Phil Amari
Italian American mobster (1899–1963)
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Filippo "Phil" Amari (1899–1963)[1] was an Italian American mobster who was the early boss of what would become the DeCavalcante crime family.[2] He succeeded Stefano Badami as the boss of the New Jersey mob after Badami was gunned down by assassins in 1955.[3] As boss, he was involved in drug trafficking and labor racketeering, with a legitimate job as a loan officer in the finance industry.[2] He also owned (or claimed to own) a liquor store, and had no previous criminal record.[4] He resigned as boss in 1957 and ceded control to Nicholas Delmore.[3][5]
