Was there ever a mafia in Alabama?

[Teflon john]

I dont put much stock in either Bonanno's books or anything else that they say. Im not saying that mafia activity was never in Alabama but the 2 Banana's like to brag and claim they know it all,fuckin clowns.

[HairyKnuckles]

where was joe n. gallo born?

Bessemar, Alabama I think the place is called.

[Raven]

I dont put much stock in either Bonanno's books or anything else that they say. Im not saying that mafia activity was never in Alabama but the 2 Banana's like to brag and claim they know it all,fuckin clowns.

He did brag, but why would he make that up? It would be an odd thing to lie about.

[SonnyBlackstein]

where was joe n. gallo born?

Bessemar, Alabama I think the place is called.

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Calabria is stated as place of birth on a wiki.
Not that I would believe wiki over HK but that's a hell of a deviation. Calabria to Alabama

[HairyKnuckles]

where was joe n. gallo born?

Bessemar, Alabama I think the place is called.

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Calabria is stated as place of birth on a wiki.
Not that I would believe wiki over HK but that's a hell of a deviation. Calabria to Alabama

He was born in Alabama. His parents from BIsaquino in Sicily. So he was Sicilien not Calabrian.

[bronx]

on the mark Hairy,

[SonnyBlackstein]

Thanks HK

[dixiemafia]

where was joe n. gallo born?

Bessemar, Alabama I think the place is called.

"Bessemer", suburb of Birmingham.

I think it's very possible there could have been a LCN family in Birmingham as some immigrated there from NOLA, but it would have been pre-war by far. Not long after WWII Birmingham became black and now it's all black pretty much. A lot of the alcohol related busts as well were Dixie Mafia involved as by the 50's they were full fledged in charge here in the South. As for Marcello, yes we were considered part of his territory. I'd be very surprised that if a big job went down that they were paying him some kind of tribute.

[Angelo Santino]

I'm going through some criminal case files from Birmingham and Mobile Alabama. While I can't ID guys as mafiosi based on their solely being Italian convicts I can say that two or three individuals have relatives in Tampa, FL. This would be in 1910. While this isn't directly mafia related, there could be something to it. Tampa is another city that is a mystery to me. There's signs of activity as early as the 1910's but there's so little information available.

[B.]

I'm going through some criminal case files from Birmingham and Mobile Alabama. While I can't ID guys as mafiosi based on their solely being Italian convicts I can say that two or three individuals have relatives in Tampa, FL. This would be in 1910. While this isn't directly mafia related, there could be something to it. Tampa is another city that is a mystery to me. There's signs of activity as early as the 1910's but there's so little information available.

Some of the other names from Alabama that have come up have ties to a certain town in Agrigento, not terribly far from the area of Agrigento where many early Tampa members came from, which is the same town the Arcuris of the Gambino family are from ( who were very close to their paesani in Tampa), and the Arcuris were also close to members from Agrigento in the DeCav family, which is the same town in Agrigento as certain names in Alabama. Full circle, with a lot in the middle of that circle I'm sure.

[bronx]

im sure santo senior was joe arcuri's god father

[Villain]

This is something a little bit off topic, since this thread is mostly about origins of the Mob in Alabama, but from the late 1950's until the mid 1960's the Chicago Outfit had a huge auto-theft operations by stealing cars or auto-parts around Illinois and later re-sold them around Alabama. According to the feds, at first it was a 2 mil dollar a year operation which included two Chicago associates or even possible members Pasquale Accettura and Carmen Apicella who were connected to two Mob associates and Alabama car dealers Gene Bates and Jarvis Suit. The most lucrative operation which included millions of dollars lasted from April, 1962 to November, 1965, when the indictments were returned which included all of the previously mentioned fellas and dozens more, and one among them was Al Tocco, future boss of the Chicago Heights Mob.

[rayray]

Does Nick Saban and the University of Alabama count?

Well, in another arena, Rick Pitino, kind of has that same crazy intense look of Sammy the Bull Gravano!

[Slumpy]

does the NOLA organization still exist?

[Pogo The Clown]

does the NOLA organization still exist?

The remnants of the family was wiped out in the big indictment in 1994. Though there probably still was some residual LCN activity up until the mid 2000s.


Pogo