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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 )
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.
Manfredi "Al" Mineo – boss (1928–1930) 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 ...
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. [15] Musitano crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in ...
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 ...
Lucky Luciano. Charles " Lucky " Luciano (/ ˌluːtʃiˈɑːnoʊ / LOO-chee-AH-noh, [1] Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; [2] November 24, 1897 [nb 1] – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and ...
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Ametoku is the nickname of the first boss. Member of the Kanto-Shinno-Doushi-kai. Tokuriki-ikka V 五代目徳力一家: Kanagawa: unknown Member of the Kanto-Shinno-Doushi-kai. Yokohama-Kaneko-kai 横浜金子会: Kanagawa: Takashi Terada (寺田 隆) Yokohama is a place name and Kaneko is the surname of the boss. Member of the Kanto-Shinno ...