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Italian-American Crime Families
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia organization, both past and present. New York City Genovese crime family Boss/acting boss * Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello – boss (1890s–1909) * Nicholas "Nick" Morello – boss (1909–1916) killed in 1916 * Vincenzo "Vincent" Terranova – boss (1916–1920) * Giuseppe "Joe the boss" Masseria – boss (1920–1931) *Charlie "Lucky" Luciano – boss (1931–1946) * Frank "The Prime Minister" Costello – acting boss (1936–1945), boss (1946–1957) * "Don" Vito Genovese – underboss (1931–1936), boss (1957–1969) *Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo – acting boss (1959–1962) * Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli – acting boss (1962–1965) * Frank Tieri – front boss (circa 1972–1981) *Philip Lombardo – boss (1969–1981) * Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno – front boss (1981–1987) *Vincent "Chin" Gigante – underboss (1981–1987), boss (1981–2005) *Liborio Bellomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan areas, with significant communities also residing in many other major US metropolitan areas. Between 1820 and 2004 approximately 5.5 million Italians migrated from Italy to the United States, in several distinct waves, with the greatest number arriving in the 20th century from Southern Italy. Initially, many Italian immigrants (usually single men), so-called “birds of passage”, sent remittance back to their families in Italy and, eventually, returned to Italy; however, many other immigrants eventually stayed in the United States, creating the large Italian-American communities that exist today. In 1870, prior to the large wave of Italian immigrants to the United States, there were fewer than 25,000 Italian immigrants in America, many of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent "Chin" Gigante
Vincent Louis Gigante (; March 28, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "The Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for what was then the Luciano crime family, forerunner of the Genovese family. Gigante was one of five brothers; three of them, Mario, Pasquale, and Ralph, followed him into the Mafia. Only one brother, Louis, stayed out of the crime family, instead becoming a Catholic priest. Gigante was the shooter in the failed assassination of longtime Luciano boss Frank Costello in 1957. In 1959, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for drug trafficking, and after sharing a prison cell with Costello's rival, Vito Genovese, Gigante became a caporegime overseeing his own crew of Genovese soldiers and associates who operated out of Greenwich Village. Gigante quickly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Dentico
Lawrence John Dentico (born August 22, 1923), also known as "Larry Fab", "Little Larry" and "The Little Guy", is a New Jersey captain in the Genovese crime family and a former consigliere. Dentico was born in Seaside Park, New Jersey, the son of Vito Antonio Dentico and Rose. He is the brother of Joseph born November 5, 1898 in Gioia del Colle in the south Italian region of Apulia and is the brother-in-law to Theresa Romano, the wife of his brother Joseph. In 1949 and in 1952, Dentico served brief prison sentences for selling heroin.Crime family is promoting old hands, authorities say" New York Times July 26, 1998 During the 1950s, Dentico worked for boss |
James Ida
James Ida also known as "Little Guy" (born 1940) is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family. Ida was born to first generation immigrants from Lombardy. Growing up in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, Ida was inducted into the Genovese crime family in the late 1970s. Ida was placed in the Little Italy-based crew of captain Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello, frequently serving as Ianniello's bodyguard and chauffeur. Ida's younger brother Joseph also served in Ianniello's crew. Racketeering in Little Italy In 1988, after Ianniello was convicted on federal racketeering charges, Ida took over the Ianniello crew. In 1991, after consigliere Louis Manna was convicted of federal racketeering charges, Ida became the official consigliere of the Genovese family. When boss Vincent Gigante and underboss Venero Mangano went to prison, Ida handled the day-to-day functions of the Genovese family with acting boss Liborio Bellomo. Ida also o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Manna
Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna (born December 2, 1929, in Hoboken, New Jersey), is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family operating with the family's New Jersey faction. Genovese family Manna was a close associate of family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante; he rented an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York to be close to Gigante's headquarters at the Triangle Social Club. However, Manna's power base was in New Jersey. He is the brother-in-law of Genovese crime family mob associate Gerald Dirazzo. He supervised four caporegimes while also serving as consigliere. He ran his personal criminal operations out of an Italian eatery called Casella's at 615 First Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Manna became the lead man for the Genovese family in discussions with the Gambino crime family on how to equitably divide up that area. Gambino family In 1987, Manna began pushing the Genovese family to murder John Gotti, the new boss of the Gambino family.Raab, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Miranda
Michele "Big Mike" Miranda (July 26, 1896 – July 16, 1973) was a longtime member and eventual consigliere of the Genovese crime family and one of the most powerful New York gangsters in the 1950s and 1960s. Early years Born in San Giuseppe Vesuviano, Province of Naples, Miranda immigrated with his family to the United States in 1905 and settled in New York. In later years, Miranda's official residence was in Forest Hills, Queens. Becoming involved in crime as a teenager, his first arrest was for petty theft and assault in 1915. During Prohibition, Miranda became an associate of Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese and was affiliated with the Reina crime family of the Bronx. In 1931, following the end of the Castellammarese War, he became close to Luciano crime family underboss, Vito Genovese and became a made man, or full member, of that crime family. Enforcer for Luciano and Genovese Miranda frequently acted as enforcer for Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Genovese along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saverio Santora
Saverio Santora (1935–1987), also known as "Sammy Black", was a New York mobster with the Genovese crime family who briefly served as family underboss. In the late 1970s, Santora took over as caporegime of Antonio "Buckaloo" Ferro's powerful 116th Street crew in the East Harlem section of Manhattan. Santora quickly became one of the most powerful captains in the family. The crew was involved in illegal gambling, bookmaking, loan sharking, heroin trafficking, and labor racketeering within the Carpenters' Union. In 1981, longtime Genovese boss Philip Lombardo went into semi-retirement. Vincent "Chin" Gigante and Santora were the prime candidates to succeed Lombardo as boss, being two of the most respected and influential members of the family. Lombardo made Gigante the boss and Santora the underboss. Santora continued as underboss of the family until his death in 1987. Current Genovese boss Liborio Bellomo Liborio Salvatore Bellomo (born January 8, 1957) is an American mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerardo Catena
Gerardo "Jerry" Catena (January 8, 1902 – April 23, 2000) was an American mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas Eboli, Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip Lombardo, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michele Miranda, Michael "Big Mike" Miranda. He was ranked as the fourth richest mobster in the United States by ''Fortune'' magazine. Early life in Jersey Catena was born on January 8, 1902, in South Orange, New Jersey to Francesco and Donata Speziale, and subsequently became familiar with legendary mobsters Willie Moretti, Guarino "Willie" Moretti, Thomas Greco, Cosmo "Gus" Frasca, and Abner Zwillman, Abner "Longy" Zwillman. He was married to Catherine McNally and was the father to Patricia, Geraldine, Donna, Vicki and Richard. He was the brother of Eugene, Mary Frederico and Sadie Dellasante. He was a vending machine racketeer with interests in People's Express Co., Advance Vending Co, Runyon Vending Sales Co and TrenM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venero Mangano
Venero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano (September 7, 1921 – August 18, 2017) was the underboss of the Genovese crime family. In 1991, Mangano was convicted of one count of extortion and a related conspiracy count for rigging windows contracts, and in 1993, was sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison and fined $100,000. He was released in 2006, and died of natural causes on August 18, 2017. Early career Mangano was related to Gambino crime family boss Vincent Mangano (1888–1951), Philip Mangano, Lawrence Mangano and Anthony Mangano. The nickname "Benny Eggs" stemmed from an egg store his mother had run. Mangano was listed as a caporegime twice by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement in a 1987 exclusion order. During World War II, Mangano served as a bomber tail gunner with the United States Army Air Corps in Europe. In recognition of his service, the Army decorated Mangano with a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and three B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Moretti
Guarino "Willie" Moretti (February 24, 1894 – October 4, 1951), also known as Willie Moore, was a notorious underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of the family boss Frank Costello. Criminal career Born Guarino Moretti in Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, Moretti immigrated to the United States with his family to live in New Jersey. On January 12, 1913, after being convicted of robbery in New York City, Moretti was sentenced to one year in state prison in Elmira, New York. He was released after several months. From 1933 to 1951, Moretti, in association with Joe Adonis, Settimo Accardi and Abner Zwillman, ran lucrative gambling dens in New Jersey and upstate New York. His operations were based out of his homes in Hasbrouck Heights (located in Bergen County, New Jersey, just outside New York City) and Deal (located in Monmouth County, New Jersey along the Jersey Shore). Hollywood connections Moretti was the godfather of then-unknown singer Frank Sinatra. Sinatra' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Leo (mobster)
Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo (born January 16, 1928 in East Harlem, New York City) is the former acting boss of the Genovese crime family, the biggest of New York's Five Mafia families. Early life and career Leo was once a member of the notorious East Harlem Purple Gang in the 1970s. He is also known as "Daniel Leonetti" and "Daniel Leonardo" (the Federal Bureau of Prisons has his name as "Danny Leo"). Rise in the Genovese family Leo resides in a luxurious manor in Rockleigh, New Jersey and was a suspected drug trafficker during his earlier years as a soldier in the Genovese crime family. On June 13, 1980, Leo was indicted for refusing to answer grand jury questions in regards to the murder of 18-year-old Maurice Anzisi. Anzisi and his girlfriend were murdered in 1978 in the Bronx. Leo was once the President of a construction company named Elite Ready Mix. Allegedly promoted to captain under the regime of Vincent "Chin" Gigante in the late 1980s or early 1990s after living a low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Gigante
Mario "the shadow" Gigante (November 4, 1923 – March 10, 2022) was an American mobster in New York City who served as caporegime for the Genovese crime family. He was the elder brother of late family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Biography Gigante was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, to Salvatore Esposito Vulgo Gigante (April 26, 1900 – April 1979), a jewel engraver, and Yolonda Santasilia-Gigante (1902 – May 10, 1997), a seamstress and maternal niece of Dolores Santasilia. His parents and aunt were first-generation immigrants from Naples, Italy, and never learned the English language. Vincent and his extended family relatives settled in New York City and Westchester County including Connecticut and Massachusetts. He had four brothers, Vincent, Pasquale A. Gigante (October 18, 1921 – January 7, 1983) and Ralph Gigante (March 14, 1930 – 1994), who followed his brother Vincent into a life of organized crime. His last brother Louis Gigante became an ordained Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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