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List of Italian Mafia crime families

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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 clans ("crime families").

Italy

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In Italy there are many different Mafia-like organizations.

Veneto

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Lombardy

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Lazio

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Basilicata

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Apulia

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Calabria

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Main article: List of 'ndrine

Campania

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Main article: List of Camorra clans

Sicily

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Main article: List of Sicilian Mafia clans

United States

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According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States.[2] In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.[3]

Northeastern United States

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New York

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Western New York

New Jersey

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Pennsylvania

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New England

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Maryland

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Midwestern United States

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Illinois

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Indiana

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  • Chicago Outfit Gary Faction (Gary) [5]

Michigan

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Nebraska

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Iowa

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Missouri

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Ohio

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The city of Youngstown was at one point considered open territory, split between the Cleveland crime family (Porrello family) and the Pittsburgh crime family (LaRocca family).

Wisconsin

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Southern United States

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Alabama

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  • Birmingham crime family – defunct since 1938[6]

Florida

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  • Trafficante crime family (Tampa area) – possibly defunct, Florida is considered open territory with many families operating in the area.
  • The Chicago Outfit – is operating in South Florida
  • The Five Families of New York have crews operating in South Florida
    • Bonanno crime family – is operating in South Florida[7]
    • Colombo crime family's Florida faction – is operating in South Florida
    • Gambino crime family's Florida faction – is operating in South Florida and the Tampa Bay Area.
    • Genovese crime family – is operating in South Florida. See soldier Albert Facchiano[8]
    • Lucchese crime family – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of Pasco and Pinellas.[9]
  • DeCavalcante crime family – Florida faction is operating in Miami.

Louisiana

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Texas

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Western United States

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Arizona

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  • Chicago Outfit – (defunct) under Joseph "Papa Joe" Tocco the family operated in Phoenix[10]
  • Bonanno family Arizona crew – (defunct) under Salvatore Bonanno the family operated in Tucson

California

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Nevada

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Las Vegas is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city's casinos. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles family, the Five Families of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in the Las Vegas Strip.

Colorado

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Washington

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Canada

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Ontario

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In Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra (Sicilian) and 'Ndrangheta (Calabrian).[16] In the 2018 book, The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America.[17]

  • Musitano crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton[18]
  • Papalia crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the Buffalo crime family[18]
  • Luppino crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the Buffalo crime family[18]
  • Siderno Group – is the name for the "'Ndrangheta" clans (crime families). There have been seven senior 'Ndrangheta bosses in the Greater Toronto Area, some on the Camera di Controllo, the "board of directors" – namely in Vaughan.[19]
    • Commisso, led by Cosimo Commisso, of Toronto, Ontario
    • Coluccio led by Antonio Coluccio, of Richmond Hill, Ontario
    • Tavernese, led by Vincenzo Tavernese, of Thornhill, Ontario
    • DeMaria, led by Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria, of Mississauga, Ontario
    • Figliomeni, led by Cosimo Figliomeni, of Vaughan, Ontario
    • Ruso, led by Domenic Ruso, of Brampton, Ontario

Carmine Verduci was also linked with the 'Ndrangheta group.[20] Leaders are based both in Calabria, Italy and Ontario.[21] The Siderno clans are part of the Commisso 'ndrina a crime family based in Calabria.[16]

During a 2018 criminal trial, an Italian police expert testified that the 'Ndrangheta operated in the Greater Toronto Area and in Thunder Bay particularly in drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking, theft of public funds, robbery, fraud, electoral crimes and crimes of violence. After the trial, Tom Andreopoulos, deputy chief federal prosecutor, said that this was the first time in Canada that the 'Ndrangheta was targeted as an organized crime group since 1997, when the Criminal Code was amended to include the offence of criminal organization.[22] He offered this comment about the organization:[23]

We're talking about structured organized crime. We're talking about a political entity, almost; a culture of crime that colonizes across the sea from Italy to Canada. This is one of the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world.

Quebec

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In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime: Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta. While Canadian law enforcement agencies consider the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families to be separate, the FBI considers them to be sub-units of the Bonanno crime family's Montreal faction.[24]

United Kingdom

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England

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Scotland

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Australia

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New South Wales

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Victoria

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Argentina

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Santa Fe Province

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The Rosario mafia – led by Juan Galiffi during the 1920s and 1930s.[34]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The clans are united under a Mandamento, led by a Capomadamento, that represents the clans' bosses to the Cupola. In Sicily, there are 94 Mafia families subject to 29 mandamenti.[1]
  1. ^ (in Italian) Radiografia della mafia di oggi; Cosa nostra influenza 300 mila voti, La Repubblica (Palermo edition), July 20, 2010
  2. ^ a b The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey A Status Report. May 2004. (pp. 91–140)
  3. ^ Milhorn, p.216
  4. ^ "Rockford Crime Family - GangsterBB.NET". www.gangsterbb.net. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  5. ^ Jenkins, Gary (2019-08-19). "Indiana Organized Crime". Gangland Wire. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  6. ^ Bill Bonanno and Gary B. Abromovitz, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno: The Final Secrets of a Life in the Mafia p.72-73
  7. ^ 6 Fla. members of Bonanno crime family admit guilt (October 14, 2009) New York Post
  8. ^ "Miami Mobster, 95, Arrested, Is Among 32 Under Indictment" By Sean Gardiner (February 24, 2006) Sun Sentinel.com
  9. ^ D. Lea Jacobs and Anthony Daniels. Friend of the family: An undercover Agent in the mafia. Pg. 97
  10. ^ "Phoenix 101: Underworld". Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  11. ^ Capeci p.92
  12. ^ Capeci p. 93
  13. ^ "Mafia in San Diego in early 1950s | San Diego Reader". www.sandiegoreader.com. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  14. ^ "United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Michael S. Polizzi, Defendant-appellant.united States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Joseph E. Matranga, Defendant-appellant, 801 F.2d 1543 (9th Cir. 1986)". Justia Law. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  15. ^ Feds bust Colacurcio crime family's four Puget Sound strip clubs by Michael Rollins (June 3, 2008) The Oregonian
  16. ^ a b Adrian Humphreys, "A New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges" Archived 2013-01-15 at archive.today (September 24, 2010)
  17. ^ "Canada is on the frontline of a new war against the rise of global organized crime". theglobeandmail.com. July 29, 2018.
  18. ^ a b c "Unease as mobsters set free". National Post. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  19. ^ "WHEN COPS CAN'T CONVICT A 'TOP MAFIA BOSS,' THEY TURN TO DESPERATE MEASURES". nationalpost.com. 1 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Carmine Verduci — the man who exposed Mafia's 'Canadian cell' — was gunned down near Toronto yesterday". 25 April 2014.
  21. ^ Man ordered deported over alleged mob ties, National Post, April 8, 2010
  22. ^ "Toronto judge sentences 'Ndrangheta crime boss to 11 ½ years for cocaine conspiracy". Toronto Star. 28 February 2019.
  23. ^ "Membership in Mafia 'better than gold,' landmark trial of two mobsters hears". stratfordbeaconherald.com. November 8, 2018.
  24. ^ Lamothe & Humphreys, The Sixth Family, p.308
  25. ^ "Tracing gang members – the complicated case of Charles 'Darby' Sabini". ourcriminalancestors.org/. 14 May 2019.
  26. ^ "Farewell to Bert Rossi, gangland boss 'who was one of us'". islingtontribune.co.uk.
  27. ^ Britain's Godfather. True crime Library. 1993. pp. 78–90. ISBN 1-874358-03-6.
  28. ^ Britain's Godfather. True Crime Library. 1993. p. 11. ISBN 1-874358-03-6.
  29. ^ Marc Horne. Dons on the Don Archived 2012-07-16 at archive.today Scotland on Sunday. January 27, 2008
  30. ^ Italian mafia laundering cocaine money Down Under Archived 2009-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, news.com.au, April 11, 2008
  31. ^ The Fixer: The Rise and Fall of Australian Drug Lord Robert Trimbole, Patrick Bellamy, The Crime Library
  32. ^ The Gangland War Archived 2011-03-28 at the Wayback Machine, State Library of Victoria
  33. ^ Omerta in the Antipodes, Time, Jan. 31, 1964
  34. ^ "ARGENTINA: The Flower of Rosario". Time. 29 May 1944.

Sources

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  • Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
  • Milhorn, H. Thomas. Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers. Universal Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-58112-489-9
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