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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...

Frederico (Big Freddy) Bertolotti was a top NYC hood who made a name for himself in underworld rackets much to...

Renaldo (Red) Ferrari based his narcotics business out of his hometown of San Francisco, California. He was also active in...

Frank Ippolito was a longtime soldier of the Santo Trafficante Family in Tampa, Florida.  He was a central player in...

One of the most respected, capable, and feared Irish racketeers to ever operate within the city of New York during...

Luigi Morici headed a crew in Baltimore, Maryland on behalf of the Gambino Family, first for acting boss/underboss Frank Scalisi,...