Antonio Corallo
Feb. 12, 1913, to Aug. 23, 2000.
"Tony Ducks"
Corallo served some jail time for trafficking narcotics as a kid and then became a big shot in the Gagliano-Lucchese Family in New York. Some believe he directly succeeded Tommy Lucchese as boss of the Family in 1967, but it appears he served for at least several years under Carmine Tramunti.
Under Tramunti and Corallo, the Lucchese Family positioned itself as subordinate to the Gambino organization.
The FBI identified the 71-year-old Corallo as long-time leader of the Lucchese Family in 1985, as authorities moved against the Mafia Commission members in New York. Police agencies had bugged a car, which was owned by a Corallo confidant and often used by Corallo, and then followed that car around for four months, picking up pieces of conversations.
Corallo is believed to have been a key participant in bid-rigging and bribery schemes involving New York City government contracts. He was tied to former Tammany boss Carmine DeSapio in a 1969 case.
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