Vincent Mangano
Vincent Mangano (born March 28, 1888 in Villabate , Sicily , † April 19, 1951 in New York City ) was a leading member of the Cosa Nostra in New York. He was head of the Gambino family , which at times controlled the protection money business in the city's docks and port facilities. In 1951 he was apparently the victim of a Lupara Bianca and disappeared without a trace.
Life
According to reports, Mangano probably came to the United States of America in 1922 along with his father Gaetano and Joseph Profaci , head of the later Colombo family .
Vincent had two brothers, Philip Mangano and Lawrence Mangano , who worked in Chicago , including Venero "Benny Eggs" Mangano , who later worked for the Genovese family .
As for the amount of income, Vincent was, so to speak, the main breadwinner of the "family"; he and his accomplices basically levied protection money on goods from all forwarding agents and shipping companies that wanted to ship or land them.
They also charged a de facto “daily fee” from every dock worker who worked in the docks. Due to this intensive contact with the dock workers and the forwarding agents, Mangano was always well informed about when which cargo arrived with which ship and was able to decide whether it might even be worth stealing.
Mangano had gained control because on January 25, 1925 the leaders of the Irish White Hand Gang were murdered and he was then able to take control of the Red Hook district in Brooklyn with its waterfront .
Together with the Vice President of the "International Longshoremen's Association" Emil Camarda, Mangano founded the City Democratic Club , which should serve US interests. The club acted more like a superficial figurehead; the back room was mainly used for illegal activities. In particular, there were regular meetings of members of Murder, Inc. , which at the time carried out murder assignments against payment. Philip Mangano was as often present at these meetings as the underboss Albert Anastasia .
The collaboration with Anastasia was not free of conflicts, as the working style of other greats such as Lucky Luciano , Frank Costello and Louis Buchalter was closer to him than the old school of Vincent Mangano, who still adhered to the classic mafia rules and was more of a so-called Mustache Pete . Anastasia's collaboration with another of the Five Families actually needed Mangano's permission, and that probably laid the foundation for a conflict that had been smoldering for years between the two.
On April 19, 1951, Mangano's brother Philip was found murdered near Sheepshead Bay , Brooklyn . Since then, there has been no trace of Vincent Mangano himself.
consequences
The motivation for the murder remains unclear to this day. In any case, Anastasia (according to Frank Costello) convinced the heads of the other families ( Bonanno , Colombo , Genovese , Lucchese ) in New York City that he had only anticipated his own murder.
They also accepted the successor to Anastasia as head of the Gambino family.
literature
- Joseph Bonanno : A Man of Honor: The Autobiography of Joseph Bonanno . New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. ISBN 0-312-97923-1
- Jerry Capeci: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia . Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
- John H. Davis: Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family . New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
- James Jacobs, Christopher Panarella, Jay Worthington: Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra . New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0
- James Mannion: 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
- H. Thomas Milhorn: Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers . Boca Raton, Florida: Universal Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-58112-489-9
- Selwyn Raab: Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires . New York: St. Martin Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8
- Rufis Schatzberg, Robert J. Kelly, Ko-lin Chin, ed .: Handbook of Organized Crime in the United States . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994. ISBN 0-313-28366-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ Some sources put his year of birth at 1887.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco Scalice | Head of the " Gambino family " of the American Cosa Nostra 1931 - 1951 |
Albert Anastasia |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mangano, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mafioso |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villabate , Sicily |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1951 |
| Place of death | New York City |