Carlo Gambino
Named in 1963 by Valachi and by New York police as boss of the family that bears his name, after Anastasia's death. A 1962 FBI report relays an informant who called him a "boss." He was taken from the Apalachin roadblock in 1957.
- Born
- 1902
- Family
- Gambino family, as the 1963 testimony names it (testimony, 1963)
- Role
- Boss: "Carlo Gambino is considered to be the boss" (NYPD testimony, 1963)
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 14 November 1957 — United States v. Bufalino (1960) lists him among those taken to the Vestal barracks: "Paul Castellano, Carlo Gambino, Michele Miranda." Court's account of the evidence.
- 1962 — A 1962 FBI report in the Paul Castellano file (Part 01, p. 367) relays an informant, NY T-5, who named Carlo Gambino "as a 'boss'" in the New York City area (cleaned from the OCR). FBI report, relaying an informant.
- 8 October 1963 — Valachi (printed p. 246) named "Carlo Gambino, with Joe Bandy." Testimony.
- 8 October 1963 — Shanley (printed p. 294): "Carlo Gambino is considered to be the boss." Asked "Following his death, Gambino took over the reins?" of Anastasia, he answered "That is correct" (printed p. 295). He testified that Gambino entered the country around 1921 as a stowaway at Norfolk, Virginia. Testimony.
The birth year is from Shanley’s testimony: “He was born in 1902.” No opened record gives his death; it is expected in later parts of his FBI file, which were not read. Part 01 has poor OCR and nothing is taken from it.
Records
itemOrganized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics, Part 1 (September 25 to October 9, 1963)The first printed volume of the 1963 Senate hearings: Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy's opening testimony, Joseph Valachi's public testimony, New York police witnesses, Exhibit 8 and Charts A to E.itemUnited States v. Bufalino, 285 F.2d 408 (2d Cir. 1960)Second Circuit opinion reversing the convictions of Russell Bufalino and nineteen others for obstructing justice and perjury after the 14 November 1957 gathering at Apalachin, New York. The court says the government offered no evidence of the meeting's purpose.
itemFBI Vault: Paul Castellano, Part 01Serials mainly from 1956–1962, with later items: a 1962 report relaying an informant who named Carlo Gambino a "boss" and Castellano a "caporegima," and a 1985 teletype on Thomas Eboli's position and his killing in 1972.
itemFBI Vault: Carlo Gambino, Part 01Part 01 of 14 of the FBI's Carlo Gambino file: serials from 1958 and about 1970, many partly withheld. The OCR is poor, and nothing is taken from it here.
itemExhibit No. 8: "Masseria-Maranzano War and Evolution of Gang Control—1930 to Present"Staff fold-out chart presented on October 1, 1963: the 1930 to 1931 war in three key-coded groups and the lines of succession drawn from it to five 1963 bosses. Several name boxes are illegible in the scan.