Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LAFFEY, PATRICK T.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 07/23/1968
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/15/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

FBI

124-10197-10307

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-2781-1298

Released under the John

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:N 45966 Date:

11-16-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LAFFEY, PATRICK T.

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 07/23/1968

PAGES: 33

SUBJECTS :

LST, ASSOC AND REL, RES, TELCAL, RACK AND SUBV

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 11/12/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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FEDERA

BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

TAMPA

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

TAMPA

SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., ARA

DATE

7/23/68

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

5/15/68-7/15/68

REPORT MADE BY

SA PATRICK T.

CHARACTER OF CASE

LAFFEY

AR.

TYPED B

sas

REFERENCES:

Miami report of SA WENDELL W. HALL, JR.

dated 6/12/68;

Tampa radiogram to Director dated 6/12/68;:

Miami

letter to Director dated 6/14/68;

Tampa report of SA JOHN A. AMBLER dated 6/2668;

Los Angeles letter to Tampa dated 6/27/68;

Richmond letter to Tampa dated 6/29/68;

-..;

Tampa letter to Director dated 7/5/68;

7

Miami airtels to Tampa dated 7/9/68 and 7/12/68

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA:

-P=

On June 12, 1968,

MM 1928-PC advised that TRAFFICANTE

has been in New York' City since May

that same locality as late as June 1o, 1966% and was in

Source advised

TRAFFICANTE was in New York City to appear before a non

specified hearing and TRAFFICANTE plans to remain in New.

York for another two weeks. Source also advised that

TRAFFICANTE

is remaining in New York to avoid being served a

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED NONE

ACQUIT-

CONVIC.

AUTO

FUG.

FINES

SAVINGS

RECOVERIES

TALS

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE YEAR EYES DINO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER SIX MONTHS

JYES LINO

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE.

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-2781 1298 REC

/ c.c

DrI)

1537

3}Bureau

2-2781)

-USA, Tampa

2- Jacksonville

(92-7)

3-Miami (92-88)

(1-USA,

Miami

ATTN: WILLIAM

EARLE,

JUL 26 1968

DEPARTMENTAL ATTORNEY)

2-New York

(92÷846)

2-Richmong i

2 -Tampa

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Notations

¡Agency

Request Recd.

G6. AAG. Criminal Division,

Date Fwd.

Organized Crime and Racketeering

-How Fwd.

Section, loom 2524:

57 AUG 5 - 1968

S/1/03

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TP 92-1

subpoena to appear before a Florida State Senate

Sub-Committee probing crime and racketeering in

Miami, Florida.

Source also advised he could

not furnish exact location

where TRAFFICANTE 1S

staying in New York.

On July 5, 1968, Information concerning

the illegal telephone extensions at TRAFFICANTE'S

Tampa residence was furnished to JAMES MCMAHON,

Security Director, General Telephone Company,

Tampa, Florida.

On July 8, 1968 MM1298-PC advised that

TRAFFICANTE 1s still spending a vast majority

of his time in New York City, where he has been for

the past 12 months.. Source advised that TRAFFICANTE

was in Miami for a period of two or three days,

however, he left suddenly. Wile in MIami TRAffICANtE

was avoiding his residence and his automobile and

had been staying at motels and

renting automobiles.

MM 192-PC stated that the reason

TRAFFICANTE is spending so much time in New York

City 1s: because of the recent arrests by the Federal

Bureau of Narcotics in New York of twenty-two

million dollars worth of raw heroin shipped in an

automobile from Paris to New York.

A New York

Italian and several French men from France were:

arrosted in this case. According to source,

TRAFFICANTE

allegedly told his Miami Cuban representative

EVARISTO GARCIA VIDAL that "We lost ten million"

due to the New York arrest.

TRAFFICANTE has postponed his trip to Ecuador because

of his New York problems and in his place vIdal

and: TRUEBA ROJAS will go to Ecuador and sign the

necessary papers for the licensing of the casino

in Ecuador.

B

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LEADS:

.....

JACKSONVILE DIVISION

AT GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

Will at the University of Florida attempt.

to identily through logical sources LOU GLIANO.

It should be noted that LOUIS SWED, an associate

of TRAFFICANTE give two checks to GALIANO in 1967

In the amount of $50.00 and $100.:

One check

HAS

endorsed

"the University of Florida"and the other

was endorsed First National Bank,

Wauchula, Florida.

It is to be noted also that one lou.

GALIANO married SANDRA RANDAZZO,

daughter of

TONY RANDAZZO on 7/23/63.

Tampa is trying to

determine 11 the GALIANO who received the checks

from SWED is Identical with RANDAZZO'S sOn-In-law.

MIAMI DIVISION

AT MIAMI, FLORIDA

Will

attempt to determine If TONY

RANDAZZO'S SOn-In-l&W LOU GALIANO 1S

situated in

Gainesville, Florida. Refer to lead

set

out for

Jacksonville:

NEW YORK DIVISION

AT NEW YORK CITY. N.Y•

Will at the Bureau of Narcotics determine

the details and the subjects involved in the

recent seizure of heroin shipped in an automobile

from Paris to New York in May, 1968.

It should

be noted that Mui228-PC advised that the subject

claims

to have lost ten million dollars by this

seizure and arrest.

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INFORMANTS:

Identity

TP T-1 IS TP 117-C

TP T-2 1s

MM 1231-C-TE

TP T-3 1s

MMI 298 -PC

TP T-4 is

TP T-5 is MM987-C

TP T-6/1s TP 351-C

TP 1-7 is TP 363-PC

TP T-8 1s TP 71-C

TP T-9 Is TP 377-PCI

TP T-10 Is TP 349-€-TE

TP T-I1 1s TP 120-

TP T-12 1S PCI

TP T-13 is MrS.

KATHLEEN JORDAN

(by request), 3616 Gulf Blvd.,

St..

Petersburg, Florida

TP T-14 1S TP 41-C-TE

TP I-15 is TP 409-C

C

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Location

137÷513

92-1-4440

92-1-4462

JFK Law 11(a)

92-1-4441

137-1434-39,40

137-1843-28

137-194-150

138-1777-18,80

137-1792-33,36

137-460 286,

291

137-903.44°

Instant Report

290,

JFK Act 6 (4)

137-142-425

137-1644-59

92-2781-1298

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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

ron.

TED STATES DEPARTMENT ON USTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Copy to:

1-USA,

Tampa

I-USA,

Miami

(Attn: WILLIAM EARLE,

Departmental

Attorney)

Report of: SA PATRICK T. LAFFEY

Date:

JULY 23, 1968

Field Office File #: 92-1

Title:

SANTO TRAFFICANTE,

JR.

•Ofice:

TAMPA

Bureau File #:

92-2781

Character: ANTI-RACKETEERING

Synopsis: TRAFFICANTE reportedly in Tampa, Florida on June

20, 1968, June 23, 1968 and July 4, 1968 for one

day only

and returning to New York

daughter gave birth to a child in Tampa, Florida.

subject in miami, Florida as of July 8, 1968.

Miami source advised DOMINICK LEA, WILLIE DENIAMORA

and TONY RANDAZZO all of Miami are members of the

"TRAFFICANTE Family"

Subject and wife visited

widow of AUGUSTINE PRIMO LAZZARA in Tampa and

TRAFFICANTE advised MrS. LAZZARA he could offer no

financial assistance at

this time.

Mrs. LAZZARA

according to source is displeased

because the

individuals who she counted on for help namely

TRAFFICANTE and JOSEPH MARCELLO have dropped her.

TRAFFICANTE

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS BECAUSE

Or HIS PAST EXTENSIVE CRIMINAL ASSOCIATION.

-P=

DETAILS:

JFK Law 11(a)

I. BACKGROUND

A. FAMILY

On June 6, 1968 TP T-1 advised

that SANTO and JOSIE

Avenue, Tampa opened

TRAFFICANTE,

2505 Bristol

an account

with Maas Brothers

in 1950 and their address at that time was listed

as 3105 18th Street,

Tampa.

Mr. TRAFFICANTE'S

occupation was noted as the operator of the Nebraska Bar

This document contatns neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to

your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.

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eisera

On June 14, 1968

Hubbard Realty Company, 3802 MrS. I. C. HUBBARDg

Cameron Mill Road,

Mexandria, Virginia,

advised that ORLANDO

CRUZ had been evicted from the house at 3709

South Third Street, Arlington, in September or

October, 1967, for

nonpayment of rent.

Mrs. HUBBARD advised that a Mrs. LYNN

LITTLE, 3717 South Third Street,

Arlingcon,

might have some additional information concerning

ORLANDO CRUZ.

On June 18, 1968, Mrs, LYNN LITTLE, 3717

South Third Street, Arlington advised that ORLANDO

CrUZ had formerly resided at 3709 South Third

Street, Arlington, and had moved to a house in

the

vicinity of Glebe Road and Arlington Boulevard

in Arlington, Virginia in the fall of 1967. Mr.

CRUZ helped Cuban refugees obtain employment in

the Northern Virginia

area.

Mrs. LITTLE further advised she had

no idea where

Cruz was currently residing.

G.

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