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  2. 1950s in organized crime - Wikipedia

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    April – Philip Mangano, New York mobster and waterfront labor racketeer; April 19 – Vincent Mangano, New York mobster and waterfront labor racketeer; April 16 – Sam Maceo, Texas crime syndicate underboss; August 6 – Tony Brancato, Kansas City mobster; August 6 – Tony Trombino, New York mobster; October 31 – Kierstin Powers, New York ...

  3. Five Families - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  4. List of criminal organizations in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips - are a street gang based in Los Angeles, California, New York, and a "set" of the Crips street gang alliance; Black Spades; The Council; Crips. Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips; Dominicans Don't Play; Five Families - The five most prominent families of the Italian-American Mafia (Cosa Nostra) in New York City. Bonanno ...

  5. How one Brooklyn neighborhood became instrumental in the rise ...

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    The new Red Hook rulers called themselves la Mano Nera – the Black Hands – and it had no shortage of willing conscripts.. When local young men were sucked into the underworld, it was usually ...

  6. Michael DeBatt - Wikipedia

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    Gravano hoped that as a result, nobody would think the murder was related to the Gambino crime family or organized crime in general. After a Mafia family wedding, Michael had gone back to Tali's with Thomas Carbonaro and Eddie Garafola, expecting the wedding party to join them as usual. "But the only ones who went back there were four murderers ...

  7. Genovese crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Genovese crime family originated from the Morello gang of East Harlem, the first Mafia family in New York City. [12] In 1892, Giuseppe Morello arrived in New York from the village of Corleone, Sicily, Italy. Morello's half-brothers Nicholas, Vincenzo, Ciro, and the rest of his family joined him in New York the following year.

  8. Apalachin meeting - Wikipedia

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    On November 14, 1957, the mafia bosses, their advisers and bodyguards, approximately one hundred men in all, met at Barbara's 53-acre (21 ha) estate in Apalachin, New York. Apalachin is a town located along the south shore of the Susquehanna River , near the Pennsylvania border and about 200 miles northwest of New York City .

  9. Rochester crime family - Wikipedia

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    c. 1950s: Founders: Buffalo crime family: Founding location: Rochester, New York, United States: Years active: c. 1950s–1993 [1] Territory: Primarily the Rochester metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Western New York: Ethnicity: Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates: Activities