Mob Stories

Santo Trafficante Sr., a 'Sicilian of the Old School,' Ruled Tampa's Underworld for More Than a Decade!

8/10/2019

Members of the Tampa Mafia: Santo Trafficante Sr., standing, second from left. Sitting: Alphonso Diecidue and Ignazio Antinori.

AN IMMIGRANT AT AGE 15, HE ROSE TO POWER VIA BOOTLEGGING, ILLEGAL GAMBLING, EVENTUALLY RELINQUISHING POWER TO SON

3/13/2018

Santo Trafficante Jr. (John Binder Collection)

QUIET BUT POWERFUL EX-CUBA CASINO OWNER WAS TARGET OF ‘DONNIE BRASCO’ STING

3/9/2018

Tito Rubio, a top dog in the Tampa bolita gambling racket, was killed on March 9, 1938. The murder has never been solved.

EIGHTY YEARS LATER, THE SHOTGUN MURDER OF TAMPA NUMBERS RACKETEER EVARISTO ‘TITO’ RUBIO REMAINS UNSOLVED

1/1/2008

Tampa's Kingpin Charlie Wall shown in his icon bathrobe in his bedroom in his home in Ybor City.

HOLLYWOOD SCREENWRITERS DARE NOT DREAM UP A MORE IMPROBABLE SCRIPT

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