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Frank Ralph Nitto (born Francesco Raffaele Nitto, Italian: [franˈtʃesko raffaˈɛːle ˈnitto]; January 27, 1886 – March 19, 1943), known as Frank Nitti, was an Italian-American organized crime figure based in Chicago. Bodyguard of Al Capone, Nitti was in charge of all money flowing through the operation.
May 23, 2024 · Frank Nitti was the one of Al Capone’s top henchmen, known as The Enforcer who was in charge of all strong-arm and muscle operations for the Chicago Outfit, and later the front-man following Al Capone’s prison sentence.
Frank Nitti was an American gangster in Chicago who was Al Capone’s chief enforcer and inherited Capone’s criminal empire when Capone went to prison in 1931. Starting as a barber, Nitti became a fence for stolen goods and about 1920 joined Capone’s gang. He was sent to prison for 18 months after.
Aug 9, 2021 · You have just read an eye-witness account of how Frank Nitti, the man who succeeded Al Capone as head of the Chicago criminal empire, really died. He was not thrown off the roof of a downtown...
Apr 6, 2024 · One of Al Capone's top lieutenants during Prohibition, Frank Nitti succeeded Scarface as boss of the Chicago Outfit in the 1930s.
Aug 3, 2014 · In 1943, the federal government handed down a raft of indictments accusing Chicago mobsters of extorting the largest movie studios in Hollywood. The Outfit had used its control of unions to threaten labor unrest unless the studios paid out large sums. Nitti and Ricca were among those charged.
Frank Nitti was an Italian-born American gangster, best known as one of the top henchmen of the notorious gangster Al Capone. Nitti was in charge of the monetary matters of the ‘Chicago Outfit’ and later took control over the gang. Born in Campania, Italy, he was the first cousin of Al Capone.
