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#OTD (Sep 08)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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On this date, Sept 8...
• in 1880, San Francisco mafioso Rosario Meli is deported from New York to Italy.
• in 1911, Giuseppe Costabile of New York is indicted for violating the Sullivan Law by carrying a bomb.
• in 1927, Frank Cammarata and 'Yonnie' Licavoli are arrested on weapons charges in Ontario, Canada.
• in 1930, Tommy Lucchese surrenders for questioning about the Pinzolo murder.
• in 1931, Cleveland gangster John Farah pleads guilty to manslaughter.
• in 1935, arrested for the murder of Anthony Zanghi, mobster Anthony Cugino hangs himself in his NYPD Headquarters cell.
• in 1951, Meyer Lansky is indicted for operating a Saratoga Springs NY casino.
• in 1962, Joseph Valachi begins to talk to FBI special agent James Flynn about 'cosa nostra.'
• in 1967, Paul Vario pleads guilty to bribing an NYPD officer and is fined $250.
• in 1977, Joseph Napolitano is arrested in Portland ME for counterfeiting.
• in 1980, police witness a fight between Frank Rosenthal and his wife outside their Las Vegas home.
• in 1986, the Commission Trial opens in New York federal court.
Image of Paul Vario.

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