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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 .
Felix Anthony "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio (April 26, 1912 – September 25, 1971) was an American enforcer, bagman, hitman and burglar for the Chicago Outfit. He was underboss to Sam Giancana during the 1960s and boss from 1967 to his imprisonment in 1969.
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
Nicholas W. Calabrese (November 30, 1942 – March 13, 2023) was an American mob hitman, best known for being a made man who testified against the Chicago Outfit.His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 2007 murder convictions of mobsters Joseph Lombardo, James Marcello, and his own brother, Frank Calabrese Sr.
Gus Alex (April 1, 1916 – July 24, 1998) was an American mobster affiliated with the Chicago Outfit, who succeeded Jake Guzik and Murray Humphreys as the Outfit's main political briber and "fixer". Early life
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.
In a secret meeting, the boss of the Chicago Outfit, Tony Accardo, gave DeStefano's crew permission to kill him. On April 14, 1973, it was presumed that DeStefano was to have met with his brother, Mario Anthony DeStefano , Fat Freddy Sarno of the Winter Hill gang in Massachusetts, and associate Tony Spilotro in the garage of his Galewood ...
Carlisi was born in Buffalo, New York. [3] His brother, Rosario "Roy" Carlisi, was a caporegime in the Buffalo crime family who was close to Buffalo Mafia boss Stefano Magaddino, which gave Sam Carlisi direct access to various East Coast crime families that were aligned with the Buffalo Mafia, such as those based in Rochester and Utica, New York and in Northeastern Pennsylvania.