Steve Ferrigno

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Stefano "Steve" Ferrigno (born March 12, 1900 in Sicily ; † November 5, 1930 ) was a Sicilian immigrant who was a high-ranking mobster of the local La Cosa Nostra in the Gambino family in New York City .

biography

The exact time of his emigration to New York City with his family is unknown, but it can be assumed to have been around 1910. Ferrigno soon came under the influence of the American Camorra in Brooklyn , which was led by Pellegrino "Don Grino" Morano and his Lieutenant Alessandro Vollero . By the end of his teenage years , he is said to have become a full member of the criminal organization .

This membership is puzzled, as the Neapolitan Camorra and the Sicilian Mafia deliberately differentiated themselves through the origin of their members. In the Mafia-Camorra War (1914-1918), the Camorrista Morano had ultimately tried in vain to prevail over the Sicilians. In addition, after Morano's arrest in 1916 and his deportation in 1919, the members were taken over by the Sicilian Salvatore D'Aquila and the Camorra stepped back behind the Cosa Nostra in the USA . The former Camorra group practically became the forerunner of the later " Gambino family " under D'Aquila . The Sicilian Ferrigno finally joined a gang controlled by Sicilians.

Steve Ferrigio continued to work in Brooklyn during Prohibition . During the so-called War of Castellammare (1930-1931) he was the right hand man of the boss Alfred Mineo . He was killed in front of his own house, 759 Pelham Parkway South, at Alfred Mineo's side. The alleged killers were Joe Profaci , Nick Capuzzi , Joe Valachi and another man known only as " Buster from Chicago ". The Chicago buster may have been a myth, however.

literature

  • Robert W. Peterson: Crime & the American Response . New York: Facts on File, 1973. ISBN 0-87196-227-6
  • United States. Congress. Senates. Government Operations Committee: Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics . Washington, DC, 1964.

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personal data
SURNAME Ferrigno, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ferrigno, Stefano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mafioso in New York City
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Sicily
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 1930
Place of death New York City