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This FBI file concerns Anthony Joseph Accardo, also known as Tony Accardo and 'Joe Batters', a major Chicago organized-crime figure. The released records include confidential-informant reports from August 1946 describing visitors, calls, and family real-estate arrangements at the Accardo home in River Forest, Illinois. Later anti-racketeering memoranda from 1959 and 1960 summarize FBI and source reporting on Accardo's alleged place in the Chicago Syndicate, including accounts involving Sam Giancana, Paul Ricca, Tony Capezio, and attorney Joseph I. Bulger. The file also contains reference material and Chicago newspaper clippings about the sale and furnishings of Accardo's River Forest residence.

FBI file number: 62-3679 | Documents span: 1946-1960 | Released in 2 parts
Names in this file: Anthony Joseph Accardo, Clarice Accardo, Sam Giancana, Joseph I. Bulger, Paul Ricca, Tony Capezio, Louis Campagna, Joe Aiuppa
Subjects: organized crime, Chicago Syndicate, anti-racketeering, informants, surveillance, River Forest