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TONY "Tony Ducks" CORALLO Tony Corallo was boss of the Lucchese crime family; during his tenure as boss he got the Lucchese crime family heavily involved in the construction industry. Corallo was a smooth operator, he managed to dodge so many convictions in his criminal career that his fellow mobsters gave him the nick name Tony Ducks. Corallo was born in 1913 and it wouldn't be long until Tony Ducks found out what his role in life would be. He was a natural criminal, and it would be his criminal mind that Tommy Lucchese the boss of his own family would want to exploit. Corallo grew into a true Lucchese disciple, preferring low key to up front. He was often mentioned at many commission meetings thanks largely to the piles of cash he was earning with his many construction companies and unions he had under his thumb. By 1943 Corallo was bumped up to capo, a rarity for someone so young, but such was Corallo's prestige throughout the Lucchese crime family. Corallo was excellent at avoiding convictions during the 1940's and 1950's, hence the nickname Tony ducks again. By 1965 Tommy Lucchese was now suffering from ill health, a brain tumour had began to eat away his brain. This would cause a stir in the Lucchese crime family of who would be qualified to take over from Lucchese. A number of names would be thrown into the hat, such as Paul Vario, Vincent Rao and Carmine Tramunti. But Paul Vario had just been recently humiliated in his income tax case and the Commission decreed that Vario didn't just have what it took. Vinny Rao was highly regarded, but was serving 20 years in prison. Under normal circumstances Carmine Tramunti would have been given the job immediately when Lucchese died, but Tramunti was 70 years old and suffering from a number of heart ailments. So the Commission would look to some of the Lucchese capos for the successor to Lucchese, and one name stood out among all the others. Anthony Corallo had been frequently mentioned at many Commission meetings, and at 57 years old and in very good health, Corallo became the obvious choice. Only one problem surrounded Corallo, he was facing a possible prison term for a bribery scheme, which in turn made the Commission temporarily postpone its decision. Amazingly Corallo was actually convicted of this crime but served only 2 years with time off for good behaviour. In the mean time Tramunti was put in charge until Corallo finished his prison term. When Corallo took full control of the Lucchese crime family, he was taking on a family that had its foundations firmly in place. Unlike the current problems in the Bonanno and Columbo Families, Corallo could focus on expanding the Lucchese family's influence. He already had large sums of money coming in from Paul Vario of Brooklyn, who had around 50 made men and associates working for him. Also there was the labor rackets that Corallo was already heavily involved in and Corallo with his naturally tuned criminal mind decided to make a move into the garbage removal industry by controlling the Teamsters local 813. The garbage industry would become one of the major rackets that the Lucchese crime family were involved in. Corallo earned piles of cash from this innovation and even more money was earned when he set up toxic waste dumping sites too. Through the 70's Corallo had gotten a grip on some of the major unions in New York. He turned the Lucchese family into a mountain of rackets and all through his anonymity from law enforcement agencies. In his time in charge he had also stretched the Lucchese family influence across the Hudson River into Newark, New Jersey, where Corallo had an equally talented protégé in Anthony Acceturo who built the New Jersey tentacle from a crew based in a small Italian neighbourhood in Newark. By the early 1980's Corallo was arguably on top of his game. The Lucchese crime family thanks to the leadership of Corallo was now a smooth running syndicate. A river of rackets and money flowed through with hardly any disruptions of any sort, including law enforcement. But all of this was about to change. The FBI were working alongside the justice department to put together one of the most remarkable cases ever in the history of American Cosa Nostra. In what turned out to the Commission case, the FBI first needed concrete evidence of criminal activities from all 5 bosses in New York. The FBI had extensive surveillance operations on each crime boss in New York. This included wiretaps on Paul Castellano, (Gambino boss) Tony Salerno, (Genovese boss) Carmine Persico, (Columbo boss) and of course Tony Ducks of the Lucchese family. Getting Corallo wasn't going to be just as easy as some of the other bosses. Corallo was very different in the way he ran his family. Unlike the other bosses, Corallo conducted family business from the front seat of his capo in charge of the garbage rackets Jaguar. Salvatore Avellino picked up Corallo every morning and drove cautiously around New York, picking up high-ranking Lucchese members on the way. It was here in the front seat of the Jaguar where all of the important family decisions were made and it wouldn't be long before the FBI were on to it. One evening when Corallo and his trusted capo Avellino, went to a wedding reception party. After tailing Corallo and Avellino for some time, the Feds finally made their move. The Feds bugged the Jaguar that very evening and the wall of silence that Corallo had successfully built around him for so many years had now been penetrated. The FBI now were listening into some highly incriminating conversations, and also thanks to the quality of car that the Jaguar was the tapes and conversations were crystal clear, and with it this was undoubtedly the beginning of the end of Tony Corallo's tenure as boss of the Lucchese crime family. By the time the indictments for the Commission case came down in February 84, Corallo had been in charge of the family for nearly 17 years, and during his time in charge these years were without doubt the most prosperous years of the Lucchese crime family. A smooth running organization with little in the way of publicity with influence that reached both sides of the Hudson River. But the Commission case was too much of a threat even for Tony Ducks Corallo, the master of avoiding conviction. It was November 1986 when the groundbreaking trial the Commission case came to its conclusion. All bosses of each crime family were sentenced to a hundred years and a few other mobsters were given similar sentences. For Tony Corallo it was the end to a very successful tenure as boss of the third biggest crime family in New York. Unfortunately for Corallo, he didn't have the successors around him that had any idea how to run a crime syndicate the size and sophistication that Corallo had turned the Lucchese family into, and so in time his successors would destroy the vast empire that Corallo had worked so hard to achieve. HOME WEBMASTER DISCLAIMER

TONY "Tony Ducks" CORALLO

[TONY Tony Corallo was boss of the Lucchese crime family; during his tenure as boss he got the Lucchese crime family heavily involved in the construction industry. Corallo was a smooth operator, he managed to dodge so many convictions in his criminal career that his fellow mobsters gave him the nick name Tony Ducks. Corallo was born in 1913 and it wouldn't be long until Tony Ducks found out what his role in life would be. He was a natural criminal, and it would be his criminal mind that Tommy Lucchese the boss of his own family would want to exploit.

Corallo grew into a true Lucchese disciple, preferring low key to up front. He was often mentioned at many commission meetings thanks largely to the piles of cash he was earning with his many construction companies and unions he had under his thumb. By 1943 Corallo was bumped up to capo, a rarity for someone so young, but such was Corallo's prestige throughout the Lucchese crime family.

Corallo was excellent at avoiding convictions during the 1940's and 1950's, hence the nickname Tony ducks again. By 1965 Tommy Lucchese was now suffering from ill health, a brain tumour had began to eat away his brain. This would cause a stir in the Lucchese crime family of who would be qualified to take over from Lucchese. A number of names would be thrown into the hat, such as Paul Vario, Vincent Rao and Carmine Tramunti. But Paul Vario had just been recently humiliated in his income tax case and the Commission decreed that Vario didn't just have what it took. Vinny Rao was highly regarded, but was serving 20 years in prison. Under normal circumstances Carmine Tramunti would have been given the job immediately when Lucchese died, but Tramunti was 70 years old and suffering from a number of heart ailments.

So the Commission would look to some of the Lucchese capos for the successor to Lucchese, and one name stood out among all the others. Anthony Corallo had been frequently mentioned at many Commission meetings, and at 57 years old and in very good health, Corallo became the obvious choice. Only one problem surrounded Corallo, he was facing a possible prison term for a bribery scheme, which in turn made the Commission temporarily postpone its decision. Amazingly Corallo was actually convicted of this crime but served only 2 years with time off for good behaviour. In the mean time Tramunti was put in charge until Corallo finished his prison term.

When Corallo took full control of the Lucchese crime family, he was taking on a family that had its foundations firmly in place. Unlike the current problems in the Bonanno and Columbo Families, Corallo could focus on expanding the Lucchese family's influence. He already had large sums of money coming in from Paul Vario of Brooklyn, who had around 50 made men and associates working for him. Also there was the labor rackets that Corallo was already heavily involved in and Corallo with his naturally tuned criminal mind decided to make a move into the garbage removal industry by controlling the Teamsters local 813. The garbage industry would become one of the major rackets that the Lucchese crime family were involved in. Corallo earned piles of cash from this innovation and even more money was earned when he set up toxic waste dumping sites too.

Through the 70's Corallo had gotten a grip on some of the major unions in New York. He turned the Lucchese family into a mountain of rackets and all through his anonymity from law enforcement agencies. In his time in charge he had also stretched the Lucchese family influence across the Hudson River into Newark, New Jersey, where Corallo had an equally talented protégé in Anthony Acceturo who built the New Jersey tentacle from a crew based in a small Italian neighbourhood in Newark.

By the early 1980's Corallo was arguably on top of his game. The Lucchese crime family thanks to the leadership of Corallo was now a smooth running syndicate. A river of rackets and money flowed through with hardly any disruptions of any sort, including law enforcement. But all of this was about to change. The FBI were working alongside the justice department to put together one of the most remarkable cases ever in the history of American Cosa Nostra. In what turned out to the Commission case, the FBI first needed concrete evidence of criminal activities from all 5 bosses in New York. The FBI had extensive surveillance operations on each crime boss in New York. This included wiretaps on Paul Castellano, (Gambino boss) Tony Salerno, (Genovese boss) Carmine Persico, (Columbo boss) and of course Tony Ducks of the Lucchese family.

Getting Corallo wasn't going to be just as easy as some of the other bosses. Corallo was very different in the way he ran his family. Unlike the other bosses, Corallo conducted family business from the front seat of his capo in charge of the garbage rackets Jaguar. Salvatore Avellino picked up Corallo every morning and drove cautiously around New York, picking up high-ranking Lucchese members on the way. It was here in the front seat of the Jaguar where all of the important family decisions were made and it wouldn't be long before the FBI were on to it. One evening when Corallo and his trusted capo Avellino, went to a wedding reception party. After tailing Corallo and Avellino for some time, the Feds finally made their move.

The Feds bugged the Jaguar that very evening and the wall of silence that Corallo had successfully built around him for so many years had now been penetrated. The FBI now were listening into some highly incriminating conversations, and also thanks to the quality of car that the Jaguar was the tapes and conversations were crystal clear, and with it this was undoubtedly the beginning of the end of Tony Corallo's tenure as boss of the Lucchese crime family. By the time the indictments for the Commission case came down in February 84, Corallo had been in charge of the family for nearly 17 years, and during his time in charge these years were without doubt the most prosperous years of the Lucchese crime family. A smooth running organization with little in the way of publicity with influence that reached both sides of the Hudson River. But the Commission case was too much of a threat even for Tony Ducks Corallo, the master of avoiding conviction.

It was November 1986 when the groundbreaking trial the Commission case came to its conclusion. All bosses of each crime family were sentenced to a hundred years and a few other mobsters were given similar sentences. For Tony Corallo it was the end to a very successful tenure as boss of the third biggest crime family in New York. Unfortunately for Corallo, he didn't have the successors around him that had any idea how to run a crime syndicate the size and sophistication that Corallo had turned the Lucchese family into, and so in time his successors would destroy the vast empire that Corallo had worked so hard to achieve.

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