Bolita

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SANTO TRAFFICANTE SR, A ‘Sicilian of the Old School,’ RULED TAMPA’S UNDERWORLD FOR MORE THAN A DECADE!
August 10, 2019
Members of the Tampa Mafia: Santo Trafficante Sr., standing, second from left. Sitting: Alphonso Diecidue...
Bolita / Mob Hits / Scott M. Deitche / Tampa Mafia
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THROUGH THE EYES OF A DAUGHTER: THE HIT ON JIMMY VELASCO
January 1, 2015
Sylvia at age 12 and her father Jimmy Velasco in California, June 1948 Jimmy Velasco...
Bolita / Mob Hits / Scott M. Deitche / Tampa Mafia
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THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BOLITA
July 5, 2013
Forget everything you THINK you know about Tampa mafia wives and girlfriends in the 1950s....
Bolita / Paul Guzzo / Tampa Mafia
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THE DEVIL LOOKS AFTER HIS OWN
November 1, 2011
THE CHARLIE WALL STORY Kingpin Charlie Wall (center holding bottle, right of child) and his...
Bolita / Mob Hits / Paul Guzzo / Tampa Mafia
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BOLITA VICE SQUAD
July 1, 2010
Bolita Bust In March of 1958, Buddy Meisch, a young, hard-nosed ex-Tampa cop turned deputy,...
Bolita / Paul Guzzo / Tampa Mafia
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SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
May 1, 2010
Did the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Make a Deal With Fidel Castro for the Release...
Bolita / Paul Guzzo / Tampa Mafia / The American Mafia
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ORGANIZED CRIME ON TRIAL: The Kefauver Hearings
January 1, 2008
Charlie Wall The Kefauver hearings arrived in Tampa in December of 1950. Tennessee Senator Estes...
Bolita / Mob Hits / Scott M. Deitche / Tampa Mafia
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CHARLIE WALL: THE BOLITA KINGPIN
November 30, 2007
Charlie Wall would conduct illegal gambling meetings in his home wearing his iconic robe. Hollywood...
Bolita / Mob Hits / Tampa Mafia

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