Benjamin “Benny Trotta†Magliano (1913-1971) was allegedly a member of the Baltimore faction of the Gambino Crime Family. Magliano was born on July 08, 1913, in Pueblo, Colorado to parents Rosaria Trotta (1894-1964) and Nicola Magliano (1893-1961) both born in Italy. According to newspaper articles it stated that Benny started boxing when he was 16, first as a welterweight and then as a middleweight. He compiled a 17-and-3 record but a car accident cut short his career three years after he begin. He then became a trainer, manager and then a promoter. Magliano was known to promoted numerous boxing shows in Baltimore, Maryland managing several fighters which included Lou Transparenti, Holly Mims, Jimmy McAllister, Young Raspi and Pete Galiano. He had great success as a promoter. On August 15, 1951, he promoted the largest fight crowd ever in Baltimore as 18,215 fans watched Joe Louis and Jimmy Bivins at Memorial Stadium. Magliano is believed to have been a friend of Rocky Marciano. Some source stated that Magliano took orders from New York’s Frankie Carbo who was a made member of the Lucchese crime family and was also close to Sam Zannino who was also a fight promoter and was Magliano’s partner before his 1952 murder, which Magliano was suspected of being involved with. A short, stocky man, Benny often was accused of having underworld connections which led to the suspension of his promoter license in 1955, and was jailed twice. In 1948, he was convicted of draft dodging and in 1963 of bookmaking. Since 1960, he and his younger brother August “Nick Trotta†Magliano (1917-1998) both manages the Club Troc on The Block. Magliano was a “Constant Companion†of Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr and may had ties to organized crime figure Frank “Blinky†Palermo (1905-1996). Benny also ran a booking agency. Magliano died on July 25, 1971, in Baltimore, MD and is buried at the Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery which is located in Baltimore City, Maryland.
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Philly still has Joe Licata crew in Nothern New Jersey, Anthony Staino crew in Southern New Jersey, Bagon in Boca Raton Florida.
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Philly still has Joe Licata crew in Nothern New Jersey, Anthony Staino crew in Southern New Jersey, Bagon in Boca Raton Florida.
Bagon? Who is he? What’s the alleged manpower of that crew. In all honesty I thought that “Boca crew†was simply made of Merlino and that well off guy who opened Joey’s restaurant and lent him his luxury car.
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Greig Bagon is nearly sixty and is one of Merlinos top associates. It is Merlinos crew of associates, with one made guy that is active besides Skinny, and one retired member that socializes with with Merlino once a month. The crew earns but not like the other families that operate in Florida.
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The history of Cosa Nostra was to work with the blacks and bankroll them etc. Not necessarily take them over however, get in bed or prop up a black guy and control them through their own people.
The history of Cosa Nostra was to work with the blacks and bankroll them etc. Not necessarily take them over however, get in bed or prop up a black guy and control them through their own people.
I.E. Nicky Barnes etc...
That was Lucky and Meyer's day. I think when Vito Genovese (then ultimately Gambino) took over, that changed.
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I’m actually alittle surprised that Philly never had a little crew / or point man in the Bmore area.,Also in Wilmington, Del. As least in the Bruno or Scarfo days . A few rackets come to mind right away
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Anything And Everything You May Want To Know About The Gambino Family For many years, longtime Gambino wiseguy Joseph (Joe N) Gallo, who served as consigliere for mob bosses Paul (Big Paul) Castellano and John Gotti, was in charge of the lucrative gambling and loansharking rackets operated by the little-known and long forgotten faction of the Gambino crime family that was based in Baltimore.
