Tony Spilotro: The Las Vegas Enforcer - Mafia's Greatest Hits

The story of Tony Spilotro, who protected the Chicago Mafia's interests in the casinos of Las Vegas and became a target for the FBI.

[@raquelduquedeestrada1129]

When we were teens in Vegas the thing to do was cruise downtown on a Saturday night… Now that area is closed off. Then the Rodeo would come to town once a year and that was a big deal. Then the Ice Palace opened up near the convention center and we all ice skated. There used to be a club for teens in 1969 called The Teen Beat club, no alcohol just dancing and hanging out with friends… I only have great memories.. Saw some amazing shows there, The Supremes, Elvis, Sinatra, a happy time for me in spite of all this that was going on!!

[@badgerden7080]

Interesting perspective from a Vegas native. Most people look at Vegas from the outside.

[@franksfiddle9031]

you must have some fantastic memories of that time

[@michaelharrison3602]

So there's no illegal activities in Vegas these days? Sure 😅 its the world's biggest cash laundry 😅

[@alkirk-ws4co]

Your only fooling yourself if you honestly believe that Vegas is the sole Mecca of Money Laundering in the world. Every single Government in the world is equally complicit. How else are they supposed to fund all their black ops? The ONLY reason we learn so much about cases like this, is that they make, "Good Copy'. And draw your attention elsewhere.

[@ABCDEF-pf2nt]

Who is this Spilotro guy playing Joe Pesci😂😂

[@johnwayne3331]

Tony was a horrible bastard world's a better place with out him

[@SayerofThings]

My mom said Anthony Spilotro was one of the kindest and most generous people she’s ever known. Of course she had no idea how he dealt with people that crossed him. The point is most of these guys had 2 different lives and personalities.

[@-GRAVESITE-]

It’s been said that Tony Big Tuna Accardo called Spilotro when his mansion was broke into and stolen gems were taken. They all got whacked, and some showed signs of torture. I think even a cop got hit too.

[@curtrice1822]

I knew Tony Accardo because my Great Grandfather was a dear friend of his. The cop was hit a little later, but not by Spilotro. I never heard if it was related to the break in though..I never saw Uncle Tony Joe again after 1984, And he passed in 1986..

[@SayerofThings]

They asked Tony who had the brains and balls to do such a robbery. Frank calabrese killed 2 or 3 of the burglars and was convicted of it

[@freemindthinkerezrapound5071]

Whoever put the background music/noise in this video needs a sit down out in the Nevada desert

[@Kveeni]

😂

[@pauliedibbs9028]

Thank you for this! I always loved this series.... especially the main theme song!

[@mr.regentsdude5621]

Theme song is a hair too long

[@Ezekiel903]

watch the whole story, "Eyes wide open"1948 Italy" on YT, how the US collaborate with Lucky Luciano and the Mafia against fascist Italy during World War II in exchange for political positions after the war! something they don't show in Hollywood. Mussolini get rid of the mafia, the US brought it back stronger as before. Like they got in the system in Italy, they got access to the US system. In 1948 the US had to change side and to work with former fascist, or whole western Europe would have endet under communism! The end came with the collapse of the Soviets, and operation Gladio in the 90s.

[@thefirststudentzero]

That's the best Documentary about the end of organised crime in Las Vegas that I have seen. Very enjoyable. 👍🍻

[@user-bf2cv9xo7x]

Las Vegas = The Meadows. At the sides of the Colorado River, in that case. I learned recently.

[@cohoblue6512]

If you enjoyed this Documentary then you surely must watch the film "Casino" staring Joe Pesci ,Sharon Stone and Robert de Niro . Its a great film and an all time favourite which basically outlines the role of the Mafia back in the late 70`s early 801s

[@phann860]

Instead it is now the Democrats organised crime.

[@Checkeroute]

It's more organized than ever except that it's legal lol

[@JasonFerguson1283]

Great production! Love the old Vegas shots!

[@Ezekiel903]

how many barrels of dead bodies are still in Lake Mead?

[@charlesvenangojr.3513]

I remember hearing he was going robbing high end jewelry stores, the mob didn’t want heat because the skim was worth so much. Well, it caught up to him.

[@andrewfoster4795]

His downfall is when he went outside the mafia doing things he wasn't suppose to be doing he was making his own rules and breaking the mob rules at the sametime joe pesci did a great job playing this guy

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

He boned ace rossseins wife to that's a no no to

[@shanedpain7734]

If anything the Nicky Santoro character wasn’t wild enough! 😂😂😂

[@tynosille6747]

No shit Einstein! We just watched a vidya telling us that very thing

[@Rossboy2112]

The little guy he wouldn’t be fucking the Jews wife if he is it’s a fucking problem Frankie

[@user-im6kf4uy8s]

​@@shanedpain7734Crazy enough Spilotro in real life was even crazier than how he was portrayed by Pesci in Casino.

[@georgesouthwick7000]

Other than his immediate family, I seriously doubt anyone mourned Tony’s passing. He was a cancer on the face of humanity.

[@TDBurrow]

He is my HERO! I wanna be just like him!

[@melissakelly7792]

I😢😮😊😊😊

[@oreopickles3472]

​@@TDBurrowyou are a clown

[@russel777]

​@@TDBurrowto be killed later by your own?

[@Mikefantasia22]

He came up under Mad Sam remember. He was likely turned into a psychopath if he wasn't already.

[@manuelcervantes5866]

Getting all fresh...now go get your shine box

[@zh4839]

What a coincidence that the FBI and Police were unaware of their rendezvous or no surveillance was taking place on Tony or the associates

[@TheLochs]

Saved taxpayers.

[@Ezekiel903]

they are the FBI, from Pompeo to Giuliani, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Pelosi, De Santis, Podesta. the whole clan. If you would watch "Eyes wide open" on YT, how the US collaborate with Lucky Luciano and the Mafia against fascist Italy during World War II in exchange for political positions after the war, something they don't show in Hollywood. Mussolini get rid of the mafia, the US brought it back stronger as before. Like they got in the system in Italy, they got access to the US. In 1948 the US had to change side and to work with former fascist, or whole western Europe would have endet under communism!

[@charlesmartella]

This bloke is the best narrator.

[@davidpeters3857]

Facts

[@whiskeykilmer1866]

If only he could pronounce mafia.

[@joedrew9418]

Ths narrator sounds a little like Anthony hopki ns

[@zu1875lu]

Because he is English and knows how to speak English correctly 🤷‍♂️

[@user-us3yj9gu2d]

It would have been cool if the F.B.I. would have interviewed the crooked Judges and the Policemen.

[@ToddyTornado]

this whole documentary is basically explaining casino.

[@user-im6kf4uy8s]

More or less.

[@JeffRiyasat]

Or casino explained this whole documentary

[@cohoblue6512]

The film "Casino" was made to explain the Mafias role in Las Vegas corruption and the Casinos , and how they met their downfall at the hands of the FBI - The similarities between the documentary and the film uncanny ..

[@whiskeykilmer1866]

Without the main character.

[@davidpeters3857]

😂😂👀

[@stevetortola1682]

Holy MACKEREL.... this guy was a Machine 💯👊

[@michaelharrison3602]

Skimming the skim how dishonest 😂

[@electrojones]

This started with a five-minute, unskippable ad for a video game.

[@user-jr1wm2lh4j]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Lol-ge1nq]

That cop thought he was a big hero he was just another pawn in the game getting the government in on a money making racket

[@oneflyguy1949]

I sang the rocky mountain way on Christmas eve 1983 at the stardust!!

[@BigPoppieSeed]

Criminals busting criminals... the American way.

[@williamclinard2438]

Perfect analogy😂

[@david.f.b.1131]

You sound like a pretentious douchebag thinking every single person in the FBI is a criminal. You just say that cause you think u sound smart.

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

The only question I have is does anyone know if Jimmy two times ever get the papers get the papers

[@ypaulbrown]

yeah, been wondering about that for years myself.....

[@billalbritton4972]

Whadda you gonna do

[@JayLang7]

He did , he did , but that’s the wrong movie , wrong movie

[@TomFynn]

Only the funny papers, the funny papers.

[@thebigdr5596]

You thought I was laying? No, I'm taking

[@bidhanpradhan1692]

Laying what?

[@thebigdr5596]

@@bidhanpradhan1692 watch the movie casino

[@user-jr1wm2lh4j]

​@@bidhanpradhan1692$10,000

[@johnbrowne2170]

Falling Down is a great movie.

[@RamonaHaygood]

Should of not been surprised by the not guilty verdict. Too cool& calm. Somebody got paid.

[@jaypercy5974]

Great music it brings way back to that period in time the 70s well done.

[@drogon6939]

Keep these coming plz thank you 👊

[@Barry-ui9ic]

It was the silver Dollar saloon next to the stardust where my dad worked and he was involved he worked as a security guard, in 1976 my dad and his best friend both came to ourr house on Terra Linda with suitcases for $100 bills and we had to leave town that day,, they did something for the bosses and we're paid and told to leave town and we did

[@robertedwards7695]

I noticed that a police car was missing its hubcaps. I suppose the mob was responsible for obtaining them ,and selling them back to the cops .😂.

[@TruckinTrokero]

1500 to get a car out of impound in the 70’s wtf lol

[@randallsavage13]

I was thinking the same thing lol and they said he was the criminal

[@renatatarnawski5974]

When the *good guys* own or own the car impound lot that is being used to .....

[@user-mf7nb6fg1b]

back then that was more than a car was worth

[@JamalMcCoy-tx2vz]

Tony was wildin out and got to greedy... and in the end he payed for it...

[@randallsavage13]

Just when you think you can’t be touched you can

[@robbryant52]

Excellent video one of best if not the best on tony

[@rasempress9724]

Have to admit that I chuckled at the ‘picture’ of 4 FBI agents stuck up a pole, HOPING no one looks up…lol

[@kurkspetterson3557]

great documentaries

[@gogrape9716]

When in doubt have none....

[@artfasil]

He served his Mafia masters until he outlived his usefulness and they got rid of him, karma.

[@robertcaccavalla6469]

Great information and analysis, thanks

[@TomFynn]

Captain: "Hey LT, back of that murder case." Lieutenant: "WTF?" Captain: Sources say it was unauthorized." Lieutenant: "Then I grab a donut, sit back and enjoy the show."

[@mestengo22]

Outstanding video tkx

[@mikehunt9884]

the guy rubbed shoulders with celebrities in vegas, as a restaurant owner and business owner, but this makes him look like an out of control vicious wild beast.. The thing with a lot of guys in that life, is they often have a lot of charisma, very outgoing, usually have very good social skills, yeah, they might also be vicious killers too, they're not mutually exclusive.

[@user-vv4vs2so5u]

Been waiting for this on ear for ages 😁

[@nickyshannon4600]

Fantastic documentary..

[@amck72]

So Goodfellas and Casino was also based off this story

[@herbs4921]

Goodfellas is based on the Lufthansa robbery in new york city.

[@ing.pacolh7458]

Bravo pour votre hommage au crime pour votre hommage au meurtre c'est vrai il nous aimons tous le sang et les cadavres sur les trottoirs ou quoi que ce soit c'est tellement formidable ça donne un sens à la vie encore toutes mes félicitations et ainsi qu'à ceux qui viennent ici pour se rassasier

[@herizoandrianjafimbahoaka4903]

He died as he lived

[@reggaefan2700]

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

[@herbert9241]

As clearly stated in the employment contract.

[@sure2fckitupguy]

When you and all the bosses back home know you're screwed and, then you get invited back home. DON'T GO!! The bosses reeled them in and, got 'em with the old inductee trick.

[@herbert9241]

He probably knew what was coming and took it on the chin. The clear understanding when you're inducted: you'll die how you live.

[@luillierstephane1463]

Great character for Joe Pesci in Casino.

[@robertpage3195]

Thanks for that. I thought it was familiar Excellent movie as well

[@javiermori1710]

My godfather was a pit boss at Stardust for bout 10 years in 70s and 80s. He dealt in some ways almost daily with Lefty Rosenthal. He had some great stories about mobbed up casino but i was too young to really be interested in that stuff. Wasnt until after he passed that i was starting to read and hear on the news about the " hole in the wall" gang. Spilotro nephew and I are bout same age and he went to rival high school. About 20 years i hired John Spilotro who is a pretty well known attorney in city to represent me in a DUI case.Born and raised in Vegas and the mob stories were just ingrained in city and everyone knew but no one really thought twice about it. Except the cops. And Sheriff Ralph Lamb was notorious for going after these guys and trying to send em to prison.

[@Icedkakashi]

I wonder what age you’d have to be not be interested in your grandfathers mafia story lol like you were so young and cool it was just boring to you?

[@AndrewRobertson-kl4vi]

​​@@Icedkakashilol 😆 😂 🤣 Just my Granda telling me any type of story would hold my attention, so yeah I think He must have felt that He was so cool! 👍

[@ROC14088]

​@@Icedkakashi when you're a kid you're not interested in granpas war stories

[@gregorybathurst7171]

EH looksalike we gotta big shot ina herea ,wadda gunna do eh forgetaboutit .

[@VoltardDoc]

I remember everything my grandfather told me. I hung on his every word like a fish ona hook. You missed out on a first hand story.😢

[@user-qu6bl9bl9x]

Didn’t know how to turn the electricity off? “ let’s just blow a hole in the wall” 😱

[@MulToyVerse]

Tony Spilatro as played by Lucky Luciano. Odd that this didn't mention Lefty Rosenthal.

[@malparillo5617]

where is lucky luciano 😂

[@MulToyVerse]

@@malparillo5617 The actor who played Tony in this looks about the same as the one who played Lucky in another episode.

[@malparillo5617]

@@MulToyVerse yeah , so what ? they re actors

[@MulToyVerse]

@@malparillo5617 Yeah, but at least get one that looks closer to Tony, like when Joe Peshi was chosen to play him in Casino. The guy they have in this looks like some random mob thug.

[@malparillo5617]

@@MulToyVerse they are not the budget of hollywood dude ! thus is small documentary not a Block buster c mon

[@mikecain6947]

a great video.

[@nicklauss81l88]

Trop fort j' adore

[@marclacasse1]

22:50 ''Good law enforcement in Las Vegas forever'' hahahahahahahahahaah🤣😂

[@eddiebazine5157]

Super reportage bon boulot😉

[@michaelharrison3602]

Miss one payment a bat miss two a bullet very few people missed a third 😂

[@joekaiser6113]

Great work by FBI and state police of Los Vegas awsome Documentry 😊

[@keepgrindingup7661]

HEYYYYY...FUGGHETTABOUTIT

[@ClotEastwood]

I was just Bustin ya Ball's . . . .

[@erwinrommel9525]

For any DMV this all out traffic angles for any drivers testing for license is 👍

[@mrwonderful2081]

Epic

[@richardyoung4616]

Frank Cullata had a website called "Coffee with Cullotta" until he died of covid. You could ask him anything and he would answer. He had a tour company in Vegas and was an advisor on the movie "Casino". Sure missed him when he died.

[@bodoille536]

28:21 La paire de BALLS de dire ça quand même devant un boss !!

[@raquelduquedeestrada1129]

Where was that jewelry store located? The Gold Rush?? I can’t place it ..

[@clintcarter5984]

Why no mention of Lefty Rosenthal?

[@drdonothingmuch5890]

Lefty was an informant for the FBI

[@HuckBuddies]

Investigator says we know everything, except for the color of their socks. He's right that's a pretty difficult thing to find out... Derp!!!

[@SHOOTDASHIT1]

So KZbin does allow reused content to be Monetized..this video been all over KZbin but this channel can monetize it?.. wow

[@karokorajohnkhamis5716]

Another one on a weekend

[@lewispaine4589]

The narrator sounds like Anthony Hopkins

[@PelletierRene]

Il n achetait pas les policiers et juges, c'est eux qu'ils offraient leurs services😅 c'est simplement ça 😊

[@lordeldauoud142]

“ WOW “

[@TDBurrow]

Tony is my HERO!!

[@brucesmith6007]

You're kidding?

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Yep beating the crooked system they hate competion

[@bitcoinbeavis7742]

Your hero is a serial killer?

[@davidcat1455]

@@slabbusterrtr7690 Murder and torture for profit is “beating the system”?

[@joshuac6389]

10:08 what is the beat/song that starts here!?!?

[@DressedForDrowning]

The opening music is good. Does sombody know a playlist with such a music? Every suggestion is welcome.

[@anthonybeauchot2771]

Was it Casino the movie that was based off of this?

[@user-im6kf4uy8s]

Yup.

[@zeebest1004]

No. That was a completely different Anthony Spilotro at a different Las Vegas Nevada…

[@JuanFlores-xo4up]

Si .como miky santoro

[@averagejoe9642]

@@zeebest1004I bet the hate each other 😂

[@walls2ink]

What a crazy life

[@Rosco_1]

Tony was just taking the trash out in sin city then sin city’s trash owners took him out with the rest.. that cop talked shit tho spilotro terrified him 💯

[@somebody1266]

Spilotro est incarné magnifiquement par Joe Pesci dans Casino avec Robert de Niro.

[@FentanylFloyd]

Albert "Caesar" Tocco was one of the people who beat ant to death

[@AlanAttack]

"......Charlie M...."

[@killaant84]

He was doing his thing just got sloppy

[@TrilobitesRTasty]

47:53 The documentary ends with a bit of comedy. 😂

[@daveyfunk]

That cop has balls of steel. Those involved in the mafia are absolute psychopaths and I can't imagine what it takes to fight fire with fire with them. To actually make it known to psychopath you're going after them you'd have to be ice cool as the amount of intimidation aimed at him must've been off the charts

[@bradbell3744]

Your thumbnail photo is not Spilotro. And you show the Bellagio fountains in the opening. The Bellagio didn’t exist when Tony was alive. But then I watched the entire video. Well done. I read the book The Enforcer and am very familiar with the story.

[@PATRICIAPIRRCE]

Michael I am not good at these phone. please send this to Popok and Ben "show Massaes legal losses" When after conviction last wk even midas touch was saying all He would get was probation. I had to stop watching 5-6hrs a day. I was getting real scared. After this show that they said He would in their opinions receive prison time I started to calm down and be less afraid. By the way great job you did. Thank you so much for your 21 hrs of testimony and being so excellent. But please pass message to Popop and Ben. I am 70 and in bad health please find away to pass my message .Love the truth u stand by.

[@lashachokhonelidze2498]

👍👍👍

[@noneya8257]

"That set the stage for good law enforcement in Las Vegas forever."😂😂😂💩💩💩

[@merqtv]

If anyone blieves that cop really went to chicago, got close to outfit bosses, and threatened their families seriously needs their fucking mental checked.

[@Hard_Right]

seriously everything that cop said was complete bullshit

[@randybenefiel8900]

It happened just like he said.

[@gregmiller9710]

.one has to remember that place was started by the MOB in the 1st place

[@narayankulkarni5378]

Sir please show us disappear of mongols emperor kublai khans naval fleet in japan islands

[@spaffron4285]

That guy said it cost $1500 to get your car towed in the 70s

[@TAWS-wq3hx]

He lyin'

[@spaffron4285]

@@TAWS-wq3hx typical cop

[@user-ht6bp5im1z]

It did dummies, if you were mobbed up. Lol

[@smithwilliam6837]

Da Fix was a surprise not 2 me ! But dude from Chicago fixed the problem really quickly last class not 1st

[@saywhatdog]

Kicked the mob out for good... Now only the government skims the casino along with everyone else

[@raquelduquedeestrada1129]

I grew up in Las Vegas in the 60’s and I was a teen in the early 70’s. My fathers worked in the casino will not say where but Vegas seemed a very nice place to be before these people. Yes there were the findings in Lake Mead and it was unspoken of since we all assumed it was Mafia. But you never heard of holes in the desert. The movie Casino put all these people on the map. As far as Lefty, he died in Miami in the late 90’s…

[@drdonothingmuch5890]

Lefty died in October 2008

[@xtreme1002003]

@@drdonothingmuch5890is correct. Lefty died on October 13, to be precise.

[@billiebleach7889]

So, nowadays everything is fine and dandy in Vegas? I find that hard to believe

[@FAB0516]

Hell nah. Spilotro got scared of that chump cop?

[@manithecomiccollector6361]

“That’s bull shit” 😂😂😂😂

[@black_eagle]

Just goes to show you, if you want justice, don't go to the cops or the FBI, go to the MOB!

[@scott-vo4dy]

Nice work by the FBI stopping this killer after give or take 20 murders.