1971 in organized crime

1971 in organized crime

"See also:"
1970 in organized crime,
other events of 1971,
1972 in organized crime and the
list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

----

Events

*Luciano Leggio is once again captured and brought to trial by prosecutor Cesare Terranova, only this time on 9 counts of murder. Leggio is once again acquitted of all charges.
*Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan becomes the first man to escape from the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, before his capture only five weeks later in Greenwich Village.
*Donato "Danny Wags" Fatico, brother of Gambino crime family Capo Carmine Fatico and an early sponsor of future Gambino leader John Gotti, is convicted of hijacking charges.
*March 16 - Gambino crime family captain Angelo Mele and 4 associates were convicted for conspiracy to sell 2 kilos of heroin. Mele was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
*April 3 - Former Genovese crime family buttonman and government informant Joseph Valachi died of natural causes while imprisoned at the La Tuna Federal Penitentiary in El Paso, Texas.
*May 12 - Bonanno crime family boss Paul Sciacca and captain Michael Casale were arrested for conspiring to sell and for the sale of heroin. Sciacca was replaced by Natale Evola.
*June 28 - Joe Colombo is seriously wounded by gunman Jerome Johnson during Italian-American Unity Day, ending his involvement in the Italian-American Civil Rights League. Although surviving the attempt on his life, Colombo would remain comatose until his death in 1978. Initially suspected to have been ordered by rival mobster Joey Gallo, later evidence would indicate the involvement of former Colombo ally Carlo Gambino for the attempted assassination. Colombo Capo Thomas DiBello negotiates a truce with the Gallo Brothers soon after the shooting, ending the long running Gallo-Colombo gang war.
*September 17 - Lucchese crime family captain James Plumeri was found strangled to death less than 6 months after his conviction on charges of violating the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act.
*September 25 - Chicago Outfit executioner Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio died of natural causes while serving a term for extortion in the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois.
*October 12 - Gambino crime family soldier Alexander D'Alessio, who was identified by Joseph Valachi as a man who controls gambling on Staten Island for Carlo Gambino, was arrested in a raid of gambling establishments by FBI Agents.
*October 23 - Meyer Lansky is indicted by a federal grand jury of skimming money from the syndicate casino, the Flamingo Hotel, charging that Lansky and three others planned to conceal and distribute over $36 million in unreported income.
*November 9 - Milwaukee mob boss Frank Balistrieri (already imprisoned on other charges) and five associates are slapped with a 10-count federal indictment for concealing the ownership of a restaurant, income tax fraud and other charges.
*November 26 - Joe Adonis, a former captain under Frank Costello, dies of natural causes in Italy.
*December 25 - New York mobster Bruno Latini is shot and killed in his car.

Arts and literature

*"Equal Danger" (novel) by Leonardo Sciascia.
*"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067124/] starring Jerry Orbach and Robert De Niro.
*"Shaft" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/] starring Richard Roundtree and Moses Gunn.
*"The French Connection" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/] starring Gene Hackman.
*"Get Carter" (film) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067128/] starring Michael Caine.

Births

Deaths

*September 25 - Felix Alderisio, Chicago Outfit Boss
*November 26 - Joe Adonis "Joseph Doto", New York mobster and captain under Frank Costello, died of natural causes in Italy.
*December 25 - Bruno Latini, New York mobster


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Organized crime — Crime syndicate redirects here. For the DC Comics group of villains, see Crime Syndicate. For other uses, see Organized crime (disambiguation). Al Capone, a name often associated with organized crime …   Wikipedia

  • 1972 in organized crime — See also: 1971 in organized crime, other events of 1972, 1973 in organized crime and the list of years in Organized Crime . Events*St. Louis, Missouri, Mafia boss Tony Giordano is convicted of illegally skimming gambling proceeds from Aladdin… …   Wikipedia

  • 1970 in organized crime — See also: 1969 in organized crime, other events of 1970, 1971 in organized crime and the list of years in Organized Crime . Events*Sicilian Mafia Commission (Cupola) is reinstated. The Cupola disbanded in 1963 after the Ciaculli Massacre. The new …   Wikipedia

  • Jewish-American organized crime — Largely originating from the immigration from Eastern Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Jewish American organized crime (sometimes referred to as the Kosher Nostra a pun on the Italian term Cosa Nostra Kosher Mafia , the… …   Wikipedia

  • African-American organized crime — Although a minority during the 19th and early 20th centuries, African American organized crime first began to emerge following large scale migrations of Caribbean and African Americans to major cities of the Northeast and Midwest. In many of… …   Wikipedia

  • 1978 in organized crime — See also: 1977 in organized crime, other events of 1978, 1979 in organized crime and the list of years in Organized Crime . Events *Paul Castellano forms a working partnership between the Gambino crime family and the Westies street gang of… …   Wikipedia

  • Timeline of organized crime — This is a timeline of the history of organized crime. see also : Organized crime in Chicago Note: Sources included are Carl Sifakis s The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury s The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas …   Wikipedia

  • Crime in India — Crime is present in various forms in India. Organized crime include drug trafficking, gunrunning, money laundering, extortion, murder for hire, fraud, human trafficking and poaching. Many criminal operations engage in black marketeering,… …   Wikipedia

  • Crime film — Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real life criminal figures, to the far fetched evil doings of imaginary arch villains. Criminal acts are… …   Wikipedia

  • Crime prevention through environmental design — Criminology and penology Theories Causes and correlates of crime Anomie Differential association theory Deviance …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”