- John DiFronzo
John "No Nose" DiFronzo (1928) is a
Chicago mobster and allegedly the reputed Boss of theChicago Outfit . [http://www.ipsn.org/cc97.html] A former enforcer and Caporegime, DiFronzo was convicted along with then-current Chicago boss Samuel "Black Sam" Carlisi on federalracketeering charges in 1993, however, the conviction was reversed on appeal and DiFronzo was released from prison in 1994. [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=John&Middle=&LastName=DiFronzo&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0] Accordingly, DiFronzo has more than two dozen arrests. [http://www.thelaborers.net/news/firm_with_reputed_mob_ties_flour.htm]After the death of Carlisi in the late 1990s, DiFronzo was believed to have maintained acting boss of the Chicago Outfit. In 2005, DiFronzo avoided indictment in the "Family Secrets" trial of top Chicago Mafia leaders in 18 unsolved murders. [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news&id=5666080] Other defendants were prominent Chicago mobsters James "Little Jimmy" Marcello and Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7731283]
As of 2008, DiFronzo is out of prison and allegedly running the
Chicago Outfit . [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7731283]References
*Devito, Carlo. "The Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime". New York: Facts On File Inc., 2005. ISBN 0-8160-4848-7
*Sifakis, Carl. "The Mafia Encyclopedia". New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3Further reading
*Capeci, Jerry. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia". Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
*Mannion, James. "101 Things You Didn't Know About The Mafia: The Lowdown on Dons, Wiseguys, Squealers and Backstabbers". Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2005. ISBN 1-59337-267-1
*Wilkins, David E. "American Indian Politics and the American Political System". Oxford: Rowman & Littleton Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-7425-5346-9
*United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. "Implementation and Enforcement of the Indian Gaming Regulatory ACT, Public Law 100-497". 1992. ISBN 0-16-039224-1 [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0160392241&id=jth8tMJWUUsC&q=John+%22No+Nose%22+DiFronzo&dq=John+%22No+Nose%22+DiFronzo&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1]External links
*http://www.ipsn.org/cc97.html
*http://www.thelaborers.net/news/firm_with_reputed_mob_ties_flour.htm
*http://gangstersinc.tripod.com/Chicago.html
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