1968 in organized crime
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See also: 1967 in organized crime, other events of 1968, 1969 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.
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[edit] Events
- Gaspare Magaddino, syndicate gunman and younger brother of Peter Magaddino, is killed in Brooklyn.
- New England mobster Rudolph Marfeo is murdered in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and later government informant, convicted of a double homicide.
- Sicilian Mafiosi backed politician, Salvatore Lima elected to the Italian parliament.
- March 11 - Santo "Sam" Perrone , a member of the Bonanno crime family , Bill Bonanno bodyguard and owner of a Brooklyn trucking company, is killed by Gasperino DiGregorio Faction shooter Frank Mari.
- April 1 - Michael Consolo former vetran Bonanno Crime Family member,having defected to the DiGregorio Faction was killed by his own men due to the fact he was seen talking cordial to Bill Bonanno in front of the Manhatten courthouse and taken that he was re-defecting back to the Bonanno Crime Family.
- Sept. 18 - Frank Mari Bonanno Crime Family Underboss and former DiGregorio Faction shooter disappears.
[edit] Arts and literature
- Giorno della civetta, Il (film) [1]
- The Valachi Papers (non-fiction book) by Peter Maas
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
- Frank LaBruzzo, Former leader of the Bonanno crime family and brother-in-law to Joseph Bonanno
- Gaspare Magaddino, syndicate gunman and younger brother of Peter Magaddino
- Rudolph Marfeo, New England mobster
- Santo Perrone "Sam", Bonanno crime family member and owner of a Brooklyn trucking company
