Fiore Buccieri
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Fiore "Fifi" Buccieri (December 16, 1907 โ August 17, 1973
Early years
As a youth he was a member of the Chicago
Top Loanshark
As a loan shark, Buccieri would send his men to stake out employment offices. These thugs would pass out business cards to the unemployed that listed Buccieri as a, "loan officer." The mob generally viewed unemployed workers as poor loan prospects; however, Buccieri was so effective at intimidating his "juice," or "loan interest," victims that they would steal or rob to pay him off. Buccieri would often warn friends of a "juice" victim not to ride around with him, "because he is going to get hit."[citation needed] When the victim heard this warning, he would quickly pay up.
Buccieri, along with
Later years
The subject of later federal investigations, Buccieri was dubbed by federal agents, "the lord high executioner," in 1966.
In 1973, Fiore Buccieri died of cancer. In 1975, Gianacana was murdered in his home. Some authorities speculated that the mob would not have ordered Giancana's death if Buccieri were still alive and acting as his bodyguard.[citation needed]
Further reading
- A Report on Chicago Crime. Chicago: Chicago Crime Commission Reports, 1954-1968.[1]
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Organized Crime in Chicago: Hearing Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs. 1983.[2]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee. Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics: Hearings before the Government Operations Committee. 1964.[3]
- Magneson, Gary. "Straw Men: A Former Agent Recounts How the FBI Crushed the Mob in Las Vegas". Minneapolis: Mill City Press Inc. ISBN 978-1-936400-36-2
References
- ^ The Milwaukee Journal, "Gang Boss in Chicago Dies at 65," Aug. 20, 1973, 12
- ISBN 9781936400362. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ISBN 9781936400362. Retrieved 2011-01-20.