Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Usc 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form Agency Information | AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-10290-10463 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: - 92-6054-2473 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, RO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 12/27/1968 ‘PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : LCN, MEMBERS A/O ASSOC, TRIAL, IMPORT, EXPORT, NARCOTICS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4- CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 10/15/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1 6 Docld: 323068253 Page 1
oe ae al aa | DATE: 11-14-2017 No ¥ 7 OPTIONAL, FORM NO. 10 5010-107—02 . . MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 4 . s UNITED STATES G¢\RNMENT os _ Memorandum | as Director, FBI (92-6034) DATE: December 27, 1968 cron A Leen, Rome (92-80) (P) Pee SUBJECT: ae wt UD ; ; ~ ht eg ay pertinent deve 1optdh 2B 22 Mb Bo f62 ted promptly. Ga COSA NOSTRA | | | | fa AR - CONSPIRACY | I Re Rome letters 11/25/68, and 1/8/68. saree + Romlet 1/8/68, reported the commencement of the trial in Reggio Calabria on October 23, 1967, against 115 defendants, all of whom were charged with being members of the Mafia and re with aggravated criminal conspiracy. On 12/23/68, the court fe sentenced 73 of the defendants to prison terms ranging from ee three months to 27 years. Forty of the defendants were acquitted “ on the grounds of insufficient evidence. Cooke Ty FF The conviction of the 73 defendants is another ‘severe blow which Italian police forces have dealt the Mafia during recent years. TONYACARILLO, ‘the caporegima of the VITO GENOVESE | "family" of La Cosa Nostra who was arrested in Naples, Italy, on 11/23/68, and charged with conspiring to import and export narcotics, is languishing in jail in Rome. The Instruction Judge has begun a study of the case findings and it may be three to six months before he hands down a decision regarding a trial date for CARILLO. ‘Dr. ANGELO VICARI, Chief of the Italian National Police, has informed Legat that the Italian police will continue in its efforts to stamp out the Mafia in Italy and pledged his,complete support in following the activities. of the American hoodlum element who visit Italy. Dr. VICARI said that while the Mafia continues to be a problem, it is not as grave as it was five or ten years ago. Of immediate concern, according to VICARI, is the wave of banditry that has spread through the Island of Sardinia. Thousands of extra police have been stationed on Sardinia in anyeffort to stamp out the series of shootings, robberies and kidnapings':which have occurred in the | last two years. Although not as organized, Sardinian bandits | have succeeded in kidnaping. wealthy victims ,nreturning them unharmed after recovering largel*s ums of rais6m money . The police are thwarted because ‘of the mountainous terrain in Sardinia and Sardinia's own form of "omerta."- In addition to foot patrols with. which system police hope to ferret out. the bandits..Dr. VICARI hopes to use special helicopter trained forces. F 3 60 5Y LY 73 T 5B MEG Buy US: Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Play? a | | | | ‘| (4) J Docld: 32306623 Page 2 5.