Friday, May 3, 2019

Colombo Club Surveillance (1996)

Brief excerpt of May 1996 FBI video surveillance conducted on Colombo Family social club in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.



The first clip shows a group that includes Captain Thomas Gioeli and Associate Dino Calabro entering the location. Gioeli and Joel Cacace are then shown briefly stepping outside for a walk and talk.

Additional footage from this date is available, albeit at much worse quality, and may be added in a future post.

Joseph Abate (Lucchese)

c. 1970s Joseph Abate was a Captain in the Lucchese Family. Born July 8, 1902 in Marsala comune of Trapani, Sicily to Giuseppe and Catherine...