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The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida.The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante Jr. who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist. [1]
Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family from 1954 to 1987 and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante Sr.
Ignacio Antinori (February 17, 1885 – October 23, 1940) [1] was an Italian-born American mobster who built one of the earlier narcotics trafficking networks in Florida. . Antinori was regarded as the first boss of the Tampa crime family, later known as the Trafficante crime f
Frank Ragano (January 25, 1923 – May 13, 1998) was a self-styled "mob lawyer" from Florida, who made his name representing organized crime figures such as Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Carlos Marcello, and also served as lawyer for Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa.
The city's notorious past is on full display with the Tampa Mafia Tours, which is led by acclaimed author Scott M. Deitche. Tampa author leads walking tour that details city's past with the mafia ...
Toggle Tampa subsection ... This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia ... Philip Rastelli – boss ...
He was bludgeoned to death in his Ybor City, Tampa, home and had his throat slit as a result. Known as "The White Shadow". Charles McKay Wall (March 10, 1880 – April 18, 1955) [ 1 ] was an American businessman, mobster, and political figure who was a rival to reputed mobsters Santo Trafficante Sr. and Santo Trafficante Jr.
Season six of the hit show "Undercover Boss" premiered on CBS Sunday night, and the first high level exec to leave the comfort of his office and secretly take a low-level job in his company was ...