Frank Costello person
also: Costello
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Claims (8)
Lucky Luciano relationship_with
Frank Costello host_asserted
“Castro take over that nationalist movement and become a dictator? Absolutely. I'm not pro-Castro, but he did get rid of the mob. You have to acknowledge facts. So, onward. So there is set up a Luciano-Costellano-Lansky-Siegel alliance that …”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 1 @ 24:39
Lewis Rosenstiel relationship_with
Frank Costello book_quoted
“Rosenstiel was particularly close to Lansky. They owned points together in different mob-operated businesses. He was closely related to Frank Costello, who attended meetings. One of Rosenstiel's ex-wife, this woman, God bless her, Susan Kau…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 2 @ 41:18
Lewis Rosenstiel did_business_with
Frank Costello book_quoted
“Rosenstiel was particularly close to Lansky. They owned points together in different mob-operated businesses. He was closely related to Frank Costello, who attended meetings. One of Rosenstiel's ex-wife, this woman, God bless her, Susan Kau…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 2 @ 41:18
Arnold Rothstein recruited
Frank Costello host_asserted
“American organized crime figures arrive in China and begin organizing the lucrative global narcotics network. The first to arrive was Arnold Rothstein. Now, I didn't look him up. So if Julie, that's Arnold and you spell his last name R-O-T-…”
▶ OPERATION GLADIO with Colonel Towner One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb, Chapter 1 @ 56:47
Frank Costello member_of
Iraq Intelligence Commission caller_asserted
“Lucky Luciano, Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky ran the commission. And as the colonel said that Lucky Luciano was bailed out of prison to help overthrow the Italian government to retain a American friendly leader. So, yes, it's all connecte…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Congo and Belgium’s role @ 1:48:45
Carmine DeSapio relationship_with
Frank Costello host_asserted
“And that's interesting because he has long ties with some gentlemen by the name of Frank Costello, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, the Genovese family. Yeah, Frank Costello shows up in Operation Gladio all the time and his Wikipe…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 36:30
Frank Costello planned
Bay of Pigs Invasion speculative
“There he purportedly planned the invasion, along with mobster Frank Costello and the ex-Cuban dictator Batista. So you see here the critical blending of Operation Gladio people in Europe, operations not just in Cuba, but all throughout Lati…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Heroin Coup Part 8 @ 58:09
Frank Costello member_of
Operation Gladio host_asserted
“And that's interesting because he has long ties with some gentlemen by the name of Frank Costello, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, the Genovese family. Yeah, Frank Costello shows up in Operation Gladio all the time and his Wikipe…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Society Societies @ 36:30
Mentions (2)
▶ 1:48:15
That's so true what you said about Meyer Lansky and his involvement with Copacabana in Cuba with the Riviera Hotel before Fidel Castro took over in 59. Santo Traficante was the main black, dark intelligence figure of the mafia in that era. …
▶ 34:24
And Lucky Luciano's reappearance in Italy aids in that reestablishment because he's basically now viewed as a wartime hero as well. So in October of 1946, and this is very important, Lucky traveled to Cuba where he met Frank Costello, Vito …