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- 1 2 "Gigante Is Sane And Runs Mob, U.S. Charges" By WILLIAM GLABERSON New York Times January 24, 2002
- ↑ http://www.archive.nlpc.org/olap/UCU3/05_03_01.htm%5B%5D
- 1 2 "Vincent "Chin" gigante, boss of the genovese crime family, together with genovese acting boss, former acting boss, family captain, 2 soldiers, and 2 associates indicted and charged with infiltration of longshoremen's union" Archived 2009-12-06 at the Wayback Machine Press Release IPSN January 23, 2002
- ↑ "Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator". Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
