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List of Italian Mafia crime families

{{Short description|List of ethnically Italian organised crime groups}}

This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. Some of these organizations are not linked or affiliated in any way with the Cosa Nostra, the Camorra or the 'Ndrangheta, but are independent criminal groups created by Italian immigrants in other countries.

Furthermore, this list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as Cosa Nostra (Mafia crime families), Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans.

Italy

{{Main articles|Organized crime in Italy}}

In Italy there are many different Mafia-like organizations.

=Veneto=

=Lombardy=

=Lazio=

=Basilicata=

=Apulia=

=Calabria=

{{main|List of 'ndrine}}

=Campania=

{{main|List of Camorra clans}}

=Sicily=

{{main|List of Sicilian Mafia clans}}

  • In the Region of Sicily the Sicilian Mafia clans{{efn|The clans are united under a Mandamento, led by a Capomadamento, that represents the clans' bosses to the Cupola. In Sicily, there are 94 Mafia families subject to 29 mandamenti.{{in lang|it}} [http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2010/07/20/news/la_commissione_antimafia_ascolta_il_procuratore_messineo-5700429/ Radiografia della mafia di oggi; Cosa nostra influenza 300 mila voti], La Repubblica (Palermo edition), July 20, 2010}} and the Stidda control the area.

United States

According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States.[http://www.state.nj.us/sci/pdf/ocreport.pdf The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey] A Status Report. May 2004. (pp. 91–140) In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.Milhorn, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ipvh76CryVoC&dq=26+Mafia+families+in+US&pg=PA216 p.216]

=Northeastern United States=

==New York==

Western New York

==New Jersey==

==Pennsylvania==

==New England==

==Maryland==

=Midwestern United States=

==Illinois==

==Indiana==

  • Chicago Outfit Gary Faction (Gary) {{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Gary |date=2019-08-19 |title=Indiana Organized Crime |url=https://ganglandwire.com/indiana-organized-crime/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Gangland Wire |language=en}}

==Michigan==

==Nebraska==

==Iowa==

==Missouri==

==Ohio==

The city of Youngstown was at one point considered open territory, split between the Cleveland crime family (Porrello family) and the Pittsburgh crime family (LaRocca family).

==Wisconsin==

=Southern United States=

==Alabama==

  • Birmingham crime family – defunct since 1938Bill Bonanno and Gary B. Abromovitz, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno: The Final Secrets of a Life in the Mafia [https://books.google.com/books?id=IwvJQCb7JuUC&q=birmingham+alabama+ p.72-73]

==Florida==

  • Trafficante crime family (Tampa area) – possibly defunct, Florida is considered open territory with many families operating in the area.
  • The Chicago Outfit – is operating in South Florida
  • The Five Families of New York have crews operating in South Florida
  • Bonanno crime family – is operating in South Florida[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fla_members_of_bonanno_crime_family_f5tafSAzUAHOixVbOltbFI 6 Fla. members of Bonanno crime family admit guilt] (October 14, 2009) New York Post
  • Colombo crime family's Florida faction – is operating in South Florida
  • Gambino crime family's Florida faction – is operating in South Florida and the Tampa Bay Area.
  • Genovese crime family – is operating in South Florida. See soldier Albert Facchiano[https://web.archive.org/web/20100307235047/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2006-02-24/news/0602231346_1_racketeering-albert-facchiano-indictment "Miami Mobster, 95, Arrested, Is Among 32 Under Indictment"] By Sean Gardiner (February 24, 2006) Sun Sentinel.com
  • Lucchese crime family – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of Pasco and Pinellas.D. Lea Jacobs and Anthony Daniels. Friend of the family: An undercover Agent in the mafia. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DKZ1uTfaVogC&dq=tarpon+springs+fl+greek+mafia&pg=PA154 Pg. 97]
  • DeCavalcante crime family – Florida faction is operating in Miami.

==Louisiana==

==Texas==

=Western United States=

==Arizona==

  • Chicago Outfit – (defunct) under Joseph "Papa Joe" Tocco the family operated in Phoenix{{cite web | url=https://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2009/09/phoenix-101-underworld.html | title=Phoenix 101: Underworld | access-date=March 25, 2019}}
  • Bonanno family Arizona crew – (defunct) under Salvatore Bonanno the family operated in Tucson

==California==

  • Los Angeles crime family (Dragna family)
  • San Francisco crime family (Lanza family) – defunct 2006Capeci [https://books.google.com/books?id=GhfExAeLSBAC&dq=san+francisco+boss+James+Lanza&pg=PA92 p.92]
  • San Jose crime family (Cerrito family) – defunct 2009Capeci [https://books.google.com/books?id=GhfExAeLSBAC&dq=san+francisco+boss+James+Lanza&pg=PA92 p. 93]
  • Bonanno family San Jose faction (San Jose) – defunct
  • Detroit Partnership San Diego faction{{Cite web |title=Mafia in San Diego in early 1950s {{!}} San Diego Reader |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1996/dec/19/cover-continuous-entertainment-irresistible-music/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.sandiegoreader.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Michael S. Polizzi, Defendant-appellant.united States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Joseph E. Matranga, Defendant-appellant, 801 F.2d 1543 (9th Cir. 1986) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/801/1543/66005/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=Justia Law |language=en}} (San Diego) – defunct

==Nevada==

Las Vegas is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city's casinos. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles family, the Five Families of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in the Las Vegas Strip.

==Colorado==

==Washington==

  • Colacurcio Organization (Seattle) [http://blog.oregonlive.com/nwheadlines/2008/06/feds_bust_colacurcio_crime_fam.html Feds bust Colacurcio crime family's four Puget Sound strip clubs] by Michael Rollins (June 3, 2008) The Oregonian – defunct 2010s

Canada

=Ontario=

In Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra (Sicilian) and 'Ndrangheta (Calabrian).Adrian Humphreys, [http://fairwhistleblower.ca/fr/content/new-mafia-crime-families-ruling-toronto-italy-alleges "A New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130115174243/http://fairwhistleblower.ca/fr/content/new-mafia-crime-families-ruling-toronto-italy-alleges|date=2013-01-15}} (September 24, 2010) In the 2018 book, The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America.{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-is-on-the-frontline-of-a-new-war-against-the-rise-of-global/|title=Canada is on the frontline of a new war against the rise of global organized crime|publisher=theglobeandmail.com|date=July 29, 2018}}

  • Musitano crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton{{cite news|title=Unease as mobsters set free|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=b9fa5e38-48cb-40a0-b390-cbcd989d6e37|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629210748/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=b9fa5e38-48cb-40a0-b390-cbcd989d6e37 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |publisher=National Post |access-date=June 29, 2013}}
  • Papalia crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the Buffalo crime family
  • Luppino crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the Buffalo crime family
  • Siderno Group – is the name for the "'Ndrangheta" clans (crime families). There have been seven senior 'Ndrangheta bosses in the Greater Toronto Area, some on the Camera di Controllo, the "board of directors" – namely in Vaughan.{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/feature/when-cops-cant-convict-a-top-mafia-boss-they-turn-to-desperate-measures|title=WHEN COPS CAN'T CONVICT A 'TOP MAFIA BOSS,' THEY TURN TO DESPERATE MEASURES|date=1 May 2018|publisher=nationalpost.com}}
  • Commisso, led by Cosimo Commisso, of Toronto, Ontario
  • Coluccio led by Antonio Coluccio, of Richmond Hill, Ontario
  • Tavernese, led by Vincenzo Tavernese, of Thornhill, Ontario
  • DeMaria, led by Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria, of Mississauga, Ontario
  • Figliomeni, led by Cosimo Figliomeni, of Vaughan, Ontario
  • Ruso, led by Domenic Ruso, of Brampton, Ontario

Carmine Verduci was also linked with the 'Ndrangheta group.{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/mobster-gunned-down-north-of-toronto-thursday-mistakenly-exposed-the-mafias-canadian-cell-six-years-ago/wcm/20bedd74-8478-4306-89ea-6ad8d2d975f0|title=Carmine Verduci — the man who exposed Mafia's 'Canadian cell' — was gunned down near Toronto yesterday|date=25 April 2014}} Leaders are based both in Calabria, Italy and Ontario.[https://nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2780078#ixzz0zzDD6bbe Man ordered deported over alleged mob ties], National Post, April 8, 2010 The Siderno clans are part of the Commisso 'ndrina a crime family based in Calabria.

During a 2018 criminal trial, an Italian police expert testified that the 'Ndrangheta operated in the Greater Toronto Area and in Thunder Bay particularly in drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking, theft of public funds, robbery, fraud, electoral crimes and crimes of violence. After the trial, Tom Andreopoulos, deputy chief federal prosecutor, said that this was the first time in Canada that the 'Ndrangheta was targeted as an organized crime group since 1997, when the Criminal Code was amended to include the offence of criminal organization.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/02/28/toronto-judge-sentences-ndrangheta-crime-boss-to-11-years-for-cocaine-conspiracy.html|title=Toronto judge sentences 'Ndrangheta crime boss to 11 ½ years for cocaine conspiracy|date=28 February 2019 |publisher=Toronto Star}} He offered this comment about the organization:{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/membership-in-mafia-better-than-gold-landmark-trial-of-two-mobsters-hears/wcm/166b9787-1da6-4d14-bac2-c1663bf63c10|title=Membership in Mafia 'better than gold,' landmark trial of two mobsters hears|publisher=stratfordbeaconherald.com|date=November 8, 2018}}

We're talking about structured organized crime. We're talking about a political entity, almost; a culture of crime that colonizes across the sea from Italy to Canada. This is one of the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world.

=Quebec=

In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime: Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta. While Canadian law enforcement agencies consider the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families to be separate, the FBI considers them to be sub-units of the Bonanno crime family's Montreal faction.Lamothe & Humphreys, The Sixth Family, p.308

United Kingdom

=England=

Italian crime groups in England were founded independently, without any affiliation or relation to the historical crime groups from Italy (Cosa Nostra, Camorra or 'Ndrangheta).

  • The Italian mob – led by Charles 'Darby' Sabini during the interwar years with possible links to the Sicilian mafia.{{cite web |title=Tracing gang members – the complicated case of Charles 'Darby' Sabini |url=https://ourcriminalancestors.org/2019/05/tracing-gang-members-the-complicated-case-of-charles-darby-sabini/ |website=ourcriminalancestors.org/|date=14 May 2019 }}
  • Bert "Battles" Rossi – also known as the "General of Clerkenwell". He acted as the representative for the American mafia in London from the 1960s to the mid-1970s.{{cite web |title=Farewell to Bert Rossi, gangland boss 'who was one of us' |url=https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/farewell-to-bert-gangland-boss-who-was-one-of-us |website=islingtontribune.co.uk}}
  • The Cortesi brothers – rivals of the Sabinis.{{cite book |title=Britain's Godfather |year=1993 |publisher=True crime Library |isbn=1-874358-03-6 |pages=78–90}}
  • The Rocca family – A group of enforcers that were based in Islington.{{cite book |title=Britain's Godfather |year=1993 |publisher=True Crime Library |isbn=1-874358-03-6 |pages=11}}

=Scotland=

  • La Torre clan – a Camorra clan from Mondragone, Italy was operating in Aberdeen, Scotland and was led by Antonio La Torre.Marc Horne. [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews/Dons-on-the-Don.3715394.jp Dons on the Don] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716144022/http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/dons-on-the-don-1-1429273 |date=2012-07-16 }} Scotland on Sunday. January 27, 2008

Australia

In Australia the predominant Italian criminal organization is the 'Ndrangheta, also having smaller crime groups, but in this case, without any affiliation or relation to the historical Italian crime groups.

=New South Wales=

  • Barbaro 'ndrina[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,23522199-5017348,00.html Italian mafia laundering cocaine money Down Under] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522230632/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C27574%2C23522199-5017348%2C00.html |date=2009-05-22 }}, news.com.au, April 11, 2008 – a Calabrian Clan based in Platì, Italy with operations in Griffith
  • Robert Trimbole's Crew[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/robert_trimbole/index.html The Fixer: The Rise and Fall of Australian Drug Lord Robert Trimbole], Patrick Bellamy, The Crime Library (defunct), once controlled the marijuana drug market in Griffith.

=Victoria=

  • The Carlton Crew[http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/the_gangland_war The Gangland War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110328122035/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/the_gangland_war |date=2011-03-28 }}, State Library of Victoria – a predominantly Sicilian group, operating in Melbourne.
  • The Honoured Society[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230104249/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897088,00.html Omerta in the Antipodes], Time, Jan. 31, 1964

Argentina

Argentina between the 1920s and 1930s had a criminal organization led by an Italian, but without any links to the historical Italian crime groups.

= Santa Fe Province =

Juan Galiffi's gang – famous crime group during the 1920s and 1930s in the city of Rosario.{{cite magazine |title=ARGENTINA: The Flower of Rosario |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,850911,00.html |magazine=Time|date=29 May 1944 }}

See also

Notes

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Sources

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  • Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-02-864225-2}}
  • Milhorn, H. Thomas. Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers. Universal Publishers, 2005. {{ISBN|1-58112-489-9}}

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External links

  • [http://www.gangrule.com Gangrule, American mafia history]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212044523/http://americanmafia.com/26_Family_Cities.html Rick Porrello's 26 Cities with Mafia Families – AmericanMafia.com]
  • [http://www.onewal.com/maf-bos.html The AmericanMafia.com]

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