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At the time of his testimony in 1963, Valachi revealed that the current bosses of the Five Families were Tommy Lucchese, Vito Genovese, Joseph Colombo, Carlo Gambino, and Joe Bonanno. These have since been the names most commonly used to refer to the New York Five Families, despite years of overturn and changing bosses in each. [26]
Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello – boss (1890s–1909) Nicholas "Nick" Morello – boss (1909–1916) killed in 1916; Vincenzo "Vincent" Terranova – boss (1916–1920) Giuseppe "Joe the boss" Masseria – boss (1920–1931) Charlie "Lucky" Luciano – boss (1931–1946) Frank "The Prime Minister" Costello – acting boss (1936–1945 ...
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; Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born 1962), serving two-year prison sentence
The days of the Five Families ruling New York and sharp-suited John Gotti mingling with the stars appear to be long gone. But the RICO indictment and arrest of 10 accused Gambino mob members ...
The Gambino crime family (pronounced [ɡamˈbiːno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.
Joe Masseria, "Joe the Boss" (1886–1931) Joseph Massino , "Big Joey", "The Ear" (1943–2023) Jack McGurn , "Machine Gun" (born Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi , 1902–1936)
Two of New York’s most storied Mafia families formed a secret gambling alliance — then suffered a whack to their profit streams with a round of arrests Tuesday morning.
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a caporegime operating a crew in Long Island. He is the younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded a conversation between Carmine and his brother Salvatore Avellino Jr. as they discussed a dispute over a craps game that Carmine had was operating because mobster Aniello Migliore complained to Underboss Salvatore ...