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The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
After Tony Lopiparo's death, Anthony Giordano became boss and declared independence from the Kansas City crime family. [1] In the 1970s, Giordano, along with Detroit mobsters Anthony Joseph Zerilli and Michael Polizzi, attempted to gain control of the Frontier Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. [1]
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United ... "Louie Ha Ha" (born 1944) Alphonse ... "Las Vegas Pete" (born ...
Frank Cullotta, "The Las Vegas Boss" (1938-2020), representing the Chicago Outfit Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958), representing the Chicago Outfit John Roselli (1905–1976), representing the Chicago Outfit
Louis Strauss - Louis (Russian Louie) Strauss was a former casino owner in Lake Tahoe, and a mob-connected man who was trying to extort money from Las Vegas casino owner Benny Binion, a friend of Dragna's. Fratianno set Strauss up by befriending him in Las Vegas, and telling Louis he had $10,000 in cash in Los Angeles he would loan him.
Rockman was the brother-in-law of Cleveland crime family bosses John T. Scalish [76] and Angelo Lonardo, and was a top Cleveland crime family associate involved in labor racketeering and the Las Vegas casino interests of the Cleveland Mafia. [82] Thomas Sinito – former capo [56]
The Fremont Hotel and Casino opened on May 18, 1956, in downtown Las Vegas. [26] Levinson had a 20% share of the Fremont, which had been built using loans from the Teamsters. [ 5 ] Levinson brought in Chef Shillig, formerly of the Ritz Hotel in Paris and the Savoy in London, and made Ed Torres the food and beverage manager.
The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family [7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.