#OTD (Mar 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Dellacroce is born in #NYC, Buccola settles in #Massachusetts, #Moretti home in #NewJersey is raided, Virginia Hill testifies before #Kefauver, #LaRocca faces perjury charge, #FBI listens in on #Patriarca calls, #Philadelphia boss Testa is murdered.
#OTD (Mar 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: none are convicted of #NewOrleans police chief's assassination, #Mafia counterfeiters are guilty in #NewYork, #Buffalo extortionist gets a year, Vitale is removed from #NYC magistrate bench, #Costello talks to #Kefauver panel, Tramunti is guilty on #narcotics charge, boss #Gotti beats rackets charge, Cali is killed at #StatenIsland
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #mafiosi feud in #NewOrleans, #PittstonPA bosses face charges, extortionist dies in #Brooklyn, Camorrist cooperates in murder case, #Chicago gunmen end Tropea and McGurn, #Kefauver hears #Profaci.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Coll blamed for two #Bronx murders, #Patriarca pardon investigated, #Kefauver heard from #Costello, #Zwillman jury bribers arrested, #Valachi and others sentenced for drug conspiracy, #Hoffa testified in #LosAngeles, mafiosi gathered in #SanJoseCA
#OTD (Feb. 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: weapons charge is filed against #NewOrleans gangster, #RhodeIsland gangster #Butsy is released, #CharlieLucky faces assault charge, gunmen finish #MadDogColl in #NYC, #FBI spots #Mafia boss in #Cuba, #Kefauver learns of #Detroit mob-business links.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Bonanno is born in Sicily, Cardinali is shot in #NYC, #Cleveland mobster is convicted of counterfeiting, #KC crime figures are arrested in #Denver, Licavoli testifies before #Kefauver, #NewJersey indicts killers.
#OTD (Jan. 4) in #OrganizedCrime #History: births of Merlo and Oddo, #WestVirginia executions of #BlackHand killers, liquor indictments, #Costello ordered to testify before #Kefauver, #Bonanno restored as boss, a #Cleveland car-bomber arraigned.
