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4 Great Depression and World War II (1933–1945) 5 Post-World War II (1945–1970) 6 Late 20th century (1970–2000) ... The Mafia encyclopedia. Facts on File.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures by region and by American Mafia organization, both past and present. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
List of Mafia crime families; List of mobsters by city; List of crime bosses This page was last edited on 17 January 2025, at 11:25 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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 ]
Federal prosecutors alleged Ronaldo Ayala, reputed to be a powerful member of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, conspired with the Sinaloa cartel and offered to protect its notorious former leader ...
Structure of Mafia crime family. The boss in the Sicilian and Italian-American Mafia is the head of the crime family and the top decision maker. Only the boss can initiate an associate into the family, however, the boss can give permission to an underboss, consigliere or a captain, allowing them to become a made man. The boss can promote or ...
Billy Arnold, 37, a leader of the Seven Mile Bloods street gang, which terrorized Detroit's east side, was convicted of 22 counts, including two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, 11 counts ...
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 ...