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Woodside man gets 20 years for
helping parents smuggle coke
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
rpozarycki@qns.com / @robbpoz
Like father, like mother, like
son.
A Woodside man was ordered
on June 22 to spend the next
two decades in the slammer
aft er being convicted of working
with his Whitestone parents
to smuggle cocaine out of
their restaurant in Corona, federal
prosecutors announced on
June 22.
Angelo Gigliotti, 36, helped
his parents, Eleanora and
Gregorio Gigliotti, import more
than 50 kilos of cocaine from
Costa Rica over a six-month
period through shipments to
their Italian restaurant, Cucino
Amido Mio, which was located
51-01 108th St. in Corona.
Both of his parents, residents
of the Malba section of
Whitestone, are already serving
hard time in the federal penitentiary
aft er being previously
convicted of their roles in
the smuggling ring. Eleanora
Gigliotti, 56, was sentenced in
May to serve seven years in prison,
while Gregorio Gigliotti,
who’s 61 and also a reputed
member of the Genovese crime
family, began an 18-year prison
term back in April.
“Th e defendants used their
family restaurant in Corona,
Queens, as well as a produce
importation company, to
import over 50 kilograms of
cocaine worth millions of dollars
from Costa Rica,” Acting
U.S. Attorney Bridget M.
Rohde said in a statement on
Th ursday. “Th e prison sentences
imposed on the defendants
put an end to the transnational
drug traffi cking ring they conducted
behind the disguise of
local businesses.”
Federal prosecutors said the
smuggling operation began in
2012, aft er Gregorio Gigliotti
struck a deal with a known
drug smuggler who later turned
into a government informant.
Gigliotti’s partner obtained a
license to import yucca, and
used that privilege as a front
to traffi c in large amounts of
cocaine that were concealed
within the cardboard fl aps of
boxes containing yucca. Th e
cocaine was then sold on the
street.
Th e Gigliottis were initially
arrested on March 11, 2015, for
their alleged roles in the smuggling
operation. Twelve others
connected to the ring were subsequently
indicted.
On the date of the Gigliottis’
arrest, federal agents executed
a search warrant at Cucino
Amido Mio and seized a
cache of weapons including
a 12-gauge shotgun, a loaded
.357 Magnum Trooper
revolver, a .22-caliber Colt pistol,
a .38-caliber Charter Arms
revolver, a 9 mm Keltec pistol, a
.762 Czech pistol and a .38-caliber
Derringer with a defaced
serial number. Assorted ammunition,
brass knuckles, a handwritten
ledger that revealed
the movement of more than
$350,000 in proceeds, and cash
in excess of $100,000 was also
recovered.
In addition to 20 years in
prison, Angelo Gigliotti was
also order to serve 10 years’
probation upon release.
Photo courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s offi ce
Angelo Gigliotti was sentenced to serve 20 years in jail for helping his parents run
a cocaine smuggling ring out of their Corona restaurant.
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