Anthony Corallo

Antonio " Tony Ducks " Corallo ( born February 12, 1913 in East Harlem, New York City; † August 23, 2000 Springfield, Missouri) was an American mobster and head of the Lucchese family of Cosa Nostra in New York. He had considerable influence on trade unions in the field of truck drivers and construction workers.

Life

Background

Corallo was born in 1913 in New York City and grew up in Italian Harlem in an Italian-American environment on. Corallo was nicknamed " Tony Ducks " for his ability to never be prosecuted legally seriously.

Corallo had a son and a daughter and lived a relatively ordinary life with love for opera and gardening.

Early career

In the 1920s, Corallo was a member of the 107th Street corridor in East Harlem. At sixteen, he landed for the first time in court without being convicted.

1935 Corallo worked for the Gagliano family Boss Tommy Gagliano below. Underboss Tommy Lucchese Corallo recruited to work with the mobster Johnny Dio. This led the union corruption in Manhattan in the Garment District.

1941 sat Corallo short time in prison in Rikers Iceland for drug trafficking.

Rise to Power

1943 Corallo was appointed Capo regime. He worked mainly in East Harlem and Queens. Corallo and Dio controlled five departments of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. In addition, the two unions controlled from the field of textile workers, truck drivers, construction workers. So they made ​​millions for the Gagliano family.

1951 Gagliano died of old age. Lucchese took over the family, which passed into the Lucchese family.

Boss of the Family

In July 1967 Lucchese died of a brain tumor. Corallo was a successor candidate, but still hovered a method above his head. In July 1968, Corallo was sentenced to three years in a federal prison.

Carmine Tramunti was appointed as interim boss of the Lucchese family. After his release, Corallo was the undisputed boss of the Lucchese.

Corallo widened as the boss of his influence on the gravel production, the trade unions, the waste industry, the building industry. His Lucchese capo Paul Vario and his crew robbed the Idlewild Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport ) regularly.

Mafia Commission Trial

In the 1980s, Corallo was indicted by the Mafia Commission Trial. It was a large-scale criminal trial against leading Italian American mobsters from New York City, USA. The evidence was mainly from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation collected. Chief Prosecutor was the prosecutor Rudolph Giuliani. The authorities had recorded extensive conversation between Corallo and his Capo Salvatore Avellino. Corallo was aware that he would spend the rest of his life in prison. He appointed Victor Amuso his successor. In 1986 he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to 100 years in a federal prison.

Death

On 23 August 2000, Anthony Corallo died at the Federal Medical Center in Springfield.

In the culture

The activities are described in the novel Paul Varios Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi. Martin Scorsese turned after this novel, the classic film Goodfellas.