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    Frank Ralph Nitto [2] (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.

  2. Aug 9, 2021 · HOW FRANK NITTI MET HIS FATE. By Chicago Tribune | Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: June 29, 1987 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 9, 2021 at 2:22 a.m. Suddenly the fellow raised himself into a...

  3. Mar 29, 2024 · Frank Nitti (born 1896?, Naples, Italy—died March 19, 1943, North Riverside, Ill., U.S.) 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.

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  4. Apr 6, 2024 · Updated April 25, 2024. Known as "The Enforcer," Frank Nitti orchestrated dozens of murders for Al Capone before becoming the boss of the Chicago Outfit himself. When legendary Chicago mob boss Al Capone was imprisoned on income tax charges, he hand-picked his first cousin, Frank Nitti, as the new gangland boss.

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  5. Aug 3, 2014 · Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as Frank Nitti or “The Enforcer”, followed Al Capone as leader of the Chicago Outfit in the years after Prohibition. He was boss more in name than fact, but he left a major stamp on the city’s Mafia organization by the time he killed himself to avoid prison time.

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  7. 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.

  8. Aug 9, 2017 · Frank Nitti, center, known as the chief lieutenant of Al Capone and also as the real power of the gang “of which Capone is but a figurehead,” was arrested in 1930. He was seized by agents of...

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