(Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : wot ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: “PAGES: _ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32296401 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10217-10177 HQ 92-6054-863 Document Information FBI SAC, DE DIRECTOR, FBI 12/09/1964 26 LCN, ORIGIN, STRUCTURE, LEADERSHIP, ASSOC, REL, GAMBLING, DE, MI PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/01/1998 INDEFINITE 17 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of Date: 5/19/201
[Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (42 Us¢ S10T We DATE: 11-14-2017 | , : oe / . Se ‘ ~ a a ie NL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM _ aN SL :. DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) DATE: 12/9/64 e + SAC, DETROIT (92-914). | SUBJECT: x cos NOSTRA | (\, a | DETROIT, MICHIGAN 7 AR - J Ase~ “The following information was tufnished to. SAS BARRON ., sCONKLIN and JOHN Ls; SHELBURNE on (11/19/64 BadiETyen7easby: :DE 1022-C-TE: For the information of the Bureau, » this infomant has been associated with all. the leaders of the Detroit organization for ‘the past 25 years. He grew up with ANTHONY TONY GIACALONE, whom he considers one of his closest friends. He was brought into the rackets in Detroit’ ‘by PETER. CORRADO. . ‘ Informant. Stated that’ the term La Cosa. Nostra meant "Our Thing" in Sicilian and was’a good description. of the saeeginetion | although it was not used previous. te the’ television. disclosures | in Detroit. Source explained as. sig 9-0 S y 6G 2 These people ‘believe that™t herd of all. SY- enterprises’ in’ ‘the’ State of Michigan . and any other towns,: belongs to them and’ any money earned from any illegal. enterprises subsequently | invested in’a legitimate business. gives these people an interest in that legal enterprise. .The syndicate in Detroit controls all the State of Michigan plus many: cities in Ohio, including Cleveland and Wheeling, West Virginia.“ *“PETER CORRADO, now deceased, had a. | large interest in‘Las Vegas for’many years and PETER LICAVOLI has an interest in: ‘Tucson, Arizona. Before PETER. CORRADO died in 1957, his son DOMINIC CORRADO made a nonthiy~trtp~tomprotect his interest’ in Las ‘Vegas. mf ; ' DEC 14 1964 | a Source stated that the syndicate control in Detroit is possik only because there is a large percentage of ttatians. anmd“Socilians, The control of the individual by the syndicate is based | on fear. Lee fear was brought to this country from Sicily. *. Bureau ares xg 4 - Rew “Youlk(R ral er “1884 toe M) 92-2300 - Info. Docld: 32296401 Page 2?
based” tinder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Hct of 1997 (44 Use Si? Hoy DATE: 11-14- 2017 ‘ ster _ , ~ \ . ae DE 92-914 NUMBERS OPERATION, DETROIT ‘Source advised that the numbers operation in Detroit has been in existence for many years and he has been closely ~ associated with it for the past 25 years. Source advised that: when he entered the operation, the man who completely controlled the operation was PETER CORRADO and when he died in 1957, ‘he had headed this operation for 28 years. During this. time, PETER CORRADO developed the organization, made all decisions, and ‘was @n complete control of the numbers operation together with all other forms of gambling in Detroit. The basic rule of PETER CORRADO in the numbers business during all of this time was that the buSiness is to be run as if it were a “legitimate business, The source furnished the following illustration: - In 1952, the’ number 101 came up as the winning ‘number. This is known as a fancy and it is always played very heavily. On this particular day when the tapes were totaled the amount of money to be paid out. amounted to one and three-quarter million dollars. There was utter confusion and chaos and FRANK DI MAGGIO came up to PETER CORRADO and said "Boss, we are wiped out." You can't pay. You will have to drop. the odds to 300 to l from 500 to 1." . PETER CORRADO said "When the bets were called in what odds did you take them at.” DI MAGGIO said 500 to 1. PETER-CORRADO them said then we pay off at 500 to 1. CORRADO called each person who had a percentage of any one of each of the four houses and told how much money he had to come up with that night. Many stated that they did not have this amount of money and PETER CORRADO loaned ° each one their necessary amount of money. By 6:00 a.m., $1,750, ,000.00° was raised and distributed: Source advised he delivered” $90,000.00 in $100.00. bills, wrapped in newspaper which was yellow with age. Within six months this loss had been absorbed and the numbers operation was again making very heavy profits. Source. stated there were four houses which were owned and controlled by the family. Each of these houses operated until October 25, 1963, when they went out of business | upon orders of JOSEPH ZERILLI. Fifty percent of each house was owned by the members of the three families, ZERILLI, TOCCO and CORRADO. The ownership of the remainder was divided among operators of the various houses. These houses are as follows: = 20 = Docld: 322796401 Page 3