Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name.
10 Facts About Giovanni Riggi
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Giovanni Riggi had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the official boss around 1982.
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Giovanni Riggi has one living heir to the throne Brian Giovanni born June 12th 1996 but Brian Giovanni has removed himself from affiliation with Mafia Family and now is currently selling laptops for the United States government.
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John Giovanni Riggi had been a business agent of the "International Association of Laborers and Hod Carriers", in New Jersey for years.
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Giovanni Riggi was promoted to the position of official boss of the DeCavalcante crime family with close ties to the Five Families of New York and represented at meetings of The Commission by the Genovese crime family, Riggi reaped the enormous benefits of large labor and construction racketeering, loansharking, illegal gambling activities as well as a large legitimate income.
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Giovanni Riggi established a close friendship with new Gambino crime family boss, John Gotti.
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In 1990, Giovanni Riggi was indicted on state and federal extortion and labor charges, pleading guilty in 1992 and sentenced to 12 years in prison at Butner in North Carolina.
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In September 2003, Giovanni Riggi was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to ordering the 1989 murder of Weiss.
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Giovanni Riggi was released from the Federal Medical Center, Devens on November 27,2012.
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Giovanni Riggi died there on August 3,2015, at the age of 90.