In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy family patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr. used his ties to organized crime to secure votes for his son, John F. Kennedy. [8], On October 26, 2000, federal authorities arrested Steven Raffa, along with eighteen members of Trafficante family's Miami faction. Supposedly arranged by Charles "Lucky" Luciano, the conference was held to discuss important mob policies, rules, and business interests. When you think of Florida and organized crime, it is difficult to avoid conjuring up images of Tony Montana in Scarface, or the heyday of Miami Vice. This Family first came to the attention of federal law enforcement in the early 1950s, while under the leadership of "Capo" Santo Trafficante Sr. [6] Trafficante Jr. would frequently meet with Lucchese in New York City for dinner. The elder Trafficante was a virtual unknown to law enforcement for most of the early 20th century. According to Trafficante soldier John Mamone, when he was formally "made" or inducted, into the local Mafia by Steve Raffa in the mid 1990s, the ceremony took place at Malio's. Hillsborough Avenue also has a few choice locations. Santo had Lumia killed after finding out he was bad mouthing him while he was in Cuba and he took over again. Zeng8r/Wikimedia Common A set of bolita balls. Navigate Home Mafia News General Mafia News Australian Mafia Bonanno Family Camorra Canadian Mafia Chicago Mafia Colombo Family Detroit Mafia Gambino Family Genovese Family Greek Mafia Lucchese Family 19481950 James "Head of the Elks" Lumia murdered on June 5, 1950. Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 - March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. Collapse. And as for the rest of the Trafficante Crime family? And despite relatively small time beginnings, Trafficante proved to be a shrewd mobster. On March 8, 1938, Wall's closest associate, Evaristo "Tito" Rubio, was shot on his porch. Frank Ragano 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 CIA came to Trafficante, and asked for his help in enlisting the Mafia to assassinate the Cuban leader. Both Wall's and Antinori's organizations were weakened leaving Santo Trafficante as one of the last and most powerful bosses in Tampa. 2004, Deitche, Scott. By the late 1800s to early 1900s, Italian immigrants from Sicily were drawn to the City of Tampa and a tight-knit Little Italy-type community soon developed. In the mid-2000's, he would say he was a legitimate businessman, citing his ownership of a car dealership, and employment at various restaurants and night clubs over the years. [1] During the 1950s, Trafficante Jr. maintained a narcotic trafficking network with Tommy Lucchese, the boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City. He worked to expand the crime familys business holding and territory he was particularly interested in Cuba as a location for gambling, hotels and night clubs and worked to cement good ties with his fellow mobsters in New York City. After a series of gangland murders, the smoke started to clear and a formal Family hierarchy was established. Trafficante Family Chart- All in the family - GangsterBB.NET Forums for Mafia Movies & More 1 registered members ( dsd ), 31 guests, and 3 spiders. "Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld". After the death of Santo Jr . "It was like World War II" he told the committee. The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida, United States. Deitche, Scott. Birmingham crime family - defunct since 1938; Florida. Santo Jr. succeeded his father as the boss of Tampa upon his death. It is considered by most crime historians to be the earliest organized crime summit held in the US. 19201940 Santo Trafficante, Sr. promoted to boss. He always wanted to make it big in Cuban casinos and dispatched his son, Santo, Jr., to Havana in 1946 to help operate a mob owned casino. Originally Posted By: DickNose_Moltasanti, Trafficante Family Chart- All in the family, Re: Trafficante Family Chart- All in the family, Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather, http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2004-03-25/news/the-snitch/. Antinori took notice of Santo Trafficante and invited him into his organization and together they expanded the Bolita games across the state. He has interests in gambling, prostitution, narcotics, union racketeering, hijacking and fencing stolen goods. [8] As the new boss LoScalzo maintained control of criminal interests in illegal gambling, prostitution, narcotics, union racketeering, hijacking and fencing stolen goods. Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista in Washington, D.C. in 1938. In 1963, the Mob allegedly had enough of Kennedy. He sought treatment for stomach cancer and was ready to hand power over to a trusted lieutenant. He controls a few bars, lounges, restaurants, night clubs and liquor stores all over the state of Florida. Ignacio Antinori, a Sicilian-born immigrant, became a well-known drug kingpin and the Italian crime boss during the late 1920s. [6] Trafficante Jr. had known Lucchese since the 1940s, when his father and Lucchese had trained him in the mafia traditions. But he was also the most powerful crime boss in pre-Castro Cuba, with influence that extended into Florida and the rest of the United States. One small gang, led by Italian immigrant Santo Trafficante Senior, profited from the illegal lottery-style games they ran across Tampa. In 1978, Trafficante was called to testify before members of the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigating possible links between Lee Harvey Oswald and anti-Castro Cubans, including the theory that Castro had President John F. Kennedy killed in retaliation for the CIA's attempts to assassinate Castro. A former soldier in Floridas Trafficante Mafia family was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and paying kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program. Trafficante was jailed and deported when Fidel Castro rose to power, leading him to spend a good portion of his adult life hatching a plan of revenge. At least 26 people with ties to the Trafficante family and the New York-based Mafia have been convicted in Central and South Florida since Trafficante's death, federal court records show. Santo, Jr. was born in the United States on Nov. 15, 1914 and was one of five sons of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante. The Trafficante crime family also known as the Tampa Mafia, is the only original Mafia crime family in the state of Florida. The war between the two continued on for years, until October 23, 1940, when Ignacio Antinori was shot and killed by a shotgun blast to the head at the Palm Garden Inn in Tampa. Lazzara was known in Ybor City as a collector of graft and a worker of rackets for various high-ups among county officials. "[citation needed], In 1978, Trafficante was called to testify before the United States House Select Committee on Assassinations investigating possible links between Lee Harvey Oswald and anti-Castro Cubans, including the theory that Castro had President John F. Kennedy killed in retaliation for the CIA's attempts to assassinate Castro.[7]. Yet, despite decades of intense Federal investigation and scrutiny, the United States Government never laid a single glove on Santo Trafficante. Trafficante's role as the mob's chief liaison to criminal figures within the Cuban exile community, provided him with the capability of formulating an assassination conspiracy against President. The weapon was detected by an X-ray scanner. [1] Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr. was involved with the CIA to plot assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Through the decades illicit rackets primarily consisted of unlicensed alcohol, narcotics smuggling and wholesale distribution, the Cuban numbers game known as Bolita, slot machines, and other forms of gambling like horse and sports bookmaking. A A One of the oldest Italian crime groups to ever operate in the United States was the Santo Trafficante Family of Florida. And despite relatively small time beginnings, Trafficante proved to be a shrewd mobster. Pages in category "Trafficante crime family" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. In Trafficante Sr.'s adult life he portrayed himself as a successful Tampa cigar factory owner. Aug 26, 2022 - Explore Raider-Cop Podcast Nation's board "Trafficante Crime Family" on Pinterest. With that act, Santo Trafficante now reigned supreme in Tampa. Tampa crime started with Charlie Wall who in the 1920s controlled a number of gambling rackets and corrupt government officials. Then, check out these photos of the aftermath from some of the bloodiest mob hits. "The Silent Don" is the story of Santo Trafficante, longtime Mafia boss of South Florida. However, by the late 1920s, facing little pressure, Sicilian gangsters began setting up lucrative gambling and narcotics rackets. And the Trafficante Crime family found out that it had an unusual ally in their concerns about Castro: the Central Intelligence Agency. Trafficante proceeded to open casinos in Cuba at his fathers behest and facilitated heroin smuggling by working together with famous mobsters Charles Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky. [2] [1], Santo Trafficante, Jr. was born in the United States on November 15, 1914, as one of five sons of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante. Trafficante Sr. passed away four years later, leaving Jr. his Tampa and Cuba-based criminal empire. With the Kefauver hearings and Charlie Wall testifying in 1950, both Trafficantes fled to Cuba. Wall controlled Tampa from the neighborhood known as Ybor City, he employed Italians, Cubans and other races into his organization. Now in his late 70s or early 80s, LoScalzo is reported to be retired. Antinori took notice of Santo Trafficante and invited him into his organization and together they expanded the Bolita games across the state. Trafficante had already set up Bolita games throughout the city and was a very powerful man. This was proven in 1953 when he eliminated the last contender to the Tampa mob throne: Joe Antinori, son of the late Ignacio. Button Guys of The New York Mafia. Meet Santo Trafficante: The Silent Don Who Tried To Kill Fidel Castro And May Have Ordered JFKs Assassination. In 1992, LoScalzo was arrested at the Tampa International Airport for carrying a loaded .38-caliber pistol in his brief case. Edward Charles Deegan was born in January 1930. Trafficante enjoyed life in Cuba, developed a relationship with its strongman, the dictator Fulgencio Batista, and helped the Trafficante Crime family garner even more profits from its legitimate gambling operations there. "Kingpin of no Kingdom: A Brandom man Denies any mafia ties". The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, Interpol, the CIA, and the FBI also say Santo Trafficante Jr. was suspected of conducting criminal activities at destinations as far-flung as Haiti, Dominican Republic, Europe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Vietnam, where he was suspected of setting up drug smuggling routes. In Trafficante Sr.'s adult life he portrayed himself as a successful Tampa cigar factory owner. Despite his arrest, Trafficante managed to escape charges and continue to fly under the laws radar. Santo Trafficante Jr. - American Mafia - Bonanno crime family - Colombo crime family - Bolita - Ybor City - Ignacio Antinori. Trafficante Sr. had always wanted to make it big in Cuban casinos and dispatched his son, Santo, Jr., to Havana in 1946 to help operate a mob-owned casino. What was left of the family was mostly broken up over the past decade. According to the account of Judith Exner, however, one of JFKs many mistresses, it was she who introduced Kennedy to Chicago boss Giancana. October 16, 2006, Van Sickler, Michael. Tampa crime started with Charlie Wall who in the 1920s controlled a number of gambling rackets and corrupt government officials. And you're "dealing with some shit"? Trafficante family used to own Florida, now there are others that have inherited the businesses. [9], As of November 25, 2007, Vincent LoScalzo was in his 70's and considered a semi-retired mobster and just a "regular Joe" according to Scott Deitche, author of Cigar City Mafia. What Kennedy didn't know was. The chairman cited a confession from Roselli that Trafficantes allies organized a sharpshooter, Lee Harvey Oswald, to take out the President. The old family membership has died and the Tampa Mob has fallen into the shadows of the New York mobs. Whether or not a Mafia conspiracy was behind the assassination of Kennedy is still up for debate. He was right, and when Castro took power in 1959, Trafficantes burgeoning gambling-and-drugs empire went under siege. The Five Families of New York City could work in any city in the state. Wall rapidly gained status within the criminal underworld from his early endeavors in the operation of several gambling, prostitution, and illegal numbers rackets. Trafficante enjoyed life in Cuba, developed a relationship with its strongman, the dictator Fulgencio Batista, and helped the Trafficante Crime family garner even more profits from its legitimate gambling operations there. Santo Jr. started the family's south Florida crew in the early 1980s, he put Steven Bruno Raffa in charge. It's still a great chart on the Tampa Mob. 19541987 Frank Ragano he was an attorney/advisor to Santo Trafficante Jr. The first Italian gang in the Tampa Bay area was created by Ignacio Antinori in 1925. Bud? He and five others were indicted by a Florida grand jury. [9] Raffa the leader of the familys Miami faction committed suicide on November 16, 2000. After the Kennedy hubbub, Trafficante kept a low profile or, lower that is. The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa Mafia, is the only original Mafia crime family in the state of Florida History Tampa's underworld Tampa crime started with Charlie Wall who, in the 1920s, controlled a number of gambling rackets and corrupt government officials. New Orleans crime family acting boss Anthony Carollo with 16 members of . Bliss, A.J., "MAKING A SUNBELT PLACE: TAMPA, FLORIDA," 19231964, Ph.D. dissertation, 2010, This page was last edited on 4 February 2023, at 19:52. Steve Bruno Raffa (died 2000) was a capo in the Trafficante crime family who ran the family's South Florida rackets. The North Florida operations were run by the Maglianos & Granados. Home Mafia Charts The Trafficante Family Leadership Chart. Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr. was involved with the CIA to plot assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida, United States. Terms of Service, 2023Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org [3] Both Wall's and Antinori's organizations were weakened, leaving Santo Trafficante as one of the last and most powerful bosses in Tampa.[2]. The mafiosos that made up the family are either retired, in prison, or have died due to old age. Mamone disappeared into the witness protection program almost two decades ago, after becoming a witness against his colleagues in the Mafia, a wide variety of them, including members of the Trafficante, Gambino, Colombo, and Bonanno families. [6] Trafficante Jr. had known Lucchese since the 1940s, when his father and Lucchese had trained him in the mafia traditions. Decisions made in Havana resonated throughout US crime families during the ensuing decades. Trafficante, 72, who police said headed a Tampa crime family whose activities ranged from contract killing to gambling and narcotics, died at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston following. A former soldier in Florida's Trafficante Mafia family was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and paying kickbacks in connection with a federal health care program. [6], Santo Jr. was deeply involved in the CIA efforts to involve the underworld in assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Prosecutors allege 70-year-old John Mamone stole around $3.8 million by submitting phony bills to Medicare for knee, shoulder and wrist braces. He quickly became an integral part of the Tampa family. Trafficante had already set up Bolita games throughout the city and was a very powerful man. All Rights Reserved. Trafficante crime family. The conference was held during the week of December 22, 1946, at the Hotel Nacional. Chronicles of Events and Biographies Related to the American Mafia. October 16, 2006, Van Sickler, Michael. Finally, in 1987, Trafficante died at the age of 72. C'est une des plus puissantes familles de la Cosa nostra amricaine aprs les Cinq familles de New York et l . Why do retards post a bunch of dead guys names?! ST. Petersburg Times. 3. Members refer to the organization as the Lucchese borgata; borgata is Mafia slang for criminal gang, which itself was derived from Sicilian word meaning close-knit community. The ethnicities of associates mentioned above become clearly evident as you scroll through the membership chart below that reflects associates first and last names. More importantly, Castro imprisoned Trafficante and then had him exiled from Cuba. There was also a smaller Italian gang in the area which was controlled by Santo Trafficante Sr., who had lived in Tampa since the age of 18. Antinori was regarded as the first boss of the Tampa crime family, later known as the Trafficante crime family. New York: Barricade Books. Santo Sr. had Lumia killed after finding out he had been bad mouthing him while he was in Cuba. In the 1920's Charlie Wall, son of a former governor and born into a wealthy white family, spearheaded organized crime by profiting off of the game bolita, bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, and other illegal activities. The charges were later dropped and then reinstated. He was killed, beaten with a baseball bat, and his throat slit, on April 18, 1955. Meanwhile, he continued to make money from the drugs that came through Tampa. Upon his return to the United States, he became determined to bring down the man who ended his empire. Among those convicted in the murder conspiracy was Frank Diecidue, identified by a U.S. Senate committee as the underboss of Tampa's Trafficante crime family. Afterwards, the son he had groomed to take his place, Santo Trafficante Jr., took the reins of the Trafficante crime family. Bruno ran the crew with associates and freelancers after the death of Santo Jr. Raffa maintained a good relationship with Loscalzo, the new boss of the family and Genovese mobster John Mamone. Trafficante crime family (Tampa area) The Five Families of New York have crews operating in South Florida Bonanno crime family - is operating in South Florida Die Bufalino-Familie wurde unter anderem mit Gewerkschaftskorruption, Flschungen . The group, which went through five bosses between 1910 and 1957, is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings . Although the Trafficante Family was based in Tampa and St. Petersburg, they also operated down in South Florida around Miami Beach in Dade County and the island nation of Cuba. 19541987 Vincent LoScalzo promoted to boss. Loscalzo has ties to California, New Jersey, and New York as well as being connected to the Sicilian Mafia. Joseph "Baldie" LoPiccolo was an American criminal and member of the New York Gambino crime family and a capo under Santo Trafficante, Jr.'s criminal organization. [5], Despite numerous unrealized ambitions, he was regarded as one of the most powerful mob bosses of the American Mafia and ruled his family with an iron fist. Other Mafia leaders, as well as newer organized crime networks, took over many of the rackets the family ran throughout the 20th Century. Antonio Italiano and Dominic Ferrara reportedly went to New York Mafia bosses with a complaint. [4] Santo was being watched closely by police and made Salvatore "Red" Italiano the acting boss. ST. Petersburg Times. . He was convicted in 1999, and was sentenced to 60 days in prison. However the meeting came to be, the mob nonetheless brought influential states like Illinois into the Kennedy fold in exchange for the White House going easy on organized crime. As we head into 2020 About The Mafia takes its annual look at the current Mafia bosses and hierarchies for the remaining American Mafia families. From city to city and state to state, Button Guys of The New York Mafia breaks down the history of organized crime in America. New York: Barricade Books. It is located next door to the old Colegio de Beln, presently, the Instituto Tcnico Militar. Trafficante tried to win Castro over to his side, but that didnt work. . By the 1930s Ignacio Antinori and Charlie Wall were in a bloody war for ten years, which would later be known as "Era of Blood". Biography Santo Trafficante, Jr. started the family's south Florida crew in the early 1980s, and put Raffa in charge. Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. According to some, he was even involved in the infamous assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Despite the fact that they were now the most powerful force in Tampas underworld, what became known as the Trafficante Family still worked side and side and sometimes came into conflict with other ethnic criminal groups prominent in the city. But according to declassified documents released in 1992, Santo Trafficante Jr. made a deathbed confession of his involvement in the Presidents murder. He is buried in Tampa's Oaklawn Cemetery. Santo Trafficante, Sr. (born May 28, 1886 in Cianciana, Sicily; died August 11, 1954, in Tampa, Florida) was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante, Jr. Santo Trafficante, Sr. first gained power as a mobster in Tampa as an associate, and later as a high-ranking member, of the Antinori crime family, helping Originally from New Jersey, Mamone got his start with the Genovese family before moving to Florida and becoming part of the Trafficante family. best all inclusive family resorts in the world; pycharm comment multiple lines; robert wagner middle school early voting; electrical phase symbol in word; list of purok in visayan village, tagum city; they know what is what they just strut remix; worthington country club menu; homebrew install stuck on resolving deltas; craighead county inmate . The Lucchese crime family is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, in the United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. You fail Drug Slang 101 dude. He shares the same nickname as real-life Lucchese crime family mob associate Joe Manri who was involved in the 1978 Lufthansa heist. Trafficante was a ruthless mob boss, and quickly consolidated control over the criminal networks in Tampa. "The Silent Don: The Criminal Underworld of Santo Trafficante Jr". Trafficantes chance came in the 1960s when he became acquainted with mobster John Handsome Johnny Roselli. President John. After Cuban revolution, the Mafia saw Castro as a threat to their business. [9] Raffa the leader of the familys Miami faction committed suicide on November 16, 2000. He was convicted in 1999, and was sentenced to 60 days in prison. In those early days, there were violent conflicts between Tampas competing racketeers as they gained a foothold in America. The charges were later dropped and then reinstated. The Trafficante crime family is a family of the American Mafia from the city of Tampa, Florida, founded in 1925 by Ignacio Antinori. The chart is excellent! The Trafficante Family - American Mafia History The New York mafia dominates the headlines i mafia history. Alpha. With the untimely Kefauver hearings and Charlie Wall testifying in 1950, both Trafficantes fled to Cuba. During the early 1920s, Charlie Wall created an organized crime syndicate in Tampa, where he controlled a large number of illegal gambling rackets and corrupted many Tampa government officials through bribery. Despite numerous stunted ambitions, he was regarded as one of the most powerful mob bosses of the American Mafia. 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