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