Anthony Giordano

Antonio "Tony G." Rico Giuseppe Giordano , also known as Anthony Giordano (born June 24, 1915 , † August 29, 1980 ) was an Italian-American mobster of the American Cosa Nostra and former boss of the Giordano family named after him (St. Louis crime family) , which from its headquarters in St. Louis ( Missouri acts) from.

Early years

Anthony Giordano was born on June 24, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. He later married Catherine P. Burns and together they adopted their son William Giordano. In his early years, Giordano often wore wide-brimmed pearl gray hats, expensive suits, and the rings favored by many mafiosi of the time. He was the uncle of Matthew M. Trupiano, Jr. , who later also became the boss of the family, and also the uncle of Vincenzo "Jimmy" Giammanco , who was a senior capo of the family. The current underboss Vincent "Vince" Giordano is also a nephew of his.

Giordano has been arrested more than 50 times since 1938; his offenses included illegal gun possession, robbery, robbery, tax evasion and counterfeiting of tax stamps. In the early 1950s, Giordano made several trips to Anzio ( Italy ) to initiate heroin smuggling into the United States . The FBI observed him on three of the trips and was unable to collect enough evidence to prosecute him. In 1956, Giordano was sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion related to his vending machine company.

Time as head

After the death of Anthony "Tony Lap" Lopiparo in 1960, Anthony Giordano was his successor as boss.

In the 1960s, Giordano had taken a simple blue collar job; most likely as a legal facade. Giordano himself was also often seen in work clothes on his rental properties when performing carpentry or sanitary tasks. He and his wife lived in conservative homes in southwest St. Louis.

Giordano was known for his explosive temper. In 1965, Giordano even threatened an FBI agent who tried to question him in his restaurant. In another case in 1970, Giordano physically grabbed and threatened a priest who was trying to retrieve a stolen Church vehicle from Giordano's towing company.

In the 1970s Giordano tried together with Anthony Joseph Zerilli - the acting boss of the Zerilli family (Detroit crime family) - to take control of the New Frontier casino in Las Vegas . Giordano was convicted and imprisoned in this regard in 1975 and his nephew Vincenzo Giammanco was appointed acting boss until Giordano was released in 1977.

He remained head of the family for three more years until he died of cancer on August 29, 1980. He was buried on September 2, 1980 in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis. He was succeeded by his underboss John Joseph Vitale .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Walsh, Denny (May 29, 1970). "Investigative Report: A Two-Faced Crime Fight in St. Louis". Life Magazine
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Editorial. "Giordano, St. Louis Mobster Boss, This." Chicago Tribune , Aug. 30, 1980, pp. W19.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Allan May: The St. Louis Family . Trutv.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 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 May 30, 2012. 
4. ^ Mario Machi: St. Louis Family . In: Investigative Journalists . Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com. 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
5. ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Catherine P. (Burns) Giordano Obituary" . Retrieved July 19, 2011.
6. ↑ Auble, John (2002). A History of St. Louis Gangsters . St. Louis, Missouri: The National Criminal Research Society. Pp. 36.
7. ↑ ^{a b} "The St. Louis Family" ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Allan May TruTV Crime Library 
8. ↑ Devico, pp. 197-202
9. ^ "Anthony Giordano: St. Louis Hot Head" by Allan May Crime Magazine
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Devico , pp. 197-202
11. ↑ Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis "Anthony Giordano Burial Record" ( Memento of the original of March 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 July 18, 2011.