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This file concerns Gerlando Sciascia, an alleged Sicilian Mafia-linked narcotics trafficker associated in FBI records with members of the Gambino and Bonanno LCN families. The released material includes an August 1981 FBI message directing New York, Albany, Ottawa, Rome, Paris, Bonn, and Bogota to pursue surveillance, background checks, telephone-subscriber inquiries, and foreign liaison leads involving Sciascia and Salvatore Catalano. It describes meetings with Canadian-connected individuals, a cash purchase of a residence, travel to New York's Plaza Hotel, and overseas calls to Monaco, Venezuela, Italy, and Peru. FBI liaison memoranda from 1993 and 1994 summarize Sciascia's alleged drug-trafficking background, his Canadian arrest and extradition fight, and reports that he had recently been released from a Canadian prison and visited New York social clubs.

Documents span: 1981-1994 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Gerlando Sciascia, Salvatore Catalano, John E. Guido
Subjects: organized crime, Bonanno crime family, Gambino crime family, narcotics trafficking, foreign liaison, surveillance