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He teamed up with Gambino family boss John Gotti to reinstate the Bonanno family on the Mafia Commission, after the family was kicked off as a result of allowing FBI agent Joseph Pistone aka Donnie Brasco to meet former Florida crime family boss Santo Trafficante and several high-ranking members of the Bonanno organization. In the early 2000s ...
Joseph Charles Bonanno (born Giuseppe Carlo Bonanno; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈkarlo boˈnanno]; January 18, 1905 – May 11, 2002), sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia ... Joseph "Don Peppino" Bonanno – boss (1931–1965 ...
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the mafia continues to pollute our communities with illegal gambling, extortion, and violence while using ...
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family have been arrested, officials announced Wednesday. The United States Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York said that at the ...
Joseph Bonanno, "Joe Bananas", "Don Peppino" (born Giuseppe Carlo Bonanno, 1905–2002) ... List of Mafia crime families; List of mobsters by city;
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [23]
Spanish police on Monday said they had arrested three "extremely dangerous" suspected mafia members wanted in Italy for crimes including attempted murder, weapons trafficking and money laundering.