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This file concerns FBI monitoring of John 'Sonny' Franzese, a Brooklyn organized-crime figure whom sources described in 1958 as a rising hoodlum power. The New York office recommended opening a case to determine whether Franzese had top-hoodlum stature. Released material includes confidential-informant reporting from 1952 and 1953 on his associates, meeting places, telephone contacts, businesses, and family connections, as well as property-record checks involving Franzese and relatives. It also contains evidence inventories from 1964 and 1966 listing identification photographs, negatives, a driver's license photocopy, and vehicle-registration records.

FBI file number: 92-3918 | Documents span: 1952-1966 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: John 'Sonny' Franzese, Carmine Franzese, Nufrio Franzese, Philip Rastelli, Joseph Lucchese, Carmine Fiore
Subjects: organized crime, Brooklyn, confidential informants, surveillance, property records, FBI evidence