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Cantalupo turned informant in 1972 and was a considerable asset to the FBI in prosecuting mafia trials. He has testified in court, written a book on his activities in organized crime and also appeared in mafia related documentaries (such as Crime Inc.) as an authority on mafia life. [2]
Commonly confused with Joey Masella, the famous basketball player from MAST Academy, Joseph (Giuseppe) Masella was born to blue collar immigrant Italians from Cantalupo nel Sannio, Molise, Italy. His father came to Brooklyn at a young age in the mid-late 1930s with his cousins, also with the surname Masella.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, ... Joseph Cantalupo, "Joey" (born 1943) Richard ...
Frank DiMatteo reveals the hardscrabble history of the Red Hook neighborhood in Brooklyn in his new book. Annie Wermiel/NY Post
One-time Genovese family associate John Rubeo, who testified against reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino, could face up to five years behind bars after acknowledging his ...
A key Mafia informant against one-time Philadelphia mob boss “Skinny Joey” Merlino says flipping sides to become a federal witness enhanced both his life of crime and his bank account. “I ...
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a caporegime operating a crew in Long Island. He is the younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded a conversation between Carmine and his brother Salvatore Avellino Jr. as they discussed a dispute over a craps game that Carmine had was operating because mobster Aniello Migliore complained to Underboss Salvatore ...
Joseph E. "Joe Bikini" Brocchini (1933 – May 20, 1976) was a soldier under Joseph "Joe Brown" Lucchese in the Corona crew. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950.