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Sharkey Ehrenreich was a colorful, old-school bookie affiliated with the Magaddino Family of Buffalo, New York.

Gaetano (Paulie Helm) Capalbo originally started out in New York, but after too much "heat," he fled to San Francisco...

Anthony Rico (Tony G) Giordano was the boss of the St. Louis crime family who monopolized the coin-operated vending machine...

Giuseppe (Joe) Cusumano was a very successful legitimate businessman but was also suspected of being a capo in the Kansas...

Giuseppe (Joe) Adamo was a capo di decina in the Los Angeles Family of Cosa Nostra who oversaw the Family's...

Don Vito Vitale was a powerful Trapanese mafioso involved in numerous rackets in Sicily and had a connection to many...

Angelo Amato was a high-ranking narcotics dealer operating in Cleveland who had close connections with top mafiosi, including Carlo Gambino.

Antonio (Tony Romeo) became widely known to law enforcement and the media as Binghamton’s “gambling czar,” but he was much...

Hugh Mulligan was the underboss of the Irish mob in the New York who had the Irish-dominiated NYC police department...

Vincenzo (Black Jim) Colletti served as the boss the Colorado crime family and attended the 1957 Apalachin meeting in Upstate...

Fats Aiello was Youngstown mob associate who liked to gamble big, but when you gamble with the mob's money, well...you...

A World War II veteran and well-liked member of his Endicott, NY neighborhood, Salvatore (Blackie) Aleccia also led a darker...

Joseph (Joe Burns) Anselmo was a capo in the Boston faction of the Patriarca crime family who got his start...

Vincent Mangano sent Thomas Aversa to Baltimore to plant an underworld flag so they could claim their fair share of...

Although largely unknown outside his bailiwick, one of the most iconic gambling kingpins to operate in Upstate New York was...