Joseph DiVarco
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Joseph "Little Caesar" DiVarco was a Chicago mobster who, as an associate of North Side capo Vincent Solano, oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Rush Street "crew" which included illegal gambling, loan sharking, extortion, protection and "street tax" collections as well as operating several adult bookstores operations during the 1970s and 1980s. He and Fiore Buccieri were partners in a local haberdashery during the 1960s [1].
Federal authorities learned of his role in the Chicago Outfit through undercover surveillance, government informants, and cooperation with other state and federal agencies and, following his conviction on under the RICO Act, DiVarco later died in federal prison.
