1981 in organized crime
Events
- January 31—John Stanfa, a Philadelphia crime family member and former driver of slain boss Angelo Bruno, is convicted in Federal District Court of lying to a grand jury investigating Bruno's murder.[1]
Arts and literature
- American Pop (film)
- Easy Street (non-fiction book) by Susan Berman.
- Gangster Wars (film) starring Michael Nouri, Joe Penny, Jonathan Banks, Robert Davi and Richard S. Castellano.
- Thief (film) starring James Caan.
Births
Deaths
- March 15 — Philip C. Testa "Chicken Man", Philadelphia crime family Boss
- April 23 — Stefano Bontade "The Prince", Palermo mafia Capo-Boss
- May 5 — Philip "Phil Lucky" Giaccone, Bonanno crime family Capo
- May 5 — Alphonse Indelicato "Sonny Red", Bonanno crime family caporegime
- May 5 — Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera, Bonanno crime family Capo
- May 11 — Salvatore "The Heroin King" Inzerillo, Sicilian mafioso, Passo di Rigano Clan capo
- May 27 — Chelsais Bouras "Steve", Philadelphia mobster and leader of the "Greek Mob"
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gollark: France was smart about things, seemingly every other country isn't.
gollark: In a sensible world, we would just have deployed vast quantities of nuclear power plants last century.
gollark: Also you theoretically learn things.
gollark: It's *also* been argued that university/college/whatever is a signalling thing which allows you to, at great cost, demonstrate that you have some basic level of competence/ability to do boring things for ages/etc.
References
- "Driver For Slain Mobster Convicted of Perjury", The New York Times, January 31, 1981
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