Charlie Chiri had a roster a mile long of unsavory mafia friends and associates he affiliated with, and, for many years, he was able to fly under law enforcement’s radar quite successfully. But his cloak of anonymity was uncovered after the disastrous Apalachin Meeting in November 1957. The FBI identified him as a top stateside representative for recently deported and notorious New Jersey mob boss Joe Adonis.
It was later revealed that Chiri and Adonis had either infiltrated, bought into, or started up what was soon to become several extremely lucrative inter-related business ventures.