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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 Ame ...


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 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 instrumen ...
– 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 – acting boss (1990–1992), street boss (1992–1996), boss (2010-present) * Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo – acting boss (1997–1998) * Matthew "Matty The Horse" Ianniello – acting boss (1997–2005) *
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 ...
– street boss (2006–2007) *
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 *
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 *
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 "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big ...
– underboss, capo *
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 ...
– underboss, capo *
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 * Peter DeFeo – capo *
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 due ...
– capo * Anthony Strollo – capo *
Tino Fiumara Tino "T" Fiumara (; August 11, 1941 – September 16, 2010), also known as "The Greek," was a major figure in the Genovese crime family and was acting boss. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern N ...
– capo * Vincent Alo – capo *
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 * Michael Coppola – capo * John Ardito – capo *
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 *
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 sm ...
– soldier, government informant (1986) * Joseph Lanza – soldier (circa 1920s–1968) *
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 * Carmine Romano – 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 th ...


Boss/acting boss

* Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila boss (1916–1928) * Manfredi "Al" Mineo – boss (1928–1930) *
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) *
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) * Albert "The Lord High Executioner" Anastasia – boss (1951–1957), underboss (1931–1951) * Carlo "Don Carlo" Gambino – boss (1957–1976), underboss (1957) * Paul "Big Paulie" Castellano – boss (1976–1985) * John "The Teflon Don" Gotti – boss (1985–2002) *
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) *
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 bor ...
– boss (2002–2011); acting boss (1999–2002) * Arnold Squitieri – acting boss (2002–2005) *
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 ...
– acting boss (2005) * Nicholas Corozzo – acting boss (2005–2008) *
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 ...
– street boss (2008–2011) * Domenico Cefalu – boss (2011–present) *
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 Gambin ...
- acting boss (2015–2019)


Underboss/consigliere/capo

* Aniello "Mr. Niel" Dellacroce – underboss (1965–1985) *
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) *
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 h ...
– underboss (1986–1990), consigliere (1990–1992) *
Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who became underboss of the Gambino crime family. Gravano played a major role in prosecuting John Gotti, the crime family's boss, by agreeing to testify as a ...
– underboss (1990–1992), consigliere (1987–1990)- Became a government informant *
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) * Frank Locascio – acting underboss (1986–1990), acting consigliere (1990–1992) * Arnold Squitieri – acting boss (2002–2005) * Joseph N. Gallo – consigliere (1957–1986) * Joseph Corozzo – consigliere (1992–present) * Carmine Lombardozzi – capo *
Anthony Gaggi Anthony Frank Gaggi (born Antonino Frank Gaggi; August 7, 1925 – April 17, 1988), also known as Nino Gaggi, was a capo in the New York Gambino crime family who supervised the infamous DeMeo crew, headed by Roy DeMeo. Biography Gaggi was ...
– capo *
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 managed ...
– capo *
Anthony Scotto Anthony M. Scotto (; May 10, 1934 – August 21, 2021) was an American New York mobster and labor union racketeer in the Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Fiv ...
– capo *
Anthony Ciccone Anthony "Sonny" Ciccone (born July 19, 1934) is a New York City mobster and a captain of the Gambino crime family. For over twenty years, Ciccone controlled the Staten Island and Brooklyn waterfronts. Biography On December 19, 1991, in a consent ...
– capo *
Carmine Fatico Carmine "Charley Wagons" Fatico (January 19, 1910, East New York, Brooklyn - August 1, 1991) was a powerful Caporegime in the New York Gambino crime family. Fatico is best known as an early mentor to Gambino boss John Gotti. Biography Fatico was ...
– capo * Angelo "Quack Quack" Ruggiero – capo * Nicholas Corozzo – capo *
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 *
John A. 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 ...
– capo *
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 *
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 *
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 ...
– capo *
Salvatore LoCascio Salvatore LoCascio (born July 21, 1958) is a reputed former caporegime in the New York Gambino crime family. His father, Frank LoCascio, was the acting underboss (1988-1990), and acting consigliere (1990-1992) for John Gotti. Early life LoCascio ...
– capo * Louis Ricco – capo * James Squillante – capo *
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 *
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. H ...
– capo * Stephen Grammauta – capo * George Remini – capo *
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 ...
– capo *
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 * George DeCicco – capo *
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 John ...
– capo * Robert "DB" DiBernardo – capo *
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 famil ...
– capo *
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 was ...
– capo


Soldier/associate

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Roy DeMeo Roy Albert DeMeo (; September 7, 1940 – January 10, 1983) was an Italian-American mobster in the Gambino crime family of New York City. He headed a group referred to as the "DeMeo crew", which became notorious for the large number of murder ...
– soldier *
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 * Joseph Paruta – soldier * Joseph Vollaro – associate * Dominick Montiglio – 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 know ...


Boss/acting boss

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Gaetano Reina Gaetano Reina (; September 27, 1889 – February 26, 1930) was an Italian-American gangster. He was an early American Mafia boss who was the founder of what has for many years been called the Lucchese crime family in New York City. He led the f ...
– boss (1916–1930) * Joseph Pinzolo – boss (1930) * Tommaso Gagliano – boss (1930–1951) * Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese – boss (1951–1967); underboss (1931–1951) * Carmine Tramunti – boss (1967–1974) *
Anthony Corallo Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo (February 12, 1913 – August 23, 2000) was an American mobster and boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City. Corallo exercised tremendous control over trucking and construction unions in New York. Biograph ...
– boss (1974–1986) *
Vic Amuso Vittorio "Little Vic" Amuso (born November 4, 1934) is an American mobster and the boss of the Lucchese crime family. He was described as "The Deadly Don" by Assistant United States Attorney Charles Rose. Amuso's reign is considered one of the b ...
– boss (1987–2012) * Alphonse D'Arco – acting boss (1990–1991); capo (1988–1991) *
Joseph DeFede 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 ...
– acting boss (1994–1998) *
Steven Crea Steven L. "Stevie" Crea (born July 18, 1947) is an American mobster and former underboss of the Lucchese crime family. In August 2020, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and racketeering. Lucchese crime family Rise to power Crea ...
– acting boss (1998–2001); underboss (1994–present) *
Matthew Madonna Matthew Madonna (November 2, 1935) is a member of the Lucchese crime family who served as acting boss before being imprisoned in 2017. Narcotics trafficking In 1959, while serving a sentence at the Green Haven Correctional Facility in Upstate N ...
– 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) *
Salvatore Santoro 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 ...
– underboss (1979–1987) *
Joseph Caridi 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 (2003–present) *
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 gui ...
– consigliere (1993–2003) * Frank Lastorino – consigliere (1989–1993) *
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, Aba ...
– consigliere (1974–1987) *
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 * Aniello Migliore – capo * Joseph DiNapoli – capo *
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, Aba ...
– capo *
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, Aba ...
– capo * Anthony Accetturo – capo * Salvatore Avellino – capo *
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 *
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 * Salvatore Avellino – capo *
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 * Nicodemo "Nicky" Scarfo Jr - capo * Henry Hill – associate (Irish-Italian) * Thomas "Tommy" DeSimone – associate *
Vincent Papa 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 ...
– associate * Anthony Loria Sr. – 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 ...


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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 ga ...
– boss (1912–1930) *
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) *
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) * Joseph "Don Peppino" Bonanno – boss (1931–1965) *
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) * Paul Sciacca – boss (1966–1971) *
Natale Evola Natale "Joe Diamond" Evola (February 22, 1907 – August 28, 1973) was a New York mobster who briefly became boss of the Bonanno crime family who was succeeded by Philip Rastelli, and preceded Paul Sciacca as boss in 1971. Natale Evola was born in ...
– boss (1971–1973); underboss (1968–1971) *
Carmine Galante Carmine Galante (; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American mobster. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from is mouth, leading to the nickname "The Cigar" and "Lilo" (a Sicilian term for cigar). Galante had a long caree ...
– boss (1975–1979); underboss (1956–1962) * Philip Rastelli – boss (1974–1975), (1979–1991); underboss (1970–1973) *
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 Anthony "Old Man" Spero (February 18, 1929 – September 29, 2008) was an Italian-American mobster who rose to the position of consigliere and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family. Biography "Spero was a large man with dark hair, a dark comple ...
– acting boss (1987–1993) *
Vincent Basciano Vincent John Basciano (; born November 14, 1959) is an American mobster who became boss of the Bonanno crime family after the arrest of boss Joseph Massino. Basciano was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in 2011 ...
– acting boss (2004–2009) * Salvatore Montagna – acting boss (2006–2009) *
Vincent Badalamenti Vincent Badalamenti (born 1958) is an American mobster who was acting boss of the Bonanno crime family. Biography Badalamenti is the owner of ''Bagels Plus'' a bagel store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He received his nickname "Vinny TV", because ...
– acting boss (2010–present)


Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier

* Salvatore Vitale – underboss (1991–2004); became an informant * Nicholas Santora – acting underboss (2005–present) *
Anthony Graziano Anthony A. Graziano (November 12, 1940 – May 25, 2019) was an American mobster and consigliere in the Bonanno crime family. Bonanno crime family Captain In 1990, Graziano pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. He had failed to pay $100,000 t ...
– consigliere (2001–present) * Dominick Napolitano – capo *
Alphonse Indelicato Alphonse "Al" Indelicato (February 25, 1931 – May 5, 1981), also known as Sonny Red, was a powerful American caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family who was murdered with Dominick Trinchera and Philip Giaccone for planning to overth ...
– capo * Salvatore Bonanno – consigliere (1964–1966) * Michael Sabella – capo * Philip Giaccone – capo * Dominick Trinchera – capo * Frank Coppa – capo * Anthony Indelicato – capo *
Cesare Bonventre Cesare "The Tall Guy" Bonventre (January 1, 1951 – April 16, 1984) was a Sicilian mobster and caporegime for the New York City Bonanno crime family. Biography Early life Born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Bonventre was a member of the ...
– soldier * Benjamin "Lefty Guns" Ruggiero – soldier *
Thomas Pitera Thomas Pitera (; born December 2, 1954) is an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. Pitera, a soldier and later on a captain of his own crew, was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders. Pitera was well known for his use of k ...
– soldier *
Anthony Mirra Anthony "Tony" Mirra (July 18, 1927 – February 18, 1982) was an American mobster, soldier and later caporegime for the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for being the individual who introduced FBI Special Agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pi ...
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Colombo crime family The Colombo crime family (, ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. It was duri ...


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* Joseph Profaci – boss (1931–1961) * Giuseppe Magliocco – underboss (1931–1962), boss (1962–1963) * Joseph Colombo – boss (1963–1971) *
Carmine Persico Carmine John Persico Jr. (; August 8, 1933 – March 7, 2019), also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the longtime boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. He h ...
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Gennaro Langella Gennaro Adriano Langella (; December 30, 1938 – December 15, 2013), also known as "Gerry Lang", was an American mobster in the Colombo crime family of New York City, and eventually became underboss and acting boss. Biography Background Langell ...
– acting boss (1981–1984) *
Victor Orena Vittorio "Little Vic" Orena (born August 4, 1934) is a New York City mobster who became the acting boss of the Colombo crime family. A challenge by Orena to boss Carmine Persico triggered one of the bloodiest Mafia wars of the late 20th century, ...
– acting boss (1988–1992) *
Thomas Gioeli Thomas Salvatore "Tommy Shots" Gioeli (born 1952), is a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family. Rise in the Colombo family In the mid-1980s, Gioeli was imprisoned for robbery, his first incarceration. After his release, Gioeli became a m ...
– acting boss (2001–present) *
Joel Cacace Joel Cacace Sr. (born April 9, 1941), also known as Joe Waverly, is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Colombo crime family in New York City. He was convicted of murder in 2004 and was released from prison in 2020. Early life Cacace ...
– acting boss (2000–2004) *
Thomas Gioeli Thomas Salvatore "Tommy Shots" Gioeli (born 1952), is a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family. Rise in the Colombo family In the mid-1980s, Gioeli was imprisoned for robbery, his first incarceration. After his release, Gioeli became a m ...
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John Franzese John "Sonny" Franzese Sr. (; February 6, 1917 – February 24, 2020) was an Italian-born American mobster who was a longtime member and former underboss of the Colombo crime family. Franzese's career in organized crime began in the 1930s and ...
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Gennaro Langella Gennaro Adriano Langella (; December 30, 1938 – December 15, 2013), also known as "Gerry Lang", was an American mobster in the Colombo crime family of New York City, and eventually became underboss and acting boss. Biography Background Langell ...
– underboss (1972–1992) *
William Cutolo William Cutolo (June 6, 1949 – May 26, 1999), also known as "Billy Fingers" and "Wild Bill", was a Brooklyn mobster in the Colombo crime family who rose to the position of under boss and was heavily involved in labor racketeering. Cutolo p ...
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John DeRoss John J. DeRoss (July 17, 1937), also known as Jackie or Jackie Zambooka, is a former underboss in the Colombo crime family. Capo and control over local 100 John DeRoss is the father of Colombo family mobsters Jack J. DeRoss and Jamie T. DeRoss. He ...
– underboss (1999–2004) *
Carmine Sessa Carmine Sessa, alias Carmine Marletta (born 1951) is an Italian-American mobster and former consigliere of the Brooklyn-based Colombo crime family and played a key role in the family from 1991 to 1993. He later became a government witness. Biog ...
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Joel Cacace Joel Cacace Sr. (born April 9, 1941), also known as Joe Waverly, is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Colombo crime family in New York City. He was convicted of murder in 2004 and was released from prison in 2020. Early life Cacace ...
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Charles Panarella Charles Joseph Panarella a.k.a. "''Charlie Moose''" a.k.a. "''Len Conforti''" a.k.a. "''Chas Esposito''" (January 5, 1925 – July 18, 2017) was a New York City mobster and capo in the Colombo crime family with a brutal reputation as a hitman. ...
– capo * Vincenzo Aloi – capo * Gregory Scarpa Sr. – capo * Gregory Scarpa Jr. - capo * Michael Franzese – capo * Crazy Joe Gallo – soldier * Ralph Scopo – soldier *
Joel Cacace Joel Cacace Sr. (born April 9, 1941), also known as Joe Waverly, is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Colombo crime family in New York City. He was convicted of murder in 2004 and was released from prison in 2020. Early life Cacace ...
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Chicago


Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or The Organization) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, ...


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James "Big Jim" Colosimo James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...
– boss (1903–1920) * Johnny "The Fox" Torrio – boss (1920–1925) * Al "Scarface" Capone – boss (1925–1931) * Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti – boss (1932–1943) *
Paul Ricca Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
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Tony Accardo Anthony Joseph Accardo (; born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, ; April 28, 1906 – May 22, 1992), also known as "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", was an American longtime mobster. In a criminal career that spanned eight decades, he rose from small-time ho ...
– boss (1947–1957) * 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 Samuel A. Carlisi also known as "Black Sam" and "Sam Wings" (December 15, 1914 – January 2, 1997), was an American gangster who was the boss of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization Between 1989 – 1996. Sam Carlisi's brother Roy was a cap ...
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Joseph Lombardo Joseph Patrick Lombardo (born Giuseppe Lombardi; January 1, 1929 – October 19, 2019), also known as "Joey the Clown", was an American mobster and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime organization. He was alleged to be the ''Consi ...
– 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)


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Antonio Lombardo Antonio "Tony the Scourge" Lombardo (; November 23, 1891 – September 7, 1928) was an Italian-born American mobster. He was ''consigliere'' to Al Capone, and later the President of the Unione Siciliana. Biography Born in the town of Galat ...
– consigliere (1925–1928) * Jackie Cerone – underboss (1973–1986) *
Charles Fischetti Charles "Trigger Happy" Fischetti (March 24, 1901 – April 11, 1951) was a Chicago mobster, Al Capone's bodyguard and cousin. Early life Charles Fischetti was born on March 24, 1901. His mother was named Mary. He had a brother, Nicholas, wh ...
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Paul Ricca Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
– consigliere (1947–1957) * 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 Nicholas W. Calabrese (born November 30, 1942) is an American former mob hitman, best known for being the second made man ever to testify against the Chicago Outfit. His testimony and cooperation with federal prosecutors helped result in the 20 ...
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Jack McGurn Jack "Machine Gun Jack" McGurn (born Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi; ; July 2, 1902 – February 15, 1936) was a Sicilian-American boxer, mobster, and eventually a made man and caporegime in Al Capone's Chicago Outfit. Early life McGurn was born ...
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Johnny Roselli John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (born Filippo Sacco; July 4, 1905 – August 7, 1976), sometimes spelled Rosselli, was an influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped that organization control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. In the ear ...
- soldier * Tony "The Ant" Spilotro – soldier * Harry Aleman - soldier *
Charles Nicoletti Charles Nicoletti (; December 3, 1916 – March 29, 1977), also known as "Chuckie the Typewriter", was an American mobster of the Chicago Outfit, who served as hitman under boss Sam Giancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall. Nicoletti w ...
- soldier * Victor Spilotro - soldier *
Albert Anselmi Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...
- soldier * Sam DeStefano - associate *
Michael Spilotro Michael Peter "Micky" Spilotro (September 12, 1944 – June 14, 1986) was the younger brother of Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and was an associate of the Chicago organized crime organization referred to as " The Outfit". Family background M ...
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Frank Cullotta Frank John Cullotta (December 14, 1938 – August 20, 2020) was an American mobster in the Chicago Outfit and a member of the Hole in the Wall Gang burglary ring in Las Vegas with friend and mobster Tony Spilotro. After his arrest in 1982, he ...
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Milwaukee


Milwaukee crime family


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* Frank Balistrieri – boss (1961–1993)


Underboss/consigliere/capo/soldier


Philadelphia


Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob or Philly Mafia, the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, or Bruno-Scarfo family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formed and ...


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Salvatore Sabella Salvatore Sabella (; July 7, 1891 – 1962) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Philadelphia crime family in the 1920s. Early life Sabella was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, on July 7, 1891, who became a butcher's apprentice as a youn ...
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Joseph Ida Giuseppe "Joseph" Ida (; 6 November 1890 − 1970s) was the head of the Philadelphia Mafia during the 1940s and 1950s, following the death of Giuseppe Dovi in 1946. Ida retired and returned to Italy in 1959, leaving the title of boss of the Philad ...
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Antonio Pollina Antonio Domenico "Mr. Miggs" Pollina (September 20, 1892 – February 27, 1993) was an Italian-American mobster and former de facto boss of the Philadelphia crime family. Early life Antonio Pollina was born in Caccamo, Sicily and became a natural ...
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Angelo Bruno Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro; ; (May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) was a Sicilian-American mobster, notable for being boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as "the Gentle Don" due to h ...
– boss (1959–1980) * Philip Testa – boss (1980–1981) *
Nicodemo Scarfo Nicodemo Domenico "Little Nicky" Scarfo Sr. (March 8, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a member of the American Mafia who became the boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the deaths of Angelo Bruno and Phil Testa. During his criminal car ...
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John Stanfa Giovanni "John" Stanfa (; born December 7, 1940) is an Italian-born American former boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1991 to 1995. Convicted of multiple charges in 1995, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison. Early life Stanfa was b ...
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Joseph Merlino Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born March 13, 1962) is an Italian-American mobster and reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family. He rose to power in the mid-nineties after he allegedly fought a war for control of the criminal organ ...
– boss (1994–present) ** Ralph Natale – front boss (1994–1999) **
Joseph Ligambi Joseph Anthony "Uncle Joe" Ligambi (born August 9, 1939) is an American mobster and former acting boss of the Philadelphia crime family. Ligambi is known among law enforcement circles to have a more "old school" approach, in sharp contrast to boss ...
- acting boss (1999–2014), consigliere (2014-present)


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Phil Leonetti Philip Michael Leonetti (born March 27, 1953) is an American former mobster who became the underboss of the Philadelphia crime family under his mentor, uncle and former boss, Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, before becoming a government informan ...
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Frank Sindone Frank Sindone (1928 – October 29, 1980), also known as "Barracuda Frank", was a loan shark and soldier in the Bruno crime family who helped plot the 1980 murder of family mob boss Angelo Bruno. Personal background Sindone was described as t ...
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Salvatore Testa Salvatore "Salvie" Testa (March 31, 1956 – September 14, 1984), nicknamed "The Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob", was an Italian-American mobster who served as a caporegime and later acting underboss for the Philadelphia crime family. Te ...
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Harry Riccobene Harry "The Hunchback" Riccobene (July 27, 1909 – June 19, 2000) was a high-ranking member of the Philadelphia crime family who became a major figure in the Scarfo-Riccobene gang war that followed the 1981 death of boss Philip Testa. He was b ...
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New Jersey


DeCavalcante crime family The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jer ...


Boss/acting boss

* Sam DeCavalcante – boss (1964–1976) * Giovanni Riggi – boss (1970s–2015) * John D'Amato – acting boss (1991–1992) *
Giacomo Amari Gioacchino "Jake" Amari (March 14, 1945 – June 14, 1997) was an Italian-American mobster who served as acting underboss and later acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Criminal career According to the testimony provid ...
– acting boss (1992–1994) * Joseph Miranda – acting boss (2003–2006) * Frank Guarraci – acting boss (2006–2016) *Charles Majuri – official boss (2016–present)


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Girolamo Palermo Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo (May 16, 1938 – February 6, 2014) was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi. Murde ...
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Giacomo Amari Gioacchino "Jake" Amari (March 14, 1945 – June 14, 1997) was an Italian-American mobster who served as acting underboss and later acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Criminal career According to the testimony provid ...
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Girolamo Palermo Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo (May 16, 1938 – February 6, 2014) was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi. Murde ...
– underboss (1994–2000) * Joseph Miranda – acting underboss (2003–2005) official underboss (2007–unknown) * Frank Guarraci – capo * Joseph Miranda – capo *
Gaetano Vastola Gaetano Vastola (born 10 May 1978) is an Italian football player, who plays as defender for S.S. Racing Club Fondi. Career In the past he played with Scafatese, Giugliano, Narnese, Maceratese, Salernitana, Avellino, Ascoli Calcio 1898 ...
– acting underboss (1990–1991) * Vincent Palermo – capo *
Girolamo Palermo Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo (May 16, 1938 – February 6, 2014) was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi. Murde ...
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Giuseppe Schifilliti Giuseppe "Pino" Schifilliti (born 1938) is a former prominent member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1980s, heavily involved in labor racketeering and extortion activities. Made by DeCavalcante Toward the mid 1970s, Giuseppe Schifi ...
– capo * Philip Abramo – capo *
Anthony Capo Anthony "Tony" Capo (1959/60 – January 23, 2012) was an American hitman in the DeCavalcante crime family who later became a government witness and entered the Witness Protection Program. His aliases included Marshall Beach, Mathew Beach and Wade ...
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Louis Consalvo Louis "Louie Eggs" Consalvo (born 1958) is a New Jersey mobster and reputed soldier and acting captain in the DeCavalcante crime family. A lifelong resident of Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Consalvo reportedly joined the North Jersey-based DeCav ...
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New England


Patriarca crime family The Patriarca crime family (, ), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia, or The Office is an Italian-American American Mafia, Mafia crime family, family in New England. It has two distinct factions, one based ...


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Gaspare Messina Gaspare Messina (; August 7, 1879 – June 15, 1957) founded the New England Mafia that would later be known as the Patriarca crime family. He immigrated to Brooklyn from Sicily with his wife in 1905. Messina and his family arrived in Boston by ...
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Raymond L.S. Patriarca Raymond Loreda Salvatore Patriarca (; March 17, 1908 – July 11, 1984) was an American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island, who became the long-time boss of the Patriarca crime family, whose control extended throughout New England for more th ...
– underboss (1938–1952), boss (1952–1984) * Nicholas Bianco – underboss (1990–1991), boss (1991) * Frank Salemme – boss (1991–2000) * Luigi Mannochio – boss (2000-present)


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Enrico Tameleo Enrico "Henry" Tameleo (died 1985), also known as "The Referee", was an American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts and underboss in the New England-based Patriarca crime family and was also a member of the New York-based Bonanno crime family of ...
– underboss (1952–1968) * Matthew Guglielmetti – capo (1991–present) *
Vincent Ferrara Vincent M. Ferrara, also known as "The Animal", (born 1949) is an Italian-American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts of the New England-based Patriarca crime family. Criminal career On March 22, 1990, Ferrara was indicted on racketeering and re ...
– capo (1986–1989) * Robert Carrozza – capo *
Ilario Zannino Ilario Maria Antonio Zannino (June 15, 1920 – February 27, 1996) was an American mobster who was a member of the Patriarca crime family. Zannino was said to be the third-highest-ranking figure in the Boston faction of the Patriarca family ris ...
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Angelo Mercurio Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio (1936 - December 11, 2006) was an Italian-American mobster and a member of the Patriarca crime family who became an FBI informant and recorded a Cosa Nostra induction ceremony. His act led to the incarceration of family bo ...
– soldier * Angiulo Brothers


Detroit


Detroit Partnership The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, Detroit Combination, Detroit Mafia, Zerilli crime family, and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) () is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Detroit, Michigan, and ...


Boss/acting boss

* Salvatore Catalanotte – boss (1921–1930) *
Gaspar Milazzo Gaspar Milazzo (April 25, 1887 – May 31, 1930) was a major organized-crime figure in Detroit, Michigan, during the Prohibition era. He had earlier been a member of the Brooklyn-based gang that would later become known as the Bonanno crime famil ...
– boss (1930) *Cesare Lamare – boss (1930–1931) *
William Tocco William Vito "Black Bill" Tocco (born Guglielmo Vito Tocco; February 12, 1897 – May 28, 1972) was an Italian- American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of ''La Cosa Nostra''. Early l ...
– boss (1931–1936) * Joseph Zerilli – boss (1936–1977) *
Jack Tocco Giacomo "Jack" William Tocco ( 1927 – July 14, 2014) was an Italian-American mobster and long-time leader and mob boss of the organized crime organization known as the Detroit Partnership, based in Detroit, Michigan. Of Sicilian ancestry, ...
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Anthony Joseph Zerilli Anthony 'Tony' Joseph Zerilli (October 24, 1927 - March 31, 2015) was an Italian-American mobster from Sterling Heights, Michigan. From 1949 he was one of the majority owners of the highly profitable Hazel Park Raceway. In 1970 he succeeded his f ...
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William Tocco William Vito "Black Bill" Tocco (born Guglielmo Vito Tocco; February 12, 1897 – May 28, 1972) was an Italian- American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of ''La Cosa Nostra''. Early l ...
– underboss (1936–1963) * Angelo Meli – consigliere (1950s-1969)


Buffalo


Buffalo crime family The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, Buffalo Mafia, The Arm, the New York State crime family, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Todaro crime family, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, Ne ...


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 The Pittsburgh crime family,CapeciChapter 5 "Mafia Families Poison the Northeast"/ref> also known as the LaRocca crime family''Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional''. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988 or P ...

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Frank Amato Frank Amato ( , ; disappeared September 20, 1980, pronounced legally dead 1985) was a Sicilian-American mafioso who was the son-in-law of Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano. Biography There is little information available on Frank Amato b ...
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John Sebastian LaRocca John Sebastian LaRocca (December 19, 1901 – December 3, 1984) was the Sicilian-born American boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from the 1950s until his death in 1984. Born in Villarosa, Sicily, LaRocca and his family immigrated to the United ...
– boss (1956–1978) * Michael James Genovese – boss (1978–1984)


Cleveland


Cleveland crime family The Cleveland crime family or Cleveland Mafia is the collective name given to a succession of Italian-American organized crime gangs based in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. A part of the Italian-American Mafia (or ''Cosa Nostra'') pheno ...

* Joseph Lonardo – boss (1920–1929) * Salvatore Todaro – boss (1927–1929) * Frank Milano – boss (1930–1935) *
Alfred Polizzi Alfred Polizzi (born Alfonso Polizzi; ; March 15, 1900 – May 26, 1975) was a Sicilian emigrant to the United States who was boss of the Cleveland crime family in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1945. He stabilized the Cleveland crime family after ...
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John T. Scalish John T. Scalish (September 18, 1912 – May 26, 1976), also known as "John Scalise", was an Ohio mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family. His death resulted in the ascension of James T. Licavoli to the head of the Cleveland Mob a ...
– boss (1945–1976) * James Licavoli – boss (1976–1985) *
John Tronolone John "Peanuts" Tronolone (December 12, 1910 − May 29, 1991) was a Cleveland, Ohio mobster who succeeded crime boss James Licavoli as head of the Cleveland crime family. Tronolone ran the Cleveland family following the Licavoli-Nardi gang wars f ...
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Northeastern Pennsylvania, Upstate New York


Bufalino crime family The Bufalino crime family,''Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional''. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988 also known as the Pittston crime family,Devico, Peter J. ''The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture o ...

* Giacomo "John" Sciandra – boss (1933–1940) * Giuseppe Barbara Sr. – boss (1940–1959) * Russell Bufalino – boss (1959–1990) *
William D'Elia William "Big Billy" D'Elia (born June 24, 1946) is a former Pennsylvania mobster and was the boss of the Bufalino crime family. Background D'Elia began working with the Bufalino family in the late 1960s as boss Russell Bufalino's driver. D'Eli ...
– boss (1994–2008)


Los Angeles


Los Angeles crime family The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the L.A. Mafia or the Southern California crime family, is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Los Angeles as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia. Since its inception in the ea ...


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Vito Di Giorgio Vito Di Giorgio (; March 19, 1880 – May 13, 1922) was an Italian-born crime boss based in Los Angeles. Originally from Palermo, Sicily, Di Giorgio lived most of his life as a grocer in New Orleans, where he was also an active Black Hander. Wh ...
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Rosario DeSimone Rosario DeSimone (; 11 December 1873 – 15 July 1946) was the head of an Italian crime family during the 1920s to 1940s that was the predecessor to the Los Angeles crime family of the American Mafia. Rosario was the father of the future Califor ...
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Joseph Ardizzone Joseph "Joe Iron Man" Ardizzone (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone; ; November 19, 1884 – disappeared October 15, 1931, declared dead 1938) was an Italian-born early Los Angeles mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. ...
– boss (1925–1931) * Jack Dragna – boss (1931–1957) * Frank DeSimone – boss (1957–1967) * Nick Licata – boss (1967–1974) *
Dominic Brooklier Dominic Phillip Brooklier (born Domenico Brucceleri; November 19, 1914 — July 18, 1984) was an American mobster and boss of the Los Angeles crime family of the Mafia during the mid-1970s who mainly worked in pornography, extortion, and gamblin ...
– boss (1974–1984) ** Jimmy Fratianno – acting boss (1975–1977)


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Simone Scozzari Simone "Sam" Scozzari (January 7, 1900 – 1980s) was a Sicilian mobster and a member of the American Mafia in Los Angeles. He served as a soldier in the Los Angeles crime family during the 1940s and 1950s. When Frank DeSimone became boss of the L.A ...
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Joseph Dippolito Joseph Charles Dippolito (December 28, 1914 – January 14, 1974), also well known as Joe Dip, was an Italian American Mafia member in the Los Angeles crime family. The son of fellow Mafioso Salvatore Charles Dippolito (known as Charlie Dip) ...
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Carmen Milano Carmen Joseph Milano was an American lawyer who eventually became a member of the American Mafia, serving as underboss of the Los Angeles crime family. The criminal organization he served was headed by his older brother Peter Milano. His nicknam ...
– underboss (1984–2006) * Tom Dragna – consigliere (1931–1956) *
Frank Bompensiero Frank "Bomp" Bompensiero (October 29, 1905 – February 10, 1977) was a Mafia hitman and longtime caporegime in the Los Angeles crime family. In 1956, with the death of boss Jack Dragna, Bompensiero was demoted to the rank of soldier by the new ...
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Louis Tom Dragna Louis Tom Dragna (; July 18, 1920 – November 16, 2012) was an Italian-American mobster, nephew of Jack Dragna and son of Tom Dragna. He was active in the Los Angeles crime family from the 1940s until the early 1980s. Early life Louis Tom Dragna ...
– capo (1947–1985) *
Jimmy Caci Vincent Dominic "Jimmy" Caci
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Mike Rizzitello - capo (1977-1990)


Cohen crime family Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century. Early life Mickey Cohen was born on September 4, 1913, in New York City to J ...

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Johnny Stompanato John Stompanato Jr. (October 10, 1925 – April 4, 1958), was a United States Marine who became a bodyguard and enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen and the Cohen crime family. In the mid-1950s, he began an abusive relationship with actress L ...
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Seattle


Seattle crime family

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Frank Colacurcio Francis Colacurcio Sr. (June 18, 1917 – July 2, 2010) was an American mobster and boss of the Seattle crime family known for running strip clubs in Seattle, Washington. He was a subject of ongoing federal investigations into organized crime ...
- boss (1950s-2000s)


St. Louis


St. Louis crime family

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Anthony Giordano Antonio Rico Giuseppe Giordano (June 24, 1914 – August 29, 1980) was the boss of the St. Louis crime family.Editorial. "Giordano, St. Louis Mobster Boss, Dies." ''Chicago Tribune'', August 30, 1980, pp. W19. Early life Anthony Giordano, nic ...
– boss (1960–1980) * Giovanni Vitale Jr. – acting boss (1975–1980) * Matthew Trupiano – boss (1982–1997)


Kansas City


Kansas City crime family The Kansas City crime family, also known as the Civella crime family or Kansas City Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Kansas City, Missouri. History Early history The Italian-American organized crime family began when two Si ...

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Charles Binaggio Charles Binaggio (January 12, 1909 - April 6, 1950) was an American gangster who became the boss of the Kansas City crime family and concocted a bold plan to control the police forces in Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Early life B ...
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Nicholas Civella Nicholas Civella (born Giuseppe Nicoli Civella; March 19, 1912 – March 12, 1983) was an American mobster who became a prominent leader of the Kansas City crime family. Early life Civella was born to Italian immigrants in Kansas City. He was the ...
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Carl Civella Carl "Cork" Civella (January 28, 1910 – October 2, 1994) was the leader of the Kansas City crime family following the death of his brother, long-time crime boss Nicholas Civella, after heading day-to-day operations during the mid-1970s. ...
– boss * Peter Simone – underboss * William Cammisano – boss * Anthony Civella – boss


New Orleans


New Orleans crime family The New Orleans crime family or New Orlean Mafia was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in the city of New Orleans. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nineteenth century. The family reached its height ...

* Sylvestro "Silver Dollar Sam" Carolla *
Frank Todaro Frank Todaro (; born Francesco Todaro, ; July 15, 1889 – November 29, 1944) was an Italian-American mobster, who was the boss of New Orleans crime family during 1944. Early life Todaro was born in the area of San Cipirello, Province of Palerm ...
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Carlos Marcello Carlos Joseph Marcello (; born Calogero Minacore ; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. Aside from his role in the American Mafia, he is also n ...


Tampa


Trafficante crime family

Boss * Ignazio Antinori – (boss 1920–1940) *
Santo Trafficante Sr. Santo Trafficante Sr. (May 28, 1886 – August 11, 1954) was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante Jr. Santo Trafficante Sr. gained power as a mobster in Tampa, Florida and ruled the Mafia in Tampa ...
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Santo Trafficante Jr. Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previ ...
– (boss 1954–1987) * Vincent LoScalzo – (boss 1987–present) Scott Deitche. ''The Tampa Mob''. and Mario Machi. ''Tampa, Florida''. AmericanMafia.co

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Frank Ragano Frank Ragano (January 25, 1923 – May 13, 1998) was a self-styled "mob lawyer" from Florida, who made his name representing organized crime figures such as Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Carlos Marcello, and also served as lawyer for Teamsters l ...


See also

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List of Italian American mobsters This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, both past and present. A * Joseph Abate, "Joe" (1902–1994) *Frank Abbandando, "The Dasher" (1910–1942) *Frank Abbatemarco, "Franki ...
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List of Mafia crime families This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. This list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as Cosa Nostra (Mafia crime families). This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita ...
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List of American mobsters by organization This list includes gangsters and organized crime figures by area of operation/sphere of influence. Some names may be listed in more than one city. Australia F Melbourne *Alphonse Gangitano * Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh *Tony Mokbel * Jason ...
* List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates


References

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Mobster 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 and ...