The Trafficante Family in Florida - part 2°

In 1962 Bonanno, after the death of Joseph Profaci, one of his most faithful friends and allies, from cancer, together with his successor Joe Magliocco, thought of getting rid of the two most powerful bosses: Gambino and Lucchese, therefore organizing a plot to kill them together with their lieutenants.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

6 Syys 20248min

Joseph Bonanno, nicknamed "Joe Bananas" from a newspaper typo of the time, was a nickname he hated because it gave the idea that he was crazy. Bonanno was one of the most important Italian-American mobsters, the head of a powerful family of the New York underworld, known to this day as the Bonanno family.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

1 Elo 20248min

They called him "Jimmy Blue Eyes". Alo was a key figure in New York's post-Prohibition Genovese Mafia family. He served as a liaison between the Sicilian-Italian mafia and Meyer Lansky's criminal organization. In fact, as we will say below, he was Meyer Lansky's partner in the construction of various casinos in Florida and Cuba.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

16 Heinä 20247min

The Gambino mafia family was certainly among the most powerful of Cosa Nostra. The great success of the gang is due precisely to the charismatic Carlo Gambino who directed the criminal activity for almost twenty years, and exactly from the mid-1950s until his death, which occurred due to natural causes, in 1976.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

30 Kesä 202410min

According to FBI files, Anthony Strollo, also known as Tony Bender, was Vito Genovese's right-hand man. Strollo was one of the great protagonists of the history of the Mafia in New York City and New Jersey in the late 1940s and early 1960s. He also pulled the strings in a lucrative drug trafficking and gambling operation for the Genovese crime family.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

23 Kesä 20248min

9 Kesä 20249min

Gaetano Lucchese known as Tommy Gunn or Tommy Three Fingers Brown was a leading exponent of the American mafia. It is no coincidence that one of the five New York mafia families still bears his surname.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

18 Touko 20246min

Vito Genovese was considered one of the most treacherous, double-dealing and ruthless mafia bosses of the American Mafia.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-the-american-mafia--4722947/support.

13 Touko 20248min