The two primary defendants in the Connection case were Gaetano

Badalamenti, the $60-$year$-$old former Mafia boss in Sicily, and Salvatore Catalano, a power boss with the Bonino organization, who operated a bakery and pizzeria.

$9.$ Despite allegations of mob assistance to the Kennedy campaign in Chicago and possibly West Virginia, President Kennedy's brother probably played the most significant role in combating organized crime of any government official in U$.$S$.$ history.