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#OTD (Dec 15) in 1950, #YoungstownOH area racketeer Frank #Cammarata is arrested on a parole violation warrant from #Michigan.

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December 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
#OTD (Dec 15) in 1982, #Chicago mobster Joseph #Lombardo, #Teamsters President Roy Williams and codefendants are convicted of attempted #bribery of a federal official.

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December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
#OTD (Dec 15) in 1921, Salvatore 'Charlie #Luciano' #Lucania is arrested by #JerseyCity Police and charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

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December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#OTD (Dec 15) in 1912, Giosue #Gallucci bodyguard John #Russomano shoots and kills Aniello 'Zoppo' #Prisco (shown) at Gallucci's #EastHarlem NY bake shop.

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December 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#OTD (Dec 15) in 1923, #NewYork crime figure Frank #Scalise is arrested in #Manhattan for burglary.

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December 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
#OTD (Dec 14) in 1949, police shoot and seriously wound John #DiFronzo (shown) and Charles Scislo, in a brief gunfight after the two are caught robbing a #Chicago clothing store.

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December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#OTD (Dec 14) in 1975, Jasper Joseph #Aiello, longtime crime figure in the #YoungstownOH area, dies of a heart attack at age 62.

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December 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
#OTD (Dec 14) in 1922, at the intersection of Hanover and Union streets in #Boston MA, Albert #Bruno fatally shoots #BrooklynNY gangster Annabile #Stilo.

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December 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1990, #NewEngland mafioso Frank #Salemme is arrested on a warrant from #California charging him with trying to steal millions from a #Teamsters pension fund.

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December 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1980, Charles #Carabbia, who oversees #Cleveland #Mafia rackets in the #YoungstownOH area, is first noted missing.

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December 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1928, police raid the location of a former Joey #Noe speakeasy in the #BronxNY, seize weapons and ammunition, and arrest Vincent #Coll (shown), John Jacapraro and six other gangsters.

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December 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1924, Tommy #Lucchese is paroled from prison where he was serving a sentence for grand #larceny.

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December 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1963, Carmine #Persico, indicted with other #Gallo gangsters for conspiring to murder #Profaci Crime Family members, surrenders to the #KingsCountyNY District Attorney.

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December 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
#OTD (Dec 12) in 1988, former #NewJersey labor racketeer Anthony 'Tony Pro' #Provenzano dies of a heart attack while a federal prisoner in #California.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#OTD (Dec 12) in 1934, #Milwaukee mobster Pasquale #Caruso is hit by shotgun blasts to the back and mortally wounded.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#OTD (Dec 12) in 1954, after finding #Brooklyn burglar Michael #Russo (shown) dying of a gunshot wound to the head, police go in search of mobsters Philip #Rastelli and Ralph #Santora.

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December 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#OTD (Dec 12) in 1927, fifteen detectives provide security as recently wounded #Bronx gangster Hyman #Holtz is transported from Fordham Hospital in to Morrisania Court for arraignment on a charge of #assault.

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December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#OTD (Dec 12) in 1903, John #Bufalo of #Brooklyn is fatally shot, apparently for betraying a #counterfeiting gang.

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December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
#OTD (Dec 11) in 1975, Stephen #Andretta of the #NewJersey #Teamsters is granted immunity for testimony before a #Detroit federal grand jury investigating the disappearance of former Teamsters President James #Hoffa (shown).

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December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#OTD (Dec 11) in 1997, a federal grand jury indicts Lenine #Strollo (shown), his brother Dante Strollo and numerous others for #racketeering offenses in the #YoungstownOH area.

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December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
#OTD (Dec 11) in 1958, Police in #Cuba arrest self-exiled U.S. racketeer Frank #Cammarata and prepare to deport him to #Italy.

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December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
#OTD (Dec 11) in 1990, federal #racketeering charges are lodged against #Gambino Crime Family leaders John J. #Gotti, Frank #Locascio, Salvatore #Gravano (shown) and Thomas Gambino.

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December 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#OTD (Dec 11) in 1967, #NewYork racketeer Johnny 'Dio' #Dioguardi is sentenced to five years for #bankruptcy fraud.

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December 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#OTD (Dec 10) in 1920, #Mafia leader Salvatore #LoIacono is shot to death inside his restaurant, 247 Elizabeth Street in #Manhattan.

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December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#OTD (Dec 10) in 1907, a bomb explodes at the #Baltimore home of prominent businessman Joseph #DiGiorgio, who has resisted Black Hand extortion.

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December 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM