1967 in organized crime

1967 in organized crime

"See also:"
1966 in organized crime,
other events of 1967,
1968 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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Events

*March - Federal authorities, helped by government informant Harold Konigsberg, discover a Mafia "graveyard" in New Jersey.
*March 16 - Chicago businessman Alan Rosenburg, owing a sustantial amount of money to Felix Alderisio, is beaten to death by members of the Chicago Outfit.
*March 22 - Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri is convicted of two counts of tax evasion by a federal jury in Illinois.
*May - Joseph Bonanno is accused by federal authorities of using of running an international drug traffiking operation between Montreal, Quebec and New York City, New York.
*June - Genovese and Gambino crime families are charged by federal authorities to hold a monopoly on Westchester County garbage carting and waste disposal.
*June 23 - Two hitmen kill the french-corsican mob boss Antoine Guerini close to Marseille, in France [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/JFK.guerini.htm] .
*July 13 - Thomas Lucchese, after being hospitalized on and off since August 1965, dies of natural causes at his Lido Beach, home in Long Island, New York. Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti was chosen at the "La Stella-Little Apalachin" meeting on September 22, 1966 as acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.
*November 10 - Frank "Frankie 500" Telleri is murdered along with Thomas (Smitty) and James Di Angelo at the "Cypress Garden Restaurant" in Queens shortly after defecting from the Bonanno crime family to the rival Gasperino DiGregorio faction.
*November 17 - Vincent Rao, Consigliere of the Lucchese crime family, is convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years in federal prison.
*December 11 - Johnny Dio is convicted of bankruptcy fraud and is sentenced to five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.
*August 1st - Charles Grandiere convicted of theft at a local fruit stand on the streets of New York City. Sentenced to ten years for theft and attempted murder of the store owner. Eventually sent to Guantanamo Bay.

Arts and literature

*"Le Samouraï" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062229/] starring Alain Delon
*"Point Blank" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062138/] starring Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson.
*"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062301/] starring Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Clint Ritchie and Harold J. Stone.

Births

Deaths

*March 16 - Alan Rosenberg, Chicago businessman associated with the Chicago Outfit
*October - Thomas D' Angelo, Bonanno crime family member
*October - James D' Angelo, Bonanno crime family member
*October - Frank Telleri "The 500", Bonanno crime family member
*June 23 - Antoine Guerini French/Corsican mob boss.
*July 13 - Thomas Lucchese "Three Finger Brown", New York mobster and founder of the Lucchese crime family


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