On this date, January 06... • in 1890, Nicholas 'Coco' Morello is born in Corleone, Sicily. • in 1913, federal authorities charge Frank Filasto of New York and Joseph Ribuffo of Paterson NJ as leaders of a human trafficking ring headquartered at Filasto's business address, 293 Mott Street. • in 1921, Manhattan crime figure Hyman Holz is convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to four years and a month in prison. • in 1922, New York mafiosi Umberto Valenti and Saverio Pollaccia board the S.S Presidente Wilson in Naples, Italy, for a return trip to the U.S. • in 1923, narcotics agents conduct raids across the Buffalo NY area, making 40 arrests. • in 1929, Meyer Lansky is arrested on a narcotics charge but soon released. • in 1933, racketeer Charles 'King' Solomon, indicted for liquor conspiracy in Brooklyn NY, surrenders to authorities in Boston. • in 1944, former NYPD Italian Squad leader Antonio Vachris dies in Hackensack NJ at the age of 77. • in 1966, Salvatore Palma is found murdered in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kansas City MO. Author Peter Maas has his first meeting with turncoat mafioso Joseph Valachi at the District of Columbia Jail. • in 2012, Genovese Crime Family associate Frank DiMattina is convicted in Brooklyn of using gunpoint extortion to win a Catholic school lunch contract. Image of Umberto Valenti
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Events in U.S. organized crime #history.
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