Lupara Bianca

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Lupara Bianca is the Italian name for a murder, mostly in Mafia circles, in which the corpse is removed without a trace and thus turns out to be an incriminating evidence .

The usually permanent disappearance of the person and their corpse also serves in many cases to deprive the relatives of the victim from the possibility of mourning, since the family is denied the funeral of the deceased. In contrast, there is the Lupara Rossa , the open murder of opponents.

etymology

Lupara is the name of a Sicilian hunting rifle , a sawed-off shotgun that was originally used to hunt wolves , but was also used to murder opponents. The word bianca means “white” and indicates the absence of traces.

Examples

  • Joseph Ardizzone disappeared on October 15, 1931 on the way to his cousin in Etiwanda, a town of Rancho Cucamonga in southern California . As head of the Los Angeles family, he had stayed with Salvatore Maranzano in the Castellammare war . Now the old Mustache Pete has probably been sidelined by Jack Dragna , who had the best contacts to the actual winner of the conflict - Lucky Luciano  .
  • Bo Weinberg : On September 9, 1935, the member of the Kosher Nostra disappeared after visiting a nightclub in Midtown Manhattan . Rumor has it that Dutch Schultz cemented Weinberg's feet in place and then dumped him in the East River. After his brother's disappearance without a trace , George Weinberg became a Pentito , but then took his own life despite police protection.
  • Vincent Mangano : On April 19, 1951, Mangano's brother Philip was found murdered near Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn . The body of Vincent - the former boss of the Gambino family  - was not discovered anymore.
  • Joseph Scalice: His brother Francesco "Frank" Scalice was shot on June 17, 1957. His murder in front of the fruit stand at 2380 Arthur Avenue is said to have inspired a scene in the mafia film The Godfather . After Joseph Scalice had ambitions to avenge his brother, he disappeared on September 19, 1957 - after a welcome party - without a trace. James Squillante is said to be one of the perpetrators.
  • James Squillante disappeared without a trace in September 1960. He was often referred to as the king of the garbage collection racket (English "King of the waste management crime") and was one of the killers of Albert Anastasia . The infiltration of the garbage collectors by the mobsters in New York City began in 1955 and ran parallel to the development of the Teamsters union, which also included the garbage collectors .
  • Jake Russo disappeared without a trace in 1964 after Frank J. Valenti returned to Rochester. Russo had taken advantage of the Valenti brothers' weakness and absence and taken control of the Rochester family.
  • Anthony Strollo : The mobster left his Fort Lee property in 1962 and disappeared without a trace. His body was never found. It is now believed that he was murdered on behalf of Vito Genovese .
  • Jimmy Hoffa : The jailed unionist was planning his comeback as president of the powerful transport workers' union . On July 30, 1975, he disappeared without a trace from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant . The mystery of his disappearance has now become part of pop culture in the USA and is being adapted again and again.
  • In 1982 Filippo Marchese disappeared without a trace in the same way as up to 100 of his victims. Marchese had become known especially posthumously through a special method of the Lupara Bianca , because he had dissolved his murder victims in acid. His deeds had become known through the Pentito Vincenzo Sinagra . Marchese had operated a torture cellar in the port together with Pino Greco , in which the victims were mistreated before they died.
  • Anthony Zizzo was a senior member of the Chicago Outfit ; on August 31, 2006 he disappeared without a trace. A reward of $ 10,000 is offered for information clearing up his disappearance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Brunner: Honorable corpses: The mafia behind bars. In: Die Zeit , April 4, 1986, accessed January 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Steve Warmbir: New FBI document details rise of 'Mutt and Jeff' inside the mob . In: Chicago Sun-Times , February 12, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.