1997 in organized crime

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Events

The gangs of Çole, Gaxhai and Pusi i Mezinit are established in Vlorë amidst the 1997 Albanian civil unrest.
January 7 – "Fat" Herbie Blitzstein was shot to death inside his Las Vegas townhouse.
June 6 – Arrest of Pietro Aglieri, boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Mafia family in Palermo, in a disused lemon warehouse in the dilapidated industrial area Bagheria together with his "right hand" men, Natale Gambino and Giuseppe La Mattina. It took the authorities almost a year to locate him following the arrest of his right-hand man Carlo Greco. Apparently, Giovanni Brusca, a Riina loyalist arrested in May 1996, helped police identify Aglieri. He had been on the run since 1989.[1]
August – Masaru Takumi, the founding head of the Takumi-gumi, a large branch of the Yamaguchi-gumi, was assassinated by the Nakano-kai.[2]

January – Victor Spilotro, Chicago mobster and brother of Anthony Spilotro and Michael Spilotro
January 2 – Sam Carlisi "Wings", Chicago Outfit boss
May 31 – Johnny Papalia is murdered by Kenneth Murdock
June 7 – Sam DeCavalcante "The Plumber", retired boss of the New Jersey mafia family
August 28 – Masaru Takumi, founding head of the Takumi-gumi
October 22 – Matthew "Mike" Trupiano Jr., St. Louis mafia boss[3]

Mafia's rising star arrested in dawn raid, The Independent, June 7, 1997.
"Osaka Police Nab Another Yakuza Boss as Crackdown Continues", December 1, 2010, The Wall Street Journal
"Matthew Trupiano, Known As Leader of Area Mob, Dies At 58," by Harry Levins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 24, 1997.

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