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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]
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 ...
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.
Thomas "Yonnie" Licavoli (February 9, 1904 – September 17, 1973) was an American gangster and bootlegger during Prohibition.Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Licavoli, along with brother Peter Joseph Licavoli and cousin James Licavoli, worked with Jewish gangsters to take over illegal gambling in St. Louis.
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 ...
Matthew Trupiano was born on November 8, 1938, in Detroit to a Sicilian-American family. [1] [2] His father immigrated from Messina and met his future wife in Detroit.Trupiano eventually ran into gambling problems with the Detroit Partnership, the local Cosa Nostra organization, and was forced to leave the city.
Nicknamed "Crow," he is a member of the Mexican Mafia, federal prosecutors say, charged with ordering a series of murders that allowed him to maintain a grip over street gangs and jail inmates in ...