Frank Costello

Francesco Castiglia (January 21, 1891 - February 18, 1973), known as Frank "Prime Minister" Costello, was a Prohibition gangster and eventual leader of the Genovese crime family.

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Costello was born in (Lauropoli) Calabria, Italy, and in 1895 he boarded a ship to the United States alongside his mother and sister. Living in New York's East Harlem he became a member of a local gang by the age of 13, and started using the name of Frank. He continued to commit petty crimes and spent time in jail whilst a teenager and young adult, serving 11 months in 1915 after being found carrying a concealed weapon.

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