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The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the Todaro crime family, the New York State crime family, the Buffalo Mafia, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Arm, [4] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York.
Great Prohibition Era profits made the Buffalo Crime Family one of the more important Mafia organizations on the continent. 1930 - Magaddino sent money and men to aid Salvatore Maranzano in his New York City war against boss of bosses Giuseppe Masseria in 1930-31.
Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano maɡadˈdiːno]; October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York.
Stefano Magaddino, at the helm of the Buffalo Mafia from 1922 to 1974, wielded a leadership style steeped in secrecy, rendering the crime family elusive and difficult to penetrate. Magaddino’s emphasis on confidentiality and discretion became a hallmark of the Buffalo Crime Family’s operations.
The Buffalo crime family was formed in 1912 by Joseph DiCarlo and Angelo “Buffalo Bill” Palmieri as boss and underboss, respectively. DiCarlo ran the Buffalo family until his death in 1922. Palmieri then invited Magaddino to take over for DiCarlo.
Joseph E. Todaro (September 18, 1923 – December 26, 2012), sometimes known by the nicknames "Leadpipe Joe" or "Papa Joe" was a prominent Buffalo, New York businessman, and the Mafia boss of the Buffalo crime family. [1]
The Buffalo mafia was treacherous terrain in the late-20th Century, from the time surrounding the 1974 passing of crime family namesake Stefano (The Undertaker) Magaddino until the start of the New Millennium, the Italian mob in western New York averaged roughly one gangland murder per year, with the 1970s and 80s being particularly brutal on ...
The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the Todaro crime family, the New York State crime family, the Buffalo Mafia, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Arm, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York.
Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino was responsible for building the Bufalino crime family and was one of the longest serving mafia leaders in United States history. He was removed as boss during family unrest in the early 1970's.
The Buffalo FBI Office declared the area’s mob organization dead in 2017, but as Dan Herbeck has reported extensively in The News, federal law enforcement agencies have redoubled their efforts...