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| - val gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante, Sr. He was reputedly the most powerful mafioso in Batista-era Cuba. Trafficante maintained links to the Bonanno crime family, in New York City, but was more closely allied with Sam Giancana, in Chicago. Throughout his reign as the boss of the Tampa based Trafficante crime family, he was not believed to have total control over Miami, Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Palm Beach, Florida. The east coast of Florida was a loosely knit conglomerate of New York family interests with obvious links to Meyer Lansky, Benjamin Siegel, Carlos Marcello, Leo Stein and Frank Ragano. To this day, control of Florida by organized crime is likely divided between Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and international organized crime interests. The Trafficante family was a
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| - val gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante, Sr. He was reputedly the most powerful mafioso in Batista-era Cuba. Trafficante maintained links to the Bonanno crime family, in New York City, but was more closely allied with Sam Giancana, in Chicago. Throughout his reign as the boss of the Tampa based Trafficante crime family, he was not believed to have total control over Miami, Miami Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Palm Beach, Florida. The east coast of Florida was a loosely knit conglomerate of New York family interests with obvious links to Meyer Lansky, Benjamin Siegel, Carlos Marcello, Leo Stein and Frank Ragano. To this day, control of Florida by organized crime is likely divided between Chicago, New Orleans, New York, and international organized crime interests. The Trafficante family was also credited for creating the language known in the old mafia days as "Tampan", which was a language of an Italian/Spanish dialect. It was spoken by the Mob mainly because the police could not understand the language. Santo Trafficante, Jr. was one of the most powerful and richest crime bosses in the United States, and controlled South Florida with an iron fist, he had Police, Judges, District Attorneys, U.S. Attorneys, Politicians, Government Officials, FBI Agents, CIA Agents, and Mayors in his pocket.
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