Angelo Ponte

Angelo Ponte (born c. 1924)^[1] is an American mobster. He was reportedly active in the Genovese family's carting rackets for many decades. He was careful to cultivate political connections, and managed to have himself named a Knight of Malta by the Roman Catholic Church.

Ponte was a target of the operation wasteland investigation. On 28 January 1997 he pleaded guilty to participating in a Mafia run operation to control and manipulate the cartage business in New York City.^[2]

He is the founder of F. Illi Ponte Ristorante on the West Side highway and has extensive real estate holdings throughout the lower west side of Manhattan.

Notes and references

↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/carted-prison-trash-bigwig-2-years-7-5m-fine-article-1.757064
↑ "Trash Carter Pleads Guilty to Corruption" New York Times, January 28, 1997

Genovese crime family

Boss(s)

Current members

Past members

Made men	Joe Adonis Vincent Alo John Ardito Richard Boiardo Adolfo Bruno Dominick Canterino Anthony Carfano Gerardo Catena Michael Clemente Michael Coppola Angelo DeCarlo Peter DeFeo John DiGilio Vincent DiNapoli Thomas Eboli Albert Facchiano Tino Fiumara Joseph Galizia Matthew Ianniello Frank Illiano Pietro Inzarillo Joseph Lanza Ignazio Lupo Michele Miranda Willie Moretti James Napoli Joseph Luco Pagano Gerard Pappa Tomasso Petto Anthony Provenzano Nunzio Provenzano Joseph Rao Lawrence Ricci Carmine Romano Anthony Russo Anthony Salerno Rudolph Santobello Saverio Santora Anthony Strollo Ciro Terranova Frank Tieri Frankie Yale

Associates	Attilio Bitondo James Galante Louis Gigante Phillip Kastel Meyer Lansky Peter LaTempa Angelo Ponte Bugsy Siegel Ellsworth Johnson

Informants	Vincent Cafaro Ernest Rupolo Joseph Valachi Frank Lucas

Factions and crews

Active	New Jersey faction 116th Street Crew Greenwich Village Crew

Defunct	Broadway Mob East Harlem Purple Gang

Family events

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Scheme	French Connection (1960s–1970s)

Trials	Mafia Commission Trial (1986) Window Case (1991)

Victims	Murder victims

Wars	Mafia-Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Relation to other groups

Allies	Lucchese family Gambino family Bonanno family Colombo family The Bugs-Meyer gang Murder, Inc.

Rivals	Westies

See also: American Mafia Template
Five Families Template

Italian American Mafia

Families

East Coast	Five Families of New York City: Bonanno Colombo Gambino Genovese Lucchese Buffalo DeCavalcante (New Jersey) Patriarca (New England) Philadelphia Pittsburgh Trafficante (Florida)

Midwestern/Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee St. Louis

Defunct	Bufalino (Pennsylvania) Lanzetta (Philadelphia) Dallas Denver Genna (Chicago) New Orleans Rochester San Francisco San Jose

Structure

Chain of command	The Commission Boss (Don) Underboss Consigliere (advisor) Caporegime (captain or capo) Soldier Associate

Members (made men)	List of Italian American mobsters List of Italian American mobsters by organization

Terms	Initiation ceremony Made man Bagman Vendetta Capo di tutti capi (boss of bosses) Mustache Pete Omertà Zips

Events

Meetings	Atlantic City Conference (1929) Havana Conference (1946) Apalachin Meeting (1957) Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

Hearings	Kefauver Committee (1950–1951) Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars	Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917) Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials	Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987) Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

See also: Sicilian Mafia
Camorra in New York
List of Mafia crime families
Mafia bibliography

He is also a major character in the book Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire by Rick Cowan. Ponte is one of four brothers Frank, Anthony, and Joseph. It is rumored to be that they are also part of the Genovese crime family.

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