enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Five Families - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Families

    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 the 1950s, 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 ]

  3. Gambino crime family - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino_crime_family

    The Gambino crime family (pronounced [ɡamˈbiːno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.

  4. John Gotti’s Gambino crime family ruled New York for ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/john-gotti-gambino-crime-family...

    The days of the Five Families ruling New York and sharp-suited John Gotti mingling with the stars appear to be long gone. But the RICO indictment and arrest of 10 accused Gambino mob members ...

  5. American Mafia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mafia

    At the Mafia's peak, there were at least 26 cities around the United States with Cosa Nostra families, with many more offshoots and associates in other cities. There are five main New York City Mafia families, known as the Five Families: the Gambino, Lucchese, Genovese, Bonanno, and Colombo families. The Italian-American Mafia has long ...

  6. The Commission (American Mafia) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../The_Commission_(American_Mafia)

    The Commission is the governing body of the American Mafia, formed in 1931 by Charles "Lucky" Luciano following the Castellammarese War. [1] The Commission replaced the title of capo di tutti i capi ("boss of all bosses"), held by Salvatore Maranzano before his murder, with a ruling committee that consists of the bosses of the Five Families of New York City, as well as the bosses of the ...

  7. Antoine Fuqua, Terence Winter to Develop ‘Sammy the Bull ...

    www.aol.com/antoine-fuqua-terence-winter-develop...

    Gravano was previously a made member of the Gambino Family, one of the Five Families of the New York Mafia. He allegedly began his life of organized crime in the 1960s, becoming involved in crimes ...

  8. Genovese crime family - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genovese_crime_family

    The Genovese crime family (pronounced [dʒenoˈveːze,-eːse]), also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia.

  9. FBI digs for bodies at New York farms tied to Gambino crime ...

    www.aol.com/news/fbi-digs-bodies-york-farms...

    Two upstate New York properties connected to the notorious Gambino crime family are now being searched for human remains – days after 10 alleged mob members and associates were busted in a ...