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Frank Peter Balistrieri (May 27, 1918 – February 7, 1993) was the crime boss of the Milwaukee crime family from 1961 to 1993. He was a central figure in the skimming of Las Vegas casinos during the 1970s and 1980s, and served several prison sentences.
The Milwaukee crime family, also known as the Balistrieri crime family or the Milwaukee Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The crime family was considered a branch of the Chicago Outfit .
Balistrieri was linked to a string of unsolved murders and attempted homicides in southeastern Wisconsin stretching from the 1950s to the 1980s. That included the murders of strip club owner ...
“The Balistrieri Tapes” was a twelve-part series originally published in the Milwaukee Sentinel beginning October 31, 1988. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is republishing select excerpts from ...
“The Balistrieri Tapes” was a twelve part series originally published in the Milwaukee Sentinel beginning Oct. 31, 1988. This is the second installment of the series.
February 7 – Milwaukee boss Frank P. "Mr. Big" Balistrieri died in his home from a heart attack. Balistrieri had been released from prison 15 months earlier after serving a term for extortion. March 2 – New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello died in his sleep in his Metairie home, which he had resided at since his 1989 release from prison.
We detailed Balistrieri's involvement in Episode Three, "Fancy Pants." In the episode, retired FBI Agent Gary Magnesen shares how Balistrieri used his connections with the Teamsters Union pension ...
March 22 – Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri is convicted of two counts of tax evasion by a federal jury in Illinois. April 7 – Henry Hill and Thomas DeSimone burglarize Kennedy Airport's Air France shipment of $420,000.