1963 in organized crime

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See also: 1962 in organized crime, other events of 1963, 1964 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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  • January 23 Angered by the kidnapping and murder of Kenosha record distributor Anthony J. Biernat case, Wisconsin Governor John W. Reynolds, former state attorney general, says bluntly that organized crime has a strong network across the state, centered in Milwaukee, Kenosha and Fond du Lac. The district attorneys of all three counties staunchly deny the existence of such a thing in their bailiwicks, even though it is has been an open secret for years. Many local public officials’ comments seem to be concerned mostly with the risk of damaging Wisconsin’s or their area's reputation and with avoiding the risk of embarrassing anyone, rather than with controlling crime and fighting corruption.
  • Salvatore "Sally the Sheik" Mussachio, acting head of the Profaci crime family since the death of Giuseppe Magliocco months earlier, dies.
  • May 6 - Irving Vine, a low ranking member for Edward Vogel and Ralph Pierce, is murdered in a South Side hotel after volunteering to appear as a government witness against Murrey "the Camel" Humphreys on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service.
  • June 6 - Emile Colontuono, a member of Joe Gallo's organization, is killed in Manhattan during the Gallo-Profaci War. Another Gallo member, Alfred Mondello, is also killed that day.
  • July -
    • New York mobster Hugh "Apples" McIntosh is ambushed and wounded during the Gallo-Profaci War.
    • The Gallo-Profaci War claims another victim as Ali Waffa is killed.
  • September 27-September 28 - Appearing before Senate Investigations subcommittee, government informant Joseph Valachi publicly reveals the existence of the "Cosa Nostra" (which was broadcast both on television and radio) and describing his initiation and details of the Castellammarese War period as well as naming Vito Genovese as the "Boss of Bosses" (Capo di tutti i capi) of the Italian-American Mafia.
  • December 28 - Joseph Magliocco, leader of the Profaci crime family since June 1962, dies of a heart attack, at the age of 65, at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, New York, his death remaining a secret from federal authorities for almost a week. Magliocco, brother-in-law of Joseph Profaci, also was observed by federal agents attending the Apalachin conference in 1957.

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