [76] – former associate, Rockman was a Jewish-American organized crime figure affiliated with the Cleveland crime family. [81]
In 1960, Danny Greene and his childhood friends Billy McComber and Art Sneperger are longshoremen on the Cleveland docks. Sneperger's gambling leaves him with a huge debt to Cleveland Mafia captain John Nardi. In return for Sneperger's debt being forgiven, Danny supplies Nardi with goods stolen from the docks.
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During this time, Licavoli had to deal with Irish gangster Danny Greene trying to take control of rackets in Cleveland. Mafia associate John Nardi sided with Greene and switched alliance, strengthening Greene's criminal empire and giving him an advantage on the Cleveland family. This erupted into an all out war with many of Licavoli's ...
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