Gaetano Gianolla

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Gaetano Gianolla was an Italian-American mobster and former boss of the Detroit Partnership criminal organization.

During the Prohibition era, the Detroit River was the most important commercial waterway for the illegal importation of intoxicants from Canada into Detroit, Michigan. The lineage of Detroit's Italian organized crime faction dates back to 1921, when Gaspar Milazzo founded his own gang.^[1]

Gianolla seized control of the Partnership in 1930, after stabbing Milazzo in a Detroit fish market. Gianolla led the crime family until 1944, when he was succeeded by Joe Vitale.^[2]

Notes

↑ The Mafia in America: Traditional Organized Crime in Transition An Overview of Current Conditions. By Richard C. Lindberg
↑ AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - Detroit, MI

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Persondata
Name	Gianolla, Gaetano
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Detroit Partnership

Boss(s)

Current members

Anthony Joseph Zerilli

Past members

Relation to other groups

Allies	Genovese family Chicago Outfit Kansas City family St. Louis family

Rivals	The Purple Gang The Flathead gang

See also: American Mafia Template

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian American mobsters List of Italian American mobsters by organization

Codes and Terms	Initiation ceremony Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia Template
Camorra in New York Template
List of Mafia crime families

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