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The Bonanno crime family (pronounced [boˈnanno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City as part of the criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. The family was known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Salvatore Maranzano was murdered ...
Murder, racketeering, conspiracy, illegal gambling, loan sharking (2001) Criminal penalty. Two years' imprisonment (1995) Life Imprisonment and fined $250,000 (2002) Anthony " Old Man " Spero (February 18, 1929 – September 29, 2008) was an Italian-American mobster who rose to the position of consigliere and acting boss of the Bonanno crime ...
Stefano " The Undertaker " Magaddino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano maɡadˈdiːno]; October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal, Quebec. Known as Don Stefano to his friends ...
Joseph Charles Bonanno (born Giuseppe Carlo Bonanno; Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈkarlo boˈnanno]; January 18, 1905 – May 11, 2002), sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968. Bonanno was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, where his father was also ...
Gene Borrello (born June 6, 1984) is an Italian-American criminal and former associate of the Bonanno crime family one of the Five Families. [1][2] He later became a government witness, agreeing to testify against crime family members Vincent Asaro and Ronald Giallanzo in 2016. Borrello is now a podcaster, author and motivational speaker.
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 ...
Bonanno had been a founding member of the Commission in 1931, but fell out in the early 1960s with three fellow Commission members, namely Carlo Gambino of New York, Stefano Magaddino of Buffalo, and Tommy Lucchese of New York, whose murders he had plotted. [42]
Michael " The Nose " Mancuso (born July 18, 1955) is an American mobster. He is a member of the American Mafia and the boss of the Bonanno crime family, one of Five Families in New York City. [2] In June 2013, while imprisoned, Mancuso was picked as the new official boss of the Bonanno family. [2] On March 12, 2019, Mancuso was released from ...