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The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family [7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
Thomas Francis Gambino (Italian: [ɡamˈbiːno]; August 23, 1929 – October 3, 2023) was an Italian-American New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District.
Cacciopoli (left), with "Junior" Gotti (middle) and John Cavallo in an FBI surveillance photo.. Thomas Cacciopoli (born September 5, 1949), also known as Tommy Sneakers and Cacci, is an American member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime in the Queens, New Jersey, and Westchester faction of the family.
The accused Gambino family members were then arrested and charged under the RICO Act. Now, the 10 defendants are facing between 20 and 180 years in federal prison on the charges – in what marks ...
The filing alleges that "members and associates of the Gambino crime family used violent extortions, fraud, theft and embezzlement schemes to infiltrate the carting and demolition industries to ...
Jack Dragna, "Capone of Los Angeles" (born Ignazio Dragna, 1891–1956) Tom Dragna (born Gaetano Dragna , 1889–1977) Louis Tom Dragna , "The Reluctant Prince" (1920–2012)
The investigation revealed that New York City mobsters arranged with the Los Angeles family, boss Tommy Gambino, to induct Iavarone into Los Angeles family in 2017. [81] The New York City mobsters wanted Iavarone to be a liaison between the U.S. and the Ontario crime group which upset members of the Buffalo family who oversee criminal ...
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family were arrested and accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said Wednesday.