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In 2012 the Gambino family still had some control on piers in Brooklyn and Staten Island through infiltrated labor unions. [140] Indictments from 2008 to 2014 showed that the family was still very active in New York City. [citation needed] During 2009, the Gambino family saw many important members released from prison. [141]
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]
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 ...
Gambino crime family The Ozone Park Boys , also known as " Liberty Posse " and " The Young Guns ", are a Gambino crime family Mafia crew based in Ozone Park, Queens . They are infamous for their massive number of crimes, including an illegal $30 million-a-year sports gambling enterprise.
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 ...
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.
Italian-American Mafia criminal organizations in the city are nicknamed the Miami Mafia. In the 20th century, Mafia bosses agreed to share South Florida as a territory open to all crime families, with the exception of the pornography racket, over which the Gambino family held a monopoly. [1] Criminal organizations known to operate in Miami include:
Mr Tantillo, 48, of Freehold, New Jersey, who is a “made” member of the Gambino crime family, began demanding monthly extortion payments from a business owner identified by the pseudonym John ...