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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...
- Carly Silver
Mar 15, 2017 · At 7:25 p.m. on January 3, 1953, Florida Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Jr. had just finished dinner with his wife and children at his father-in-law’s house in the Ybor City section of Tampa, Florida. He walked outside and got into a 1951 Mercury sedan driven by one of his associates.
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.
Mar 19, 1987 · Reputed Old-Time Mafia Don Santo Trafficante Jr. Dies in Hospital at Age 72. Santo Trafficante Jr., believed to be one of the last of the old-time Mafia dons and a shadowy figure...
Santo Trafficante, Jr. was born in the United States on November 15, 1914, as one of five sons of Mafia boss Santo Trafficante. Santo Jr. succeeded his father as the boss of Tampa upon his death. Santo, Jr. never spent a day in jail, and he died of natural causes in 1987.
Santo Trafficante Jr. Born: November 15, 1914, Tampa, Florida. Died: March 17, 1987, Houston, Texas. Nicknames: The Silent Don. Associates: Sam Giancana, Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Johnny Rosselli, Robert Maheu.
