1991 in organized crime

none February 2024 1991 organized crime Events April 13 – Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home. August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in Calabria. August 29 – Libero Grassi, a Palermo businessman who publicly defied the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in Palermo. Arts and literature Billy Bathgate (film) starring Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci. Boyz n the Hood (film) starring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube. Mobsters (film) starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Chris Penn and Anthony Quinn. Oscar (film) starring Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Travolta and Sylvester Stallone New Jack City (film) Deaths June 24 – Philip Rastelli "Rusty", Bonanno crime family bossNarvaez Alfonso Philip Rastelli, 73, A Reputed Leader Of a Crime Family https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/27/obituaries/philip-rastelli-73-a-reputed-leader-of-a-crime-family.html?scp=1&sq=%22Philip%20Rastelli%22&st=cse February 5, 2024 New York Times June 27, 1991 limited References Organized crime Category:Years in organized crime