Originally Posted by MafiaStudent
Originally Posted by NYMafia
Longtime Bonanno Family soldier, Sereno (Bobby T) Tartamella, was another perfect example of a below-the-radar mobster "with no police record whatsoever" who flew under the radar for many years. This, despite the fact that he was the son of Joe Bonanno's iconic consigliere and lifelong personal friend, Giovanni (John) Tartamella.

Until he was well into the mid-1960s when he was finally tied into the internal "Banana War" conflict, Bobby T was so "squeaky clean" that he actually ran for public office, and later, headed a labor union as a clean "front."

More to come....


A rare picture of Sereno Tartamella




This photo MS posted above is one of the very few known photographs available of Tartamella. It was pulled from his FBI file in Washington. I believe this was taken during the height of Bonanno War tensions (between 1966-68 or so) after he was held on a contempt charge (along with a dozen or so others) for refusing to answer a Brooklyn grand jury's questions about missing and murdered Bonanno Family combatants.

Last edited by NYMafia; 05/05/24 07:57 AM.