Gaetano Gianola was an
Italian-American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, w ...
mobster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and ...
and former
consigliere
Consigliere ( , ; plural ) is a position within the leadership structure of the Sicilian, Calabrian, and Italian-American Mafia. The word was popularized in English by the novel ''The Godfather'' (1969) and its film adaptation. In the novel, a c ...
of the
Detroit Partnership
The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, Detroit Combination, Detroit Mafia, Zerilli crime family, and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) () is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Detroit, Michigan, and ...
criminal organization.
During the early years of the Partnership, it was controlled by Gianola's brother, Anthony "Tony" Gianola with Gianola serving as
consigliere
Consigliere ( , ; plural ) is a position within the leadership structure of the Sicilian, Calabrian, and Italian-American Mafia. The word was popularized in English by the novel ''The Godfather'' (1969) and its film adaptation. In the novel, a c ...
and his younger brother, Salvatore, as the enforcer of the family.
The brothers dominated Detroit's underworld until the early 1920s.
[AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - Detroit, MI]
See also
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"Gasper Sciblia" Milazzo
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Angelo "Big Angelo" Meli
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Vito William "Black Bill" Tocco
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Giuseppe "Joey Z" Zerilli
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Anthony Joseph "Tony Z" Zerilli
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Giacamo William "Jack" Tocco
References
External links
AmericanMafia.com 26 Mafia Cities - Detroit, MI
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Detroit Partnership
American gangsters of Italian descent
American bootleggers
American crime bosses
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