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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
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 ...
TAMPA — Dark mysteries dominate an Ocala man’s family history. At least one uncle was the victim of an unsolved murder, and another was possibly killed. A cousin died by suicide, but there ...
Toggle Tampa subsection. 16.1 ... This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia ... gangs and syndicates ...
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.
Santo Trafficante Sr. (May 28, 1886 – August 11, 1954) was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr. Santo Trafficante Sr. gained power as a mobster in Tampa, Florida and ruled the Mafia in Tampa from the 1930s until his death in 1954.