Mafia Wiki      Frank Costello      1,585pages on     this wiki
Frank Costello     Frank Costello 320X240     Frank Costello in
the 1950's       Francesco Castiglia       (1891-01-26)January
26, 1891       Lauropoli, Calabria, Italy       February 18,
1973(1973-02-18) (aged 82)       Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Mafia boss, Bootlegger, Businessman, Mobster, Racketeer
Known for      Boss of the Genovese crime family      Mafia Wiki
Script      Frank Costello, born Francesco Castiglia (January
26, 1891—February 18, 1973) was a New York gangster who rose to
the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling
empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence
like no other La Cosa Nostra boss. Nicknamed the Prime Minister
of the Underworld, he became one of the most powerful and
influential Mafia bosses in American history, eventually leading
a criminal organization dubbed by law enforcement as the "Rolls-
Royce of organized crime", the Luciano crime family (later
called the Genove