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Judith Exner (January 11, 1934 – September 24, 1999) was an American woman who claimed to be the mistress of U.S. Senator, then U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders Sam Giancana and John Roselli. Several aspects of her claim of having known Kennedy have been verified by documents, phone records, and testimony.
In 1957, he became the boss of the Chicago Outfit. According to some sources, Giancana and the Mafia were involved in John F. Kennedy 's victory in the 1960 presidential election . During the 1960s, he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro .
The street boss is a high-ranking member appointed to run the outfit's daily activities for the boss. The position was created to protect the boss from federal investigations. 1986–1989: Joseph "Joe Nagall" Ferriola – deceased from heart troubles in 1989. 1989–1993: John "No Nose" DiFronzo – sentenced for racketeering in 1993–1994
When the pentito Gaetano Guida was asked in court about the role of Maria Licciardi and women in the Secondigliano Alliance, he replied: "They are on the front line. It has always been like this in the Secondigliano clan, in the sense that women (wives, sisters and mothers of the leaders) have always had an influential role in many decisions.
The wife of a top Mexican cartel member who helped bring down Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been jailed for more than three years for hiding away millions of dollars of drug money. Valerie ...
This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
Overlooking women is a mistake, and these women’s stories prove that. This is a lightly edited excerpt from the book "Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels" by Deborah Bonello.
Paul De Lucia [1] (born Felice De Lucia, Italian: [feˈliːtʃe de luˈtʃiːa]; November 14, 1897 – October 11, 1972), known as Paul Ricca (/ ˈ r iː k ə /, Italian:), was an Italian-American mobster who served as the nominal or de facto leader of the Chicago Outfit for 40 years.