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Operation Iron Tower

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Anyone have the list of mobsters arrested in Iron Tower?
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I've always wanted a comprehensive list myself. Off the top of my head I know of:

Tommaso Scalici
Giuseppe Gambino
Joseph Ocello
Filippo Filiberto
Francesco Badalamenti
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Some others :

Emanuele Salvatore Mannnino
Ignazio Mannino
Matteo Inzerillo
Salvatore Inzerillo. This Salvatore Inzerillo was a cousin of the Sicilian boss if I'm not mistaken (I know 3 Salvatore Inzerillo, including 2 in America).
A priest named Lorenzo Zorza was also indicted but arrested a bit later.

I have some other names somewhere but I don't have them right now, I'll try to find it later
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Francesco Gambino
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motorfab wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 12:41 am Some others :

Emanuele Salvatore Mannnino
Ignazio Mannino
Matteo Inzerillo
Salvatore Inzerillo. This Salvatore Inzerillo was a cousin of the Sicilian boss if I'm not mistaken (I know 3 Salvatore Inzerillo, including 2 in America).
A priest named Lorenzo Zorza was also indicted but arrested a bit later.

I have some other names somewhere but I don't have them right now, I'll try to find it later
Here are the other names I have in addition to those given previously:

Simone Zito
Stefano Zito
Giuseppa Zito
Grace Pulitano Mannino
Salvatore DiMaio
Antonino Romano
Enzo Varisco
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Iron Tower (1st december 1988)
Usa:
Emanuele Adamita
Francesco Badalamenti
Vittorio Barletta
Pietro Candela
Salvatore Candela
Francesco Cipriano
Giuseppe D’Amico
Paolo D’Amico
Salvatore D’Amico
Filippo Filiberto
Francesco Gambino
Giovanni Gambino
Giuseppe Gambino
Carmelo Guarnera
Francesco Inzerillo
Joseph Larosa
Rocco Launi
Salvatore Lobuglio
Lorenzo Mannino
Rosario Naimo
Salvatore Rina
Matteo Romano
Fabrizio Tesi
Giovanni Zarbano
John Doe a/k/a “Sasha”

co-conspirator:
Salvatore Inzerillo
Domenico Mannino


Iron Tower II (3rd january 1989, indictment of 18 people)
- 1st Trial: (importation and distribution of cocaine)
Francesco Badalamenti
Salvatore DiMaio
Filippo Filiberto
Salvatore Pilliteri
Antonio Romano
Frank Sciarrino

- 2nd Trial: (importation and distribution of heroin)
Carlo Fodero
Francesco Gambino
Salvatore Inzerillo (b.1956)
Domenico Mannino
Emanuele Salvatore Mannino
Grace Pulitano Mannino
Ignazio Anthony Mannino
Tommaso Scalici
Enzo Varisco
Simone Zito
Stefano Zito
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in the first operation there were more arrests between Italy and Usa anyway
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felice wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:35 am in the first operation there were more arrests between Italy and Usa anyway
Is there a way to edit your posts and list what city each were arrested in? As I recall some were from San Francisco, Buffalo, Miami, etc.
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felice wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:35 am Iron Tower (1st december 1988)
Usa:
Emanuele Adamita
Francesco Badalamenti
Vittorio Barletta
Pietro Candela
Salvatore Candela
Francesco Cipriano
Giuseppe D’Amico
Paolo D’Amico
Salvatore D’Amico
Filippo Filiberto
Francesco Gambino
Giovanni Gambino
Giuseppe Gambino
Carmelo Guarnera
Francesco Inzerillo
Joseph Larosa
Rocco Launi
Salvatore Lobuglio
Lorenzo Mannino
Rosario Naimo
Salvatore Rina
Matteo Romano
Fabrizio Tesi
Giovanni Zarbano
John Doe a/k/a “Sasha”

co-conspirator:
Salvatore Inzerillo
Domenico Mannino


Iron Tower II (3rd january 1989, indictment of 18 people)
- 1st Trial: (importation and distribution of cocaine)
Francesco Badalamenti
Salvatore DiMaio
Filippo Filiberto
Salvatore Pilliteri
Antonio Romano
Frank Sciarrino

- 2nd Trial: (importation and distribution of heroin)
Carlo Fodero
Francesco Gambino
Salvatore Inzerillo (b.1956)
Domenico Mannino
Emanuele Salvatore Mannino
Grace Pulitano Mannino
Ignazio Anthony Mannino
Tommaso Scalici
Enzo Varisco
Simone Zito
Stefano Zito
https://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblic ... clusa.html

Rosario Spatola
Grace Puritano (manager of a chain of Italian restaurants)

In the article is write "In Philadelphia Ignazio Mannino bought and sold heroin"
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this whole iron tower thing is so fucking complicated and confounding

is there a book about this?
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CornerBoy wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:24 am this whole iron tower thing is so fucking complicated and confounding

is there a book about this?
I was hoping there would be as well but unfortunately not. I believe Iron Tower grew out of the original Busico case which was started in 1982/1983
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cavita wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:30 am
CornerBoy wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:24 am this whole iron tower thing is so fucking complicated and confounding

is there a book about this?
I was hoping there would be as well but unfortunately not. I believe Iron Tower grew out of the original Busico case which was started in 1982/1983
Also in Italy,the Operation is cited in various books but not a single book on it,maybe because all the attention was on the Palermo Maxi Trial.
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I'm going to write something someday, I got hundreds of doc on it
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felice wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:35 am Iron Tower (1st december 1988)
Usa:
Emanuele Adamita
Francesco Badalamenti
Vittorio Barletta
Pietro Candela
Salvatore Candela
Francesco Cipriano
Giuseppe D’Amico
Paolo D’Amico
Salvatore D’Amico
Filippo Filiberto
Francesco Gambino
Giovanni Gambino
Giuseppe Gambino
Carmelo Guarnera
Francesco Inzerillo
Joseph Larosa
Rocco Launi
Salvatore Lobuglio
Lorenzo Mannino
Rosario Naimo
Salvatore Rina
Matteo Romano
Fabrizio Tesi
Giovanni Zarbano
John Doe a/k/a “Sasha”

co-conspirator:
Salvatore Inzerillo
Domenico Mannino


Iron Tower II (3rd january 1989, indictment of 18 people)
- 1st Trial: (importation and distribution of cocaine)
Francesco Badalamenti
Salvatore DiMaio
Filippo Filiberto
Salvatore Pilliteri
Antonio Romano
Frank Sciarrino

- 2nd Trial: (importation and distribution of heroin)
Carlo Fodero
Francesco Gambino
Salvatore Inzerillo (b.1956)
Domenico Mannino
Emanuele Salvatore Mannino
Grace Pulitano Mannino
Ignazio Anthony Mannino
Tommaso Scalici
Enzo Varisco
Simone Zito
Stefano Zito
Felice, do you know the hometowns in Sicily where all these people originated from?
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cavita wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 1:01 pm
felice wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 11:35 am in the first operation there were more arrests between Italy and Usa anyway
Is there a way to edit your posts and list what city each were arrested in? As I recall some were from San Francisco, Buffalo, Miami, etc.
Were any from the Chicago area?
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