Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as, "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti
Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as, "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as, "Frank 'The Enforcer' Nitti" was one of the top henchmen of Al Capone and later the front man for the Chicago Outfit. 1943, many top members of the Chicago Outfit were indicted for extorting the Hollywood film industry. The Outfit was accused of trying to strong arm some of the largest Hollywood movie studios, including MGM Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, and RKO Radio Pictures. The studios had cooperated with The Outfit to avoid union trouble stirred up by the mob.... Read story At a meeting of Outfit leaders at Nitti's home, Nitti underboss Ricca angrily blamed Nitti for the indictments. Ricca said that since this had been Nitti's scheme and that the FBI informant, Willie Bioff, had been Nitti's trusted associate, Nitti should take the fall for the Outfit and go to prison. A severe claustrophobi...