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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 ...
Salvatore Vitale – underboss (1991–2004); became an informant; Richard Cantarella - acting underboss (2001-2002), became a government witness; Nicholas Santora – acting underboss (2004-2007) Anthony Graziano – consigliere (2001–present) Dominick Napolitano – capo; Alphonse Indelicato – capo; Salvatore Bonanno – consigliere (1964 ...
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: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-06-103216-6
Carlo began the Dallas faction of the American Mafia in 1921 with Joseph as his underboss. Carlo, later described as the "original head of the Mafia in Texas," was born about 1876 in Corleone, Sicily, the same hometown as early New York Mafia boss Giuseppe Morello. Piranio's marriage to an eighteen-year-old woman, recently arrived from Italy ...
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 ...
Toward the mid 1980s, US authorities recognized DeRoss as acting underboss for Carmine Persico, as many Colombo family members went on trial and were imprisoned. In October 1984, DeRoss and Carmine Persico were indicted on racketeering charges involving several restaurants and construction companies. [6] DeRoss was convicted and sentenced to 12 ...
William "Big Billy" D'Elia (born June 24, 1946) is an American former mobster who was the head of the Bufalino crime family and protégé of family namesake Russell Bufalino.
The Rockford crime family, also known as the Zammuto crime family, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rockford, Illinois. [1] [2] In 1960, the FBI confirmed that the Rockford family had remained an independent crime family, even though they were within close distance to the powerful Chicago Outfit.