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Overview of the events of 2000 in organized crime
- August 23 –
Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo, longtime head of the
Lucchese crime family, dies in prison after serving 13 years of a life imprisonment sentence.
- September 6 –
Lucchese crime family acting boss
Steven Crea, captains
Dominic Truscello and
Joseph Tangorra, soldiers
Joseph Datello,
Philip DeSimone,
Anthony "Razor" Pezzullo,
Joseph Truncale, and
Arthur Zambardi, as well as associates Anthony Reynolds, Giuseppe Palmieri,
Alessandro Palmieri,
Michael Forde, President of both Local 608 of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the
N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters and
Martin Deveraux, a Local 608 business agent, were charged in a massive labor racketeering, kickback and extortion indictment handed down by the
Manhattan District Attorney.
[1] All men would either be convicted or plead guilty, but a judge would later throw out Forde and Deveraux's convictions, citing
anti-Irish sentiment expressed by members of the jury.
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