Bonanno had brought with him his trusted underboss Carmine Galante. ibid.
This complex international journey from Turkey to north America through France became known as the French Connection. ibid.
The FBI arrested him in 1961 on a charge of narcotics trafficking ... He got twenty years in prison. ibid.
He wanted to take on the biggest family in New York – the Gambinos. ibid.
In the ghettos of New York heroin was now the drug of choice. ibid.
As the Gambinos’ restaurants burned, new pizza parlours opened by Galante were opened up in their place. ibid.
The Mafia’s interest in drugs has waned ... The French Connection has been replaced by new smuggling routes. ibid.
Sonny Black had taken part in the murder of the boss of his own family, Carmine Galante. Mafia’s Greatest Hits: Donnie Brasco: Undercover in the Mob
The key intermediary between the Sicilian and American Mafia was Carmine Galante. Mafia Empire: Breaking the Vow, 2006
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When a pregnant mum goes missing her husband joins the search. But is he hiding vital information? Faking It s5e5: Tears of a Crime: Killer at My Funeral, Discovery 2021
He had started an affair with a woman on the internet. ibid.
From the start police had suspected Jodie’s husband, Mark Galante. ibid.
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In the late ’70s a sadistic husband and wife team stalked the American west. Their mission deviant and depraved. What motivated this match made in Hell? And were they born to kill? Born to Kill? s6e3: Gerald & Charlene Gallego, Sky Vision 2015
Detectives were however convinced of Gerald and Charlene Gallego’s involvement in Mary Beth’s abduction and the death of Craig Miller but had little evidence to tie them in. ibid.
Prosecutors struck a deal: in return for her testimony Charlene would be offered a reduced sentence. But no-one was prepared for the horror Charlene would reveal. ibid.
‘The original plan was sex slaves.’ ibid. Jim Morris, former deputy
A total of ten murders. ibid.
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Each victim had been shot in the head with a rifle. People Magazine Investigates s5e2: Jenner Beach Murders, ID 2021
Demons in his head were telling him he had to kill these people. ibid.
Lindsay [Cutshall] was introduced to Jason Allen … Jason and Lindsay were deeply in love with each other … After days of searching there is no sign of Lindsay and Jason or the car. ibid.
Jenner beach: We realised we were investigating a double homicide. ibid. rozzer
Sheriff’s deputies quickly capture Gallon a short distance from his mother’s home where he tells them he shot his younger brother. ibid.
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1992: A little after 7 p.m. Carole Shaw [6], Dawn’s mother, contacts police to report her daughter’s disappearance … ‘The causes of death – there are many.’ Killer Kids s1e3: Sexual Killers, YourTV 2018
They interrogated Jason Gamache, 16, a babysitter known to all the families in the area … Is Jason Gamache a paedophile? … The newspapers publish articles on the teenager’s troubled past. ibid.
Given away by his shoe-prints and a few woollen fibres Jason is arrested. ibid.
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The Gambinos: In the shadowy world of organised crime the Gambino family stood out. One of five crime families in New York in the 1930s it ranked at the top with the Genovese family in size and wealth. The Gambinos
Like Capone, John Gotti was a gangster straight from central casting right down to the way he talked ... It was brutality that got John Gotti to the top of the Gambino crime syndicate in 1985. ibid.
1Carlo Gambino put the family on the map during his reign from 1957 to 1976. ibid.
As soon as Castellano stepped from his Limousine Gotti’s men gunned him down. ibid.
Gambino family finances were already on the decline as a result of the crackdown on Mob activities in the mid-80s. Gotti’s lack of business sense only made matters worse. Whatever success the Family had was largely due to Gotti’s senior adviser, Salvatore Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano. ibid.
When Gotti and Gravano heard the tapes they knew they were in trouble. Gravano realised he could be implicated in nineteen mob hits. That’s when he did the unthinkable: he ratted on his boss. ibid.
Under Gambino the Mafia extended their control of legitimate business, controlling trucking in the garment centre of New York and construction contracts throughout Manhattan. Mafia Empire: Vow of Silence, 2006
It was during the Gambino era that the Mafia enjoyed closer and stronger connections in business and politics. It was widely reported the Mafia was even able to influence the presidential election. ibid.
It was 1960 through the ’70s under the leadership of the legendary godfather Carlo Gambino that the Mafia enjoyed the fruits of widespread political corruption. ibid.
Castellano was an imposing figure of a man, a contrast to the diminutive Gambino, and a Godfather who carefully cultivated the image of a business man. ibid.
‘Carlo Gambino was running the largest, most extensive crime empire in the United States at the time.’ Mobsters s1e14: The Gambinos: First Family of Crime, Biography 2007
The Gambino crime family stood out: one of the five crime families created in New York in the 1930s. ibid.
He [Gambino] expanded the [waterfront] racketeering to gambling, construction, loan-sharking and even more white-collar crimes such as securities fraud on Wall Street. ibid.
Roy DeMeo had made a name for himself as the enforcer for Gambino bass Paul Castellano. Mobsters: Paul Castellano
Gambino had established himself as a business-savvy earner ... When he was promoted to Captain, he brought young Paul Castellano in under his wing. ibid.
On his deathbed Gambino shocked everyone by choosing Paul Castellano as his successor. ibid.
December 16th 1985 ... Inside the car Castellano and Bilotti had no time to react. The boss of the Gambino crime family lay dead on the sidewalk. John Gotti had orchestrated his own rise to the head of the Gambino crime family. Mobsters: John Gotti
The Mob made Gotti an enforcer. ibid.
In his spare time Gotti gambled recklessly. ibid.
By the 1970s the Mafia had opened its books again, and in 1977 John Gotti finally became a member of the Gambino crime family. ibid.
Gotti’s crew faced scrutiny from inside the family. Gambino boss Paul Castellano had a no-tolerance policy to drug dealing ... Gotti ignored the boss. ibid.
A new nickname: the Dapper Don. ibid.