Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Frank Peter Balistrieri (May 27, 1918 – February 7, 1993) was the crime boss of the Milwaukee crime family from 1961 to 1993. He was a central figure in the skimming of Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s and 1980s, and served several prison sentences.
The Milwaukee crime family, also known as the Balistrieri crime family or the Milwaukee Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The crime family was considered a branch of the Chicago Outfit .
Organized crime in Milwaukee isn't as well-known as the Outfit in Chicago or the Mafia in New York. But under the leadership of Frank P. Balistrieri, it was reputed to be no less ruthless.
Frank Balistrieri died in 1993 and his son Joseph Balistrieri died in 2010. His son John Balistrieri was released from prison in 1989, after the publication of this series.
A powerful mob boss. The untold story of how Franklyn Gimbel won an early case against Frank Balistrieri. Gannett. Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. January 17, 2024 at 7:23 AM.
March 22 – Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri is convicted of two counts of tax evasion by a federal jury in Illinois. April 7 – Henry Hill and Thomas DeSimone burglarize Kennedy Airport's Air France shipment of $420,000.
Balistrieri became the head of the Milwaukee Mafia through marriage. The boss's name was (John) Alioto at the time. And (Balistrieri) married his daughter. So Frank Balistrieri was put in as the head.
Frank Balistrieri reportedly learned that Cobb, or "Tony Conte," was actually an undercover FBI agent, but it's unclear how he found out. Pistone said he isn't sure who leaked the information ...