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1. www.youtube.com › watchThe Ruthless Life of Santo Trafficante Jr: From Tampa to ...

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   Discover the incredible story of Santo Trafficante Jr., one of the most powerful mobsters in U.S. history.

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     Santo Trafficante Jr.: Unveiling the Mysteries of Tampa’s Legendary Mob Boss

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     Santo Trafficante Jr: The Florida Mob Boss who Tried to Assassinate Fidel Castro with the CIA

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Santo_Trafficante_JrSanto Trafficante Jr. - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. www.tampabay.com › news › humaninterestJosephine Marchese Trafficante, wife of reputed Tampa mob ...

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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...

6. www.cltampa.com › arts › sunshine-state-mafia-offers'Sunshine State Mafia' offers details about Tampa's infamous ...

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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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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Trafficante_crime_familyTrafficante crime family - Wikipedia

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   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]

8. allthatsinteresting.com › santo-trafficante-jrSanto Trafficante Jr.: The Florida Godfather Who Tried To ...

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   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.

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   Who was Santo Trafficante Jr?

   • Trafficante Jr. was nonetheless a ruthless and old-school mob boss. This was proven in 1953 when he eliminated the last contender to the Tampa mob throne: Joe Antinori, son of the late Ignacio. With that act, Santo Trafficante now reigned supreme in Tampa. He moved to Cuba in 1955 where he met the country’s authoritarian ruler Fulgencio Batista.

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   How many children did Trafficante Sr have?

   • He married and started a family that produced four sons, most notably the one named Santo Jr. As the family grew, Trafficante Sr. immersed himself in the local crime scene, especially as it involved bolita, bootlegging during the Prohibition years, and, beginning in the 1940s, involvement in the lucrative drug trafficking trade.

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   Who is Santo Trafficante & how did he become a mobster?

   • Born in Tampa, Florida in 1914, Trafficante hailed from a family already deeply involved in organized crime. Like many of the most prominent mobsters of the 20th century, his father, Santo Trafficante Sr., grew up in Sicily, Italy but became a major player in the criminal world after migrating to America.

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   Did ties to Santo Trafficante & the Mafia end?

   • The American government’s close ties to Santo Trafficante Jr. and the Mafia didn’t end with their attempts to kill Castro. In the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy family patriarch Joe Kennedy Sr. used his ties to organized crime to secure votes for his son, John F. Kennedy.

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   How old was Santo Trafficante when he died?

   • Finally, in 1987, Trafficante died at the age of 72. Today, Santo Trafficante’s criminal legacy lives on through his nephew and namesake, Santo Trafficante III, who was charged with organized fraud in 1992.

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   What was Trafficante's role in the Tampa Mafia?

   • As the family grew, Trafficante Sr. immersed himself in the local crime scene, especially as it involved bolita, bootlegging during the Prohibition years, and, beginning in the 1940s, involvement in the lucrative drug trafficking trade. But Trafficante had a vision wider than just presiding over his Tampa Mafia family.

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10. www.youtube.com › watchEpisode 58: The Tampa Mafia- Santo Trafficante Jr - YouTube

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    In this episode, we will discuss the fascinating life of Tampa's most powerful mobster: Santo Trafficante Jr.

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