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  1. Mar 29, 2024 · 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.

  2. Apr 6, 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Aug 19, 2017 · In 1943, Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti was similarly charged with extorting millions of dollars from Hollywood studios such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century Fox. Nitti, the brains of the...

  6. chicagology.com › notorious-chicago › franknittiFrank Nitti - chicagology.com

    Mar 17, 2003 · Frank Nitti. Notorious Chicago | Massacre Cars | Capone Era, Part 1 | Capone Era, Part 2 | Capone Era, Part 3 | I Was a Capone Juror | Frank Nitti. Chicago Tribune March 20, 1943. By Carl Weigman. Frank (The Enforcer) Nitti, successor to Al Capone as the chief of Chicago gangland, shot and killed himself yesterday afternoon.

  7. Aug 9, 2017 · By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: August 9, 2017 at 5:17 p.m. | UPDATED: August 31, 2020 at 9:27 p.m. Frank Nitti, center, known variously as the chief lieutenant of Al Capone, and as the real...

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