Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CAMMAROTA, ARMAND A.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 9/11/67
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/19/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10293-10349

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-6054-2113

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: CAMMAROTA, ARMAND A.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 09/11/1967

'PAGES: 28

SUBJECTS :

LCN, MEMBERS, ASSOC, JZ, DE FAMILY, INVESTMENTS,

LEGAL ENTERPRISES, CRIMINAL ACT, FRONTIER

GAMBLING CASINO, NV, MISUR

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/08/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Reporting Oitice

DETROIT

TITLE OF CASE

LA COSA NOSTRA

REFERENCES:

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Office of Origin

NEW YORK

Date

9/11/67

Investigative Pariod

6/3/66 - 9/6/67

Report made by

SA ARMAND A. CAMMAROTA

CHARACTER OF CASE

AR

Report of SA ARMAND A, CAMMAROTA, at Detroit,

dated 6/3/66.

Report of SA ROBERT L. BENDER, at St. LOuIs,

dated 6/3/66: TONAS M. DUrTIN, at New York,

Report of SA

dated

7/22/66.

San

Diego letter to Detroit:

2/3/67.

San

Diego airtels to Bureau,

2/16, 3/13 and 5/4/67.

Detroit letter to Bureau, 4/14/6%.

Omaha letter to Detroit, 6/26/67.

Los Angeles letter to Detroit, 1/27/6%.

omana airtel to Detroit, 8/45/6.

Bureau airtel to Detroit, 8/11/67.

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Detroit letter dated April 14, 1967, to the Bureau

with copies forwarded to those offices

handling member informants,

requested that the ember informants be interviewed concerning

their knowledge of the structure and identity of the members

of the Detroit LCN family.

Pertinent information furnished in

this regard by those offices canvassed is set forth in this

report.

Copies of this report are designated for offices

covering territory in which members of the Detroit ICh family

are known to reside or are known to have financial interest.

Copies are also being furnished to offices having informants

who have contributed to information set out in this report.

Copies to these offices are furnished for information purposes.

Loads for any of these offices are being handled through separate

communications.

INFORMANTS:

Identity of Source:

DE T=I IS DE 134-C

DE T-2 IS DE 370-C-TE

DE I-3 IS DE 862-C-TE

DY 1=* 15 DD 878-C-TE

DE T. IS DE. 189-C-TE

DE T-6 is DE 968-C-TE

DE T-T iS DE 1022-C-TE

DE T-8 is DE 1049-C-TE

DE Tog is DE 1059-C-TE

DE I'-10 IS DE 1173-0

DE T-11 iS DE 1176-C-TE

Agent to Whom Assigned

SA ARMAND A. CAMMAROTA : :

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

SA JAMES MI. STURGIS, IR.

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

SA NORMAN S. TRANSETH

SA NORMAN S. TRANSETH

SA NORMAN S. TRANSETH

SA ROBERT N. FITZPATRICK

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Identity of Source

DE T-12 IS SD 1064-C- TE

DE I-13 IS LA 4448-C-TE

DE I-14 IS OM 148-C-TE

DE T-15 S DE 919-C*

DE T-16 18 DE 1191-PCI

DE T=17 iS LV 203-C-TE

DE T-18 1S ST 2745=C-TE

Agent to Whom Assigned

SA NORMAN S. TRANSITH

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until

finally the faction controlled by JOE ZERILLI succeeded

In getting enough power to form an organization.

He stated

that this organization,

as it gained power, gradually took

over all of the rackets in the Detroit area and still exists

at the present time, stronger and richer than ever.

The

informant stated that up until twenty years ago, JOHN "PAPA JOHN"

PRIZIOLA waS active in numbers and narcotics traffic in Detroit

and was second in power only after JOE ZERILLI, "BLACK BILL"

He advised that PETE CORRADO, who died in 195%,

began amassing a tremendous fortune in numbers and at the time

of his death controlled the Murphy House which was the largest

numbers operation in Detroit as well as all illegal operations

stenning fron the Greek Town area of Detroit.

Informant stated

that the COrRADOs own property in Detroit at the present time

valued at over $32, 000, 000.00 and added that this

amount does

not include hard cash which they have stashed away.

The source stated that ANGELO MELI and FRANK MELI

also became powerful and wealthy in those years. He stated

that ANGELO MELI iS

today considered one of the big men in the

Detroit syndicate.

As an example of the strength of the Detroit syndicate,

the informant related that many years ago he worked for the

Ford Motor Company under HARRY BENNETT.

He stated that there

were. numerous ex-convicts on the Ford Motor Company payroll

who were acting in the same capacity that he was.

He advised

that his only job was to

"be available".

His job was to be

ready to act in the

event that strong arm men or strike breakers

were needed.

He further advised that part of the deal was

that each week he had to turm over one day's pay to "BLACK LEO"

ECELLUEA

the

syndicate representative.

This source speaks of the organized Italian criminal

element in Detroit as the "syndicate" which he stated is

the

same as the Mafia.

He advised that he had not heard of the

term ICN until the Senate hearings in which JOE VALACHI waS

witness.

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