Anthony Carollo


Anthony Samuel Carollo was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. He led the organization from 1990 until his death on February 1, 2007.

Early life

Carollo was born on November 24, 1923 in New Orleans, to Silvestro Carollo and Catherine Tenie Carollo. He had two brothers, Michael Carollo and Sarah Misuraca. At this time his father was the boss of the New Orleans Mafia, and he followed him in crime. He he enlisted in the U.S. Army during the World War II and was owner of Venezia Restaurant in New Orleans.
Carollo married Mary Evans, and had one son, Sam Carollo and a step-son, Marlon Kennedy.

Height to power

In September 1966, Carollo other Mafia members attended a meeting at La Stella restaurant, in Queens, New York. The police raided the building, among arrested, Carollo, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr. and Carlo Gambino.
It has been alleged that it was to resolve matters relating to the New Orleans crime family. The meeting was referred as "Little Apalachin".

Boss and later years

When Marcello went to prison in 1983, his brother Joseph was the boss until 1990, when he was stepped down and Carollo became the boss of family.
In May 1994, Carollo with 16 members of the Marcello, Gambino and Genovese families were arrested on charges of infiltrating the video poker industry in Louisiana, racketeering, illegal gambling and conspiracy. In September 1995, Carollo pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering conspiracy, with Frank and Joseph Gagliano and associates Felix Riggio III and Cade Carber.
Carollo died of natural causes on February 1, 2007 at Northshore Regional Medical Center, Slidell, Louisiana, of natural causes. He is buried on Metairie Cemetery.