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The Pizza Connection Trial (in full, United States v. Badalamenti et al. ) [ 1 ] was a criminal trial against the Sicilian and American mafias that took place before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in New York City , U.S.
Salvatore Frank Ruggiero Sr. (pronounced roo-JEH-roh; July 20, 1945 – May 6, 1982), also known as "Sal the Sphinx", "Sal Quack Quack" and "Sally", was an American mobster, drug trafficker and Gambino crime family mob associate who was the younger brother of Angelo Ruggiero and ringleader of "The Pleasant Avenue Connection" which was a precursor to the Pizza Connection drug smuggling operation.
Thomas Francis Gambino (Italian: [ɡamˈbiːno]; August 23, 1929 – October 3, 2023) was an Italian-American New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District.
The days of the Five Families ruling New York and sharp-suited John Gotti mingling with the stars appear to be long gone. But the RICO indictment and arrest of 10 accused Gambino mob members ...
Gambino and Luciano then allegedly provided a part of the $100,000 paid to a Puerto Rican drug dealer to falsely implicate Genovese in a drug deal. [38] In April 1959, Genovese was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison, where he died in 1969. [39] Gambino quickly built the family into the most powerful crime family in the United States.
The Baltimore Crew was an Italian American organized crime group that ultimately became a faction of the Gambino crime family operating in the port city of Baltimore, Maryland, from about 1900 until the 1990s. It was originally an independent organization led by the D'Urso family until the Corbi takeover in the 1920s.
Operation Old Bridge is the code name for the February 7, 2008 arrests in Italy and the United States that targeted the Gambino crime family; among the indicted were the reputed acting bosses Jackie D'Amico, Nicholas Corozzo and Joseph Corozzo. The indictments included murder, drug trafficking, robbery, and extortion.
Nicholas is the older brother of alleged reputed Gambino consigliere Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo as well as twin brothers Blaise Corozzo, a Gambino soldier, and Anthony Corozzo, who was an associate of the Gambino crime family. Anthony Corozzo is a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Loreto Church located at the corner of Pacific Street & Sackman ...