Ralph Mosca
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Ralph "Ralphie Bones" Mosca, also known as Funzie, was a Queens
/Bronx-based Gambino crime family
caporegime. Mosca's crew was involved in labor racketeering, specifically through the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
, loan shark
ing and gambling
, and was responsible for receiving tribute payments from Greek-American gangsters operating in Astoria
.
Mosca's bagmen in the Carpenters Union were his son Peter, a soldier who was inducted into the family in 1977 the same night as future boss John Gotti
, and associate Dominick LoFaro
, who eventually flipped and wore a wire
in meetings with Mosca, soldier Carmine Fiore, and Genovese crime family
associate Attilio Bitondo
. He is the brother of Gambino crime family
mobster Louis Mosca born 1946.
On September 20, 1991, Mosca was indicted for operating a massive gambling business in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, New Jersey
and Upstate New York
since the 1980s.
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
/Bronx-based Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
caporegime. Mosca's crew was involved in labor racketeering, specifically through the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America is one of the largest building trades union in the United States. One of the unions that formed the American Federation of Labor in 1886, it left the AFL-CIO in 2001.-Early years:...
and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union
International Longshore and Warehouse Union
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii and Alaska, and in British Columbia, Canada. It also represents hotel workers in Hawaii, cannery workers in Alaska, warehouse workers throughout...
, loan shark
Loan shark
A loan shark is a person or body that offers unsecured loans at illegally high interest rates to individuals, often enforcing repayment by blackmail or threats of violence....
ing and gambling
Gambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
, and was responsible for receiving tribute payments from Greek-American gangsters operating in Astoria
Astoria, Queens
Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. Located in Community Board 1, Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City, Sunnyside , and Woodside...
.
Mosca's bagmen in the Carpenters Union were his son Peter, a soldier who was inducted into the family in 1977 the same night as future boss John Gotti
John Gotti
John Joseph Gotti, Jr was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti grew up in poverty. He and his brothers turned to a life of crime at an early age...
, and associate Dominick LoFaro
Dominick LoFaro
Dominick "Big Dom" LoFaro was a soldier in the New York Gambino crime family who later became an important government undercover informant...
, who eventually flipped and wore a wire
Wire
A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Standard sizes are determined by various...
in meetings with Mosca, soldier Carmine Fiore, and Genovese crime family
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
associate Attilio Bitondo
Attilio Bitondo
Attilio Bitondo , also known as "Tillio", was a New York City labor leader and an associate in the Genovese crime family in the crew of powerful Manhattan captain Vincent DiNapoli....
. He is the brother of Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
mobster Louis Mosca born 1946.
On September 20, 1991, Mosca was indicted for operating a massive gambling business in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
and Upstate New York
Upstate New York
Upstate New York is the region of the U.S. state of New York that is located north of the core of the New York metropolitan area.-Definition:There is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York...
since the 1980s.
External links
- [New York Daily News: Feud Lit Hospital Hit] by Jerry Capeci
- New York Daily News: 'Dead Man' In Hosp Hit by Chris Oliver
- New York Times: Prosecutors Say Tapes Show Mob Infiltrating Carpenter Union by Selwyn Raab