Anthony Corallo

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Antonio "Tony Ducks" Corallo (born February 12, 1913 in East Harlem , New York City , † August 23, 2000 Springfield , Missouri ) was an American mobster and head of the Lucchese family of La Cosa Nostra in New York. He had significant influence on truck drivers and construction workers unions, particularly the International Brotherhood of Teamsters .

Life

Corallo was born in New York City in 1913 and grew up in Italian Harlem in an Italian-American environment. Corallo was nicknamed "Tony Ducks" for his ability to never face serious legal action.

Corallo had a son and a daughter and led a relatively inconspicuous life with a love for opera and gardening.

Early career

In the 1920s, Corallo was a member of the 107th Street Gang in East Harlem. At sixteen he went to court for the first time without being convicted.

In 1935 Corallo worked for the Gagliano family under the boss Tommy Gagliano . Underboss Tommy Lucchese recruited Corallo to work with mobster Johnny Dio . This led the union corruption in Manhattan in the Garment District .

In 1941, Corallo was briefly imprisoned on Rikers Island for drug trafficking.

Rise to power

In 1943 Corallo was appointed to the Capo regime . He mainly worked in East Harlem and Queens . Corallo and Dio controlled five departments of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters . In addition, the two unions controlled textile workers, truck drivers and construction workers. With that they made millions for the Gagliano family.

In 1951 Gagliano died of old age. Lucchese took over the family that became the Lucchese family .

Family boss

In July 1967, Lucchese died of a brain tumor. Corallo was a candidate for successor, but there was still a lawsuit pending. In July 1968, Corallo was sentenced to three years in federal prison.

Carmine Tramunti has been appointed as the interim boss of the Lucchese family. After his release, Corallo became the undisputed boss of the Lucchese.

As boss, Corallo expanded his influence on the pebble production, the unions, the garbage industry, the construction industry. His Lucchese Capo Paul Vario and his crew regularly robbed Idlewild Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport ).

Mafia Commission Trial

In the 1980s, Corallo was indicted in the Mafia Commission Trial . It was a large-scale criminal case against leading Italian-American mafiosi from New York City , USA . Most of the evidence had been collected by the American Federal FBI . The chief prosecutor was the public prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani . Authorities had recorded extensive conversations between Corallo and his Capo Salvatore Avellino. Corallo realized that he would spend the rest of his life in prison. He named Victor Amuso as his successor. In 1986 he was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison.

death

On August 23, 2000, Anthony Corallo died at the Federal Medical Center in Springfield .

In culture

Paul Vario's activities are described in the novel Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi . Martin Scorsese made the classic film Goodfellas based on this novel .

predecessor Office successor
Carmine Tramunti Head of the " Lucchese family " of La Cosa Nostra
1974 - 1987 		Victor Amuso

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alan Fire: Anthony Corallo, Mob Boss, Dies in Federal Prison at 87 . In: New York Times , September 1, 2000. Retrieved December 4, 2011. 
  2. ↑ a b Silent Racketeer: Anthony Corallo . In: New York Times , August 16, 1957. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
  3. ↑ a b c Volkman, Ernest: Gangbusters: The Destruction of America's Last Great Mafia Dynasty. 1998. (pp. 128)
  4. ↑ Anthony Bruno: The Lucchese Family: Three Finger Brown . In: TruTV Crime Library . Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 3, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trutv.com
  5. ↑ Martin Tolchin: Corallo Is Given 3 Years In Prison For Marcus Bribe . In: New York Times , July 27, 1968. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
  6. ↑ Emanuel Perlmutter: Tramunti, Called 'Dangerous', Gets 15 Years on Drug Charge . In: New York Times , May 8, 1974. Retrieved November 29, 2011. 
  7. ↑ US Jury Convicts Eight Aa Members Of Mob Commission . In: New York Times , November 20, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2011. 
  8. ^ Arnold H. Lubasch: Judge Sentences 8 Mafia Leaders To Prison Terms . In: New York Times , January 14, 1987. Retrieved December 4, 2011. 
personal data
SURNAME Corallo, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corallo, Antonio; Corallo, Tony Ducks (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH East Harlem , New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 2000
Place of death Springfield , Missouri