tony lapiana has never been convicted of a crime. He was charged in 1967 for hijacking a truck in Chicago he beat the case.Detroit. His father was a powerful teamster official tony would always have connections to the outfit. He moved to Detroit to work for a trucking company. He got affiliated with the Detroit mob because after he divorced his wife in Chicago he married the daughter of vince meli who was one of the most powerful mobsters in the family.

He was smart he had nation wide connections in the teamsters and owner of a pair of insurance companies, he gained lucrative contracts with various mega-sized labor unions for blanket employee healthcare coverage.

this guy was major in unions in the 80s International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jackie Presser was a long time FBI informant he died in 1988 he said that when he was elected in 1983 he was approached by La Piana, who promptly identified himself as a representative for organized crime families in both Detroit and Chicago and instructed any problems with either syndicate to be sent his way.He said that outfit made guy Dominic “The Big Banana” Senese as an organizer at an Illinois Teamsters outpost

he got made in 1990 apparently. Nove tocco said in 2000 that tony lapiana was now a capo running his own crew. He was very close to jack tocco they were very alike both white collar crimanls. Not like the giacalones they were and still are blue collar. in the gametax trial it was said that Jack Tocco had informed a witness that any problems he was having with the labor unions they should “go see Tony La Piana

his name surfaced in several portions of federal indictment that brought down Florida Teamsters boss Walter “Buster” Brown on charges of corruption in 2001, but failed to include him.

he is the chief suspect along side union power Roland McMasters, in the 1984 murder of Ralph Proctor who was a member of meli crew. Other suspects are peter tocco Meli’s one-time driver and bodyguard, Louie La Hood another guy linked to shaking down unions and Jackie the kid is also has ties to the murder

lapianas child hood friend was Anthony (Little Tony) Borselino he was killed in 1979 he was a outfit guy. He has ties to johnny difronzo.

he replaced Joseph (Joe Hooks) Mirabile as underboss in 2014. Joe hooks retired.He was always known for being major in porn he was nicknamed "the porn king" and he was the He was one of jack Tocco’s pallbearers at his funeral


he sold his medical company he built up in the 80s for 50 million dollars several months back. This guy is very rich one of the richest in the mob. There is a lot of rich mobsters a lot of these guys have huge amounts of money