John DiFronzo

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John "No Nose" DiFronzo

John "No Nose" DiFronzo (born December 13, 1928 - May 27, 2018 ) was an American mobster of the La Cosa Nostra , 1994-2003 sole head of the Chicago Outfit and - from 2007 until his death in 2018 - member of a management trio .

As an "enforcer" (Engl., About "enforcer") in matters of extortion and usury of credit , he rose to the Capo regime , until he succeeded Samuel Carlisi as head of the "family".

Life

In 1949 DiFronzo was arrested for violently breaking into a boutique . According to a legend , his nickname No Nose was created through the shootings with the police before his arrest. In truth, DiFronzo broke through a window while trying to escape and the police only had to follow the trail of blood that had been left by injuring his nose. The nose was found at the scene and was later sewn back on.

In 1952, DiFronzo was implicated in the murder of Charles Gross, a politician with links to the bullies , but no charges were brought. 1964 DiFronzo was identified together with Albert Sarno , a former police officer, and Chris Cardi as a member of the "Three Minute Gang" ("Three Minute Gang"), which appeared together as moneylenders and loan usurers. When Joseph Aiuppa was imprisoned in 1986, he determined DiFronzo as leader of the activities in the western outskirts of Chicago and put him there over Joseph Ferriola , the actual "acting boss" of the outfit .

In 1993 DiFronzo was charged with numerous crimes along with Samuel Carlisi ; both are said to have tried to gain control of gambling in the Rincon Reservation Indian reservation in San Diego . The charges were put down and DiFronzo was released in 1994. In 2005, DiFronzo was arrested along with numerous other high-ranking bullies as part of the FBI's "Family Secrets" operation; Among other things, the arrested were accused of 18 murders.

From March 2009 he was, among others, together with his brother Peter DiFronzo, Jack P. Cerone, Rudolph Fratto Jr. and Joseph Giacchino defendants in a civil lawsuit based on the RICO Act . Accordingly, the defendants had blackmailed Joseph Fosco and planned his murder . John DiFronzo died on May 27, 2018 of complications from Alzheimer's disease .

literature

  • Capeci, Jerry: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia . Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
  • Devito, Carlo. The Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime . New York: Facts On File Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4848-7
  • Mannion, James: 101 Things You Didn't Know About The Mafia: The Lowdown on Dons, Wiseguys, Squealers and Backstabbers . Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2005. ISBN 1-59337-267-1
  • Wilkins, David E .: American Indian Politics and the American Political System . Oxford: Rowman & Littleton Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-7425-5346-9
  • United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Implementation and Enforcement of the Indian Gaming Regulatory ACT, Public Law 100-497 . 1992. ISBN 0-16-039224-1 [1]
  • Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia . New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chicago mob boss John 'No Nose' DiFronzo dead at 89 , accessed June 6, 2018
  2. ↑ Article about the Chicago outfit
  3. ↑ With top Chicago mob boss dead, Outfit looks for new blood . In: ABC7 Chicago . June 1, 2018 ( abc7chicago.com [accessed August 24, 2018]).
predecessor Office successor
Samuel Carlisi Head of the Chicago Outfit of La Cosa Nostra
1994 - 2003 		James Marcello
James Marcello Head of the Chicago Outfit of La Cosa Nostra
2007-2018
together with Joseph Lombardo and Joseph Andriacchi 		-.-
personal data
SURNAME DiFronzo, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES No Nose (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1928
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 2018