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Ray Argentina is a soldier in the Brooklyn faction.His younger brother Peter Argentina is an associate in the family. [1] In 1992, Argentina along with Louis Daidone, Alan Taglianetti and Robert Molinelli were found guilty in the $1.2 million robbery of an armored truck in Brooklyn in 1988.
Joseph E. "Joe Bikini" Brocchini (1933 – May 20, 1976) was a soldier under Joseph "Joe Brown" Lucchese in the Corona crew. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950.
Curiale was an original Brooklyn mobster before the Commission was created and would later join the Lucchese crime family. [1] In the 1960s, Curiale stepped down as Caporegime , and proposed his closest ally Joseph Schiavo to be made the new caporegime of the crew, but Schiavo refused and suggested his protege Paul Vario be promoted instead.
The Bonanno crime family operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island. The family also maintains influence in Manhattan , The Bronx , Westchester County, New Jersey, California , Florida , and Atlanta , and have ties to the Rizzuto crime family in Quebec .
The search comes after federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced on 8 November the arrests of 10 members and associates of the Gambino crime family under a sprawling RICO Act indictment.
The early history of the Lucchese crime family can be traced back to the Morello crime family which was based in East Harlem and the Bronx. Durning the 1910s, the bosses of Morello family lost power and control which allowed Gaetano "Tommy" Reina, along with Salvatore D'Aquila and Joe Masseria, to split off and form their own crime families.
The group included Joseph Lanni, also known as “Joe Brooklyn” or “Mommino,” an alleged Gambino captain, as well as a number of other crime family members and associates who are accused of ...
Ten alleged Gambino crime family members and associates have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation and union-related crimes in a bid for control of New York’s ...