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The '''French Connection''' was a scheme through which [[Heroin|heroin]] was smuggled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Turkey] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] and then to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States]. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was responsible for providing the vast majority of the illicit heroin used in the United States. It was headed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica Corsican] criminals Paul Carbone (and his associate François Spirito) and Antoine Guérini, and also involved Auguste Ricord, Paul Mondoloni, Salvatore Greco, and Meyer Lansky. Most of its starting capital came from assets that Ricord had stolen during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II] when he worked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lafont Henri Lafont], one of the heads of the Carlingue (French Gestapo) during the German occupation in World War II. | The '''French Connection''' was a scheme through which [[Heroin|heroin]] was smuggled from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey Turkey] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France] and then to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States United States]. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was responsible for providing the vast majority of the illicit heroin used in the United States. It was headed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica Corsican] criminals Paul Carbone (and his associate François Spirito) and Antoine Guérini, and also involved Auguste Ricord, Paul Mondoloni, Salvatore Greco, and Meyer Lansky. Most of its starting capital came from assets that Ricord had stolen during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II World War II] when he worked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Lafont Henri Lafont], one of the heads of the Carlingue (French Gestapo) during the German occupation in World War II. | ||
==Gangsters linked with the French Connection== | ==Gangsters linked with the French Connection== | ||
===[[Unione Corse ]]members=== | ===[[Unione Corse]] members=== | ||
*[[Paul Carbone]] | *[[Paul Carbone]] | ||
*[[Marcel Francisci]] | *[[Marcel Francisci]] | ||
*[ | *[[Antoine Guérini]]] | ||
*[ | *[[Barthélemy Guérini]] | ||
*[[Paul Mondoloni]] | *[[Paul Mondoloni]] | ||
*[[Joseph Orsini]] | *[[Joseph Orsini]] | ||
*[[Francois Spirito]] | *[[Francois Spirito]] | ||
===Canadian mobsters=== | ===Canadian mobsters=== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Papalia&action=edit&redlink=1 John Papalia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario Hamilton, Ontario] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Papalia&action=edit&redlink=1 John Papalia], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario Hamilton, Ontario] | ||
Revision as of 14:29, 27 May 2013
The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Turkey to France and then to the United States. The operation reached its peak in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was responsible for providing the vast majority of the illicit heroin used in the United States. It was headed by the Corsican criminals Paul Carbone (and his associate François Spirito) and Antoine Guérini, and also involved Auguste Ricord, Paul Mondoloni, Salvatore Greco, and Meyer Lansky. Most of its starting capital came from assets that Ricord had stolen during World War II when he worked for Henri Lafont, one of the heads of the Carlingue (French Gestapo) during the German occupation in World War II.
Gangsters linked with the French Connection
Unione Corse members
- Paul Carbone
- Marcel Francisci
- Antoine Guérini]
- Barthélemy Guérini
- Paul Mondoloni
- Joseph Orsini
- Francois Spirito
Canadian mobsters
- John Papalia, Hamilton, Ontario
- Vic Cotroni, leader of the Cotroni crime family of Montreal
American mobsters
- Vito Agueci, gangster from New York
- Albert Agueci, Agueci Brothers
Lucchese crime family members
- Giovanni "Big John" Ormento, a capo involved in large scale narcotic trafficking
- Salvatore Lo Proto, an important member of Big John's narcotic trafficking ring
- Angelo M. Loiacano, wholesaler of Big John Ormento's narcotic trafficking ring
- Vincent Papa, mastermind of "Who Stole the French Connection" - drugs from the NYPD Property Room
- Anthony Loria, Sr. partner of Vincent Papa, major heroin dealer
- Angelo "Little Angie" Tuminaro, a soldier, involved in narcotic trafficking
- Pasquale "Patsy" Fuca, nephew to Tuminaro, involved in the narcotic trade
- Anthony DiPasqua, was a narcotic trafficker