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Some episodes of Mobsters are rehashes of the similar TV series American Justice as well as Notorious, both series that were originally broadcast on Biography Channel's sister channel, A&E Network; some episodes also rehashed segments from another A&E series American Gangster, which began airing on the Black Entertainment Television (BET ...
Joseph "Big Joey" Massino (born 1943), first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence Francesco Matrone (born 1947), serving two life sentences in prison Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born 1960), serving life sentence in prison
In July 2020, he appeared in the Netflix docuseries Fear City: New York vs The Mafia. [66] In June 2020, Franzese started a YouTube channel. [67] On his channel he tells stories about his past life, makes interviews, and reviews mafia-related films, television shows and video games, and analyzes their accuracy. [63]
John "Big John" Castellucci (born June 18, 1959), (surname alternatively spelled Castelucci), he is also known as "John Castelle", [84] is the former capo of the "Brooklyn faction". [85] Castellucci has two brothers, Eugene Castelle, a member of the Bensonhurst crew, and Anthony Castelle, the owner of "Coney Island Container", a private carting ...
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]
Michael Taccetta is the cousin of mobsters Michael Perna, and Daniel, Joseph and Thomas Ricciardi. He was especially close to his cousin Daniel, who was five years younger. The two cousins were described as being 'inseparable' during the 1960s.
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Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe masseˈriːa]; January 17, 1886 – April 15, 1931) was an early Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City.He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York City Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931.