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Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:09 pm

A correction to the original post (which was from 2020) is that Giuseppe Fanaro doesn't appear to be Carinese. That info originally came from Dave Critchley but Rick/Antiliar looked into Fanaro much more deeply and he was from a district within Palermo city itself. I don't know if there is a Carini connection of some kind that Dave found or what his basis was for listing him as Carinese -- it's of course not far from where Fanaro was actually from -- but there is in-depth info about Fanaro's background in the May 2014 Informer issue.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Thu Oct 17, 2024 3:01 pm

I've more commonly seen people who have written about him use "Perrino" but that's a spelling I've never come across when researching the mafia whereas I've found many Sicilians who use Parrino. Definitely someone I'd like to dig into more as I've only taken the info secondhand.

On the subject of Carini, Petto's associate Vito LaDuca does look to be Carinese along with some of LaDuca's associates. With LaDuca being from the area around Palermo citta and having a presence in Brooklyn, it seems more likely he was a Lupo member (opposed to Morello) and wonder if he may have been a spiritual predecessor to the Carinesi who ended up with the Profaci/Colombos in Brooklyn.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by Antiliar » Thu Oct 17, 2024 1:45 pm

B. wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:05 pm I don't know that I've seen official documentation, only going off what was published which as you said does often deserve scrutiny. I'll see if I can find anything.

Was the true spelling of his surname Perrino or Parrino? If it's the latter it's interesting he ended up in Pittston as there were Parrinos in the Pittston Family later on, these ones coming from Palazzo Adriano which is a town I've looked into heavily and had a small but tightknit network that surfaced in different Families across the US.

Be good to confirm "Petto's" actual origins.
IIRC, I've only seen the Parrino spelling, but that doesn't mean it's correct.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Wed Oct 16, 2024 8:05 pm

I don't know that I've seen official documentation, only going off what was published which as you said does often deserve scrutiny. I'll see if I can find anything.

Was the true spelling of his surname Perrino or Parrino? If it's the latter it's interesting he ended up in Pittston as there were Parrinos in the Pittston Family later on, these ones coming from Palazzo Adriano which is a town I've looked into heavily and had a small but tightknit network that surfaced in different Families across the US.

Be good to confirm "Petto's" actual origins.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by Antiliar » Wed Oct 16, 2024 6:01 pm

B, you wrote that Tommaso Petto was from Carini. I know that some newspaper articles said his real name was Luciano Parrino and that he came from Carini, but as we know a lot of those early newspaper articles had a lot of errors. Have you found documentation that he was from Carini? It's been many years since I looked, but I didn't find any. It's possible his last name was something similar to Parrino, such as Peraino (which could possibly link him to Giuseppe Peraino), but I didn't look at all variations.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Wed Oct 16, 2024 2:46 pm

He may have ended up there but there's a report from the early 1960s that he was acting captain for his paesan / relative Sam Badalamenti.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by Sdunn48 » Mon Oct 14, 2024 2:34 pm

I think Benedetto d’alessandro was in nicoleno sorrentino regime it’s mentioned a few times in Greg scarpas files

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by Don_Peppino » Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:02 pm

Here's some articles about the hit on the aforementioned Frank Italiano aka Sebastiano Mano.

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Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Mon Jul 08, 2024 4:32 pm

Yeah he appears to be from Alcamo which fits the Bonannos.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by motorfab » Mon Jul 08, 2024 10:46 am

Ah, problem solved then. Funny, I didn't remember it being mentioned in the articles I have about the Mano/Italiano murder, although I do remember both names being used in them. I'm going to have to get back into it.

Thank you B

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by B. » Mon Jul 08, 2024 8:45 am

motorfab wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:52 am Francesco Italiano was from Belmonte Mezzagno. I don't think they are relative, but the 2 cities are not far at all (11.5km/7miles) so why not
This is what kiduknow found:
Newspaper articles about the shooting of Italiano and Pasquale Dauria in October 1930, and Italiano's murder in 1935 noted that Frank Italiano was an alias, and eventually it was determined his real name was Sebastiano Mano. The police stated they were investigating Italiano/Mano for potentially entering the country illegally.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by motorfab » Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:52 am

Francesco Italiano was from Belmonte Mezzagno. I don't think they are relative, but the 2 cities are not far at all (11.5km/7miles) so why not

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by sdeitche » Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:23 am

Don_Peppino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 10:33 am
sdeitche wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:00 am Ignazio Italiano, likely the first Mafia boss in Tampa, was born in Villabate. He was friends with Joe Profaci.
Was Ignazio Italiano related to Francesco Italiano of the early Bonanno Family? If so, do you know how?
I do not know if there was a relation there.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by sdeitche » Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:22 am

B. wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 12:39 pm
Don_Peppino wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 10:33 am
sdeitche wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:00 am Ignazio Italiano, likely the first Mafia boss in Tampa, was born in Villabate. He was friends with Joe Profaci.
Was Ignazio Italiano related to Francesco Italiano of the early Bonanno Family? If so, do you know how?
Francesco Italiano's real name was Sebastiano Manno and he came from Alcamo, so no relation.

Scott -- so Ignazio was from Villabate originally? Profaci said his father had known him in Sicily. I know you said the Tampa Italianos were from both Santo Stefano Quisquina in AG and Belmonte Mezzagno in Palermo.

Felice -- along with Giulio D'Agati being boss in the 1910s-20s, his brother Vincenzo D'Agati was ID'd as a member in Sangiorgi. Vincenzo's son was the Francesco who married the Magliocco sister.
He was. The other Italianos (e.g. Red) were from Belmonte and SSQ.

Re: Profaci Carinesi Faction / Carini Connections

by JoelTurner » Sun Jul 07, 2024 6:32 pm

Another Carinesi member who was close to Salvatore Profaci Jr. was Gus “Buddy” Spatafora

While his father Salvatore Spatafora (Dec 21 1902 - Carini) was Italian, his mother was Austrian-Jewish.

He was a white-collar racketeer in Sal Profaci’s crew; his first arrest was with Anthony “Tony Ducks” Corelli in 1968.

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