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Underboss (Italian: sottocapo) is a position within the leadership structure of certain organized crime groups, particularly in Sicilian and Italian-American Mafia crime families. The underboss is second in command to the boss. The underboss is also person-in-charge of all capos and its soldiers. The underboss is sometimes a family member, such ...
Joseph Armone – underboss (1986–1990), consigliere (1990–1992) Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano – underboss (1990–1992), consigliere (1987–1990)- Became a government informant; Thomas Bilotti – underboss (1985) Frank Locascio – acting underboss (1986–1990), acting consigliere (1990–1992) Arnold Squitieri – acting boss ...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2; Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra. New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0; Maas, Peter. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. New York ...
February 23 – Gambino crime family underboss Joseph Armone was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined $820,000 for participating in a racketeering scheme involving extortion and bribery. March 19 – Antimafia judge Giovanni Falcone issues 160 arrest warrants on the basis of the testimony of Antonino Calderone , brother of the former Mafia ...
He also kept close ties and friendship with Bonanno crime family capo Anthony "Tony" Riela, from New Jersey. In 1981, the FBI revealed that Vince had become Rockford's Underboss and had been working with Milwaukee family boss Frank Balistrieri in a number of illegal rackets. [5] On May 18, 1990, retired boss Joseph Zammuto died of natural causes.
At the time of his disappearance, law enforcement believed Zizzo was the underboss of the Chicago Outfit as he was third in command in the 1990s. [3] The FBI considers Joseph Andriacchi a prime suspect in the 2006 disappearance and presumed murder of Zizzo, and offered a $10,000 reward in 2016 for information that would help to solve the crime ...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2; Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7; Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra. New York ...
Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN 1-56025-324-X; Maas, Peter. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-06-093096-9; Milito, Lynda and Reg Potterton. Mafia Wife: My Story of Love, Murder, and Madness. New York ...