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May 15, 2015 · Josephine Marchese Trafficante, the wife of reputed former Tampa organized crime leader Santo Trafficante, died in her sleep at home Wednesday, according to a paid obituary published by her...
His wife, Josephine, died in 2015 at the age of 95; he is survived by two of his daughters. After the death of his wife, the Trafficante family sold their Tampa 1970-built home for $950,000. In February 2016, many of Trafficante's personal belongings were sold at an auction in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Aug 9, 2019 · On April 18, 1955, eight months after Santo Sr. death, Walls’ wife came home to Ybor City from visiting her sister to find the 75-year-old Charlie murdered in the back room of their house, throat cut and head bashed in from a blackjack.
The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida. The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante, Jr. who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist. [1]
Oct 17, 2021 · Santo Trafficante Jr. was a reserved, modest man married to the same woman for 49 years. But he was also the most powerful crime boss in pre-Castro Cuba, with influence that extended into Florida and the rest of the United States.
- Carly Silver
Jun 18, 2024 · Photo via Library of Congress. Santo Trafficante Jr. sitting on a stool in front of his bar at the Sans Souci Night Club in Havana, Cuba. Spend any amount of time in Ybor City, and someone is...
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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.
