Event Brief
Oct 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM ET
USF, HCSO Digitize Tampa Crime Family Records
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
The University of South Florida and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office are making decades of law enforcement records more accessible after USF researchers spent three years preserving and digitizing about 90,000 documents. The collection, spanning 1832 to 1984, includes thousands of records on investigations into the Trafficante crime family, especially a 1953-54 effort to dismantle the syndicate.
WHO: The University of South Florida and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.
WHAT: They are preserving and digitizing HCSO archival records, including thousands tied to the Trafficante crime family, to make them more accessible to researchers and historians.
WHEN: Reported Oct 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM ET
WHERE: Tampa, Florida
WHY: Reason not reported.
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