1960 in organized crime

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Events

• April 7 – Johnny Dio is convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.^[1]
• November 28 – Twenty mobsters arrested at the Apalachin Conference in 1957 are acquitted of conspiracy charges by a US appeals court.

Arts and literature

• Murder, Inc. (film) [1] starring Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, Vincent Gardenia and Howard Smith.
• The Purple Gang (film) [2] starring Barry Sullivan and Robert Blake.

Births

• Carmine Agnello, member of Gambino crime family
• June 21 – Costabile Farace, Mafia associate
• September – Luigi Putrone, Sicilian Mafia boss

Deaths

Ezio Galanzo (1932 - 1965), member of the Gambino Crime Family

Notes

1. Talese, Gay. "Dio and Associate Guilty in Tax Plot." New York Times. April 8, 1960; Ranzal, Edward. "Dio Gets 4 Years for Tax Evasion." New York Times. April 30, 1960.