Frank Sinatra’s Mob Ties Exposed In 2,400 Pages of FBI Case Notes

The FBI kept a 2,400-page file on Sinatra, tracking his movements for 40 years. They listed him as a “messenger” for the Mafia and documented ties to Sam Giancana (Chicago Outfit boss), Carlo Gambino, Willie Moretti, Joseph Fischetti (an Al Capone associate.)

Sinatra, who died at age 82 in 1998 after suffering a heart attack, was never charged because they never caught him in an actual crime, only “suspicious activities” – but he was watched like a hawk.

They even had photos of the singer with mob men in Cuba in 1947, when Lucky Luciano moved there to resume control of his empire after a stint in the slammer.

Newspapers ran the pictures, but Sinatra denied it all: “Any report that I fraternize with goons and racketeers is a vicious lie,” he said, adding that he just happened to “run into” certain people.

In fact, he knew the FBI was watching him and he once sent an associate to J. Edgar Hoover’s office to offer his services as an informant. That way, he figured, he could protect himself from the rumors he was involved with the mob.