Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, TP
Document date: 02/20/1975
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

RECORD SERIES :

124-10197-10333

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2781-1448

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, TP

TO:

TITLE :

DATE: 02/20/1975

PAGES:

6

SUBJECTS :

LST, BKG, TRA TO SPAIN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 11/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC MEMO

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 21g7

Hotel..

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA SOMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVER

NMENT

B Memorandum

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2781)

DATE:

2/20/75

SAC, TAMPA (92-1) (P)

SUBJECT:

SANTO

TRAFFICANTE, JR.;

DINO CELLINI

AR

12019212474

Re Bureau airtel to Miami, 2/4/75.

Enclosed for the Bureau are five copies of an

LHM dated and captioned as above for dissemination to

Legat, London.

Enclosed for Miami are two copies of above LHM.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

INFORMANTS:

TP T-1 is MM 1387-PCI.

TP I-2 is former IP 377-C-TE.

TP T-3 is TP 1960-PC.

TP T-4 is TP 41-C-TE.

TP T-5 is SD 1064-C-TE.

TP T-6 is MIGUEL HERNANDEZ, part-time employee

of the AID Section of the U. S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa

Rica.

REG 1 92-2-781-1448

C98 FEB-97-1975

3

201/25.

Bureau (enc

35)5.50 ст. L

1

--

Miami (92-88)

(enc. 2) (info)

2 - Tampa

GAK: ph

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

(5)

HEREIN IS URCLASSIMED

1916!

JAN

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Tampa, Florida

February 20, 1975

CONFIDEINHAL

12/8/94

SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR.;

DINO CELLINI

ALLINFORMATION GeNTAINED

HEREINTS-UNCLASSIFIED

EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN

OTHERWISE

Santo Trafficante, Ji., who was born on November 15,

1914, at Tampa, Florida, is a known member of the La Cosa

Nostra (LCN).

He is also reported to be the head of the LCN

family in the Tampa area and has control of many criminal

activities throughout the State. of Florida.

Set forth is the information available at the Tampa

Division of the FBI regarding Trafficante's activities since

1970, when he first indicated his intention to travel to

Europe.

Tampa he contacted Santo

ontacted Santo Trafficante, Jay and Trat icanten

JI., and Trafficante

discussed with the source the possibility of leaving the U.s.

and taking up residence in a foreign country.

Trafficante

mentioned his reason for doing this was that the constant

surveillance by law enforcement, primarily the FBI, was causing

his wife and himself a great deal of anxiety.

Trafficante

felt that if he were to leave the U. S. and take up permanent

residence in a foreign country, it would help ease the nervous

tension on both he and his wife.

On July 13, 1973, TP T-2 advised that he had received

intormation to give a definite indication that Trafficante was

now located in Spain and had been in that country since prior

to the time he was being sought for appearances before a Special

The source further advised that

since leaving the U. S. and travelling to Spain, Trafficante

had reportedly made at least one trip to Sicily for purpose

430-81

T. BASP./ gik/tey

RELS03 - 201

198

DATE

This document contains 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 dis-

tributed outside your agency.

NITA

92-2781-4448

JAN 5 1976 Y

ANCLUSURE

COM

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SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR.;

DINO CELLINI

M JOTAL DENIAL

The Mexico City Legat advised that checks were

made at the office of Costa Rican Immigration on August 14,

1974, and the following record of entries and exits into

Costa Rica for Trafficante were noted:

Entered:

Departed

1 343 2093

1973

May

3, 1973

1973.

September 1, 1973

- up a 12: 1973

November 17, 1973

January 15, 1974

January 17, 1974

January 23,

1974

February 11, 1974

February 27, 1974

(1)

On'

each occasion Trafficante entered Costa Rica

with a tourist card.

He entered from the U.'S. and on each

exit he departed Costa Rica for Panama. A further record

was located indicating that Trafficante had been in Costa

Rica during July, 1974, and had departed July 21, 1974, for

Panama.

He was accompanied at that time by Joseph Trafficante

and Santo Paniello.

They departed Costa

Rica for Panama. All

three had entered with tourist cards.

On September 13, 1974, TP T-4

advised that Santo

Trafficante was currently residing in Costa Rica, Central

America, and that he recently underwent eye surgery.

Accord-

ing to this source, a doctor from somewhere in Florida flew

to Costa Rica to perform the eye surgery.

i On October 14, Inspector Inspector Korseniowski, U.S:

Customs, Miami International Airport, advised that Santo

Trafficante arrived at Miami on that date aboard Lacsa Flight

#622 from San Jose, Costa Rica.

On October 31, 1974, TP T-4 advised he had received

current information that Santo Trafficante was in the Tampa

area and had been in that area for approximately two days.

According to this source, it was his understanding that

Trafficante had recently suffered a heart attack.

To this

the source had been unable to determine how ill

Trafficante was. In addition to the above, the source advised

that Tampa attorney Henry Gonzalez has been spending considerable

3.

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