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Albert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr. (b. June 6, 1930) was a New York mobster who belonged to the Profaci crime family, later called the Colombo crime family, and then the Genovese crime family. Albert Gallo was one of the notorious Gallo brothers who challenged the family leadership in a bloody family war. His brothers were Larry Gallo and "Crazy" Joey Gallo. The Colombo crime family is one of the Five Families considered the most important in the American Mafia. ...
The Colombo crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...
The Genovese crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...
Crazy Joey Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972) was a New York gangster who was a gunman and racketeer as a member of the Profaci crime family (later known as the Colombo crime family). ...
Born in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, Gallo joined brothers Larry and Joey in their South Brooklyn gang that ruled President Street. Another member of the Gallo Gang, or crew, was future Colombo boss Carmine Persico. Many investigators believe that Gambino crime family boss Carlo Gambino hired the Gallo brothers to murder boss Albert Anastasia. The Gallo brothers operated under the Profaci family, then headed by old-school boss Joseph Profaci, in captain Harry Fontana's crew. A Holland-Style Factory Building in Red Hook Red Hook circa 1875 Red Hook is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ...
South Brooklyn is a hybrid neighborhood encompassing areas of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus and Boerum Hill. ...
Carmine John Persico (born in Brooklyn on August 8, 1937) is known as The Snake, Junior and Immortal because he has been shot a record of 20 times. ...
John Gotti, The Dapper Don The Gambino Crime Family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities based in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...
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Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) (September 26, 1902–October 25, 1957), also known as the Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner, was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract-killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc. ...
Joe Profaci (October 2, 1897–June 7, 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the founder and head of the Profaci crime family, known today as the Columbo crime family, for over three decades. ...
Joe Profaci (1896 - 1962) was a New York Mafia boss who was the head of the Columbo Family for over three decades. ...
In 1959, Profaci ordered the Gallos to murder their immediate boss, Frank Abbatemarco, who headed a lucrative bookmaking and loan sharking operation. After Abbatemarco's murder, Profaci gave the former Abbatemarco operation to some of his cronies, cutting out the Gallos. Infuriated, Joey began an all-out war against Profaci. The Gallos had the backing of Genovese crime family capodecina Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo. The Gallos kidnapped four Profaci family leaders, including underboss Joseph Magliocco, and held them ransom. Profaci agreed to pay the Gallos, but reneged on the agreement. Profaci died soon after of natural causes. After a two-year war and at least nine murders, Joseph Colombo took over the Profaci organization Frank Abbatemarco (d. ...
A bookmaker, or a bookie, is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the United States, with Singapore and Canada, the only legal bookmaker is state_owned and operated. ...
Usury (from the Latin usus meaning used) was defined originally as charging a fee for the use of money. ...
The Genovese crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...
Anthony C. Strollo (June 18, 1899 - April 8, 1962), also known as Tony Bender, was a New York mobster who served as a high ranking member in three of the New York mafia Five Families. // Born in New York City, Strollo grew up on Monroe Street near the Manhattan Bridge. ...
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In 1972, while celebrating his 43rd birthday, Joey Gallo was murdered. Joseph Yacovelli and Carmine Persico had ordered the murder because they suspected that Joey was behind the very public execution of boss Joe Colombo. In retaliation, Albert Gallo and a team of gunmen ambushed Persico and others in a Chinese restaurant. However, the Gallo hitmen fired at the wrong table and missed Persico completely. Carmine John Persico (born in Brooklyn on August 8, 1937) is known as The Snake, Junior and Immortal because he has been shot a record of 20 times. ...
For the Italian industrial designer see Joe Cesare Colombo. ...
After Joey Gallo's murder, there was an internal dispute between Albert Gallo and fellow crew member John Cutrone who wanted to take over the crew's South Brooklyn rackets. Aligned with Albert Gallo were Frank "Punchy" Illiano, Steven Boriello, Victor Iucci, James Geritano and Steve Cirillo. Cutrone's group included Gennaro Basciano, Samuel Zahralban, and James Giliberti. The men took the streets firing at each other on sight. James Geritano wiretapped the phone of Gennaro Basciano, and Basciano and Zahralban were shot to death inside a car on July 1, 1974. On August 4, 1974, Stevie Cirillo was shot to death by a sniper while playing cards at a church poker night (a racket that he controlled for the crew). Frank Punchy Illiano is a Brooklyn mafioso and former top member of the Gallo wing of the Profaci crime family. ...
On August 26, 1974, Colombo family representative Joseph Schipani sat down with Kid Blast, Illiano and Cutrone, hoping to settle the beef and possibly free the Gallo crew from the Colombo family. On September 11, 1974, Punchy Illiano was shot by a sniper. Albert Gallo emerged victorious, maintaining control of his brother's crew's rackets in South Brooklyn. On October 5, 1976, John Cutrone was shot to death inside a Flatbush, Brooklyn lunchonette.
Sometime in the mid-1970s, Albert Gallo and fellow gang member Frank Illiano switched to the Genovese crime family. The two men rose through the Genovese family; at times, Gallo served on a ruling administration when official boss Vincent Gigante was in prison. Currently, Albert Gallo is listed as an acting captain in the Genovese family, in Illiano's crew. The crew is involved in loan sharking, bookmaking, extortion and protection rackets. Both Gallo and Illiano are still mainstays on Court Street, in South Brooklyn, spending time at the Van Westerhout Cittadini Molesi Social Club. [1]. Frank Punchy Illiano is a Brooklyn mafioso and former top member of the Gallo wing of the Profaci crime family. ...
The Genovese crime family is one of the Five Families that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). ...
Vincent The Chin Gigante (March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005) was a New York mobster who headed the Genovese crime family. ...
The Van Westerhout Cittadini Molesi Social Club is one of the last remaining social clubs in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn, a neighborhood that was once host to over 15 of them. ...
Further reading
- Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
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