Giovanni Riggi

Who is Giovanni Riggi?

Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi is a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. Riggi was the leader of the "Elizabeth crew" in the family when he was a Caporegime. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and has been the official boss since around 1980. Riggi was incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center Devens, Massachusetts on extortion and labor racketeering convictions. He was released on November 27, 2012.

Ercole DiMeo, the named but unseen character from the HBO TV series The Sopranos, is supposedly based on Riggi.