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Alcamo, good to know. That's a different Joe Accardi from the Giuseppe Accardi you mentioned earlier?

The thing with Chicago is LE / newspapers in the 1920s labeled everyone a Capone gunman. Everyone who survived ended up falling under the Capone leadership, which creates a sort of revisionist argument that everyone who associated with Capone pre-1930s got their start with Capone. If Accardo had mafia connections through his paesans, it might not have been something grand like Joe Bonanno being schooled in the "Tradition" by older mafia members -- it could be as simple as a paesan of Accardo opening the door and introducing him to rackets or criminal associates, then Accardo going with the grain and working for Capone.

The 1970s informant (probably Needles Gianola) said Paul Ricca was the only remaining leader who dates back to the Capone era. He might mean Ricca is the only member who retained a high rank going back to Capone, not necessarily the only member who was active back then, but as a Sicilian from a mafia background who associated with the Genna faction, the informant could have a more nuanced take on the "Capone faction" than we usually see. He'd have a better idea where certain people got their start if nothing else.

In any other city if we saw that two successive bosses (Accardo, Giancana) had heritage from Castelvetrano in a mafia family that had a dominant early faction from Castelvetrano / Marsala, we'd be confident there's a connection. The same system would have still been at play in 1920s Chicago, but by the time Accardo really got involved the Genna faction was on its way out and pretty much eliminated so hard to say. The question is if he had older relatives or knew paesans involved with the Gennas.

B. wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 10:52 pm Yeah, would be great to know more about the Chicago Giuseppe Accardi. Pretty sure Settimo's brother Giuseppe Accardi never went to Chicago and arrived straight to Newark, but the Accardis had all kinds of connections.

Despite being the main Trapani groups in the US, the Bonanno and Detroit families didn't have many known ties to Castelvetrano and Marsala. Chicago might be the only place in US mafia history where those two towns represented their own faction but I wonder how the Gennas fit in with the Trapani guys in other cities.

Joe Bonanno said Detroit boss Gaspare Milazzo from Castellammare was the godfather to Joe Aiello's kid, or maybe vice versa. Aiello was also aligned with Milazzo and Magaddino against Masseria before the war broke out. What was Aiello's relationship to the Gennas? They were Marsalesi like Masseria and had ties to high-ranking members of the Masseria family, which Al Capone was associated with, but it's complicated trying to understand all of the internal politics from the 1920s.

Never seen any evidence that the Gennas were involved with the Schiro/Trapani network. Did the Gennas have any known ties to other cities aligned with that network, i.e. Detroit, Schiro/NYC, California families?

Would be good to know Aiello's relationship to the Gennas given his close relationship with the Castellammarese in other cities. This could speak to why we don't see Castelvetrano and Marsala fit in with the rest of the Trapani groups.

Can't speak to any deeper ties between the Gennas and Aiello, though my understanding is that he was given control over the Taylor St group/faction (I've also wondered if this was already a formal decina prior to the Capone-ite takeover, as it was under the post-Capone Outfit). I'm not sure about the precise chronology here and of course, I don't have a source handy.

The general paucity of Castellammarese in Chicago is notable -- not just within the mafia, but even within the Sicilian population more broadly (I've hardly seen any, at least). Even the local Chicago partisan of the "Castellammarese side" in the war was Bagherese Aiello, though his tie to Milazzo as "cumpa" is important, clearly. I still wonder exactly how he got about getting plugged into that network. I'm assuming this happened in Upstate NY, or did Aiello spend any time in Cleveland as well (I forget now)?

B. wrote: Castelvetrano is a strange one, as it didn't play a big role in the US mafia. There is more to it, though... Melchiorre Allegra said the Castelvetrano family voluntarily disbanded due to Fascist pressure. He also said the Marsala family was refusing to meet with made members of other families for similar reasons, so Castelvetrano and Marsala were on a similar page during thatr time. Would guess Castelvetrano re-formed their family by the mid-1940s... when did they become the main power in Trapani? 1980s?

Given that Accardo travelled to Italy later in life and was alleged to meet with "friends" there, one wonders if he had any contact with a renascent, post-WW2 Castelvetrano cosca. Unfortunately, the dream of a direct line of association between Tony Accardo and the Messina Denaros may never be realized lol.

Also, I had forgotten about this:

PolackTony wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:49 pm

Villain wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 10:36 am Anyone ever heard of Chicago's Accardi brothers, Joe and Harry? During the 50s and 60s they were labelled by the feds as lieutenants for the English bros Charlie and Sam on the city's West Side.

It seems Joe Accardi was born sometime between 1923 and 1925 and in 1949, he was arrested on gambling charges and gave his home address as 1517 Grenshaw St. Together with Joe Accardi also got arrested one Harry Pontarelli. They operated a wireroom behind one barbershop located at 606 S Pulaski Rd, and another one at 3340 W 5th Av. That same year all charges were dropped.

In 1953, Joe Accardi was again arrested but this time for the theft of 9 expensive paintings from a cathedral in Bardstone, Kentucky. Other arrested were all English's associates such as William Skally, Joe DePietro and Joe Russo, followed by one individual from New York known as Gus Mantonelli. During the case, Joe Accardi gave his home address at 3358 Paxton blvd. Again, that same year all charges were dropped. In addition, besides being a professional burglar, Accardi's associate Skally was also involved in counterfeiting, stealing cars and selling narcotics.

In 1958, Joe's brother Harry Accardi was called to testify before the senate rackets committee together with Charles and Sam English. During the hearings, Harry Accardi was labelled as gambling operator for the English bros who managed their 5th Jack Club at 3340 W Jackson blvd. Nine years later, Mayor Daley revoked the club's license.

In 1963, Joe Accardi was arrested again on gambling charges as being a member of a group that operated around Sportsmans Park race track. Other prominent faces arrested with Accardi at the time were Don Angelini and William Joseph Russo (possibly related to Leonard Russo and it is possible that Joe and William was the same guy?). The feds also labelled Russo as English's lieutenant. Accardi spend two months in jail in connection with the above.

During this period Joe Accardi was allegedly closely connected to one of the bosses of the Indiana crew known as Frank Zizzo. It is also quite possible that Accardi also knew George Dicks, Zizzo and Nicoletti associate in Indiana.

In 1964, Harry Accardi was questioned in an investigation regarding the JFK assassination. Im not sure which year Joe died, but i think that Harry died in 1987. If anyone has any additional info or maybe some photos, please share.

From what I can tell, Harry and Joseph Accardi were both born in Chicago to Antonino "Tony" and Vincenza "Jennie" Accardi (Joe's death document gives her name as "Vincenzina Alesi"), both most likely from Alcamo, Trapani. Joseph was born in 1924, while his WW2 card gives Harry's birthday in 1913. In 1320 the family was already living at the 1517 W Grenshaw address (then called Edgemont Ave) that Joe later gave to the police as his residence. In 1940, Harry declared that he was self-employed at a "tavern", and on his WW2 card gave the address of his business as 3340 W Jackson Blvd, which of course is the location of the 5th Jack Club. Now, this location is right at the intersection of Homan, Jackson Blvd, and 5th Ave. Thus 3340 W Jackson was either a different address of the same wire room that Joseph was busted for running in 1949 (hard to tell exactly as this section of the West Side -- "5th City"" -- has gone through very rough times and lost much of its older structures over the years), or at the least they were right across the street from each other.


I can confirm that Harry Accardi died in 1987 and Joe in 1992.

Yeah, would be great to know more about the Chicago Giuseppe Accardi. Pretty sure Settimo's brother Giuseppe Accardi never went to Chicago and arrived straight to Newark, but the Accardis had all kinds of connections.

Despite being the main Trapani groups in the US, the Bonanno and Detroit families didn't have many known ties to Castelvetrano and Marsala. Chicago might be the only place in US mafia history where those two towns represented their own faction but I wonder how the Gennas fit in with the Trapani guys in other cities.

Joe Bonanno said Detroit boss Gaspare Milazzo from Castellammare was the godfather to Joe Aiello's kid, or maybe vice versa. Aiello was also aligned with Milazzo and Magaddino against Masseria before the war broke out. What was Aiello's relationship to the Gennas? They were Marsalesi like Masseria and had ties to high-ranking members of the Masseria family, which Al Capone was associated with, but it's complicated trying to understand all of the internal politics from the 1920s.

Never seen any evidence that the Gennas were involved with the Schiro/Trapani network. Did the Gennas have any known ties to other cities aligned with that network, i.e. Detroit, Schiro/NYC, California families?

Would be good to know Aiello's relationship to the Gennas given his close relationship with the Castellammarese in other cities. This could speak to why we don't see Castelvetrano and Marsala fit in with the rest of the Trapani groups.

Castelvetrano is a strange one, as it didn't play a big role in the US mafia. There is more to it, though... Melchiorre Allegra said the Castelvetrano family voluntarily disbanded due to Fascist pressure. He also said the Marsala family was refusing to meet with made members of other families for similar reasons, so Castelvetrano and Marsala were on a similar page during thatr time. Would guess Castelvetrano re-formed their family by the mid-1940s... when did they become the main power in Trapani? 1980s?

B. wrote: ↑Sat May 01, 2021 2:56 pm Accardo and Accardi were used interchangeably by a number of people from Trapani. Be interesting to know more about Accardo's background.

Chicago names from Trapani, corrections and additions welcome:

Castelvetrano (Trapani)
John Scalise
Anthony Accardo
Salvatore "Sam" Giancana
Anthony Campo
Vito Bascone
Pietro Montalbano

Partanna
Vincenzo Benevento

Marsala (Trapani)
Angelo Genna
Antonio Genna
Michele Genna
Vincenzo "Jim" Genna
Albert Anselmi
Lorenzo Alagna
Giovanni Blandini
- All of the Marsalesi above were dead by 1931.

Castellammare Del Golfo (Trapani)
Antonio Domingo
Sebastiano "Buster" Domingo
Joseph Montana Jr.
- Domingos lived in Benton Harbor, MI, but Buster's nickname was "from Chicago" and they appear to have been part of the Chicago underworld.

Alcamo (Trapani)
Santo Virusso

Thanks for the list.

Given his apparent connections to other Trapanesi in Chicago, I think it’s worth adding Giuseppe Accardi as a tentative entry, though I haven’t been able to confirm his exact origins.

Accardi and the potentially connected Tortoricis from Castelvetrano are suggestive of at least a possible link between Accardo’s family and the mafia. Speculative, of course, unless some further info turns up.

Accardo and Accardi were used interchangeably by a number of people from Trapani. Be interesting to know more about Accardo's background.

Chicago names from Trapani, corrections and additions welcome:

Castelvetrano (Trapani)
John Scalise
Anthony Accardo
Salvatore "Sam" Giancana
Anthony Campo
Vito Bascone
Pietro Montalbano

Partanna
Vincenzo Benevento

Marsala (Trapani)
Angelo Genna
Antonio Genna
Michele Genna
Vincenzo "Jim" Genna
Albert Anselmi
Lorenzo Alagna
Giovanni Blandini
- All of the Marsalesi above were dead by 1931.

Castellammare Del Golfo (Trapani)
Antonio Domingo
Sebastiano "Buster" Domingo
Joseph Montana Jr.
- Domingos lived in Benton Harbor, MI, but Buster's nickname was "from Chicago" and they appear to have been part of the Chicago underworld.

Alcamo (Trapani)
Santo Virusso

Given the surname and the Castelvetrano origins, I’ve wondered if Tony Accardo’s family had any mafia links. I’d imagine that this has probably already been looked into, but I still thought that it was worth bringing up. Giancana’s family was also from Castelvetrano, of course, but at least from the admittedly dubious account in “Double Cross” I didn’t get the impression that his family was connected.

Accardo’s parents were Francesco Accardo and Maria Tilotta of Castelvetrano. I’m not sure who his mother’s parents were, but I have Francesco’s parents as Leonardo Accardo and Brigida Tortorici. I recall reading a long time ago that Accardo’s family used the “Accardi” spelling as well, but don’t have a source for that. There was at least one Accardi in the Chicago mafia, however. In 1929 a Giuseppe Accardi was deported back to Italy on orders from Washington. At the time, Accardi — with the alleged nickname “Il Spia” — was described by the Tribune as, variously: a “member of the Genna gang”, a “friend of the Anselmi gang”, and a “lieutenant of the Sicilian Quatro [sic]”. Not sure what the latter was supposed to be, but I imagine it was some moniker for the mafia. The authorities claimed that Accardi was a collector in 1926 for the Scalise and Anselmi defense funds. Also, in 1930 Francesco Accardo’s home was bombed. I presume that this was done by the Aiello faction targeting Joe Batters, but it does make me wonder whether Francesco was connected himself.

I know that the Tortorici brothers were Genovese members, but I don’t know if their background was also from Trapani. I recall reading somewhere that there was a boss named Tortorici in the Sicilian mafia in the early 20th century, but I don’t know if I’m mistaken in that, and even if so where he may have been from. There did appear to be some potentially connected Tortoricis in Chicago. In 1929, a saloon keeper named Enrico Arduini, residing on Grand Ave, was slain by rivals in Chinatown. Arduini was noted as having a partner named Tony Tortorici, and I note that an Antonino Tortorici from Castelvetrano resided on Grand Ave near Arduini’s address in 1930. Accardo’s family of course also lived on Grand Ave before moving farther northwest. Additionally, in 1934 Southside cafe owner Benjamin Tortorici was shot in the face by gunmen who opened fire on his home from a car, though I haven’t been successful in confirming his origins.

Yep, that's the same guy. It says his group was also involved in other crimes, including extortion, so I suspect Accardi was a mafia leader and more than just a cattle rustler.

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Really great info in that report:

- It mentions a Leonardo Scavuzzo, a farmer from Vita, who was a member of the local mafia who cooperated. There was an Antonio Scavuzzo from Vita who was a Newark/San Jose member, maybe a relative.

- Scavuzzo says Vito Musso was boss of Calatafimi / Vita circa early 1930s. Scavuzzo says this area was once called the Rosignolo fiefdom and refers to Musso as the boss of Rosignolo.

- Musso inducted Scavuzzo into his family and told him he'd introduce Scavuzzo to other "amici". Interesting they used "amici", as I have wondered when the mafia started using the term "friends" for members. A lot of the early sources use "fratello" (brother) and early nicknames for the mafia were "fratuzzi" and "fratellanza". Shows that they were also using "amici" early on.

- Another member of the Calatafimi / Vita family was Vito Musso's uncle Angelo Musso.

Vito Musso would put a certain tarp on a pole near the farmhouse which was a signal to other mafia figures they could meet with him, this way he didn't have to invite them individually. Musso's members didn't meet him all at once, but at different times so not everyone was there together.

- Michele Agosta was identified to Scavuzzo as the boss of Santa Ninfa at this time. Agosta would meet with Musso at the aforementioned farmhouse and Agosta explained to Scavuzzo that this was to keep up relations between the groups and plan illegal business.

- Musso planned activities with leaders from other nearby towns. For example, mafia figures from other towns were guaranteed a certain amount of the stolen cattle.

- Musso was close to the group in Montelepre. Investigators note that many of the surnames in Montelepre that came up in this investigation also participated in the Portella Della Ginestra massacre: Candela, Cucinella, and Genovese, plus a Salvatore Pisciotta, father of Gaspare. Gaspare Pisciotta was bandit Salvatore Giuliano's top man... Buscetta and a close associate of Giuliano have both said Giuliana was inducted as a men of honor and his relatives were in the local mafia, so maybe Gaspare Pisciotta's father was a mafioso as well.

- Carlo Taverna was boss of Corleone and had a very close relationship with noblemen Baron Valenti and Cav. Paternostro, whose daughter he baptized. Baron Valenti was regularly seen at Taverna's home and he put a man in his employment on behalf of the mafia.

- These men were believed to be mafia figures in their respective towns: Catalano brothers of Calatafimi and Vincenzo Guarino of Corleone. Other figures in the inter-provincial cattle rustling operation controlled by the mafia: Giuseppe Genna, Leoluca Reina, Antonino Guarino, Giovanni Comparetto, Giovanni Di Palermo, and Gaetano Palombo.

- In addition to cattle rustling, the mafia was also said to have attempted a "monopoly" on the distribution of irrigation water, charging them for "water shifts" and using their unfluence to force landowners to sell their land for "ridiculous" prices. They also sold counterfeit coins.

B. wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 5:11 pm From the Palermo thread:

The "capo" (leader) of the multi-province abigeatari "organization" during this period (1930s) was a Giacomo Accardi. It unfortunately doesn't say what his hometown was, but he was likely Trapanese as the Accardi/Accardo name is heavily associated with Trapani, especially the area around Castelvetrano, Partanna, Vita, and Salemi. Accardi held an important abigeatari meeting in Salemi, so he might be from there. Infamous Newark/Lucchese figure Settimo Accardi from Vita had cousins all over that part of Trapani and there was a Baldassare Accardi in Ontario, Canada, who associated with Benedetto Zizzo (whose brother was the Salemi boss) and the Aguecis (Buffalo members from Salemi). It looks like Giacomo Accardi was probably from there.

It stood out to me that Accardi was called the "capo" of an "organization", but it seems to be referring to the abigeatari operation, not a specific mafia cosca. Accardi was most likely a prominent mafioso given his role in the operation (again think of Troia), but I didn't see anything pointing to him being an actual capomafia, though there were few details beyond his role in the abigeatari. Interesting too that the abigeatari operations took cattle to Tunis and Settimo Accardi came to the US from Tunis -- he may well have known or been related to Giacomo Accardi.

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Abigeatari = cattle rustlers

You may find this interesting. Download then search for "Accardi": https://flore.unifi.it/retrieve/handle/ ... torato.pdf

From the Palermo thread:

The "capo" (leader) of the multi-province abigeatari "organization" during this period (1930s) was a Giacomo Accardi. It unfortunately doesn't say what his hometown was, but he was likely Trapanese as the Accardi/Accardo name is heavily associated with Trapani, especially the area around Castelvetrano, Partanna, Vita, and Salemi. Accardi held an important abigeatari meeting in Salemi, so he might be from there. Infamous Newark/Lucchese figure Settimo Accardi from Vita had cousins all over that part of Trapani and there was a Baldassare Accardi in Ontario, Canada, who associated with Benedetto Zizzo (whose brother was the Salemi boss) and the Aguecis (Buffalo members from Salemi). It looks like Giacomo Accardi was probably from there.

It stood out to me that Accardi was called the "capo" of an "organization", but it seems to be referring to the abigeatari operation, not a specific mafia cosca. Accardi was most likely a prominent mafioso given his role in the operation (again think of Troia), but I didn't see anything pointing to him being an actual capomafia, though there were few details beyond his role in the abigeatari. Interesting too that the abigeatari operations took cattle to Tunis and Settimo Accardi came to the US from Tunis -- he may well have known or been related to Giacomo Accardi.

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Abigeatari = cattle rustlers

Nice work Antiliar.

Another mafioso from Salemi who was with Benedetto Zizzo in Toronto was Francesco "Frank" Bellitti. He got arrested with Zizzo in 1972 along with other guys from Toronto: Francesco & Vito Cutrona and Antonio Codispoti. They were all given heavy sentences.

I had made a thread while speaking a few weeks ago to unravel the links between Zizzo-Toronto & the Cotronis, but I must admit that my text is rather vague due to the complexity of the network, sorry for that. viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6958

If I'm not mistaken, Luigi DiStefano, Vincenzo Drago, Agostino Fiumara and Michele Vinci were also other Sicilians from Salemi active in Toronto and they were connected to Enio "Pegleg" Mora, one of John Papalia's lieutenants.

On another note but unrelated to the Trapani Mafia, Albertini & Cesari being chemists, they were not in contact with the Sicilian "clients", only with the bosses, in this case Antoine Cordoliani working with the Aranci brothers (Marius was the leader of the 3 brothers). But I confirm that the drugs of Zizzo and Ontario in general came mainly from Jo Césari. I don't think Cordoliani was working for Spirito in those years, he was already a big shot. It's a bit like Lucky Luciano, Spirito being a former "star" of the 1930s, the media and FBN looked him bigger than he was. Anyway, it was just to clear this up

Puparo put this together in 2013, gathered from different sources.
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TRAPANI




Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Giovanni Vito Licari and Gaetana Marino had as son Mariano Licari who was born 14 June 1893.


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
23 April 1913 was Mariano Licari arrested for several crimes among which the murders of Mario Sardo, Vito Pizzo and others.


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Mariano Lipari married in 1921 Caterina Di Vita (sister of capo decina Domenico Di Vita??)


Marsala
capo decina Francesco Di Vita “u zu Ciccio” and his son Emanuele De Vita (married Sara Accardi the niece of Domenico Acccardi)


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
In 1923 was mariano Lipari indicted for the murder of Pellegrino fondo (estate) campiere Angelo Di Stefano


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Licari owned part of Birra Messina (BEER!!!!), San Pellegino aqua mineral (mineral water!!! That one is very big nowadays!!!) and fossile carbonides?? From Serraino Vulpitta (Trapani) (hmmm I still don’t know??)


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Mariano Licari was suspected of murdering four at one occasion in 1924


Salemi (Trapani) mayor Domenico Perricone and capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Domenico Perricone since 1924 the mayor and first podesta (a high fascist authority) in Vita had decided to put behind bars Salvatore Zizzo the capo mafia of Salemi.


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
26 February 1927 judges spoke him free for four murders in 1924 but he was set free in 1929


Salemi (Trapani province) capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Domenico Perricone since 1924 the mayor and first podesta (a high fascist authority) in Vita had decided to put behind bars Salvatore Zizzo the mafia boss of Salemi. In January 1929 Zizzo kills Domenico Perricone. Bartolomeo Perricone had become the second podesta (a high fascist authority) in Vita after the murder of his brother Domenico Perricone.


Salemi (Trapani province) capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo was spoken free in 1931 of the murder of Domenico Perricone the mayor and first podesta (a high fascist authority) in Vita in January 1929.


Salemi (Trapani province) capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo was arrested in 1932 for the murder of Domenico Pericone's brother Bartolomeo Perricone and again he was spoken free. Bartolomeo Perricone had become the second podesta (a high fascist authority) in Vita after the murder of his brother Domenico and was himself killed in June 1932.


Bernardo Mattarella Sr. visits Trapani mafia bosses
In 1946 Bernardo Mattarella Sr. arrived in Salemi and met Salemi capomafia Santo Rubino. “Foreddu”Robino (killed in the USA) (hmm Rubino who would that be?? LOL we know), Ignazio Salvo (son of Alberto Salo) (hhmm who would that be??? Lol we know), Luigi Salvo (son of Alberto Salo) (hhmm who would that be??? Lol we know), Vincenzo Mangegna, Alberto Agneci (killed in the USA) son of Alberto Salo) (hhmm who would that be??? Lol we know), Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari


Marsala bosses
Marsala bosses were the brothers Gandolfo, the brothers Curatolo, Domenico Di Vita and mariano Licari


Paolo Agate, Giuseppe Lombardo, Vincenzo Li Vigni, Mario Gandolfo, Giuseppe Gandolfo, Giuseppe Giubaldo


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of involvement in the murders between 1945 and 1961 in Marsala, Partanna, Roccamena, Mazara del Vallo and Castelvetrano of
Gaspare Paladino
Antonino Sorrentino
Vito Catarinicchia
Salvatore Arcabascio
Grazia Di Blasi
Giacomo Parisi
Giuseppe Angileri
Vincenzo Bruno
Vito Cafiso
Domenico Catalano
Vita Ferrandello
Vito Cascio
Francesco Randazzo


Marsala Mafiosi
Giovanni Anselini
Giuseppe Marino
Vincenzo Barraco
Gaspare Barraco
Giuseppe Lombardo
Antonino Patti
Luciano Patti
Vito Sammartino
Giovanni Impicche
Angelo Montalto
Vito Di Maria
Antonino Bianco
Giuseppe bianco
Vito Gucciardi


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 18 May 1948 murder of Nicolo Fici (because of the brothers Gandolfo??)


Marsala
In 1949 started in Marsala a war between the old capi mafia and the new younger capo mafia (Mariano Licari??) ?????????/


SALEMI (TRAPANI PROVINCE) CAPO MAFIA SALVATORE ZIZZO




Salemi (Trapani province) mafia family Zizzo (Miceli)
Brothers Benedetto and Salvatore Zizzo. Salvatore “Totuccio” Miceli nephew of the boss Salvatore Zizzo.


Salemi (Trapani province) mafia family Miceli (Zizzo)
Salvatore “Totuccio” Miceli (born 12 April 1956 in Salemi, he is a fugitive and a nephew of the old boss Salvatore Zizzo) and his wife the Yugoslavian Veronica Dudzinski and their sons Ivano Miceli and Mario Miceli.


Salemi (Trapani province) political mafia family Salvo
Ignazio Salvo and his nephew Nino Salvo. Gaetano Sangiorgi (son in law of Antonino Salvo) and Antonio Salvo (nephew of Ignazio Salvo)


Salemi (Trapani province) mafia family Rabito
Capo mafia Paolo Rabito (his son is Maurizio Rabito) and his brother is Leonardo Rabito


Salemi
Capo mafia Gaspare Casciolo


Salemi is 5,7 kilometers from Vita


Vita (Trapani province)
Capo mafia Salvatore Crimi. Settimo Accardo (FBN book page 282) was born in Vita 23 October 1902



Salemi (Trapani province) capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo


Toronto based Benedetto Zizzo-Giuseppe Indelicato group
Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo whose brother Benedetto Zizzo lives in Toronto.


Other important Salemi mafiosi
Other important Salemi mafiosi were Francesco Paolo Feliccia, Salvatore Valenti, Vincenzo DiTrapani, Calogero Robino aka Calogero Rubino (FBN book page 834 and born 25 January 1917 in Salemi and cousin of killed heroin dealer Cristofaro Robino aka Cristofaro Rubino), Giuseppe Palmeri, Leonardo Crimi and Francesco Paolo Saverino (FBN book page 835 and born 5 August 1911 in Salemi).


Benedetto Zizzo-Giuseppe Indelicato group
They got supplied with heroin by the Corsicans Antoine Cordoliani (FBN book page 747 and former man of Spirito and now working for Marius Antoine Aranci) and Joseph Cesari (half-brother of Dominique Albertini, FBN book page 743). ???????? Indelicato also???


Alcamo (Trapani province) mafia family Mancuso
Salemi's capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo was also heavily linked with the brothers Giuseppe Mancuso (FBN book page 812), Salvatore Mancuso (FBN book page 813) and Serafino Mancuso (FBN book page 814).


Settimo Accardo aka Sam Accardi
Settimo Accardo’s partner was Genovese soldier Joseph Vecchio.


Settimo Accardo aka Sam Accardi
Settimo Accardo aka Sam Accardi had been a close associate of John Misuraca


Accardi- Campisi crew
Angelo Anthony Buia and brother Matildo Buia were heroin distributors for the Accardi- Campisi crew


Accardi- Campisi crew
Settimo Accardo was closely associated in the narcotic traffic with Charles Campisi and Profaci member Cristoforo Robino (Rubino) and they were among the most active interstate drug traffickers at that time.


Salemi (Trapani province) diaspora in Toronto
When Alberto Agueci immigrated to Canada in 1950 (after having been rejected by the US) he had with him a letter of recommendation to a Windsor travel agent signed by Rosario Mancino (same as FBN book page 811??). a short time later Alberto Agueci became part owner of the Queen bakery in Toronto in partnership with Benedetto Zizzo the brother of Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo.


Montreal based John Papalia
Papalia had gone to Montreal after his release from jail in 1951, about the time Galante seized control of the city for the Bonanno family. John Papalia hooked up with Galante while they both lived in Montreal in the early 1950s.


Salemi capo mafia and heroin exporter Salvatore Zizzo
In the 50ties Salvatore Zizzo (the boss of Salemi) and his capo Giuseppe Palmieri negotiate in Rome with Antoine Joseph Panza and pay 61100 dollars for a heroin load. Zizzo's brother Benedetto lives in Toronto and Zizzo becomes one of the biggest heroin dealers who has his money laundered by his men the Salvo cousins who also become the tax collectors in South Italy for the state.


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 18 April 1953 murder of Giuseppe Giubaldo


Profaci soldier and heroin dealer Cristoforo Rubino (Salemi diaspora) associate
Rubino brother in law Charles La cascia (FBN book page 486)


Profaci soldier and heroin dealer Cristoforo Rubino (Salemi diaspora) associate
Joseph Nicholas Bivona (FBN book page 362)


Profaci soldier and heroin dealer Cristoforo Rubino (Salemi diaspora) associate
Anthony Annicchiarico (FBN book page 344) and Alexander Amarosa (FBN book page 339) were part of the group headed by Cristofaro Rubino till their incarceration in 1955 for Federal Narcotics conviction and were released in September 1959.


Profaci soldier and heroin dealer Cristoforo Rubino (Salemi diaspora) associate
Peter Salvatore Tambone (FBN book page 648) started in 1956 serving a 5 year sentence for violation of the federal narcotic Laws


New Jersey, Tomasso (Thomas) "Mozzie" Campisi
Tomasso "Mozzie" Campisi served a 10 year federal sentence for narcotics in the mid 1950's.


Siculiana (Agrigento province) born Giuseppe Indelicato
Settimo "Big Sam" Accardo was also linked to yet another Siculiana-born trafficker Giuseppe Indelicato, who was arrested in February 1956 with three pounds of heroin in New York.


Montreal, Bonanno member Frank Mancino arrested
11 February 1956 was Frank Mancino arrested in Montreal in connection with the indictments in New York of Settimo Accardo and Profaci soldier Cristoforo Rubino, he had the telephone numbers of Lucien Rivard and Pep Cotroni.


Zizzo brothers (Salemi diaspora) in Toronto
Tripodi worked undercover for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, he had to track Settimo Accardo in Toronto, who had jumped bail. Accardo's family in New Jersey was well taken care off, investigations showed: their money arrived through a intricate network of banks in Sicily and Venezuela! Tripodi's operation had to be aborted to protect a far more important investigation. The 'more important investigation' centred on pizzeria owner Benedetto Zizzo.


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
In November 1957 an anonymous letter led police to investigate Licari’s men Pietro Bua, the brothers Vincenzo Curatolo, Domenico Curatolo and Nicolo Curatolo


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 27 May 1960 murder of Antonino Barbera


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the May/ June 1960 murder and disappearance of Ignazio Pellegrino


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 14 June 1961 murder of Vito Sammartano


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 13 March 1962 murder of Luciano Patti


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Biagio Valenti was killed 4 May 1962 after which they made the body disappear. His father Giuseppe Valenti became pentito and was attacked and survived


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Suspected of the 20 May 1962 murder try at Antonino Lombardo


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Mariano Licari was arrested 20 january 1963 thanks to pentito Giuseppe Valenti


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
13 February 1963 police issues arrest warrants for many murders committed between 1948 and 1963 in a war?? Indicted were Mariano Licari, his son in law Pietro Bua, the brothers Nicolo Curatolo, Vincenzo Curatolo and Domenico Curatolo, Vito Di maria, Antonino Bianco, Giuseppe Bianco and Domenico Di Vita


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Mariano Licari’s son in law Pietro Bua got a life sentence in 1973 (for 3 murders among which the January 1963 murder of Giuseppe Valenti??????) but was hiding till arrested 23 years later.


Vincenzo Martinez originally from Marsala??


Vincenzo Fabio Licari???


Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari
Marsala capo mafia Mariano Licari was followed up in the 70 ties by capo mafia Mariano Agate (member of the free mason lodge “Iside”)


Salemi (Trapani province) capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo
Salvatore Zizzo, capo mafia of Salemi, was in contact with Giovanni Mira and Leonardo Caruana.


Salemi capo mafia and heroin exporter Salvatore Zizzo
In 1972 police confiscate in Canada 22 kilos of heroin that belonged to the from Salemi coming Bellitti the heroin came from Benedetto Zizzo the boss of Salemi.


Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo dies
26 May 1981 dies Salemi capo mafia Salvatore Zizzo in hospital during his trial.


Drug bosses story
15 August 1981 was in Santa Ninfa in a bar the drug smuggler Giuseppe Palmeri (born in 1915) shot and killed, he was now considered the most important drug smuggler and had worked with Zizzo.



Siculiana (Ag) capo mafia Leonardo Caruana killed
2 September 1981 Leonardo Caruana the boss of Siculiana gets shot and killed the day of the marriage of his son Gaspare Caruana. Leonardo Caruana was followed up by his nephew Paolo Cuntrera who lives with his brothers in Venezuela and they let Siculiana be ruled by his friend Carmelo Colletti the boss of Ribera (from this town also came Nino Cocuzzella an acquaintance of Gentile) who also leads the cosca of Sciacca.


Zizzo drug gang story
13 September 1981 were in a bar in Gibellina the nephews Giuliano Zummo (32) and Paolo Zummo (31) killed and they had been part of the drug gang of Salvatore Zizzo.


the Zummo cosca (Pasquale “Pasqualone” Zummo and his brother Lorenzo Zummo???) from Gibellina


the Fretto (Antonio Fretto??) cosca from Raffadali.