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Due in large part to its steadily high population and rich history, New York City has played host to various criminal organizations, gangs, mafias, and syndicates. The following is a list of these groups, past and present.
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [23]
Former gangs in New York City (5 C, 73 P) F. Five Families (7 C, 7 P) N. Nine Trey Gangsters (4 P) Pages in category "Gangs in New York City"
This list includes gangsters and organized crime figures by area of operation/sphere of influence. Some names may be listed in more than one city. ... New York City ...
Gang members of New York City (4 C, 40 P) Pages in category "Gangsters from New York City" The following 157 pages are in this category, out of 157 total.
When nabbed in New York, TDA gang members have spilled their guts about their crimes — but most refuse to fess up to their affiliation with the vicious and vindictive gang for fear of retribution.
In 1920, the United States outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition), creating the opportunity for an extremely lucrative illegal racket for the New York gangs. By 1920, D'Aquila's only significant rival was Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. Masseria had taken over the Morello family interests, and by the mid-1920s ...
The East Harlem Purple Gang was a gang and organized crime group in New York City consisting of Italian-American hit-men and heroin dealers who were semi-independent from the Italian-American Mafia and, according to federal prosecutors, dominated heroin distribution in East Harlem, Italian Harlem, and the Bronx during the 1970s and early 1980s.