List of Italian Mafia crime families

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This is a list of independent Italian crime families around the world that are considered to be part of Cosa Nostra (the Mafia). This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ("crime families").

Italy

In Italy there are different Mafia-like organizations operating:

Sicily

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.[1]

United States

According to the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States in 2004.[3] Thomas Milhorn has reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States during the same year.[4]

Northeastern United States

New York

Western New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

New England

Midwestern United States

Illinois

Michigan

Missouri

Ohio

Wisconsin

Southern United States

Alabama

  • Birmingham crime family – defunct since 1938[5]

Florida

  • Trafficante crime family (Tampa area)
  • The Five Families of New York have crews operating in South Florida
    • Bonanno crime family – is operating in South Florida [6]
    • 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 [7]
    • Lucchese crime family – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of Pasco and Pinellas.[8]

Louisiana

Texas

Western United States

California

Nevada

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

Colorado

Washington State

Canada

Ontario

In Northern and Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra (Sicilian) and 'Ndrangheta (Calabrian).[12]

Quebec

In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra and Camorra. Both the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families are considered by the FBI to be part of the Bonanno crime family's Canadian faction.

United Kingdom

Scotland

Australia

New South Wales

Victoria

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ (Italian) Radiografia della mafia di oggi; Cosa nostra influenza 300 mila voti, La Repubblica (Palermo edition), July 20, 2010
  2. ↑ Operazione Perseo: La Nuova Commissione Provinciale di Cosa Nostra | Articoli vari
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey A Status Report. May 2004. (pp. 91–140)
  4. ↑ Milhorn, p.216
  5. ↑ Bill Bonanno, and Gary B. Abromovitz The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno: The Final Secrets of a Life in the Mafia p.72-73
  6. ↑ 6 Fla. members of Bonanno crime family admit guilt (October 14, 2009) New York Post
  7. ↑ "Miami Mobster, 95, Arrested, Is Among 32 Under Indictment" By Sean Gardiner (February 24, 2006) Sun Sentinel.com
  8. ↑ D. Lea Jacobs and Anthony Daniels. Friend of the family: An undercover Agent in the mafia. Pg. 97
  9. ↑ Capeci p.92
  10. ↑ Capeci p. 93
  11. ↑ Feds bust Colacurcio crime family's four Puget Sound strip clubs by Michael Rollins (June 3, 2008) The Oregonian
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Adrian Humphreys "A New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges" (September 24, 2010)
  13. ↑ A New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges 9-25-2010. Mafia Today.com
  14. ↑ Marc Horne. Dons on the Don Scotland on Sunday. January 27, 2008
  15. ↑ Italian mafia laundering cocaine money Down Under, news.com.au, April 11, 2008
  16. ↑ The Fixer: The Rise and Fall of Australian Drug Lord Robert Trimbole, Patrick Bellamy, The Crime Library
  17. ↑ The Gangland War, State Library of Victoria
  18. ↑ Omerta in the Antipodes, Time, Jan. 31, 1964

Sources

  • 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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