#Mafia
6 entries tagged Mafia.
People (4)
- Edward Sciandra Sciandra was mentioned in FBI wiretaps, which captured conversations between Eugene Giaquinto and Martin Bacow.
- Giulio Andreotti Giulio Andreotti was Italy's seven-time Prime Minister and dominant Democrazia Cristiana figure who refused to negotiate for Aldo Moro's release in 1978, disclosed the existence of Operation Gladio to parliament in October 1990, and was acquitted of Mafia association charges after an eight-year trial.
- Jimmy Hughes Hughes admitted to a bloody past, stating he became a professional hit man for the Mafia after a six-year military career.
- Martin Bacow Bacow was described in the wiretaps as 'the back door liaison Teamsters connection to the movie industry.' He was under investigation in 1987 for various suspected offenses, including extortion, insider trading (MCA/Universal), the purchase and sale of narcotics/controlled substances, and the alloca
Organizations (1)
- La Cosa Nostra La Cosa Nostra is the formal name for Italian-American organized crime in the United States, a network of criminal families descending from Sicilian Mafia structures, publicly identified by FBI informant Joseph Valachi in 1963 Senate testimony.
Places (1)
- Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas is the site of the November 22, 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy; the city's connections to Jack Ruby, Carlos Marcello's Mafia network, and CIA-connected figures make it central to the vault's JFK assassination investigation materials.