| Founded | c. 1925 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Ignacio Antinori |
| Named after | Santo Trafficante Sr. |
| Founding location | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Years active | c. 1925–present |
| Territory | Primarily the Tampa Bay area, with additional territory throughout Florida, as well as Havana |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Activities | Racketeering, loansharking, extortion, contract killing, kidnapping, prostitution, bribery, corruption, drug trafficking, murder, gambling, conspiracy, money laundering, bookmaking, labor racketeering |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in the Tampa area |
The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida. The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante Jr. who ruled Tampa and the crime family with an iron fist.[1] Author Scott Deitche reported that Santo Jr. was involved with the CIA to plot assassination attempts on Fidel Castro.[1] After the death of Santo Jr. in 1987, the Tampa Mafia family has been controlled by Vincent LoScalzo.