Burglary, larceny (1929) Bootlegging (1939) Contempt of court (1965)
Criminal penalty
1 to 5 years' imprisonment; 3 years served (1929) 4 years' imprisonment; 3 years served (1939) 1 year imprisonment (1965)
Salvatore Mooney Giancana[1] (/dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə/; born Gilormo Giangana;[nb 1]Italian:[dʒiˈlɔrmodʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908[nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966.
Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents. He joined the 42 Gang as a teenager, developing a reputation in organized crime, which gained him the notice of the leaders of the Chicago Outfit, which he joined during the late 1930s. From the 1940s through the 1950s, he controlled illegal gambling, illegal liquor distribution, and political rackets in Louisiana. In the early 1940s, Giancana was involved in Chicago's black American lottery payout system for the Outfit. In 1957, he became the boss of the Chicago Outfit.
According to some sources, Giancana and the Mafia were involved in John F. Kennedy's victory in the 1960 presidential election. During the 1960s, he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Conspiracy theorists consider Giancana, along with Mafia leaders Santo Trafficante Jr. and Carlos Marcello, to be associated with the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In 1965, Giancana was convicted of contempt of court, serving one year in prison. After his release from prison, Giancana fled to Cuernavaca, Mexico. In 1974, he was deported to the United States, returning to Chicago. Giancana was murdered on June 19, 1975, in Oak Park, Illinois, shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the Church Committee.
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^Giancana, Sam; Giancana, Chuck; Giancana, Bettina (March 20, 1992). Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster Who Controlled America. Grand Central. p. 242. ISBN 9780446516242. We want name our son after you... Samuel Mooney Giancana.
^ abc"Sam Giancana" (PDF). Federal Bureau of Investigation. September 12, 1960. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^Giancana, Antoinette; Renner, Thomas C. (1984). Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family. Morrow. p. 30. ISBN 0-380-69849-8.
^Giancana, Antoinette; Renner, Thomas C. (1984). Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family. Morrow. p. 30. ISBN 0-380-69849-8.
^Giancana, Antoinette; Renner, Thomas C. (1984). Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family. Morrow. ISBN 0-380-69849-8.
Salvatore Mooney Giancana (/dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə/; born Gilormo Giangana; Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster...
be the mistress of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and Mafia leaders SamGiancana and John Roselli. She was also known as Judith Campbell Exner, and Judith...
Leonard Gianola, Vincent Inserro and SamGiancana. 1925 – Outfit front man and "42-Gang" graduate Sam "Momo" Giancana's arrest record consisted of more than...
Ricca emphasized keeping a low profile and let flashier figures, such as SamGiancana, attract attention instead. For example, when professional wrestlers...
Chicago Outfit. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7385-2326-7 Giancana, Sam and Chuck. Double Cross: The Explosive, Inside Story of the Mobster...
temporarily stripped by the Nevada Gaming Control Board in 1963 after mobster SamGiancana was spotted on the premises. Due to ongoing pressure from the FBI and...
Forty-Two Gang, a notoriously violent youth gang. Among them were Sam "Momo" Giancana, Sam "Mad Sam" DeStefano, Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio, and Fiore "Fifi"...
Chicago mafia boss SamGiancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific SamGiancana (Serge Houde...
rhyming. On his album The Giancana Story, he stated that the "G" in his name stands for "Giancana" (after the mobster SamGiancana), but on other occasions...
Accardo. However, in 1957, Ricca suddenly told Accardo that he wanted SamGiancana, a Ricca protégé, to take Accardo's position. Accardo was facing tax...
others have alleged that Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr., and SamGiancana conspired in the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy...
Bureau of Narcotics, SamGiancana. "Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime" pg. 509 Bureau of Narcotics, SamGiancana. "Mafia: The Government's...
infamous Chicago street gang led by future Outfit boss, Salvatore "Sam" Giancana. DeStefano soon became involved in bootlegging and gambling. In 1932...
of the Chicago Outfit, who served as hitman under boss SamGiancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall. Nicoletti was murdered on March 29, 1977...
little publicity as possible. Whereas some senior wiseguys, such as SamGiancana and Filippo Sacco, welcomed the limelight, others took their cue from...
notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer and a close associate of Mafia boss SamGiancana. Richard Cain was born to John and Lydia (née Scully) Cain – who were...
since Bonanno was aware that Ruby was an associate of Chicago mobster SamGiancana. Some conspiracy theorists have suggested Ruby had links to organized...
Roselli provided involved a co-conspirator, “Sam Gold”, later to be identified as Chicago gangster SamGiancana and “Joe, the courier”, identified later as...
include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of SamGiancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race...
(1978), playing amusement park manager Calvin Richards, and appeared as SamGiancana in the 1992 film Ruby. On television, he portrayed Dan Valenti on Phyllis...
Times. July 14, 1967. Retrieved February 10, 2020. Bureau of Narcotics, SamGiancana (2009) pg.510 Feinberg, Alexander (November 18, 1952). "M'Granery Acts...
Joey Aiuppa gained control of the Chicago Outfit after the death of SamGiancana, who had strong support from Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo. Aiuppa became...
mother ran Patsy's Restaurant, which was frequented by mobsters such as SamGiancana, Jackie "The Lackey" Cerone, Gus Alex, and Francesco "Frank the Enforcer"...
introduced Maheu to mobster leaders SamGiancana and Santo Trafficante Jr. Supplied with six poison pills from the CIA, Giancana and Trafficante tried unsuccessfully...
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