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Santo Trafficante Jr. 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 ...
Mar 19, 1987 · TAMPA, Fla. —. Santo Trafficante Jr., believed to be one of the last of the old-time Mafia dons and a shadowy figure questioned in both the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and a plot ...
Mar 15, 2017 · Fidel Castro (Library of Congress) 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.
Oct 17, 2021 · Santo Trafficante Jr. continued to develop his interests in Cuba serving as Luciano and Lansky’s local liaison. Meanwhile, he continued to make money from the drugs that came through Tampa. Trafficante along with 56 other mobsters was arrested in New York while discussing what to do about the recent death of Gambino family head, Albert Anastasia .
- Carly Silver
Mar 19, 1987 · Santo Trafficante Jr., one of the last of the old-time reputed Mafia dons, who was reportedly enlisted in 1960 in a futile effort to kill Fidel Castro, has died at the age of 72. Henry Gonzalez of ...
Trafficante remained the boss of Tampa until he died of natural causes in 1954. Trafficante Jr. era Santo Trafficante at Sans Souci Cabaret, 1955. 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.
Oct 12, 2005 · In all, the FBI collected more than 38,000 pages of information on Trafficante Jr. in the three decades that he was the focus of state, federal and local investigations. He died after heart ...
