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Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana [5] (/ d ʒ i ɑː n ˈ k ɑː n ə /; born Gilormo Giangana; [nb 1] Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 [nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents.
List of Chicago criminal organizations and crime bosses. Participants in organized crime in Chicago at various times have included members of the Chicago Outfit associated with Al Capone, the Valley Gang, the North Side Gang, Prohibition gangsters, and others.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/ k ə ˈ p oʊ n /; [1] January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.
4 mar 2015 · Everyone knows Al Capone and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, but there are far more fascinating mobsters, robbers and killers from Chicago's Prohibition era.
In the 1950s, Salvatore “Sam” Giancana became the leader of the powerful Chicago-based branch of the American Mob called the Outfit that was created by Al Capone. But his enduring notoriety comes from theories that put the Mob, and specifically Giancana and associates, at the center of conspiracies to assassinate President John F. Kennedy.
Sam Giancana was a major American gangster, the top syndicate boss in Chicago from 1957 to 1966, who was noted for his friendships with show-business personalities and for his ruthlessness. Born and reared in Chicago’s “Little Italy” on the near southwest side, Giancana began working for Al Capone.
16 maj 2024 · Chicago Outfit boss Sam Giancana aided a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro, allegedly helped assassinate President Kennedy, and may have been with Marilyn Monroe on her last night alive. Powerful mobsters proliferated in 20th century America, but their influence didn’t remain in the underground world.
