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- NAME: Santo Trafficante
- OCCUPATION: Organized Crime Boss
- BIRTH DATE: November 15, 1914
- DEATH DATE: March 19, 1987
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Tampa Bay, Florida
- PLACE OF DEATH: Houston, Texas
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Santo Trafficante is best known for running casinos in Cuba, prior to Castro's revolution.
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In Tampa, Florida, Santo Trafficante Sr. and his son lived as two of America's most powerful and feared mob bosses. The Trafficantes were linked to gambling, drug trafficking, plots to kill Fidel Castro, and the assassination of JFK.
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