The Salvatore Giglia post has been updated with additional background details and some information taken from FBI documents.
He remained almost entirely under the radar until a narcotics investigation in the early 1980s.
Carmine Franzese (Colombo)
1970 Carmine 'Turi' Franzese was a Soldier in the Colombo Family. A loanshark and close associate of Bonanno leader Joseph Massino, ...
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In early 1976 the New York Families agreed to open the books and replenish their ranks. By that time the Colombo Family was down to approxim... -
Brief descriptions, in chronological order, of known Genovese Family induction ceremonies from the 1970s. Dates are approximate and usually ... -
Brief descriptions, in chronological order, of known Gambino Family induction ceremonies from the 1970s. Dates are approximate and usually...