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Anthony John Spilotro (May 19, 1938 to June 14, 1986) was a member of the Family of Chicago (the outfit). He worked in Las Vegas in the 70 and 80. His job was to protect and monitor the illegal profits of the mafia in casinos.
Anthony Spilotro was known by the press as the "Tony the Ant" (Tony the Ant), because of its size (1.55 m). He was born and raised in Chicago, a family of five children. His parents Pasquale and Antoinette Spilotro, emigrants originating Triggiano, city located in Italy in the province of Bari , managed an Italian restaurant in Chicago. With his brothers John, Michael and Victor, Tony began his criminal activities very young. (Two other brothers have managed to avoid the attraction of crime: one of them, Pasquale Jr., became a highly respected dentist in the Chicago area.)
A dunce at school, dropped the Spilotro Steinmetz High School in its second year, and began to commit a series of petty crimes. He was arrested many times while walking in the streets. In these streets he met Vincent "The Saint" Inserro, who presented the crime figures in Chicago such as Joseph Aiuppa, Jimmy "the Turk" Torrelló, Joseph Lombardo and William Daddano Sr. All those men who become senior members in the Family of Chicago. The mentors were Spilotro Sam "Mad" DeStefano, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio and Charles Nicoletti, all serious killers. Tony became a member of the Family of Chicago in 1963.
In 1971, Spilotro succeeded Marshall Caifano as a representative of the Outfit in Las Vegas (Nevada). Spilotro was sent to Vegas with his old childhood friend, Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, a bookmaker of Jewish origin, who ran several casinos run by the family, including the Stardust. Spilotro and Rosenthal worked together to divert the profits of casinos and send to the families of Cosa Nostra in the Midwest, particularly the family of Chicago. When Rosenthal was responsible for the management of casinos, Spilotro's primary role was to control casino employees and other personnel involved in the embezzlement of casino profits. Since his arrival in Vegas, Spilotro and his team racket bosses of casinos, bookmakers, small drug dealers. In short, he wanted to make Las Vegas its territory. The problem was that the boss of Chicago sent him to Vegas to watch the casinos of the Family, not to get noticed. On top of that, the role of Spilotro was severely reduced after the Gaming Commission of the State of Nevada has put on their blacklist, in December 1979. The blacklist is a law that prohibits the entry of all casinos located in the state of Nevada. At about the same time, Spilotro formed a team of jewel thief with his friend Frank Culotta he knew the gang "Hole in the Wall" (hole in the wall). Their gang was called so because they burglarized jewelry making holes in walls. Spilotro invested their illegal profits by opening a jewelry store and a restaurant. At that time, his relationship with Rosenthal have started to deteriorate after Spilotro had had an affair with Rosenthal's wife, Geraldine McGee.
In addition, the relationship with Spilotro his wife Nancy became increasingly difficult, and their heated discussions often ended with strong arguments, with physical violence. (Note: Tony Spilotro had a son with his wife Nancy, named Vincent. During childhood Vincent, Tony Spilotro was returning each morning to prepare breakfast for her son and take him to school, he invariably this ritual, although the night he committed a robbery or murder.)
Spilotro was blacklisted casinos that were supposed to monitor, it generated media attention with his business of murder and theft of jewelry, and did not respect the honor code of the Mafia, which stipulates the prohibition of sleep with the wife of another mobster or a partner. All these factors caused the fall of Spilotro. With the rise of a new boss in the family of Chicago, Joe Ferriola, the decision to kill Spilotro was taken. With his brother Michael, Tony Spilotro was brutally beaten with baseball bats and buried in a cornfield in the state of Indiana, near St. Anne, Illinois. After an autopsy on the bodies of two brothers, FBI forensic experts have concluded that Tony and Michael Spilotro were buried alive. No arrest was not made until April 25, 2005, when 14 members of The Outfit (including the renowned chef James Marcello) were arrested for 18 murders including those of the Spilotro brothers.
"Tony the Ant" is suspected of participating in some 22 murders. Spilotro was known for his involvement in the murders of James Miraglia and Bill McCarthy in 1962, better known as "M & M Murders" (M & M Murders) Spilotro McCarthy put his head in a vise, making out his eyeballs from his head, immortalized by the famous scene from Martin Scorsese film Casino. Miraglia and McCarthy were two burglars who had killed two gangsters, brothers Scalvo (Ronald and Phillip), and that also owed money to Sam DeStefano, Spilotro's mentor. The bodies of two men were found in the trunk of a car May 15, 1962, in Chicago. The two bodies had been badly beaten, their throats were sliced and McCarthy's head was completely distorted, with one eye. Tony Spilotro was subjected to all kinds of torture McCarthy, for example, he sprayed his face with gasoline and set fire to, to know the name of his accomplice, in this case James Miraglia.
Spilotro was probably involved in a bomb attack against Rosenthal October 4, 1982.
Spilotro was also implicated in the murder of his former mentor Sam "Mad" DeStefano April 15, 1973, at the time or Sam, his brother Mario and Spilotro were all on trial for the murder of Leo Foreman, a collector local Mafia, who was brutally tortured to death by Sam DeStefano.
The character of Nicky Santoro, mafioso nasty, bloodthirsty and power, beautifully played by Joe Pesci in the movie Casino, is largely based on Tony Spilotro.