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The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [21] [22] the Philly Mafia, [23] [24] [25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [26] [27] [28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Founded in the 1960s, the gang's name stems from a street corner that intersects 10th Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia. [1] The 10th & Oregon Crew conducts drug trafficking, gambling, extortion and loan sharking rackets and operates from a series of taverns, bars, restaurants and social clubs in South Philadelphia and South Jersey. [1]
Joseph Anthony "Uncle Joe" Ligambi (born August 9, 1939) is an American mobster and former acting boss of the Philadelphia crime family. [1] Ligambi is known among law enforcement circles to have a more "old school" approach, in sharp contrast to boss Joseph Merlino's, flamboyant, high-profile style.
Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro, Italian: [ˈandʒelo annaˈlɔːro]; May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) [2] was a Sicilian-American mobster who was boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination.
Scarfo was born on March 8, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York, to Philip and Catherine Scarfo, Italian immigrants from Naples and Calabria. [3] At the age of 12, Scarfo and his family moved to South Philadelphia, where he worked as a day laborer and later graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1947. [6]
One-time Genovese family associate John Rubeo, who testified against reputed Philadelphia mob boss Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino, could face up to five years behind bars after acknowledging his ...
Testa was born to Sicilian immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and lived in South Philadelphia with his family in his teenage years. In South Philadelphia he met and befriended future mob boss Angelo Bruno. He later married Alfia Arcidiacono (records show her family owned a farm in Salem County, New Jersey). In early police dossiers on ...
Ralph Samuel Natale [1] (March 6, 1935 – January 22, 2022) was an American mobster. He was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1995 until 1999, when he became the first American Mafia boss to turn state's evidence.