Anthony Ciccone
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Anthony Ciccone was born on July 19, 1934. Ciccone became a made member of the Gambino crime family in the Brooklyn crew of caporegime Anthony Scotto, a high ranking official in the International Longshoremen Association. Ciccone also served as an official in the ILA until he was removed for his involvement in organized crime. In 1979, after Scotto was convicted of labor racketeering, Ciccone become the de facto boss of the Brooklyn and Staten Island waterfronts. In 1986, Gambino crime family boss John Gotti made Ciccone a captain, demoting Scotto to soldier. Soon after promoting Ciccone, Gotti was overheard on a federal wiretap discussing how Ciccone's average Christmas tribute to the Gambino boss was $22,000.
In July 1997, Ciccone was convicted of criminal contempt for talking to wiseguys and union officials in violation of a court order. In 2002, Ciccone would be indicted with Gambino crime family boss Peter Gotti for exerting illegal control over the New York City waterfront, and extorting water terminal businesses and actor Steven Seagal. The indictment demonstrated the control the New York mafia still maintained over the historically mobbed up waterfronts, and provided details of a working partnership between the upper most levels of the Genovese and Gambino crime families. Ciccone's chief enforcer, soldier Primo Cassarino, former Gambino captain Michael DiLeonardo, and ILA Local 1814 boss Frank "Red" Scollo would testify against Ciccone and Gotti, resulting in convictions. Ciccone's scheduled release date is 6/28/2015.
