Joseph Luco Pagano
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Joseph Luco Pagano | |
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| Born | 1928 New York City,New York, USA |
| Died | 1989 (aged 60–61) Upstate New York,USA |
| Relatives | Pasquale Pagano(brother) |
| Allegiance | Genovese crime family |
| Criminal charge | Robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, narcotics trafficking |
| Penalty | 7 years imprisonment (1955) |
Joseph Luco Pagano(1928–1989) was a New York mobster and member of theGenovese crime family.
Biography
[edit]Born in New York, Pagano and his brotherPasquale Paganojoined the Genovese family in the late 1940s. With an arrest record dating back to 1946, Pagano had been charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and narcotics trafficking. Pagano worked with Genovese mobster and future government informantJoe ValachiinAnthony Strollo's organization, then one of the biggest distributors ofheroinandcocainein theEast Harlemsection ofManhattan.While working for Strollo, Pagano participated in the gangland slaying ofEugenio GianniniandSteve Franse.In 1955, Pagano served a seven-year prison term.
In a 1977 article, theNew York Timessaid that Pagano had ordered beatings andarsonattacks againstBronxhealth facility operators to gain their participation in a scheme to extort thousands of dollars from theMedicaidhealth insurance fund.
In 1989, Pagano died in hisUpstate New Yorkhome.
Further reading
[edit]- Goldstock, Ronald, Martin Marcus and Il Thacher.Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Task Force.New York: NYU Press, 1990.ISBN0-8147-3034-5
- Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and Robert Radick.Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime.New York: NYU Press, 2001.ISBN0-8147-4247-5
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.Profile of Organized Crime, Mid-Atlantic Region: Hearings Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.1983.[1]
- Pearson, John,One of The Family: The Englishman and The Mafia,CenturyISBN1-84413-182-3
References
[edit]- Devito, Carlo.Encyclopedia of International Organized Crime.New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2005.ISBN0-8160-4848-7
