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TAMPA CRIME BOSS SANTO TRAFFICANTE JR PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN THRILLER ‘MAFIA SPIES’

8/16/2019

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Tampa organized crime boss Santo Trafficante Jr. is pictured at the Sans Souci nightsclub in Havana, Cuba.
Tampa organized crime boss Santo Trafficante Jr. is pictured at the Sans Souci nightsclub in Havana, Cuba. [Skyhorse Publishing/Library of Congress]
THOMAS MAIER’S DETAIL-PACKED BUT ENTERTAINING BOOK RECOUNTS THE CIA’s PLOT TO KILL CASTRO WITH THE HELP OF MAFIA BOSSES.

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

8/10/2019

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Members of the Tampa Mafia
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

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THE BEST OF TAMPA'S MOBSTER HANGOUTS

4/25/2019

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Tampa Mafia at Malio's Restaurant
The original Malio's Restaurant located on South Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida.
THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF TAMPA'S UNDERWORLD IS OFTEN INTERTWINED WITH SOME OF THE CITY'S MOST CHERISHED LANDMARKS AND POPULAR RESTAURANTS

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THE RISE OF CASTRO AND THE FALL OF THE HAVANA MOB

1/7/2019

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Tampa Mafia Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro’s revolution swept former president Fulgencio Batista out of Cuba on December 31, 1958. Castro eventually shut down the Mob-run casinos and nightclubs in Havana. Courtesy of Library of Congress.
LANSKY, TRAFFICANTE AND OTHER MOBSTERS LOST BIG 60 YEARS AGO, BUT LAS VEGAS BENEFITED

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THE ‘GULF STREAM PIRATE’ – RUMRUNNING LEADS TO SHOOTING IN PROHIBITION ERA

7/26/2018

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Rumrunner James Alderman
James Horace Alderman (Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard)
RUMRUNNER JAMES ALDERMAN HANGED IN FLORIDA AFTER SHOOTING TWO COAST GUARDSMAN DEAD IN 1926

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FLORIDA MAFIA BOSS SANTO TRAFFICANTE JR. DIED 30 YEARS AGO MARCH 17

3/13/2018

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Santo Trafficante Jr.
Santo Trafficante Jr. (John Binder Collection)
QUIET BUT POWERFUL EX-CUBA CASINO OWNER WAS TARGET OF ‘DONNIE BRASCO’ STING

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'A GOOD MAN IN A BAD BUSINESS'

3/9/2018

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Tampa Mafia Tito Rubio
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 

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WHO KILLED TAMPA'S KINGPIN CHARLIE WALL?

1/1/2008

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Tampa Mafia's Kingpin Charlie Wall
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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