Supposedly Galante attended a meeting in 1957 in Palermo Sicily with Joe Bonanno,and Lucky Luciano. At this meeting it was decided that the Sicilians would smuggle Heroin into New York and that Galantes organization would distribute it.

To this end,the "Cigar" set up a network of Pizza parlors throughout the US as a cover for this operation. The Zips who are usually associated with this were Baldassare Amato,Sal Catalano,and Cesare Bonventure although there must have been others.

Apparently.after a while.Galante became more trouble than he was worth Supposedly "Funzi"Tieri and acting Bonanno Boss "Rusty" Rastelli (with approval from Bonanno} put the "X" on Galante. Amato and Bonventre did the hit.

Galante was responsible for distributing his Heroin to other members of the Bonannos,not to other Mob Families. The only Gambino member that I could find {as far as getting hit} is Joseph LoPiccolo.

Bear in mind that Galante was a certified psychopath with a mental age of 14-15 yrs old. The famous Pizza Connection case was the result of this operation.

Hope this helps.