JFK Assassination System Date: 5/14/201 Identification Form: “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: | 124-10212-10428 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-6054-540 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LABADIE, STEPHEN J. TO: DJRECTOR, FBI TITLE: ~ ‘DATE: — 12/09/1963 “PAGES: 14 SUBJECTS : LCN, TP, FL, BKG, LEADERSHIP, LST, RES, TRA, ‘MEMBERSHIP, CRIMINAL ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/29/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1A a A LL v9.1 12 Docld: 32294152 Page 1
FEDERK BUREAU OF IN\,. ‘STIGATION oe REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN | : DATE "] INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD TAMPA NEW YORK 12/9/63 6/5/63 - 12/6/63 — TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY , TYPED BY SA STEPHEN J. LABADIE mh LA COSA NOSTRA ne CHARACTER OF CASE - ‘ ANTI-RACKETEERING - CONSPIRACY REFERENCES: Report. of SA JAMES P, FLYNN, 7/1/63, at New York, Bureau airtel to. New York, 11/4/63, a : - RUC - ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU Original and one copy of letterhead memorandum characte riz- ing informants. TO NEW YORK | | : One copy of letterhead memorandum characterizing informants. ADMINISTRATIVE It is to be noted that in Tampa, Florida, captioned or= | ganization has always been described as the Mafia, under ‘which caption numerous communications have been furnished the Bureau PECIAL AGENT . a ne pec i APPROVED _IN CHARGE . DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW .... COPIES MADE: wor (3'- Bureau (92-6054) (Enc, 2) 2 - New York (92-2353) (Enc. 1) eieaucuts wonewnans see 3 - Tampa (92-218) ee 1 - (92-1) te OS ! COPIES DEATROYED NOTATIONS . _ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 16-—-76324-1 | Docld: 32294152 Page 2?
Xu TP 92-218 relative to alleged members and all past activities, In 1956 in Tampa, Florida, a local Hillsborough County Grand Jury investi- gation of the Mafia resulted in the Grand Jury's concluding that there is no national or local Mafia in Tampa; however, on October 15, 1963 in Washington, D. C. before the U. S. Senate Subcommittee Investigating Organized Crime, former Chief of — Police NEIL G. BROWN, Tampa, testified that law enforcement in Tampa believed the Mafia was identical with La Cosa Nostra as described by witness JOSEPH VALACHI. In view of the above, this report is submitted consisting of alleged members of the old Mafia in Tampa, Florida, It is to be noted that. cases are open in the Tampa Office on all individuals cited in this report as members of the Mafia, The individual cases opened on alleged members as set forth in this report are to determine their background, current activities, and establish their prominence and/or association in La Cosa Nostra so that the Tampa overall investigatiye responsi- bility in this captioned organization can be met. It is further noted for the information of the New York Division that it is generally understood in law enforcement that the SANTO TRAFFICANTE "family" encompasses all those in the Tampa area, however, attempts continue to ascertain the existence of individual "families," _INFORMANTS TP T-1 is VERNON WARD, 4109 28th Avenue, and his brother, JOSEPH WARD, 4620 Kensington Avenue, both Tampa, Florida, who furnished a list of Mafia members to the Tampa RA in November, 1950, » ; TP T-2 is P, JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ who furnished a list of Mafia members to the Bureau, Kefauver Committee, and the Tampa RA in 1950 who, at such time, was a Tampa City representative, TP T-3 is former TP 22-C,. PAUL ANTONORI, SR. , who died recently in Tampa, Florida.. B* COVER PAGE DoclIad 1322941527 Page 3