1992 in organized crime
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Events
- January 22 - Five top New England mobsters, including consigliere Joseph "J.R." Russo and capo Vincent M. Ferrara, plead guilty to racketeering, extortion, gambling and involvement in the 1985 murder of Vincent Limoli.[1][2][3]
- December 2 – Lucchese soldier Patrick Testa is shot to death allegedly by Tommy Jones, a hitman and Los Angeles crime family associate, in the garage of a Brooklyn used car lot. The hit was allegedly ordered by Anthony Casso, the underboss of the Family at the time.[4]
Arts and literature
- The American Gangster (documentary)
- American Me (film)[5] starring Edward James Olmos and William Forsythe
- Hard Boiled (film)[6] starring Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Hoffa (film)[7] starring Jack Nicholson, and Danny DeVito
- Juice (film)[8] starring Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur and Samuel L. Jackson
- Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (film)[9] starring Brian Dennehy, Jeff Daniels, María Conchita Alonso, Eli Wallach, Robert Prosky and Al Waxman
- Who Do I Gotta Kill? (film)[10] starring James Lorinz, John Costelloe, Vincent Pastore and Steve Buscemi
- Reservoir Dogs (film)
Births
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Deaths
- John D'Amato "Johnny Boy", New Jersey mob boss
- March 12 – Salvatore Lima, Sicilian politician and mafia associate
- May 23 – Giovanni Falcone, Sicilian anti-mafia magistrate killed in the Capaci bombing
- May 23 – Francesca Morvillo-Falcone, Sicilian magistrate and wife of Giovanni Falcone
- May 23 – Rocco Di Cillo, Sicilian police officer
- May 23 – Antonio Montinaro, Sicilian police officer
- May 23 – Vito Schifani, Sicilian police officer
- July 19 – Paolo Borsellino, Sicilian anti-mafia magistrate killed in the Via D'Amelio bombing
- July 19 – Agostino Catalano, Sicilian police officer
- July 19 – Walter Cosina, Sicilian police officer
- July 19 – Emanuela Loi, Sicilian police officer
- July 19 – Vincenzo Li Muli, Sicilian police officer
- July 19 – Claudio Traina, Sicilian police officer
- December 2 – Patrick Testa, Lucchese Family soldier
Notes
- ↑ "Feds: We've Weakened the Mob," The Transcript (North Adams, MA), January 23, 1992.
- ↑ "BostonHerald.com - Herald Columnists: Prosecutor well-acquainted with corruption". Archived from the original on 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2006-08-13.
- ↑ "Ruling that freed mafia captain is upheld". Boston.com. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ Lucchese Emissary Becomes Mob-War Casualty. (December 3, 1992). The New York Times.
- ↑ jmorrison-2 (13 March 1992). "American Me (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ zdz8888 (16 April 1992). "Hard Boiled (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Tim Cox (25 December 1992). "Hoffa (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ DunnDeeDaGreat (17 January 1992). "Juice (1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ mm-39 (12 September 1992). "Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (TV Movie 1992)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ ivana (23 September 1994). "Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994)". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2015.