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In his 1991 book Hoffa, Arthur A. Sloane said that the most common theory of FBI investigators was that Russell Bufalino was the mob boss who ordered the murder, and Salvatore "Sally Bugs" Briguglio, his brother Gabriel Briguglio, Thomas Andretta and Charles "Chuckie" O'Brien were the men who lured Hoffa away from the restaurant. The theory is ...
A statement from FBI informant Ralph Picardo said that he was a driver for Provenzano, and that Hoffa was invited to a sit-down with the Provenzano crew which he was told was to be mediated by Detroit crime family acting boss Anthony Giacalone. Chuckie O'Brien picked up Hoffa at a restaurant and drove him to a nearby house for the sit-down.
The case garnered fresh attention when Hoffa’s life and apparent murder featured in Martin Scorsese’s 2019 movie The Irishman, in which the mob-linked union leader was played by Al Pacino.
Teamsters boss last seen alive stepping into a car outside a Detroit restaurant on 30 July 1975
The third edition of Confessions of a Guerrilla Writer, Moldea's memoir about his career as a crime reporter, was released in 2020, featuring new information about the Jimmy Hoffa murder case. [9] Moldea received his bachelor's degree in English and history from the University of Akron where he served as student-body president.
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Giacalone gained national fame in the 1970s with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. Prior to then, there had been growing tension between Hoffa and several Mafia members, who opposed his plans to return to prominence in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The latter included Giacalone, Anthony Provenzano and Giacalone's brother Vito.
In a This Day in History video, learn that on July 31, 1975, labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared. As President of the teamsters union, Hoffa was a man with connections and who got what he wanted.