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The Lucchese crime family (pronounced [lukˈkeːze;-eːse]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.
Lucchese crime family - Chart 1991. Joseph "Joey" Giampa a former capo operating in the Bronx. [152] Giampa ran an auto shop on Boston Post Road in the Bronx. [152] Along with his brother Santo "Jay" Giampa, he ran a loan sharking racket in Hunts Point Markets in the Bronx. [152] In 1982, Giampa was inducted into the Lucchese family. [153]
FBI surveillance photograph of the Lucchese crime family members Vic Amuso, Anthony Casso and Frank Lastorino. Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino (April 9, 1939 – November 5, 2022) [157] was a soldier, caporegime and consigliere of the Lucchese family. Lastorino was formally inducted into the crime family in 1987. [158]
The ruling hierarchy and 16 others from the Luchese crime family were charged with murder, drug-dealing, extortion and gambling in a massive mob takedown. Nearly 20 top members of Luchese crime ...
The Lucchese crime family operates mainly in The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. The family also maintains influence in Queens, Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester County, and Florida. Cutaia Crew operates in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction operates throughout New Jersey.
Craparotta, 56, was beaten to death by men with golf clubs at his Route 9 car lot in Toms River on June 12, 1984, reportedly to scare his nephews into paying tributes to the Lucchese crime family ...
Federal authorities have charged five people with operating an illegal and long-established gambling business with suspected ties to the Lucchese crime family, the U.S. Department of Justice ...
In 1951, Gagliano died of natural causes. As underboss and de facto street boss for two decades, Lucchese was the obvious successor, and the family was quickly renamed the Lucchese crime family. Lucchese appointed mobsters Stafano LaSalle as underboss and Vincenzo Rao as consigliere. That same year, Lucchese formed an alliance with Luciano ...