title: 1960 in organized crime
text: # 1960 in organized crime
  
  ## Events
  
  * April 7 – Johnny Dio is convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.
  * November 28 – Twenty mobsters arrested at the Apalachin Conference in 1957 are acquitted of conspiracy charges by a US appeals court.
  
  ## Arts and literature
  
  * Murder, Inc. (film) starring Henry Morgan, Peter Falk, Vincent Gardenia and Howard Smith.
  * The Purple Gang (film) starring Barry Sullivan and Robert Blake.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Carmine Agnello, member of Gambino crime family
  * June 21 – Costabile Farace, Mafia associate
  * September – Luigi Putrone, Sicilian Mafia boss
  
  ## Deaths
  
  Ezio Galanzo (1932 - 1965), member of the Gambino Crime Family
  
  