File:Vito Rizzuto with Gerlando Sciascia and Joseph Massino 1981.jpg

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Description: United States law-enforcement surveillance photograph showing Gerlando Sciascia at left, Vito Rizzuto in the center and Joseph Massino at right near a vehicle in New York. The photograph documents association among particular individuals; it does not by itself establish the complete hierarchy or jurisdictional status of the Montreal organization.

Date: 1981

Source: United States Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance photograph, reproduced by the National Post and Wikimedia Commons.

Creator: United States federal law-enforcement personnel.

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Image title	Credit: The U.S. Department of Justice Cutline: Murdered Canadian gangster Gerlando Sciascia, left, looks for the car keys while his accused killer, Joseph Massino, right, waits to get into a car in New York in 1981. In the middle, in the dark suit, is Vito Rizzuto, the alleged Mafia boss of Canada who U.S. authroties are trying to extradite to face a murder conspiracy charge.
Source	US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Short title	MAFIA TAKEDOWN
Date and time of data generation	00:00, 7 April 1915
City shown	NEW YORK
Width	2,000 px
Height	1,500 px
Pixel composition	Black and white (Black is 0)
Orientation	Normal
Number of components	4
Horizontal resolution	72 dpi
Vertical resolution	72 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh
File change date and time	19:52, 28 September 2012
Exif version	2.21
Color space	Uncalibrated
IIM version	2
Writer	CD BW PH
Special instructions	PHOTO AVAILABLE IN BLACK AND WHITE ONLY, MAY 6, 1981 FILE PHOTO
Province or state shown	NY
Country shown	USA
Category	A