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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. His parents were "Alex" and Mary.
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]
Gallo started as an enforcer and hitman for Joe Profaci in the Profaci crime family.In addition to helping to manage his father's loan-sharking business and Larry Gallo's vending machine and jukebox operations (with the latter often perceived as the "crown jewel" of the family's rackets), he directly oversaw a variety of enterprises, including floating dice and high-stakes card games ...
He also reveals how his father ran with a gang ran by ‘Crazy Joey’ Gallo, one of the most brutal crooks in Red Hook, and his two brothers, who would routinely pinch his cheeks so hard to make ...
Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian:; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family.
His late father, widely known as “Willie The Rat,” was identified by the FBI in 1988 as being Kansas City’s top mob boss. Reputed ex-Kansas City mobster dies at 73 after long illness that ...
Lawrence "Larry" Gallo (November 3, 1927 – May 16, 1968) was an American mobster who became a member of the Profaci crime family of La Cosa Nostra in New York City.His younger brothers Joey and Albert would follow him into organized crime.
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 ...