Santo Trafficante Sr.
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Santo Trafficante Sr. (May 28, 1886 – August 11, 1954) was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr.
Santo Trafficante Sr. gained power as a mobster in Tampa, Florida and ruled the Mafia in Tampa from the 1930s until his death in 1954. Trafficante was heavily involved in the operation of illegal bolita lotteries. During his reign, Trafficante was a well-respected boss with ties to Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Thomas Lucchese.
During the 1940s, Trafficante Sr. maintained a strong alliance with Tommy Lucchese, the boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City.[1] Lucchese would help train his son Trafficante Jr. in the mafia traditions.[1]
Trafficante died of stomach cancer on August 11, 1954; he was a member of L'Unione Italiana, and he was buried in L'Unione Italiana Cemetery in Ybor City.[2] His son, Santo Trafficante Jr. subsequently took over the crime family.
References
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Further reading
- Dietche, Scott M. Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld. Barricade Books, 2004. Template:ISBN
External links
- Cuban Information Archives: Santo Trafficante Jr., includes U.S. Treasury Department records of Santo Trafficante Sr.
- Creative Loafing: The Mob -- A Drive-By Historical Tour of Tampa's Notorious Wise GuysScript error: No such module "Unsubst". by Scott Deitche
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- 1886 births
- 1954 deaths
- Gangsters from the Province of Agrigento
- American crime bosses
- American gangsters of Italian descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Deaths from stomach cancer in Florida
- People from Tampa, Florida
- Trafficante crime family
- Italian emigrants to the United States