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With the passage of Prohibition in 1920, control of St. Louis's illegal bootlegging operations became a major power struggle between the seven different ethnic gangs: the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, the Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Shelton Gang and the Cuckoos all fighting to control illegal rackets in the St. Louis area. [1]
The St. Louis crime family held financial interests in the career of Sonny Liston, a professional boxer.According to both FBI and newspaper reports, Vitale, in addition to other underworld crime figures, "reportedly controlled Liston's contract," [10] by owning approximately twelve percent of the boxer's contract. [11]
The son of a St. Louis police captain, Hogan was a local saloon keeper who had gone into state politics in the 1910s. Known by the unwanted nickname of "Jelly Roll" due to his hefty build, Hogan served in the Missouri State Legislature, where he was known as an effective, garrulous lawmaker.
Giordano was also a cousin to the Licavolis. He was an uncle to St. Louis crime family capo James Giammanco. Giordano was known for his explosive temper. In 1965, he threatened a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who was trying to ask him questions at his restaurant. On another occasion, in 1970, Giordano grabbed and physically ...
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Vincentio Licavoli was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 18, 1904, the third of four children of Dominic and Girolama Licavoli. [1] They immigrated to the United States from Sicily and eventually settled in St. Louis. In St. Louis, James Licavoli along with his cousins, Peter and Thomas also known as "Yonnie" were members of the Russo Gang. [2]
The conversation launched “Operation Strawman,” a five-year-long FBI probe aimed at eradicating mafia control of Vegas casinos. ... Overland Park in 1961, which moved decades later to 10412 ...
Randy "Junior" Badolato – Kansas City soldier & St. Louis crime family street capo, enforcer and grandson of deceased St Louis capo Ralph "Bottles" Badolato who was a former teamster and long time protége of Anthony Giordano. Junior Badolato, who was deemed inactive in the mid 2000s, was allegedly one of the top earners in both Kansas City ...