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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, ...
mobsters
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from '' mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization a ...
and
organized crime
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figures by region and by
American Mafia
The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. The organization is often referred to by its membe ...
organization, both past and present.
New York City
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family, () also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American M ...
Boss/acting boss
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Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello – boss (1890s–1909)
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Nicholas "Nick" Morello – boss (1909–1916) killed in 1916
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Vincenzo "Vincent" Terranova – boss (1916–1920)
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Giuseppe "Joe the boss" Masseria – boss (1920–1931)
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Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( , ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrument ...
– boss (1931–1946)
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Frank "The Prime Minister" Costello – acting boss (1936–1945), boss (1946–1957)
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"Don" Vito Genovese – underboss (1931–1936), boss (1957–1969)
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Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo
Anthony C. Strollo (June 18, 1899 – disappeared April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family for several decades.
Biography
Early years
Anthony Strollo was ...
– acting boss (1959–1962)
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Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli – acting boss (1962–1965)
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Frank Tieri – front boss (circa 1972–1981)
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Philip Lombardo
Philip Lombardo (October 6, 1908 in New York City – April 29, 1987) also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s. He succeeded Vito Genovese ...
– boss (1969–1981)
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Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno – front boss (1981–1987)
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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 fough ...
– underboss (1981–1987), boss (1981–2005)
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Liborio Bellomo
Liborio Salvatore Bellomo (born January 8, 1957) is an American mobster and boss of the Genovese crime family. He served in the 116th Street Crew of Saverio "Sammy Black" Santora and was initiated in 1977. His father was a soldier and close to ...
– acting boss (1990–1992), street boss (1992–1996), boss (2010-present)
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Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo – acting boss (1997–1998)
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Matthew "Matty The Horse" Ianniello – acting boss (1997–2005)
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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
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– street boss (2006–2007)
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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 ...
– acting boss (2005–2008)
Underboss/consigliere
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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 ...
– underboss, capo
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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 i ...
– underboss, capo
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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 Squin ...
– underboss, capo
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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 1 ...
– underboss, capo
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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 V ...
– consigliere
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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 ...
– consigliere
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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, Ne ...
– consigliere
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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 ...
– consigliere
Capo/soldier/associate
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Joe Adonis
Joseph Anthony Doto (born Giuseppe Antonio Doto, ; November 22, 1902 – November 26, 1971), known as Joe Adonis, was an Italian-American mobster who was an important participant in the formation of the modern Cosa Nostra crime families in New Y ...
– capo
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Peter DeFeo
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
– capo
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Anthony Provenzano
Anthony Provenzano (May 7, 1917 – December 12, 1988), also known as Tony Pro, was an American mobster who was a powerful caporegime in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction. Provenzano was known for his associations with Jimmy Hoffa du ...
– capo
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Anthony Strollo
Anthony C. Strollo (June 18, 1899 – disappeared April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high-ranking capo of the Genovese crime family for several decades.
Biography
Early years
Anthony Strollo was ...
– capo
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Tino Fiumara – capo
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Vincent Alo
Vincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo (May 26, 1904 – March 9, 2001) was a New York mobster and a high-ranking capo in the Genovese crime family who set up casino operations with mob associate Meyer Lansky in Florida and Cuba.
Early years
Born in Harl ...
– capo
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Anthony Carfano
Anthony Carfano (1895 – September 25, 1959), also known as "Little Augie Pisano", was a New York gangster who became a caporegime, or group leader, in the Luciano crime family under mob bosses Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello.
Ear ...
– capo
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Michael Coppola – capo
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John Ardito – capo
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Angelo DeCarlo
Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (September 2, 1902 – October 20, 1973) was a member of the New York City Genovese crime family who dominated loansharking operations in New Jersey during the 1960s.
The subject of a two-year federal undercover operat ...
– capo
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Vincent Cafaro
Vincent "Fish" Cafaro (born August 27, 1933) was a mobster and protegee of Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, a top lieutenant in the Genovese crime family, until becoming a government informant and witness.
Labor racketeer
Cafaro was born in the sma ...
– soldier, government informant (1986)
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Joseph Lanza
Joseph A. "Socks" Lanza (1904 – October 11, 1968) was a New York labor racketeer and a member of the Genovese crime family, who controlled the Fulton Fish Market in Lower Manhattan through the United Seafood Worker's Union local 359 from 1923 ...
– soldier (circa 1920s–1968)
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Joseph Valachi
Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who is notable as the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963. He is credited wit ...
– soldier, government informant
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Carmine Romano Carmine Romano (August 21, 1935 – January 28, 2011) was a New York mobster and captain in the Genovese Crime Family who controlled the Fulton Fish Market distribution center in Downtown Manhattan.
Mob control of Fulton Fish Market
Beginning ...
– soldier
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Ame ...
Boss/acting boss
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Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila boss (1916–1928)
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Manfredi "Al" Mineo – boss (1928–1930)
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Frank Scalice
Frank Scalice (; born Francesco Scalisi, ; September 23, 1893 – June 17, 1957), also known as "Don Ciccio" and "Wacky", was an Italian-American mobster active in New York City, who led the future Gambino crime family from 1930 to 1931. He ...
– boss (1930–1931)
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Vincent Mangano
Vincent Mangano (born Vincenzo Giovanni Mangano; ; March 28, 1888 – disappeared April 19, 1951, declared dead October 30, 1961) was an Italian-born mobster also known as "Vincent The Executioner" as named in a Brooklyn newspaper, and the head of ...
– boss (1931–1951)
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Albert "The Lord High Executioner" Anastasia – boss (1951–1957), underboss (1931–1951)
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Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino – boss (1957–1976), underboss (1957)
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Paul "Big Paulie" Castellano – boss (1976–1985)
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John "The Teflon Don" Gotti – boss (1985–2002)
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Junior Gotti
John Angelo Gotti (born February 14, 1964) is an American former mobster who was the acting boss of the Gambino crime family from 1991 to 1999. Gotti became acting boss when the boss of the family, his father John Gotti, was sent to prison. The ...
– acting boss (1992–1996, 1997–1999)
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Peter Gotti
Peter Arthur Gotti (October 15, 1939 – February 25, 2021) was an American mobster. He was the boss of the Gambino crime family, part of the American Mafia, and the elder brother of the former Gambino boss John Gotti.
Early life
Gotti was born ...
– boss (2002–2011); acting boss (1999–2002)
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Arnold Squitieri
Arnold Ezekiel "Squiggy" Squitieri (February 2, 1936 – January 27, 2022) was an American former acting boss and underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is also known as "Zeke", "Bozey", and "Squitty".
Biography Murder charge
On August 18, 19 ...
– acting boss (2002–2005)
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Jackie D'Amico
John "Jackie" D'Amico (born July 11, 1937) is a New York City mobster and caporegime who served as street boss of the Gambino crime family from 2005 to 2011. "Street boss" had been the family's number one position ever since official Boss Peter G ...
– acting boss (2005)
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Nicholas Corozzo – acting boss (2005–2008)
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Jackie D'Amico
John "Jackie" D'Amico (born July 11, 1937) is a New York City mobster and caporegime who served as street boss of the Gambino crime family from 2005 to 2011. "Street boss" had been the family's number one position ever since official Boss Peter G ...
– street boss (2008–2011)
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Domenico Cefalu – boss (2011–present)
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Frank Cali
Francesco Paolo Augusto "Frank" Cali (, ; March 26, 1965 – March 13, 2019), also known as "Franky Boy", was an American mobster and the eventual acting boss of the Gambino crime family. Law enforcement considered Cali to have been the Gambino ...
- acting boss (2015–2019)
Underboss/consigliere/capo
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Aniello "Mr. Niel" Dellacroce – underboss (1965–1985)
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Frank DeCicco
Frank DeCicco (November 5, 1935 – April 13, 1986), also known as Frankie D and Frankie Cheech, was an American mobster consigliere and eventual underboss for the Gambino crime family in New York City.
Background
DeCicco was the son of Vincent ...
– underboss (1985–1986)
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Joseph Armone
Joseph "Piney" Armone (September 13, 1917 – February 23, 1992), also known as Shorty, was an American gangster in the Gambino crime family who served as underboss.
Biography
Background
Born on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, Armone earned hi ...
– underboss (1986–1990), consigliere (1990–1992)
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Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano – underboss (1990–1992), consigliere (1987–1990)- Became a government informant
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Thomas Bilotti
Thomas "Tommy" Bilotti (March 23, 1940 – December 16, 1985) was an American mobster with the Gambino crime family who served as underboss for two weeks. It was this promotion that helped trigger the 1985 assassination of Gambino boss Paul Caste ...
– underboss (1985)
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Frank Locascio
Frank "Frankie Loc" LoCascio (September 24, 1932 – October 1, 2021) was an American mobster in New York who became the Consigliere to the Gambino crime family boss John Gotti.
Biography
LoCascio was born to Italian immigrants from Baucina, Sic ...
– acting underboss (1986–1990), acting consigliere (1990–1992)
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Arnold Squitieri
Arnold Ezekiel "Squiggy" Squitieri (February 2, 1936 – January 27, 2022) was an American former acting boss and underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is also known as "Zeke", "Bozey", and "Squitty".
Biography Murder charge
On August 18, 19 ...
– acting boss (2002–2005)
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Joseph N. Gallo – consigliere (1957–1986)
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Joseph Corozzo
Joseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo, Sr. (born 1942 in Brownsville, Brooklyn) is a New York mobster who was the reputed consigliere of the Gambino crime family.
Biography
Background
Joseph Corozzo's brother Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo was the alleged one ...
– consigliere (1992–present)
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Carmine Lombardozzi Carmine Lombardozzi (February 8, 1913 – May 9, 1992) was a high-ranking member of the Gambino crime family in New York. He was known as "Alberto", "The Doctor", the "King of Wall Street" and "The Italian Meyer Lansky". By the end of his crimi ...
– capo
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Anthony Gaggi – capo
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Michael DiLeonardo
Michael DiLeonardo (born June 18, 1955) is a former Italian-American mobster who rose to position of caporegime in the Gambino crime family. In the early 2000s DiLeonardo turned government witness and decided to cooperate with the FBI and manage ...
– capo
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Anthony Scotto – capo
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Anthony Ciccone
Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone (born July 19, 1934) is a New York City mobster and a Caporegime, captain of the Gambino crime family. For over twenty years, Ciccone controlled the Staten Island and Brooklyn waterfronts.
Biography
On December 19, 1991, in ...
– capo
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Carmine Fatico – capo
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Angelo "Quack Quack" Ruggiero – capo
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Nicholas Corozzo – capo
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Gene Gotti
Eugene Gotti (born 1946) is an American mobster in the Gambino crime family. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison in 1989 for racketeering and drug trafficking charges; he was released in 2018.
Early life
Gotti was born in the Bronx, New York, ...
– capo
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John A. Gotti – capo
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Richard V. Gotti
Richard V. Gotti (born 1942) is an American mobster in the Gambino crime family.
Gotti was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1942. He was one of 13 children (two had died at birth) of John Joseph Gotti Sr. and Philomena "Fannie" DeCarlo. Gotti's br ...
– capo
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Ronnie Trucchio Ronald Joseph Trucchio (born 1951), also known as "Ronnie One Arm" is a New York mobster who rose to the position of caporegime in the Gambino crime family.
Biography
Trucchio was born in Ocean Hill, Brooklyn and raised in Ozone Park, Queens. As a ...
– capo
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Salvatore Scala
Salvatore Scala (1944 – December 30, 2008), also known as "Fat Sal" and "Uncle Sal", was a New York mobster who became a ''caporegime'' in the Gambino crime family.
Scala was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to first-generation immigrants from Sc ...
– capo
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Salvatore LoCascio – capo
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Louis Ricco
Louis Ricco (born February 13, 1929), also known as "Louie Bracciole" is a longtime member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime with illegal activities in the Bronx, New York, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York. Regarding Ri ...
– capo
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James Squillante – capo
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James Failla
James "Jimmy Brown" Failla (January 22, 1919 – August 5, 1999) was an American mobster who was a high ranking ''caporegime'' with the Gambino crime family and a major power in the garbage-hauling industry in New York City. Failla's crew was base ...
– capo
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Thomas Gambino
Thomas Francis Gambino (; born August 23, 1929) is an Italian-American New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District. He ...
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Stephen Grammauta
Stephen "Stevie Coogan" Grammauta (December 6, 1916 – 2016) was a caporegime with the Gambino crime family who allegedly participated in the murder of mob boss Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia. And also was the acting underboss.
Early life & cri ...
– capo
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George Remini George V. "Big Georgie" Remini (August 5, 1945-March 2007) was a New York mobster known as "Fat Georgie" or "Big George" within the Gambino crime family. In 1969, Remini was arrested and pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property from interstat ...
– capo
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Jackie D'Amico
John "Jackie" D'Amico (born July 11, 1937) is a New York City mobster and caporegime who served as street boss of the Gambino crime family from 2005 to 2011. "Street boss" had been the family's number one position ever since official Boss Peter G ...
– capo
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Leonard DiMaria
Leonard "Lenny" DiMaria (born 1941), also known as "Prateek" and "the Conductor", is a New York mobster and Caporegime in the Gambino crime family. He is considered by law enforcement to be a close associate of Nicholas Corozzo and has served as h ...
– capo
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George DeCicco – capo
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Thomas Cacciopoli
Thomas Cacciopoli (born September 5, 1949), also known as Tommy Sneakers and Cacci, is an American member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime in the Queens, New Jersey, and Westchester faction of the family.
Days of Joh ...
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Robert "DB" DiBernardo – capo
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John Gambino
Giovanni "John" Gambino (; August 22, 1940 – November 16, 2017) was an Italian-born American mobster. Born in Palermo, Sicily, he became a made member of the Gambino crime family in 1975 and a capodecina or captain, and head of the crime family ...
– capo
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Pasquale Conte
Pasquale "Patsy" Conte (born March 12, 1925) was an American mobster who became a caporegime with the Gambino crime family. He also owned several Key Food supermarkets.
Early life
Born in Sicily, Conte was a resident of Roslyn, New York. Conte wa ...
– capo
Soldier/associate
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Roy DeMeo – soldier
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Anthony Senter
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, ...
– associate
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Joseph Paruta
Joseph Paruta, also known as "Old Man" (December 3, 1929 – October 1986), was a respected soldier in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked f ...
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Joseph Vollaro
Joseph Vollaro, also known as "Joey V" and "Joe Andrews" (born 1966), is a Staten Island-based American trucking executive and Gambino crime family associate who is now a government informant and witness.
Vollaro did construction work and worked ...
– associate
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Dominick Montiglio
Dominick Montiglio (born Dominick Anthony Santamaria; July 17, 1947 – June 27, 2021) was an American former associate of the Gambino crime family.
Early life
Montiglio was born in New York City to Anthony Santamaria and Marie Gaggi, both of Si ...
– associate
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, in the United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as ...
Boss/acting boss
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Gaetano Reina – boss (1916–1930)
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Joseph Pinzolo
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Aba ...
– boss (1930)
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Tommaso Gagliano – boss (1930–1951)
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Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese – boss (1951–1967); underboss (1931–1951)
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Carmine Tramunti
Carmine Paul "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti (October 1, 1910 – October 15, 1978) was an Italian-born American mobster who was the boss of the Lucchese crime family.
Biography
Operating in Harlem
Carmine Paul Tramunti was born October 1, 1910, in Napl ...
– boss (1967–1974)
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Anthony Corallo – boss (1974–1986)
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Vic Amuso – boss (1987–2012)
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Alphonse D'Arco
Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco (July 28, 1932 – March 28, 2019) was an American mobster who became the acting boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City. He was the first boss, acting or otherwise, of a New York crime family to become a go ...
– acting boss (1990–1991); capo (1988–1991)
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Joseph DeFede – acting boss (1994–1998)
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Steven Crea – acting boss (1998–2001); underboss (1994–present)
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Matthew Madonna – acting boss (2009–2017)
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier/associate
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Anthony Casso
Anthony Salvatore Casso (May 21, 1942 – December 15, 2020), nicknamed "Gaspipe", was an American mobster and underboss of the Lucchese crime family. During his career in organized crime, Casso was regarded as a "homicidal maniac" in the Italia ...
– underboss (1987–1994)
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Salvatore Santoro – underboss (1979–1987)
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Joseph Caridi – consigliere (2003–present)
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Louis Daidone
Current members Ray Argentina
Ray Argentina is a soldier in the Brooklyn faction. His younger brother Peter Argentina is an associate in the family. In 1992, Argentina along with Louis Daidone, Alan Taglianetti and Robert Molinelli were found gu ...
– consigliere (1993–2003)
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Frank Lastorino
Current members Ray Argentina
Ray Argentina is a soldier in the Brooklyn faction. His younger brother Peter Argentina is an associate in the family. In 1992, Argentina along with Louis Daidone, Alan Taglianetti and Robert Molinelli were found gui ...
– consigliere (1989–1993)
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Christopher Furnari
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Ab ...
– consigliere (1974–1987)
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Paul Vario
Paul Vario (July 10, 1914 – May 3, 1988) was an American mobster and made man in the Lucchese crime family. Vario was a caporegime and had his own crew of mobsters in Brooklyn, New York. Following the testimony of Henry Hill, Vario was convi ...
– consigliere (1972–1979); capo
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Aniello Migliore
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Aba ...
– capo
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Joseph DiNapoli
Current members Ray Argentina
Ray Argentina is a soldier in the Brooklyn faction. His younger brother Peter Argentina is an associate in the family. In 1992, Argentina along with Louis Daidone, Alan Taglianetti and Robert Molinelli were found gu ...
– capo
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Joseph Abate
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Ab ...
– capo
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Peter Chiodo
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Ab ...
– capo
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Anthony Accetturo
Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo (born 1938) is a former caporegime and leader of the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family, popularly called "The Jersey Crew."
Biography
Accetturo was born in 1938 in Orange, New Jersey. His father was a b ...
– capo
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Salvatore Avellino
Salvatore Avellino Jr. (born November 19, 1935), also known as "Sal" is an American mobster and former caporegime in the Lucchese crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in the garbage and waste management industry on Long Island, New ...
– capo
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Michael Taccetta
Michael Salvatore Taccetta (born September 16, 1947), also known as "Mad Dog," is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, who controlled the family's New Jersey faction in the 1980s.
Personal life
Taccetta, also known as "''Mike T' ...
– capo
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Martin Taccetta
Martin "Marty" Taccetta (born May 2, 1951) is an imprisoned New Jersey mobster who was the alleged boss of the Jersey Crew, a powerful faction of the Lucchese crime family.
Early life
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1951, Martin Taccetta is the s ...
– capo
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Salvatore Avellino
Salvatore Avellino Jr. (born November 19, 1935), also known as "Sal" is an American mobster and former caporegime in the Lucchese crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in the garbage and waste management industry on Long Island, New ...
– capo
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Johnny Dio
Giovanni Ignazio Dioguardi (; April 29, 1914 – January 12, 1979), known as John "Johnny Dio" Dioguardi, was an Italian-American organized crime figure and a labor racketeer. He is known for being involved in the acid attack which led to the ...
– capo
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Nicodemo "Nicky" Scarfo Jr - capo
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Henry Hill
Henry Hill Jr. (June 11, 1943 – June 12, 2012) was an American mobster who was associated with the Lucchese crime family of New York City from 1955 until 1980, when he was arrested on narcotics charges and became an FBI informant. Hill testi ...
– associate (Irish-Italian)
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Thomas "Tommy" DeSimone – associate
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Vincent Papa – associate
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Anthony Loria Sr.
Past member(s)
Joseph Abate
Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Ab ...
– associate
Bonanno crime family
The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, and in the United States, as part of the criminal phenomenon known as the A ...
Boss/acting boss
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Nicolo Schiro
Nicolo "Cola" Schiro (born Nicolò Schirò; ; September 2, 1872April 29, 1957) was an early Sicilian-born New York City mobster who, in 1912, became the boss of what later become known as the Bonanno crime family.
Schiro's leadership of the gang ...
– boss (1912–1930)
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Vito Bonventre
Vito Bonventre (January 1, 1875 – July 15, 1930) was a New York City mobster who was a leading member of the Brooklyn gang that would later become the Bonanno Crime Family. He was arrested but then released in 1921 as the leader of a group know ...
– boss (1930)
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Salvatore Maranzano
Salvatore Maranzano (; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931) was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. ...
– boss (1930–1931)
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Joseph "Don Peppino" Bonanno – boss (1931–1965)
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Gaspar DiGregorio
Gaspar or Gaspare DiGregorio (October 4, 1905 – June 11, 1970) was a New York mobster and a high-ranking member of the Bonanno crime family who was a key figure in the "Banana War".
In October 1964, during Joseph Bonanno's two-year absence, Bona ...
– boss (1965–1966)
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Paul Sciacca
Paul Sciacca (June 15, 1909 – August 27, 1986) was a New York City mobster who succeeded Joseph Bonanno as boss of the Bonanno crime family in 1968. He was succeeded by Natale Evola in 1971.
Bonanno family war
In 1964, a rivalry in the Bo ...
– boss (1966–1971)
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Natale Evola – boss (1971–1973); underboss (1968–1971)
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Carmine Galante – boss (1975–1979); underboss (1956–1962)
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Philip Rastelli
Philip "Rusty" Rastelli (January 31, 1918 – June 24, 1991) was an American mobster and former crime boss, boss of the Bonanno crime family, he spent all but three years of his reign in prison.
Biography
Rastelli was born and raised in Maspeth, Q ...
– boss (1974–1975), (1979–1991); underboss (1970–1973)
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Joseph Massino
Joseph Charles Massino (born January 10, 1943) is an American former mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to tu ...
– acting boss (1982–1987), boss (1991–2004)
*Anthony Spero – acting boss (1987–1993)
*Vincent Basciano – acting boss (2004–2009)
*Salvatore Montagna – acting boss (2006–2009)
*Vincent Badalamenti – acting boss (2010–present)
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier
*Salvatore Vitale – underboss (1991–2004); became an informant
*Nicholas Santora – acting underboss (2005–present)
*Anthony Graziano – consigliere (2001–present)
*Dominick Napolitano – capo
*Alphonse Indelicato – capo
*Salvatore Bonanno – consigliere (1964–1966)
*Michael Sabella – capo
*Philip Giaccone – capo
*Dominick Trinchera – capo
*Frank Coppa – capo
*Anthony Indelicato – capo
*Cesare Bonventre – soldier
*Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero – soldier
*Thomas Pitera – soldier
*Anthony Mirra – soldier
Colombo crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Joseph Profaci – boss (1931–1961)
*Giuseppe Magliocco – underboss (1931–1962), boss (1962–1963)
*Joseph Colombo – boss (1963–1971)
*Carmine Persico – boss (1971–2019)
*Gennaro Langella – acting boss (1981–1984)
*Victor Orena – acting boss (1988–1992)
*Thomas Gioeli – acting boss (2001–present)
*Joel Cacace – acting boss (2000–2004)
*Thomas Gioeli – acting boss
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier
*John Franzese – underboss (1980–1995)
*Gennaro Langella – underboss (1972–1992)
*William Cutolo – underboss (1992–1999)
*John DeRoss – underboss (1999–2004)
*Carmine Sessa – consigliere (1988–1993)
*Joel Cacace – consigliere (1996–present)
*Charles Panarella – capo
*Vincenzo Aloi – capo
*Gregory Scarpa Sr. – capo
*Gregory Scarpa Jr. - capo
*Michael Franzese – capo
*Crazy Joe Gallo – soldier
*Ralph Scopo – soldier
*Joel Cacace – soldier
Chicago
Chicago Outfit
Boss/acting boss
*James Colosimo, James "Big Jim" Colosimo – boss (1903–1920)
*John Torrio, Johnny "The Fox" Torrio – boss (1920–1925)
*Al Capone, Al "Scarface" Capone – boss (1925–1931)
*Frank Nitti, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti – boss (1932–1943)
*Paul Ricca – boss (1943–1947)
*Tony Accardo – boss (1947–1957)
*Sam Giancana, Sam "The Cigar" Giancana – boss (1957–1966)
*Sam Battaglia – boss (1966–1967)
*Jackie Cerone – boss (1967–1969)
*Felix Alderisio – boss (1969–1971)
*Joseph Aiuppa – boss (1971–1986)
*Joseph Ferriola – boss (1986–1989)
*Samuel Carlisi – boss (1989–1993)
*Joseph Lombardo – boss (1993–present)
*James Marcello – front boss (2003–2007)
*John DiFronzo – official boss (1996-2018)
*Salvatore DeLaurentis – acting boss (2014–2018) official boss (2018–present)
=Underboss/consigliere/capo
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*Antonio Lombardo – consigliere (1925–1928)
*Jackie Cerone – underboss (1973–1986)
*Charles Fischetti – consigliere (1929–1947)
*Paul Ricca – consigliere (1947–1957)
*Tony Accardo , Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo – consigliere (1957–1992)
*Joseph Aiuppa – consigliere (1992–1997)
*Angelo J. LaPietra – consigliere (1997–1996)
*Nicholas Santora – capo
*James Torello – capo
*Frank Calabrese – capo
*Nicholas Calabrese – capo
=Soldier/associate's
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*Jack McGurn - soldier
*Johnny Roselli - soldier
*Tony "The Ant" Spilotro – soldier
*Harry Aleman - soldier
*Charles Nicoletti - soldier
*Victor Spilotro - soldier
*Albert Anselmi - soldier
*Sam DeStefano - associate
*Michael Spilotro - associate
*Frank Cullotta - associate
Milwaukee
Milwaukee crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Frank Balistrieri – boss (1961–1993)
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier
Philadelphia
Philadelphia crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Salvatore Sabella – boss (1911–1931)
*Joseph Ida – boss (1946–1959)
**Antonio Pollina – acting boss (1958–1959)
*Angelo Bruno – boss (1959–1980)
*Philip Testa – boss (1980–1981)
*Nicodemo Scarfo – boss (1981–1991), consigliere (1980–1981)
*John Stanfa – boss (1991–1994)
*Joseph Merlino – boss (1994–present)
**Ralph Natale – front boss (1994–1999)
**Joseph Ligambi- acting boss (1999–2014), consigliere (2014-present)
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier
*Phil Leonetti – underboss (1986–1989)
*Frank Sindone – capo
*Salvatore Testa – capo
*Harry Riccobene – capo
New Jersey
DeCavalcante crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Sam DeCavalcante – boss (1964–1976)
*Giovanni Riggi – boss (1970s–2015)
*John D'Amato – acting boss (1991–1992)
*Giacomo Amari – acting boss (1992–1994)
*Joseph Miranda – acting boss (2003–2006)
*Francesco Guarraci, Frank Guarraci – acting boss (2006–2016)
*Charles Majuri – official boss (2016–present)
Underbosses/consigliere/capo/soldier
*Girolamo Palermo – underboss (1976–1989)
*Giacomo Amari – underboss (1989–1994)
*Girolamo Palermo – underboss (1994–2000)
*Joseph Miranda – acting underboss (2003–2005) official underboss (2007–unknown)
*Francesco Guarraci, Frank Guarraci – capo
*Joseph Miranda – capo
*Gaetano Vastola (gangster), Gaetano Vastola – acting underboss (1990–1991)
*Vincent Palermo – capo
*Girolamo Palermo – capo
*Giuseppe Schifilliti – capo
*Philip Abramo – capo
*Anthony Capo – soldier
*Louis Consalvo – soldier
New England
Patriarca crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Gaspare Messina – boss (1916–1924)
*Raymond L.S. Patriarca – underboss (1938–1952), boss (1952–1984)
*Nicholas Bianco – underboss (1990–1991), boss (1991)
*Frank Salemme – boss (1991–2000)
*Luigi Mannochio – boss (2000-present)
Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier/associate
*Enrico Tameleo – underboss (1952–1968)
*Matthew Guglielmetti – capo (1991–present)
*Vincent Ferrara – capo (1986–1989)
*Robert Carrozza – capo
*Ilario Zannino – consigliere (1984–1987)
*Angelo Mercurio – soldier
*Angiulo Brothers
Detroit
Detroit Partnership
Boss/acting boss
*Salvatore Catalanotte – boss (1921–1930)
*Gaspar Milazzo – boss (1930)
*Cesare Lamare – boss (1930–1931)
*William Tocco – boss (1931–1936)
*Joseph Zerilli – boss (1936–1977)
*Jack Tocco – boss (1977–2014)
Underboss/consigliere
*Anthony Joseph Zerilli – underboss (1977–2015)
*William Tocco – underboss (1936–1963)
*Angelo Meli – consigliere (1950s-1969)
Buffalo
Buffalo crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Stefano Magaddino – boss (1922–1974)
*Joseph Todaro Sr. – boss (1984–2006)
*Joseph Todaro Jr. – boss (2006–present); acting boss (1995–2006)
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh crime family
*Frank Amato – boss (1937–1956)
*John Sebastian LaRocca – boss (1956–1978)
*Michael James Genovese – boss (1978–1984)
Cleveland
Cleveland crime family
*Joseph Lonardo – boss (1920–1929)
*Salvatore Todaro (mobster), Salvatore Todaro – boss (1927–1929)
*Frank Milano (mobster), Frank Milano – boss (1930–1935)
*Alfred Polizzi – boss (1936–1945)
*John T. Scalish – boss (1945–1976)
*James Licavoli – boss (1976–1985)
*John Tronolone – boss (1988-2013)
Northeastern Pennsylvania, Upstate New York
Bufalino crime family
*John Sciandra, Giacomo "John" Sciandra – boss (1933–1940)
*Joseph Barbara (mobster), Giuseppe Barbara Sr. – boss (1940–1959)
*Russell Bufalino – boss (1959–1990)
*William D'Elia – boss (1994–2008)
Los Angeles
Los Angeles crime family
Boss/acting boss
*Vito Di Giorgio – boss (1909–1922)
*Rosario DeSimone – boss (1922–1925)
*Joseph Ardizzone – boss (1925–1931)
*Jack Dragna – boss (1931–1957)
*Frank DeSimone – boss (1957–1967)
*Nick Licata (mobster), Nick Licata – boss (1967–1974)
*Dominic Brooklier – boss (1974–1984)
**Jimmy Fratianno – acting boss (1975–1977)
Underboss/consigliere/capo
*Simone Scozzari – underboss (1956–1962)
*Joseph Dippolito – underboss (1967–1974)
*Carmen Milano – underboss (1984–2006)
*Tom Dragna – consigliere (1931–1956)
*Frank Bompensiero – capo (1933–1977)
*Louis Tom Dragna – capo (1947–1985)
*Jimmy Caci – capo (late 1970s–2011)
*Mike Rizzitello - capo (1977-1990)
Cohen crime family
*Johnny Stompanato - (1947-1952)
Seattle
Seattle crime family
*Frank Colacurcio - boss (1950s-2000s)
St. Louis
St. Louis crime family
*Anthony Giordano – boss (1960–1980)
*John Vitale (mobster), Giovanni Vitale Jr. – acting boss (1975–1980)
*Matthew Trupiano – boss (1982–1997)
Kansas City
Kansas City crime family
*Charles Binaggio – boss
*Nicholas Civella – boss
*Carl Civella – boss
*Peter Simone – underboss
*William Cammisano – boss
*Anthony Civella – boss
New Orleans
New Orleans crime family
*Sylvestro Carolla, Sylvestro "Silver Dollar Sam" Carolla
*Frank Todaro
*Carlos Marcello
Tampa
Trafficante crime family
Boss
* Ignacio Antinori, Ignazio Antinori – (boss 1920–1940)
* Santo Trafficante Sr. – (boss 1940–1954)
* Santo Trafficante Jr. – (boss 1954–1987)
* Vincent LoScalzo – (boss 1987–present)
[Scott Deitche. ''The Tampa Mob''. and Mario Machi. ''Tampa, Florida''. AmericanMafia.co]
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Associate
* Frank Ragano
See also
* List of Italian American mobsters
* List of Mafia crime families
* List of American mobsters by organization
* List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian American Mafia Crime Families
American Mafia
Lists of American people by occupation, Mobster