“Released under ‘the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Use Si07°H | in 11- 14-2017 . 4 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 kK 5010-106-03 al MAY 1962 EDITION 7 ye 7 GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 - ak ‘ UNITED STATES co. - 3NMENT Memorandum v : Director, FBI (92-6054) DATE: 3-20-69 FROM AWtee Rome (92-80) (P.) et SUBJECT: CO. COSA NOSTRA AR ~ CONSPIRACY ReROMlet 3-5-69, For the Bureau's information, there follows a translation of a report furnished Legat on 3-19-69 by the Central Bureau, Criminal Division, Italian National Police Rome, which expresses its observations relating to the Mafia in Italy and its counterpart in the United States: 3 The ties between the Sicilian Mafia and its counterpart in the United States were par- ticularly close during the years following World War II. The close ties were maintained principally for the traffic of heroin from Sicily to the United States. The concentrated effort of the Italian police in cooperation with the FBI and the U, S. Bureau of Narcotics assisted in disclosing these ties and stopping the illegal traffic of heroin to the United States, Cited in particular is the Italian police operation of June, 1961, which led tg the arrest of ™ the dangerous Walian Mafioso SALVATORSXCANEBA, ta Taty. a also known as Jolm’Sperandeo, and with th filing 7 ra of charges against . others for illicit traffic in a drugs and other grave crimes, The Judicial Tribunal of Rome in November, 1967, handed down severe sen- tences to CANEBA and these other individuals, nd bee abkcit a #P2- a “2697 5 -B ot | 7 - bureau 4 ii + (1 - Liaison Section)  ,¥e%ioo«< sa.; Te , (1 - Bufile 92-3962, ANTHONY. CARILLO) Yo 1 - New Yo, 92- 1122, ANTHONY CARILLO a 2 - Rome (1 - 92- 179, ANTHONY. CARTLI.O) ; . i) 59 APR 16 1969 Docld: 32308966 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC S187" DATE: 11-14-2017 a ROM 92-80 Another operation cited is the one con- ducted by the Squadra Mobile (Flying Squad) of Palermo, Sicily, in June, 1965, which referred to the Italian Judiciary a report. denouncing members of the Sicilian Mafia and members of the American criminal element for aggravated crminal conspiracy, Penal proceedings in this matter were concluded in 1968, when the court acquitted the defendants for in- sufficiency of evidence, However, the intervention in this matter by the Italian police and the numerous warrants of arrest issued during the police investi- gation served to impede the efforts of the Mafia in Sicily. The Italian police have reason to believe that the Sicilian Mafia has abandoned its drug traffic with America, This belief is based on the fact that at the Appalachian Convention of noted criminals in the United States in 1957, it was suggested that dealing in drugs be halted. The police have also noted that in the past several years there has been very little activity in the trafficking of drugs between the U.S, and Italy, The Italian police are of the opinion, how- ever, that there still exist some ties between the Sicilian Mafia and the American criminal element, Two reasons for this belief are set forth below: 1. It appears that the American criminal element undertake to protect and conceal the location of Sicilian Mafiosi in the United States who are wanted for grave crimes committed in Italy, One rahe _ cas@®xrecalled is that of the dangerous Mafioso TICs SANTOYERIBRICI, accused of many grave crimes in “ Ad Italy, oke of which was the killing of a police Oe functionary, LIBRICI illegally entered the U.S, rae in 1960 under the protection of the Mafia and was hot arrested until August, 1967, in Ney York, where : he had assumed the identity of FRANCESC saGoSTO, LT 6 bd ee! Based on information provided by the Italian police;— he was subsequently arrested in the United States .and deported. to Italy. However, many other Sicilian | Mafiosi sought by Italian justice have found refuge in the United States under the protection of the Mafia, ; J 2- GoS¥— 2609 Docld: 32308966 Page 3
DATE: 11-14-2017 e 2, YS PRefeaséed tinder the John F. “Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC SRE ROM 92-80 There also exist close ties between the American “criminal element and dangerous Mafiosi who have been expelled from the United States and reside in Italy, The noted American gangster/LUCKY LUCIANO died in Italy in 1961; howev of the-bosses of the American Mafia, GIUSEP. ODO, also known as Joe Adonis, has been residiyg in it aly since 1956, In regard to ADONIS, it w#1l be recalled that in December, 1968, the-FPederal Bureau of Investigation advised the Italian police that a cemmittge of embers of La Cosa Nostra in the United States, which included ANTONI@*CARILLO, THOMA LI, DAVID. PETRILLO, and others, had left: the United™States a short time before to go to Italy with the intention f meetifg JOE ADONIS. One of the possible reasons for the /meeting was to discuss a possible successor to V NOVESE, who at that time was in very bad Health, Investigation by the Italian National © Police verified that these individuals had arrived in Italy but it was not possible to establish whether they met with ADONIS, CARILLO, however, was arrested by the Italian National Police on November 23, 1968, charged with conspiring to import and export narcotics, He was subsequently granted provisional liberty; however, he must report to the Italian police every 15 days, The charge against CARILLO is still being investi- gated by an Investigating Magistrate and no decision has yet been handed down, The activities of JOE ADONIS are closely followed, and pertinent information developed relating to his activities is furnished to American police authorities, Other members of the American criminal element of Italian origin suspected of belonging to La Cosa Nostra in the United States will frequently travel to Italy with the apparent purpose of touring and visiting relatives, Because of the prompt notifica- ~ tion by the*American police authorities, their Docld: 32308966 Page 4 activities are checked and any pertinent information developed is disseminated to American authorities, 3. Ge - fol ¥- 260F
‘Reledsed ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC o10T DATE: 11-14-2017 ROM 92-80 “The above report does not provide data not already known to the Bureau, However, it has been reported to present the observations of the Italian police regarding the Italian Mafia and the American criminal element, HENRY MANFREDI, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Washington, D,C,, advised on 3-19-69 that he has con- cluded his talks with Italian police officials regarding its investigation of the 90 individuals who have been charged with aggravated criminal conspiracy to import and export narcotics to and from Italy and with regard to the CARILLO case, MANFREDI advised he has suggested to Italian authorities that they examine records of the SALVATORE CANEBA trial, which was concluded in 1967, and the records of the trial held in Reggio Calabria on 10-23-67 against 115 defendants, all of whom were charged with being members of the Italian Mafia and with aggravated criminal conspiracy, The Bureau will recall in that trial on 12-23-68 the court sentenced 73 of the defendants to prison terms ranging from 3 months to 27 years, Forty of the defendants were acquitted on grounds of insufficient evidence, According to MANFREDI, the records of these two trials might assist the Italian police in their current investigation of the 90 individuals, MANFREDI said there is no question that the case against TONY CARILLO is a weak one, He did suggest to the Italian police that they might wish to issue letters rogatory [gS0 that Er USEDPERGARAGO. an Italian national currently in qralgjai in Canada, could be questioned regarding any possible ties . ‘between him and CARILLO. According to MANFREDI, SARAGO was one of six Italians arrested in Canada in the latter part of 1967 for bringing narcotics into Canada, Any pertinent developments in this matter received by Legat will be reported to the Bureau promptly. G2 bolt 2607 + Docld: 32308966 Page 5