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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 ...
Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939) is an American former FBI agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco between September 1976 and July 1981, [nb 1] as part of an infiltration primarily into the Bonanno crime family under the tutelage of Anthony Mirra and later Dominick Napolitano, and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New ...
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 ...
The Bonanno crime family operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island. The family also maintains influence in Manhattan , The Bronx , Westchester County, New Jersey, California , Florida , and Atlanta , and have ties to the Rizzuto crime family in Quebec .
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 ...
Mobster. Allegiance. Bonanno crime family. Conviction (s) Drug trafficking, murder (1992) Criminal penalty. Life imprisonment (1992) Thomas Pitera (/ pɪˈtɛərə /; born December 2, 1954) is an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. Pitera, a soldier and later on a captain of his own crew, was suspected by law enforcement of as many as ...
Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (2011) Vincent John Basciano (Italian pronunciation: [baʃˈʃaːno]; born November 14, 1959) [1] is an American mobster who became acting boss of the Bonanno crime family after the arrest of Joseph Massino. [2] Basciano was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in 2011.
Bonanno crime family. Conviction (s) Murder (1986) Murder (2008) Criminal penalty. 40 years' imprisonment and fined $50,000 (1987) 20 years' imprisonment (2008) Anthony Indelicato (born March 4, 1947), [1] also known as " Bruno " [2] and " Whack-Whack ", [3][4] is an American mobster and consigliere of the Bonanno crime family of New York City.