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- Rocco Perri (Italian: [ˈrɔkko ˈpɛrri]; born Rocco Perre; December 30, 1887 – disappeared April 23, 1944) was an Italian-born organized crime figure in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was one of the most prominent Prohibition-era crime figures in Canada, and was sometimes referred to as "King of the Bootleggers" and "Canada's Al Capone". Born in the Italian town of Platì in Calabria, Perri immigrated to the United States, and later to Canada, in 1908. In the early 1910s, he started work in construction and in a bakery. Perri and his common-law wife, Bessie Starkman, began a business in bootlegging when the sale and distribution of alcohol was prohibited in both Canada and the United States. Starkman dealt mainly with the finances of the business. In 1928, Perri was charged with perjury after a Royal Commission testimony, and served five months of a six month prison sentence. In 1930, Starkman was ambushed in her garage and killed; no one was charged with her murder. In 1940, Perri was arrested and sent to internment at Camp Petawawa as part of the Italian Canadian internment; he was released three years later. Perri disappeared in Hamilton on April 23, 1944, when he went for a walk; his body was never found, and this caused speculation surrounding his purported death. (en)
- Rocco Perri, nato Rocco Perre (Platì, 30 dicembre 1887 – dopo il 23 aprile 1944), è stato un criminale italiano, figura di primo piano della criminalità organizzata in Ontario.Fu un bottlegger, cioè un contrabbandiere che aveva contatti con le distillerie e fabbriche di birra durante il periodo del Proibizionismo, insieme alla coniuge Besha Starkman (nota anche come Bessie Perri). (it)
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- Rocco Perri, nato Rocco Perre (Platì, 30 dicembre 1887 – dopo il 23 aprile 1944), è stato un criminale italiano, figura di primo piano della criminalità organizzata in Ontario.Fu un bottlegger, cioè un contrabbandiere che aveva contatti con le distillerie e fabbriche di birra durante il periodo del Proibizionismo, insieme alla coniuge Besha Starkman (nota anche come Bessie Perri). (it)
- Rocco Perri (Italian: [ˈrɔkko ˈpɛrri]; born Rocco Perre; December 30, 1887 – disappeared April 23, 1944) was an Italian-born organized crime figure in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was one of the most prominent Prohibition-era crime figures in Canada, and was sometimes referred to as "King of the Bootleggers" and "Canada's Al Capone". (en)
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