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The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family[7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The San Jose crime family, also known as the Cerrito crime family or the San Jose Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Jose, California.The San Jose family was one of the two families that controlled organized crime in San Jose, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the American Mafia (or "La Cosa Nostra"); the other family that ran organized crime in ...
Michael Franzese Sr (/ frænˈziːs /) [2] (né Grillo; born May 27, 1951) is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 ...
San Francisco crime family. The San Francisco crime family, also known as the Lanza crime family or the San Francisco Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Francisco, California. The syndicate mainly originated in the Little Italy neighborhood of North Beach and was organized in the early 1930s by Francesco "Frank" Lanza.
Joseph DiNapoli. Joseph "Joey D." DiNapoli (born July 12, 1935) [95] is the former consigliere in the Lucchese family. He has two brothers, Vincent and Louis, who are both members of the Genovese crime family. In 1969, DiNapoli was arrested in New York on gambling charges. [119]
Jack Ignatius Dragna[1] (born Ignazio Dragna, Italian pronunciation: [iɲˈɲattsjo ˈdraɲɲa]; April 18, 1891 – February 23, 1956) was a Sicilian-American Mafia member, entrepreneur and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 20th century. He was active in bootlegging in California during the Prohibition Era ...
Peter Milano. Peter John Milano (December 22, 1925 – April 21, 2012) was a Los Angeles-based, American mobster, and former boss of the Los Angeles crime family. [1] Milano was active in organized crime from the 1950s until his death. His legitimate businesses were in real estate properties and a vending company called "Rome Vending Company".
Joseph Charles Dippolito (December 28, 1914 – January 14, 1974), also well known as Joe Dip, was an Italian American Mafia member in the Los Angeles crime family. The son of fellow Mafioso Salvatore Charles Dippolito (known as Charlie Dip), Joe Dip rose to become underboss of the Los Angeles crime family. He was featured in the book The Last ...