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Frank Scalice – boss (1930–1931) Vincent Mangano – 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 ...
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, both past and present. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( April 2017 )
The Five Families – operate in New York City, the New York Metropolitan area, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Nevada. [2] Bonanno. Colombo. Gambino. Genovese. Lucchese. Western New York. Buffalo crime family (Magaddino family)
Mob Life: Gangster Kings of Crime Archived 2011-11-19 at the Wayback Machine — slideshow by Life magazine This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 18:05 ...
The American Mafia, [23][24][25] commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, [23][24][25] is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group. In North America, the organization is often colloquially referred to as the Italian Mafia or Italian Mob, though these terms ...
goomar or goomah: Americanized form of comare, a Mafia mistress. goombah: an associate, especially a senior member of a criminal gang. heavy: packed, carrying a weapon. hit: to murder; also see whack. initiation or induction: becoming a made man. juice: the interest paid to a loan shark for the loan; also see vig.
John Joseph Gotti Jr.[1][note 1] (/ ˈɡɒti / GOT-ee, Italian: [ˈɡɔtti]; October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what ...
St. Louis organized crime figure and one time leader of Egan's Rats. Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll. 1908–1932. 1924–1932. New York mobster and freelance enforcer during Prohibition. James Coonan. 1947–. 1962–1988. New York mobster and leader of the Westies during the 1970s and 80s.