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This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, both past and present. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( April 2017 )
Shortly after his return to Detroit, Meli became involved in organized crime. He was a major crime figure who attempted to gain control of Detroit's coin machine industry. At age 24, with the financial backing of his uncle Angelo, successfully bought the Meltone Music and Jay-Cee Music Co with Peter Tocco, Michael Polizzi, and Raffaele Quasarano.
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) Giuseppe Schifilliti, "Pino" (born 1938) Gaetano Vastola, "Corky" (born 1928)
The Detroit Mafia as a unified organization can be traced to the early 20th century "Motor City" mafiosi who came together to begin what was known by the early 1930s as the Detroit crime family or Detroit Partnership. Gaspar Milazzo was born in 1887 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily.
Giacomo "Jack" William Tocco (c. Oct 1926 – July 14, 2014) was an Italian-American mobster and the longtime mob boss of the criminal organization known as the Detroit Partnership, based in Detroit, Michigan. He had numerous legitimate business holdings.
In the 1991 film New Jack City, the character Nino Brown and his associates were largely based on the Chambers Brothers. As in the movie, the Chambers Brothers were also known for taking over an apartment complex known as the Broadmoor on E. Grand Blvd and Ferry St. on the lower east side in Detroit (name was changed to "The Carter" in the film ...
Guy Fisher (born 1947), serving life sentence in prison; Aladino "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno (1913–1993), natural causes; Carmine "The Cigar" Galante (1910–1979), assassinated; Juan García Ábrego (born 1944), serving life sentence in prison; Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino (1941–1996), suicide; Raffaele Ganci (born 1932), serving life ...