Salvatore (Duke) Billeci — known on the streets as “The Duke” — was a San Francisco Bay Area figure whose name surfaced time and again in law enforcement files. Standing nearly six feet tall and built like a prizefighter, Billeci cut an imposing figure, but it was his long reputation in the city’s Italian underworld that kept his name on the radar of police and federal agents for decades. Whether he was truly a made man or simply a trusted associate, Duke Billeci played a steady role in San Francisco’s organized crime scene — and his story is as much about persistence as it is about the pitfalls of that life.
Catch it while it’s fresh — Duke didn’t stay quiet for long, and neither will we. Full story inside.
