Trafficante crime family

Trafficante crime family
Foundedc. 1920 (1920)
FounderIgnacio Antinori
Named afterSanto Trafficante Sr.
Founding locationTampa, Florida, United States
Years activec. 1920–present
TerritoryPrimarily the Tampa Bay area, with additional territory throughout Florida, as well as Havana
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
ActivitiesRacketeering, gambling, bookmaking, loansharking, extortion, labor racketeering, corruption, drug trafficking, hijacking, fencing, skimming, money laundering, bribery, prostitution, kidnapping, assault, and murder
Allies
RivalsVarious gangs in the Tampa area

The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida. The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante Jr., who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist. Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr. was involved with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to plot assassination attempts on Cuban leader Fidel Castro. After the death of Santo Jr. in 1987, the Tampa Mafia family has been controlled by Vincent LoScalzo.