Sam Giancana

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Sam Giancana was a powerful mid-20th-century Chicago mob boss and key figure in the American Mafia, known for his involvement in organized crime, political corruption, and alleged ties to CIA operations.

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Sam Giancana canonical 9
Salvatore Giancana 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Mafia member ⓘ
human ⓘ
mobster ⓘ
organized crime boss ⓘ
activeYears 1920s–1970s (organized crime) ⓘ
associatedWith American Mafia ⓘ
linked to: La Cosa Nostra

Central Intelligence Agency (alleged) ⓘ
Fidel Castro assassination plots (alleged) ⓘ
birthDate 1908-06-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wounds ⓘ
child Antoinette Giancana ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
criminalCharge contempt of court ⓘ
tax evasion ⓘ
deathDate 1975-06-19 ⓘ
deathPlace Oak Park, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Oak Park, Illinois
endTime mid-1960s (as boss of the Chicago Outfit) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
fullName Salvatore Giancana ⓘ
linked to: Sam Giancana
genre organized crime ⓘ
givenName Salvatore ⓘ
hasPart criminal empire in gambling and rackets ⓘ
influenced later Chicago Outfit leadership ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
memberOf Chicago Outfit ⓘ
nickname Momo ⓘ
Mooney ⓘ
Sam ⓘ
notableFor alleged involvement in plots to assassinate Fidel Castro ⓘ
alleged ties to CIA operations ⓘ
influence over Chicago and national politics ⓘ
involvement in organized crime activities including gambling, extortion, and racketeering ⓘ
leadership of the Chicago Outfit in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ
notableWork control of Las Vegas casino interests for the Chicago Outfit ⓘ
occupation bootlegger ⓘ
gambler ⓘ
mob boss ⓘ
racketeer ⓘ
parentOrganization Chicago Outfit ⓘ
positionHeld boss of the Chicago Outfit ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
spouse Angeline DeTolve ⓘ
startTime 1957 (as boss of the Chicago Outfit) ⓘ

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