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| 1906 births | |
| anastasio, anthony | |
| 1963 deaths | |
| italian-american mobsters | |
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EARLY CAREER A younger brother of Albert Anastasia , Anastasio worked as a longshoreman with Anastasia eventually following his brother into New York's underworld. After gaining control of the International Longshoremen's Association, from which he led as vice president of the Local 1814, Anastasio earned millions for the New York mafia through kickbacks from dues, stolen merchandise, and payoffs from rival shipping companies. HEIGHT OF POWER With his brother Anastasia position in Murder Inc. , Anastasio held free reign throughout the Brooklyn waterfront. During this time, while helping establish Anistasia as a major force on the New York waterfront, Anastasio's power was at its height and said to be able to severely damage foreign shipping and sabotage ships as a means of Mafia intimidation (presumably on orders from Anastasia). Indeed one account, regarding Charles Luciano 's imprisonment, Anastasio organized the bombing of the French luxury liner '' Normandie '' in order to convince federal authorities of Luciano's value, not only with the Mafia safeguarding the New York waterfront, but of his connections in Sicily to assist in its invasion during World War II . Although this rumor greatly enhanced his reputation, a federal investigation concluded sabotage was not a factor in which the resulting explosion caused the ship to capsize at the mooring dock. LATER YEARS |
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