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List of Mafia crime families; List of mobsters by city; List of crime bosses This page was last edited on 18 September 2024, at 12:34 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia organization, both past and present. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
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)
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/ kəˈpoʊn /; [1] January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname " Scarface ", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gabriel Zendejas Chavez, indicted in an investigation of the Mexican Mafia's rackets in L.A. County jails, pleaded guilty to a rarely filed charge called 'misprision of a felony' in a deal that ...