- 1932 in organized crime
"See also:"
1931 in organized crime ,
other events of 1932,1933 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.----
Events
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Chicago Outfit mob boss Alphonse "Al," "Scarface" Capone is sent to theAtlanta Federal Penitentiary after his1931 conviction fortax evasion . Francesco "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" Nitto succeeds Capone as leader of the Outfit. But, since Capone is in prison, Felice "Paul 'The Waiter" Ricca" DeLucia becomes the real, new Outfit boss. With all of Chicago's organized crime activity consolidated into the Outfit, that organization begins to resemble the modern dayNational Crime Syndicate .
*Charles "Lucky" Luciano begins employing Louis "Lepke" Buchalter's "The Combination (calledMurder, Inc. by the press) forNational Crime Syndicate murder contracts.
*FutureGambino crime family leader,Paul Castellano , is brought into the family] by bossCarlo Gambino .
*Sicilian mafiosiVito Cascio Ferro dies inRome, Italy while in prison.
*February 9 - Renegade hitman Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll is killed in a drive-by shooting at a public telephone booth while attempting to extort money from mob boss Owney "Killer" Madden.
*March 16 -Antonio Lonzo andGerard Vernotico are killed by members of theGenovese crime family .
*July 29 - Pittsburgh bootleggers John, Arthur, and James Volpe are shot to death in a Pittsburgh coffee shop. The hits were reportedly ordered by Pittsburgh crime family leaderJohn Bazzano .
*August 8 - John Bazzano is found stuffed in a burlap sack on a Brooklyn street He had been strangled, then stabbed to death. Bazzano's murder may have been connected to the gangland slaying of the Volpe brothers weeks earlier.Vincenzo Capizzi would later succeed Bazzano as head of thePittsburgh crime family .
*September 1 - New York MayorJames J. Walker resigns from office, following his testimony before theSeabury Commission .Arts and Literature
*"Scarface" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023427/] starring
Paul Muni .Births
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Salvatore Bonanno "Bill",Bonanno crime family member and son of crime family bossJoseph Bonanno .
*Frank Imbruglia ,East Boston gunman
*Ralph Scopo ,Colombo crime family member andBrooklyn labor union racketeer.
*Giuseppe Lambeti "Joe", drug trafficker involved in thePizza Connection and cousin of Salvatore Lamberti
*Salvatore Lamberti , Sicilian mafiosi convicted in thePizza Connection
*July 28 -Alphonse D'Arco "Little Al",Lucchese crime family acting boss turned government witness.Deaths
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Vito Cascio Ferro , Sicilian mafiosi
*February 9 -Vincent Coll "Mad Dog", New York Prohibition mobster
*March 16 -Antonio Lonzo , New York mobster
*March 16 -Gerard Vernotico , New York mobster
*July 29 - John Volpe, Pittsburgh bootlegger
*July 29 -Arthur Volpe , Pittsburgh bootlegger
*July 29 -James Volpe , Pittsburgh bootlegger
*August 8 -John Bazzano , Pittsburgh crime family leader
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