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  2. Underboss - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...

  4. Peter Maas - Wikipedia

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    The Valachi Papers, which told the story of Mafia turncoat Joseph Valachi, is widely considered to be a seminal work, as it spawned an entire genre of books written by or about former Mafiosi. In May 1966, Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach had asked a district court to stop Maas from publishing his book on Valachi—the first time that a U.S ...

  5. Consigliere - Wikipedia

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    An underboss will normally move up to boss when the position becomes vacant, so his position is equivalent to that of an heir to the throne. [citation needed] Consigliere, meanwhile, is analogous to a chief minister or chancellor. In the novel The Godfather, the word is spelled consigliori. In the films, it is clearly pronounced consigliere.

  6. Joseph Dippolito - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Charles Dippolito (December 28, 1914 – January 14, 1974), also well known as Joe Dip, was an Italian American Mafia member in the Los Angeles crime family.The son of fellow Mafioso Salvatore Charles Dippolito (known as Charlie Dip), Joe Dip rose to become underboss of the Los Angeles crime family.

  7. List of Italian-American mobsters by organization - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Vito Cascio Ferro - Wikipedia

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    Vito Cascio Ferro or Vito Cascioferro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈviːto ˈkaʃʃo ˈfɛrro]; 22 January 1862 – 20 September 1943), also known as Don Vito, was an Italian criminal who was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia.

  9. Thomas Bilotti - Wikipedia

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    Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti (March 23, 1940 – December 16, 1985) was an American mobster who briefly served as underboss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.It was his promotion that helped trigger the 1985 assassination of Gambino boss Paul Castellano; Bilotti would end up killed as well as part of the assassination.