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The Lucchese 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 Five Families are the major crime families of the Italian-American Mafia based in New York City which have dominated traditional organized crime in New York. ...
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History of the Lucchese crime family
The Two Tommys take charge With the creation of the Five Families as the pillars on which the strength of the American Mafia was based, the new head of the branch previously led by Gaetano "Tom" Reina and then "Fat Joe" Pinzolo, was Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano, with Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese as his underboss. The pair led the family into profitable areas of the trucking and clothing industries, and looked after their men in a way that other mob bosses would have done well to replicate. Tom Reina (1889-February 26, 1930) was an Italian-American mobster and capo to Joe Masseria. ...
Bonaventura Joseph Pinzolo was the head of the Lucchese crime family in New York City for a brief period during 1930. ...
Tommy Gagliano Gaetano Tommy Gagliano was the head of the Lucchese crime family between 1931 and 1953. ...
Tommy Lucchese Gaetano Tommy Lucchese (December 1, 1899 - July 13, 1967) was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five Mafia families ruling the New York underground. ...
Capo Bastone or Beat Head, known as the Underboss is second in command to the Capo Crimini. ...
When Gagliano died in 1953, Lucchese, who had been loyal to his boss from beginning to end, took over as boss, and carried on the traditions Gagliano had established, making the family which now bore his name one of the most profitable in New York. Lucchese further developed the family's interests by controlling Teamsters unions, workers' co-operatives and trade associations, and racketeering at the new Idlewild Airport. He also developed close relationships with politicians and members of the judiciary, which aided the family on numerous occasions. All this while keeping the low profile for which he became lauded in Mafia circles. Lucchese spent 44 years in the mafia without receiving a single criminal conviction. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ...
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Towards the end of his life, Lucchese suffered various health problems and his heart finally gave up July 13, 1967. The man who took over at the head of the family was Carmine "Gribbs" Tramunti. At the time, Tramunti was almost 70 years old and himself suffering from ill health, but with boss-in-waiting Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo in prison, Tramunti was chosen as caretaker boss while Corallo served out his sentence. Tramunti faced a number of criminal charges during his time at the head of the family and was eventually convicted of financing a large heroin smuggling operation. This also included the arrests and convictions of Vincent Papa and Anthony Loria Sr. in the infamous French Connection. This scheme was responsible for distributing millions of dollars in heroin up and down the East Coast during the early seventies, which in turn led to a major NYPD corruption scheme. The scope and depth of this scheme is still not known, but officials suspect it involved a corrupt NYPD officer/officers who allowed access to the NYPD property/evidence storage room, where hundreds of kilograms of heroin lay seized from the now-infamous French Connection bust, and then replaced the missing heroin with white baking flour. The substitution was only discovered when officers noticed insects eating all the bags of "heroin". By that point an estimated street value of approximately $70 million worth of "smack" had already been taken. The racket was brought to light and arrests were made. Certain plotters received jail sentences, including Papa. (Papa was later assassinated in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia; several conflicting reasons why have been suggested). These were the times of Serpico and the DEA's Knapp Commission. Corallo took over upon Tramunti's incarceration in 1974. is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Carmine Gribbs Tramunti was the head of the Lucchese crime family for seven years between 1967 and 1974. ...
Antonio Corallo also know as Tony Ducks served some jail time for trafficking narcotics as a kid and then became a big shot in the Gagliano-Lucchese crime family in New York. ...
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Vincent Papa - Vinnie Papa. Born and bread in Astoria, Queens NY. Papa was a major player in the famous French Connection herion scandal. ...
Anthony Loria Sr. ...
The French Connection was an infamous scheme through which the drug heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States, culminating in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it provided the vast majority of the heroin consumed in the United States. ...
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) , the largest police department in the United States, has primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ...
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Frank Serpico Francisco Vincent Frank Serpico (born April 14, 1936) is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who gained fame in 1971 as the first police officer to testify against police corruption. ...
DEA is an abbreviation of the following, among others: Dance Educators of America Drug Enforcement Administration (USA) TheDEA.org, a harm reduction web site. ...
The Knapp Commission (officially known as the Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption) stemmed from a five member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption within the New York City Police Department. ...
Tony Ducks With a reputation for 'ducking' criminal conviction, Corallo was a boss squarely in the Tommy Lucchese mold. He was heavily involved in union control and worked closely with Jimmy Hoffa, the international president of the Teamsters union. The family prospered under Corallo's leadership, particularly in the trafficking of narcotics, but the authorities had him in their sights. For other uses, see Hoffa (disambiguation). ...
The FBI had managed to plant a bug in Corallo's car in the early 1980s - this was where he conducted most of his meetings and he was duly overheard talking at great length about mob affairs. The RICO trial that followed saw Corallo convicted on numerous charges and sent to prison, where he would spend the rest of his life (he died in 2000). For The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a United States law which provides for extended penalties for criminal acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization, see: RICO (law) For Rico the Border Collie, see: Rico (Border Collie). ...
Corallo's choice as successor was Vittorio "Vic" Amuso. Vittorio Little Vic Amuso (b. ...
The iron fist of Amuso and Casso The period that followed was one of the most turbulent the Lucchese family had seen, given the relative calm under previous bosses. Amuso and his underboss, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso were implicated in a case involving the fitting of thousands of windows in New York at over-inflated prices, and the pair went into hiding in 1990, ruling the family from afar and ordering the execution of anyone they deemed troublesome, including the entire New Jersey branch of the family run by Michael Taccetta, who had allegedly been withholding payment from Amuso. Anthony Gaspipe Casso (b. ...
What followed was a series of botched hits leading to members of the family turning informant to save their own lives. The planned executions went as high as Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, the acting boss while Amuso was in hiding, who had little choice but to turn himself over to the authorities to spare him and his family from Amuso and Casso and their increasingly erratic demands. Alphonse Little Al DArco, born July 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the Lucchese crime family and former interim Mafia boss who became a devastating informant[1] to the police following a loss of faith in Mafia bosses Vittorio Vic Amuso and Anthony Gaspipes Casso. ...
On July 29, 1991, the FBI captured Amuso in Pennsylvania, and two years later Casso was caught in New Jersey. Amuso had resisted all attempts by the police to turn on the mob, but Casso wasted little time in doing so. Unfortunately for Casso, his testimony proved so inconsistent that he was ultimately accused of having gone back on his deal to help the authorities and refused leniency in sentencing for his various crimes. is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Acting bosses Joseph "Little Joe" Defede was chosen as the acting boss of the Lucchese family, though Amuso continued to pull the strings from behind bars. When Amuso came to the belief that Defede was stealing money from his own family, Defede decided to turn state's witness to spare himself the boss' wrath. Steven Crea was the next man to take charge, but he lasted no more than a few months before being sent down on racketeering charges. To complete a fairly hapless trio of acting bosses, Louis Daidone, was convicted of murder following testimony from D'Arco in September 2004. Joseph DeFede in an FBI surveillance photograph. ...
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Louis Louie Crossbay/Louie Bagels Daidone was a New York City mobster, and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family. ...
Mafia Cops In April 2006 it was revealed that two respected New York city police detectives were also working as hired hitmen and informants for Casso. Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa had spent much of their combined 44 years with the NYPD committing murders and leaking confidential information to the Lucchese crime family. They participated in eight murders between 1986 and 1990, and over a period of six years were paid $375,000 by Casso in bribes and as payment for murder 'contracts'. Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former police officers from New York City. ...
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Among their contracts was putting James Hydell into the trunk of a car and handing him over to Casso for torture. Hydell's body has never been found. They also shot Bruno Facciolo, who was found in Brooklyn, in the trunk of a car, with a canary in his mouth. After having been pulled over for a routine traffic check, Eddie Lino was killed on the hard-shoulder of a freeway in his Mercedes-Benz. Bruno Facciola was a Italian-American mobster in the Lucchese crime family from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn who worked under Paul Vario. ...
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As well as his role as a hitman, Eppolito was also a member of the cast of the 1990 film GoodFellas. Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
Current position and leadership Vic Amuso, 72, remains the official boss of the Lucchese crime family despite serving a life sentence. It is unclear how much influence he has over the family from his prison cell. In the last few years, a three man ruling panel has been running the family. Joseph DiNapoli, 71, Anthony Migliore, 73. All three are long time capos in the family, but Migliore is believed to have the final say on things. Migliore has been a major player in the family for more than 30 years and is said to have huge respect on the street.
Recently though former acting boss Steven Crea was released from jail after serving a four year prison sentence. Nicknamed "Stevie Wonder," Crea was heavily involved in construction and is considered a capable "stand-up guy." Still under parole restrictions it remains to be seen what role Crea will play for the Luccheses in the future.
In the last few years, after suffering greatly from turncoats, federal prosecution, and internal conflicts due to bad leadership, the Lucchese family has avoided further dramatic federal indictments. Arguably, Migliore and his crew have managed to bring some stability to the Lucchese family.
Bosses of the Lucchese crime family - 1920–1930 — Gaetano "Tommy" Reina (murdered February 26, 1930 during the Castellammarese War by the Masseria faction. * some believe his murder sparked the shooting war between the Masseria and Maranzano factions, others believe the war truly started with the murders of Castellammarese Clan leaders in Detroit and Chicago the following May and October.)
- 1930– Bonaventura "Joseph/Fat Joe" Pinzolo (murdered September 5, 1930 by the Gagliano/Lucchese faction of the Reina crime family.)
- 1931–1953 — Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano (allegedly semi-retired due to ill health sometime in 1951, died February 16, 1953. * others speculate he died in 1951.)
- 1951–1953 — Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese (acting boss) (official underboss and the long the acknowledged successor to Gagliano.)
- 1953–1967 — Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese (by 1966 he was basically incapacitated and semi-retired due to terminal illness, died of brain tumor on July 13, 1967.)
- 1966–1967 — Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti (acting boss) (he became commission substituto and an intern boss for a year when Lucchese was unable to continue as an active leader, stepped down for a short period of time.)
- 1967– Ettore "Eddie" Coco (acting boss) (he was Luchese's second choice as successor, but like Lucchese's first choice Coco was imprisoned in 1967 and had to step down.)
- 1967–1973 — Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti (due to Coco's imprisonment Tramunti was once again chosen as an acting leader until Luchese's first choice was released from prison. Tramunti himself was imprisoned in October of 1973 and died in prison October 15, 1978.)
- 1973–1986 — Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo (he was Luchese's first choice for successor, but at the time of Luchese's death Corallo was on trial, soon convicted in 1968 and sentenced to 2 years in prison. indicted in the famous commission case on February 15, 1985, convicted on November 19, 1986 and on January 13, 1987 he was sentenced to 100 years in prison, died in prison August 23, 2000.)
- 1986– Anthony "Buddy" Luongo (Luongo was named Coralla's successor soon after the verdicts of the commission case were rendered in late 1986, but sometime in December of 1986 Luongo, a Bronx faction leader was murdered by Brooklyn faction leaders Vic Amuso and Tony Casso.)
- 1987–present — Vittorio "Vic" Amuso (former Brooklyn faction leader and consigliere Chris Furnari convinced Tony Corallo to make Furnari's proteges Vic Amuso and Tony Casso the new bosses in early 1987. former Bronx faction leader and underboss Tom Santoro advised against it knowing the succession of Amuso and Casso would be the biggest mistake in the crime family's history.)
- 1990–1991 — Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco (street boss) (a caporegime who was promoted by Amuso, held the position from May 1990 - January 1991, then promoted once again.)
- 1991– Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco (acting boss) (held the position from January 1991 - September 1991, he was then demoted by Amuso, but held a position within the crime family's ruling panel/committee until he defected to the government on September 21, 1991.)
- 1991–1993 — 4 Man Ruling Panel/Committee, with help from the family consigliere, various capos, Salvatore "Sal" Avellino, Anthony "Bowat" Baratta,Steven "Wonderboy" Crea, Domenico "Danny" Cutaia, and consigliere, Frank "Big Frank" Lasterino
- 1993–1998 — Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede (acting boss) (a caporegime and close associate who was promoted by Amuso and was eventually jailed in 1998. DeFede defected to the government soon after being released from prison in early 2002 fearing Amuso had sanctioned his murder.)
- 1998–2001 — Steven "Wonderboy" Crea (acting boss) (the official underboss who was promoted by Amuso and eventually indicted and jailed on September 6, 2000 on extortion charges. Crea was eventually convicted in 2001 and sentenced to 5 years in prison.)
- 2001–2003 — Louis "Louie Bagels/Crossbay Louie" Daidone (acting boss) arrested March of 2003 and sentenced to life in prison January of 2004)
- 2003–2006 — 3 Man Ruling Panel/Committee , top capos Aniello "Neil" Migliore , Joseph DiNapoli , Matthew Madonna (street bosses) (allegedly after the new acting boss was chosen sometime in 2006 it was decided that the 3 man ruling panel/committee would be substituted for the official underboss position for the time being and act as street bosses in assisting the acting boss.)
- 2006–present — Steven "Wonderboy" Crea (acting boss) (released from prison August 24, 2006 under strict parole restrictions.)
- 2007–present — Vittorio "Vic" Amuso (imprisoned boss), Steven "Wonderboy" Crea (acting boss), Aniello "Neil" Migliore, Joseph "Joey Dean" DiNapoli, Matthew "Mattie Nattie" Madonna (street bosses/top caporegimes in place of official underboss, report to Crea), Joseph "Joe C." Caridi (imprisoned consigliere) (present regime-hierarchy 2007)
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Tommy Gagliano Gaetano Tommy Gagliano was the head of the Lucchese crime family between 1931 and 1953. ...
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Gaetano Tommy Lucchese (December 1, 1899 - July 13, 1967) was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five Mafia families ruling the New York underground. ...
Gaetano Tommy Lucchese (December 1, 1899 - July 13, 1967) was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five Mafia families ruling the New York underground. ...
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Carmine Gribbs Tramunti was the head of the Lucchese crime family for seven years between 1967 and 1974. ...
Carmine Gribbs Tramunti was the head of the Lucchese crime family for seven years between 1967 and 1974. ...
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Alphonse Little Al DArco, born July 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the Lucchese crime family and former interim Mafia boss who became a devastating informant[1] to the police following a loss of faith in Mafia bosses Vittorio Vic Amuso and Anthony Gaspipes Casso. ...
Alphonse Little Al DArco, born July 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the Lucchese crime family and former interim Mafia boss who became a devastating informant[1] to the police following a loss of faith in Mafia bosses Vittorio Vic Amuso and Anthony Gaspipes Casso. ...
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Louis Louie Crossbay/Louie Bagels Daidone was a New York City mobster, and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family. ...
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Consiglieri Christopher Christie Tick Furnari, Sr. ...
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Paul Vario (July 9, 1914 - November 22, 1988) was a member of the U.S. Italian Mafia and a Caporegime in the Lucchese Family. ...
Capos Joseph F. Joey Abate (1902-1994) was a New Jersey mobster involved in extortion, loansharking and illegal gambling as a caporegime for the Lucchese crime family. ...
Anthony Tumac Accetturo (b. ...
Salvatore Avellino in a mid-1980s FBI mugshot. ...
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Dominick Cutaia in a mid-2000s FBI mugshot. ...
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Paul Vario (July 9, 1914 - November 22, 1988) was a member of the U.S. Italian Mafia and a Caporegime in the Lucchese Family. ...
The Vario Crew was a group, operating in several areas on New York, in the Lucchese crime family, run by Caporegime Paul Vario. ...
Soldiers Peter The Killer Abbandante was an Italian-American mafioso and Lucchese crime family made soldier who worked under capo Paul Vario in the 1950s in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. ...
Edward Barberra is a Italian-American made member of the Lucchese crime family street soldier and later Bonanno crime family street soldier from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn who worked under Paul Vario in the 1950s and 1960s and later Dominick Napolitano and Louis Attanasio. ...
John Baudanza (b. ...
The first Rays Pizza at 27 Prince Street on the northern edge of Little Italy, Manhattan Ralph (Raffie) Cuomo (born in 1936) is a restaurateur who founded the first Rays Pizza in New York City in 1959 and who has served time as member of the Lucchese crime...
Anthony DiLapi (February 9, 1936-February 4, 1990) was a Teamsters union leader in New York Citys garment district, as well as a soldier in the Lucchese crime family. ...
Johnny Dio (born John Dioguardi) (April 28, 1914-1979) was a mafiosi and union boss in the Lucchese crime family. ...
Bruno Facciola was a Italian-American mobster in the Lucchese crime family from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn who worked under Paul Vario. ...
Francesco Frankie the Wop Manzo is an Italian-American caporegime from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn was a Lucchese crime family soldier that eventually joined the Gambino crime family and became a mob captain. His is the son of Gambino crime family associate Daniel Danny Manzo. ...
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James Jimmy Santos was a corrupt Queens, New York policeman from the 103rd precinct and a member of the Lucchese crime family. ...
Francesco Frank Sorace was an Italian-American Lucchese crime family made soldier who worked under Paul Vario. ...
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Joseph Joey Allegro was an Italian-American associate of the Lucchese crime family who worked under Paul Vario from Ozone Park, Queens. ...
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U.S. Marshals mugshot of James Jimmy the Gent Burke taken on April 12, 1979 not long after the Lufthansa heist. ...
Frank James Burke (Long Island 1960 - May 18, 1987 Cypress Hills, Brooklyn) was the son of mobster Jimmy Burke who is portrayed by Burke look-alike Robert DeNiro and his mother Mickey Conway, portrayed in Goodfellas by Julie Garfield. ...
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Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former police officers from New York City. ...
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Thomas Tommy DeSimone (c1950 - 1979) was a New York gangster and an associate of the Luchesse Mafia Family. ...
Dolores Dolly DeSimone was the sister of Thomas DeSimone, Anthony DeSimone and Robert DeSimone born with her mobster brothers in Howards Beach, Queens and later moved to Ozone Park, Queens to be close to her brother Thomas. ...
Robert Skinny Bobby DeSimone, was an ostracized Italian New York Gambino family associate born in Brooklyn, New York sent down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...
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The East Harlem based Purple Gang was a loosely connected group of at least 127 Italian-American drug dealers from Pleasant Avenue in Italian Harlem, and the Bronx, during the 1970s. ...
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Parnell Steven Stacks Edwards (January 15, 1947 Baton Rouge, Louisiana-December 18, 1978 Queens, New York) was an African-American petty thief and supporter of the Black Panther Party who became associated with the infamous Jimmy Burke during the 1978 Lufthansa Heist. ...
Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa are two former police officers from New York City. ...
Bruno Facciola was a Italian-American mobster in the Lucchese crime family from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn who worked under Paul Vario. ...
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The French Connection was an infamous scheme through which the drug heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States, culminating in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it provided the vast majority of the heroin consumed in the United States. ...
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Paolo LiCastri (June 5, 1935 Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily – June 13, 1979 Flatlands, Brooklyn ) was a made man, or Man of Honor who worked under Carlo Gambino and Carmine Galante. ...
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John Mazzolla was a member of the Vario Crew from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and a Italian-American gangster who dealt in dealing counterfiet currency for Paul Vario. ...
Thomas Tom Monteleone (Canada, ???) - March ?? 1979 Hartford, Connecticut was a Canadian born mobster who was a shadowy suspect involved the 1978 Lufthansa heist. ...
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Franesco Frank Menna was an Italian-American low-level criminal from Queens, New York and an associate of the Lucchese crime family and a suspect involved in the early stages of the Lufthansa heist. ...
Robert Nalo was an American born of Iraqi roots from Detroit, Michigan. ...
Vincent Papa - Vinnie Papa. Born and bread in Astoria, Queens NY. Papa was a major player in the famous French Connection herion scandal. ...
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Government informants Former members of the Lucchese crime family who have agreed to become government informants or have testified against their former associates. - Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, Underboss
- Peter "Fat Pete" Chiodo, Capo
- Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo, Capo
- Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, Acting Boss
- Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede, Acting Boss
- Tommy "Crazy Eyes" Aguero,associate (killed before able to testify)
- Anthony DeSimone, associate, brother of Tommy DeSimone
- Frank "Spaghetti Man" Gioia, Jr., soldier
- Frank Gioia, Sr., soldier - did not testify, entered Witness Protection Program with son
- Henry Hill, associate. His life was the basis for the book Wiseguy and the film Goodfellas
- Karen Hill, Henry's wife
- Burton Kaplan, associate
- Vincent Salanardi, soldier
- Howard Angileri , Brother of Gerolimo and Santino , Was a Cop untill he was considerd " Made " he was then named a Soldier of the Lucchese Family.
- Dean Spong, soldier dropped out of witness protection program and fled to Australia.
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Peter Fat Pete Chiodo (born 1940) was a capo in the Lucchese crime family so nicknamed because of his large size. ...
Anthony Tumac Accetturo (b. ...
Alphonse Little Al DArco, born July 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, is a member of the Lucchese crime family and former interim Mafia boss who became a devastating informant[1] to the police following a loss of faith in Mafia bosses Vittorio Vic Amuso and Anthony Gaspipes Casso. ...
Joseph DeFede in an FBI surveillance photograph. ...
Anthony Tony D DeSimone an Italian-American Lucchese crime family associate who was the middle child and brother of Tommy DeSimone and Robert DeSimone born Howards Beach, Queens. ...
Thomas Tommy DeSimone (c1950 - 1979) was a New York gangster and an associate of the Luchesse Mafia Family. ...
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In the United States, the Witness Protection Program (also known as WITSEC) is established by the Witness Protection Act, which in turn sets out the manner in which the U.S. Attorney General may provide for the relocation and protection of a witness or potential witness of the federal government...
FBI mugshot of Henry Hill taken in 1980. ...
Goodfellas (also spelled GoodFellas) is a 1990 film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on the book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, the true story of mob informer Henry Hill. ...
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Vincent Salanardi was a Lucchese crime family soldier, also known as Vinny Baldy. Salanardi was made in 1998, placed in captain John Johnny Sideburns Cerrellas Brooklyn crew. ...
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