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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Soportag Oisco

MIAMI

MIAMI

TITLE OF CASE

SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., aka

Dato

Intestigatro Pariod

7/7/59

4/16-6/25/59

Naport sode by

STEPHEN J. LaBaDIE

CHARACTER OF CASE

ANTI-RACKETEERING

Typod By:

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Byaopala!

REFERENCES: Report of SA STEPHEN J. LABADIE, 4/24/59, at Miami.

Bureau letter to Miami, 5/4/59.

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DALLAS

AT DALLAS, TEXAS

Bureau advised May 19, 1959, through Identifieation

Division recora on subject, that

copy of subject's identifica-

tion record was forwarded to Dallas, Texas Police Department.

Inquire at Dallas, Texas Police Department their interest in

subject.

MIAMI

Approted

Copion made:

( 3 - Bureau (92-2781)

2 - Dallas

2 - Miami (92-88)

AT TAMPA, FLORIDA

Will maintain contact with informants. law

Do not write in spaces below

92-2181-105

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1959

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MM 92-88

ten years as

sheriff and has been since under TWITCHELL,

current sheriff, Snohomish County, the "pick-up" and "fix"

man for that county.

In May, 1956, MM T-10 advised that RON WARNOCK

had been campaign manager for ARNOLD ZEMPLE,

Snohonish

County prosecutor and as a result had ZEMPLE's permission

to permit gambling and was, in fact, the man who says

whether a particular place can operate of not..

RON WARNOCK is closely associated with one EUGENE

ALBERT PETERSON, who is an admitted active gambler in

Snohonish County at the present time.

MM. T-1l advised on April 8, 1959, that he was.

departing

this area for the purpose of going to the Kentucky

Derby, at the conclusion of which he was going to Havana,

Cuba,

to look into gambling interests there.

MM T-11 advised on May 25, 1959, that he had just

returned from Havana, Cuba.

He advised that while in Cuba

he was in contact with SANTO TRAFFICANTE, who was still trying

to sell the Sans Souci Casino. He advised that TRAFFICANTE

was supposed to have sold his interest in the Sans Souci but

that actually he still owns the same interest as he formerly

did.

MM T-Il advises that originally RON WARNOCK went

to Havana, Cuba, in the hopes of putting Spanish language

punchboards in that area.

He advised that WARNOCK was unable

to make arrangements for the punchboard, operation but that

while he was in Havana, he was in contact with the operator

of the Sans

Souci Casino.

MM T-ll advises that his and

WARNOCK's punchboard operation in Snohomish County depends

on obtaining the boards from PAT ZURLA, Chicago, and ZURLA

was to be the source of the Spanish language punchboards.

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MM 92-88

MM T-1l advises that the source of capital that

was to be used in purchasing the Sans Souci. Casino was from

Seattle.

He stated that actually he and WARNOCK could not

raise sufficient funds to purchase the casino but at the

same time, due to the inactive gambling patrons in the form

of tourists in Cuba, caused them to have little desire to

pay the amount necessary to purchase this casino at this

time.

Hotel Plaza Casino

MM T-9 advised on March 10, 1959, that he had been

informed by

JOE STASSI, one of the major interest holders

in the Hotel Plaza Casino, that STASSI had made a "payoff"

to an official of the Cuban government (unidentified) in the

amount of $50,000.00 in order to obtain permission for the

Hotel Plaza Casino to reopen. Source stated that although

the Hotel Plaza Casino now had permission to reopen, they

had no "bankroll" with which to operate and that STASSI and

other interest holders are contacting individuals in the

United States in an effort to obtain a new bankroll.

Hotel Comodoro Casino

This casino, in which SANTO TRAFFICANTE is the

major interest holder, is patronized principally by Cubans

and is managed by BENNY FERNANDEZ, who was brought to Cuba

by TRAFFICANTE from Tampa, Florida.

MM T-2 advised on March 9, 1959, that there had

been no indication as yet of resuming gambling activities

in this casino. MM I-2 advised on March 23, 1959, that

BENNY FERNANDEZ continues to operate the casino in the Hotel

Comodoro in which SANTO TRAFFICANTE has a major interest.

Source stated that TRAFFICANTE's nephew had been observed

frequenting the casino in recent weeks.

Source stated that

SALVADORE SCALIA, former manager of the Comodoro Casino,

reportedly had gone to Florida.

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ize.

MM 92-88

INFORMANTS

MM T-1 is HAV-31.

MM T-2 is HAV-33.

MM T-3 is PCI ALBERTO SUAREZ ALEMAN, who is employed at the

apartment house where TRAFFICANTE normally resides.

MM T-4 is PCI ARTHUR NEWMAN, Credit Manager, Hotel Nacional

gambling casino.

MM T-5 is ANTHONY J. GIRRADDI, SR., Tampa, Florida.

MM T-6 is MM 416-C.

MM T-7 is EDGAR ADAIR, Agent, Internal Revenue Service,

Intelligence Unit, Tampa.

MM T-8 is Legat, Havana.

MM I-9 is PCI GRIDO DE PHILLIPS, former employee of SANTO

TRAFFICANTE.

MM T-10 is SE-551-C.

MM T-11 is EUGENE ALBERT PETERSON, PCI, Seattle Office.

MM T-12 is JK-1C.

MM T313 is JK-4C.

MM T-14 is JK-15C.

MM T-15 is JK-516.

MM T-16 is MARY MOTT, National, Airlines, Hillsboro Hotel on request.

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