Philip Giaccone
Philip Giaccone aka "Philly Lucky" and "The Priest" (born July 12, 1932 in Ridgewood, Queens ; † May 5, 1981 in Lindenwood, Queens) was an Italian-American gangster in the American mafia family Bonanno , one of the powerful Five Families .
Early life
Little is known about Giaccone's early life. He rose in the career ladder of the Mafia up to the Capo regime of the Bonanno family, where he belonged to the faction of the so-called Zips (Sicilian immigrants who differed in their mentality from their Italian-American colleagues), who fought a family-internal power struggle. Giaccone was on the side of Capo Alphonse Indelicato .
The three capos murder
On May 5, 1981, the three rebellious capos of the Zips faction, Alphonse Indelicato, Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera , were lured into a trap and murdered, a crime known as Three capos murder (murder of the three capos). That put down the rebellion.
According to FBI agent Joseph Pistone , the murderers responsible were: Dominick Napolitano , John Cersani , Salvatore Vitale , Joseph DeSimone, Nicholas Santora , Vito Rizzuto , Louis Giongetti, Santo Giordano, Gerlando Sciascia and Joseph Massino . Benjamin Ruggiero and Cersani stood smear and were responsible for the body removal along with Napolitano, James Episcopia and Robert Capazzio. Anthony Indelicato escaped the assassination because he accidentally missed the meeting.
additional
The bodies were taken to Lindenwood, Queens, and placed in a Gambino family mafia cemetery . Gambino-Capo John Gotti , who was a friend of the conspirator Massino, helped the men of the Bonnanos. Indelicato's body was discovered a short time later.
In October 2004, children playing found the bodies of Giaccone and Trinchera. The Piaget -Uhr of Giaccones woman who was found in the body, reference was to his identity. In December 2004, the identification of Giaccone and Trichera was positive.
On December 5, 2005, Joseph Massino confessed to having participated in the murders of Giaccone, Trinchera and Indelicato. He received two life sentences, but was released in 2013 because his cooperation with the authorities was rewarded. In May 2007, gangster Vito Rizzuto was sentenced to ten years in state prison for participating in the murder. On October 29, 2010, Salvatore Vitale, who had also participated in Giaccone's murder, was convicted of several murders and then accepted into the witness protection program .
Representation in art
- In the 1997 film Donnie Brasco , the "Three Capos Murder" is portrayed a little differently than it actually happened.
- FBI agent Pistone wrote several books about his time in the bonanna family:
- Pistone, Joseph D .; & Woodley, Richard (1999) Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-66637-4 .
- Pistone, Joseph D. (2004). The Way of the Wiseguy, Running Press. ISBN 0-7624-1839-7 .
- Pistone, Joseph D .; & Brandt, Charles (2007). Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business, Running Press. ISBN 0-7624-2707-8 .
Web links
- "Human Remains Linked To Mob" New York Times
- Defendant Linked to Mob Murder Plot " New York Times , by Arnold H. Lubasch
Individual evidence
- ^ "Aftermath of a Hit" by David Amoruso, Gangsters Inc. May 8, 2007
- ↑ "Bloody B'klyn Rubout: Says Massino OKd '81 mob hit" by John Marzulli, New York Daily News June 30, 2004
- ^ "In Court, Evidence Suggests Gotti Associates Buried Victims in Lot" by William K. Rashbaum New York Times October 9, 2004
- ↑ "Skeletal Remains Are Believed To Be Those of Mob Captains" by William K. Rashbaum New York Times October 13, 2004
- ^ "Metro Briefing" New York Times December 21, 2004
- ↑ Bonanno crime boss is sentenced to two life terms " by ROBERT F. WORTH New York Times June 24, 2005
- ↑ "Canadian mobster pleads guilty to aiding 26 year old Mafia hit in New York" ( Memento of the original from December 29, 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. Mafia-News.com May 4th 2007
- ↑ Noah Rosenberg: Former Underboss Offers Primer on Mob Life (English) . In: The New York Times , March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giaccone, Philip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mobster |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ridgewood, Queens |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5th 1981 |
| Place of death | Lindenwood, Queens |