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'''Joseph Luco Pagano''' (b. 1928) was a New York mobster and member of the [[Genovese crime family]].
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1928}}
| birth_place = [[New York City]], New York, USA
| death_date = {{death year and age|1989|1928}}
| death_place = [[Upstate New York]], USA
| relatives = [[Pasquale A. Pagano|Pasquale Pagano]] (brother)
| allegiance = [[Genovese crime family]]
| criminal_charge = Robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, narcotics trafficking
| conviction_penalty= 7 years imprisonment (1955)
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'''Joseph Luco Pagano''' (1928–1989) was a New York mobster and member of the [[Genovese crime family]].


==Biography==
Born in New York, he and his brother [[Pasquale A. Pagano|Pasquale Pagano]] joined the ranks of the Genovese family in the late-1940s. With an arrest record dating back to 1946, Pagano had previously been charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and narcotics. Working with [[Joe Valachi]] within [[Anthony Strollo]]'s organization, then one of the biggest distributors of heroin and cocaine in East Harlem, he participated in the gangland slaying of [[Eugenio Giannini]] and [[Steve Franse]]. In 1955, Pagano served a seven year jail term.
Born in New York, Pagano and his brother [[Pasquale A. Pagano|Pasquale Pagano]] joined the Genovese family in the late 1940s. With an arrest record dating back to 1946, Pagano had been charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and narcotics trafficking. Pagano worked with Genovese mobster and future government informant [[Joe Valachi]] in [[Anthony Strollo]]'s organization, then one of the biggest distributors of [[heroin]] and [[cocaine]] in the [[East Harlem]] section of [[Manhattan]]. While working for Strollo, Pagano participated in the gangland slaying of [[Eugenio Giannini]] and [[Steve Franse]]. In 1955, Pagano served a seven-year prison term.


In 1977, the [[New York Times]] claimed a group of organized crime figues under the leadership of Pagano had ordered beatings and arson in an attempt to intimidate Bronx health facility operators into extorting thousands in a Medicade fraud.
In a 1977 article, the ''[[New York Times]]'' said that Pagano had ordered beatings and [[arson]] attacks against [[Bronx]] health facility operators to gain their participation in a scheme to extort thousands of dollars from the [[Medicaid]] health insurance fund.


In 1989, Pagano died in his [[Upstate New York]] home.
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==Further reading==
*Asbury, Herbert. ''The Gangs of Chicago: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld''. New York: Alfred A. Knoff, 1940. ISBN 1-56025-454-8
*Bernstein, Lee. ''The Greatest Menace: Organized Crime in Cold War America''. Boston: UMass Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55849-345-X
*Binder, John. ''The Chicago Outfit''. Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7
*Block, Alan A. ''Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930-1944''. 1976.
*Bloom, Robert M. ''Ratting: The Use and Abuse of Informants in the American Justice System''. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-275-96818-9
*Bonanno, Bill. ''Bound by Honor: A Mafioso's Story''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-97147-8
*Bonanno, Joseph. ''A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. ISBN 0312979231
*Capeci, Jerry. ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia''. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
*Chiocca, Olindo Romeo. ''Mobsters and Thugs: Quotes from the Underworld''. Toronto: Guernica Editions, 2000. ISBN 1-55071-104-0
*Cirules, Enrique. ''The Mafia in Havana: A Caribbean Mob Story''. Melborne: Ocean Press, 2004. ISBN 1-876175-42-7
*Clarke, Thurston and Tigue, John J. Jr. ''Dirty Money: Swiss Banks, the Mafia, Money Laundering, and White Collar Crime''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. ISBN 0-671-21965-0
*Cohen, Rich. ''Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams''.
*Davis, John H. ''Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family''. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
*Downey, Patrick. ''Gangster City: The History of the New York Underworld, 1900-1935''. Barricade Books, 2004. ISBN 156980267X
*Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-23109683-6
*Giancana, Sam and Chuck. ''Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America''. New York: Warner Books, 1992. ISBN 0-446-51624-4


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==Further reading==
*Goldstock, Ronald, Martin Marcus and II Thacher. ''Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force''. New York: NYU Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8147-3034-5
*Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick. ''Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime''. New York: NYU Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8147-4247-5
*Goldstock, Ronald, Martin Marcus and Il Thacher. ''Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force''. New York: NYU Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-8147-3034-5}}
*Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick. ''Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime''. New York: NYU Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-8147-4247-5}}
*United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. ''Profile of Organized Crime, Mid-Atlantic Region: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations''. 1983. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC09806415&id=jiuq5-RUM1oC&q=%22Joseph+Pagano=%22Joseph+Pagano&pgis=1]
*United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. ''Profile of Organized Crime, Mid-Atlantic Region: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations''. 1983. [https://books.google.com/books?id=jiuq5-RUM1oC&q=%22Joseph+Pagano%22]
*Pearson, John, ''One of The Family: The Englishman and The Mafia'', Century {{ISBN|1-84413-182-3}}


==References==
==References==
*Devito, Carlo. ''Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime''. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4848-7
*Devito, Carlo. ''Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime''. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. {{ISBN|0-8160-4848-7}}


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Latest revision as of 08:17, 13 December 2023

Joseph Luco Pagano
Born1928 (1928)
New York City, New York, USA
Died1989 (aged 60–61)
Upstate New York, USA
RelativesPasquale Pagano (brother)
AllegianceGenovese crime family
Criminal chargeRobbery, assault with a deadly weapon, narcotics trafficking
Penalty7 years imprisonment (1955)

Joseph Luco Pagano (1928–1989) was a New York mobster and member of the Genovese crime family.

Biography[edit]

Born in New York, Pagano and his brother Pasquale Pagano joined the Genovese family in the late 1940s. With an arrest record dating back to 1946, Pagano had been charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and narcotics trafficking. Pagano worked with Genovese mobster and future government informant Joe Valachi in Anthony Strollo's organization, then one of the biggest distributors of heroin and cocaine in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. While working for Strollo, Pagano participated in the gangland slaying of Eugenio Giannini and Steve Franse. In 1955, Pagano served a seven-year prison term.

In a 1977 article, the New York Times said that Pagano had ordered beatings and arson attacks against Bronx health facility operators to gain their participation in a scheme to extort thousands of dollars from the Medicaid health insurance fund.

In 1989, Pagano died in his Upstate New York home.

Further reading[edit]

  • Goldstock, Ronald, Martin Marcus and Il Thacher. Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force. New York: NYU Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8147-3034-5
  • Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick. Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime. New York: NYU Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8147-4247-5
  • United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Profile of Organized Crime, Mid-Atlantic Region: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 1983. [1]
  • Pearson, John, One of The Family: The Englishman and The Mafia, Century ISBN 1-84413-182-3

References[edit]

  • Devito, Carlo. Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4848-7
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