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The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The Commission consisted of seven family bosses: the leaders of New York's Five Families: Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano, Joseph Bonanno, and Joe Profaci; Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone; and Buffalo family boss Stefano Magaddino. [19] [22] Charlie Luciano was appointed chairman of the Commission. The Commission agreed ...
2.1 Chicago Outfit. ... Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello – boss (1890s–1909) ... List of Italian American mobsters; List of Mafia crime families;
Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana [5] (/ ˌ d ʒ i ɑː n ˈ k ɑː n ə / JEE-ahn-KAH-nə; born Gilormo Giangana, Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; [nb 1] May 24, 1908 [nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents.
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (/ k ə ˈ p oʊ n / kə-POHN, [1] Italian:; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.
A court handed down lengthy jail sentences on Monday at the end of one of Italy's largest-ever mafia trials which targeted the 'Ndrangheta crime group in its heartland in the southern region of ...
After 1957, Accardo turned over the official position as boss to Giancana because of "heat" from the IRS. [9] Accardo then became the Outfit's consigliere, stepping away from the day-to-day running of the organization, but he still retained considerable power and demanded ultimate respect. Giancana still had to obtain the sanction of Accardo ...
Participants in organized crime in Chicago at various times have included members of the Chicago Outfit associated with Al Capone, the Valley Gang, the North Side Gang, Prohibition gangsters, and others.