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As a result of the Apalachin Conference, the FBI is forced to acknowledge the existence of organized crime and begins compiling a detailed report on the Mafia, known as, "La Cosa Nostra". In a prelude to the Gallo-Profaci gang war, Gallo begins operating independently of the Profaci crime family.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia ... (1916–1920) Giuseppe "Joe the ... (1950s-1969) Buffalo ...
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime ... Big Jim Colosimo, "Diamond Jim" (born Vincenzo Colosimo, 1878–1920 ... (1950–1979 ) Mario ...
The gangsters, armed with shotguns, begin firing at the policemen, killing Detectives Charles Walsh and Harold Olson, and wounding Detective Michael Conway. As the gangsters are fleeing the scene of the shootout, Genna is hit in the leg, severing his femoral artery. Genna is finally cornered while taking refuge in a nearby basement, where he is ...
Cosimo Commisso (born 1950) Raffaele Delle Donne (born 1967 or 1968) Antonio Macrì (1902–1975) Salvatore Miceli (born 1946) Michele Modica (born 1955) Gaetano Panepinto (1959–2000) Roberto Pannunzi (born 1948) Johnny Papalia (1924–1997) Domenic Racco (1950–1983) Michele Racco (1913–1980) Johnny Raposo (1977–2012) Norman Ryan (1895 ...
Loanshark and bookmaker for the Chicago Outfit during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the top lieutenant of Anthony Spilotro when he and his crew were sent to Las Vegas. [11] Ike Bloom: 1865–1930 An early organized crime figure in Chicago associated with "Big Jim" Colosimo. Owned some of the city's most popular nightclubs, such as Midnight ...
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.
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]