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Mar 15, 2017 · Santo Jr., who had inherited the leadership of the Tampa Mafia around 1950 when his father, Santo Sr., fell ill, had now completed his consolidation of power in Tampa and beyond. Over the next 30-plus years, Trafficante, Jr. rose to oversee Mafia operations across the state of Florida.
Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family from 1954 to 1987 and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante Sr.
Oct 17, 2021 · Santo Trafficante Jr. claimed to have orchestrated JFK's assassination and was a part of a CIA plot with the mob to kill Fidel Castro. But President John Kennedy wasn't so lucky, if rumors that Trafficante was involved in his death are to be believed...
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Jun 13, 2014 · Life & Culture. Spoiled by mobsters, Meyer Lansky's daughter recalls family men, not killers. Sandra Lansky, with her son Gary Rapoport on the porch of their Seminole Heights home, holds a photo...
Born in Tampa and rising to be one of the most influential Mafia bosses, Santo Trafficante Jr.'s story is one of intrigue, power, and mystery. From ruling Cu...
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Jun 18, 2024 · Doug Kelly digs deeper than the tunnels under the historic district in his new book, “Sunshine State Mafia,” which covers the entire state from Al Capone in South Florida to the Blackburn gambling...
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Santo Trafficante Jr. Organized Crime Figure. Born in Tampa, Florida to Sicilian parents Mafia don Santo Trafficante, Sr. and his wife Maria Giuseppa Cacciatore. Santo Trafficante grew up in the Florida underworld, working his father's gambling rackets and getting experience in the business.
