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The New Jersey faction is divided into multiple crews each led by a different caporegime who oversees illegal criminal activities in labor racketeering, illegal gambling, loansharking and extortion. [1] [2] The Genovese crime family's New Jersey faction has maintained a strong presence in the Northern Jersey area since the early prohibition era.
The modern family was founded by Charles "Lucky" Luciano and was known as the Luciano crime family from 1931 to 1957, when Vito Genovese became boss. Genovese was head of the family during the McClellan hearings in 1963, which gave the Five Families their current names.
Alfonso T. "Tic" Cataldo (April 18, 1942 – August 21, 2013) was a soldier in the New Jersey faction. Cataldo grew up in Newark, New Jersey with his cousins Michael and Martin Taccetta. [34] From 1986 to 1988, Cataldo was one of the twenty defendants in the 21-month-long trial of the Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction. [20]
The early members of the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction can be traced back to independent Italian criminal groups that operated in Newark, New Jersey.During the early 1900s, in city of Newark, the Italian criminals was divided into two ethnic factions: the "Sicilians" headed by Stefano "Don Steven" Badami and the "Neapolitans" led by Ruggiero "the Boot" Boiardo.
In early 1931, Luciano made the decision to take out Masseria. The war had been going poorly for Masseria, and Luciano saw an opportunity to switch allegiance. In a secret deal with Maranzano, Luciano agreed to engineer Masseria's death in return for receiving Masseria's rackets and becoming Maranzano's second-in-command. [8]
Abner "Longie" Zwillman (July 27, 1904 – February 26, 1959) was a Jewish-American mobster who was based primarily in North Jersey.He was a longtime friend and associate of mobsters Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky.
The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
John DiGilio (1932–1988) Vincent Palermo, "Vinny Ocean" (born 1944) Angelo Prisco, "The Horn" (1939-2017) Marco Reginelli (Philadelphia family member based in South Jersey) (1897–1956) Giovanni Riggi, "John the Eagle" (1925–2015) Nicodemo Scarfo, "Little Nicky" (Philadelphia family member based in Atlantic City) (1929–2017)