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The Morello crime family (Italian:) was one of the earliest crime families to be established in the United States and New York City.The Morellos were based in Manhattan's Italian Harlem and eventually gained dominance in the Italian underworld by defeating the rival Neapolitan Camorra of Brooklyn.
Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe moˈrɛllo]; May 2, 1867 – August 15, 1930), also known as "The Old Fox", was the first boss of the Morello crime family and later top adviser to Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria.
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 .
Morello crime family Nicolò Terranova (1890 – September 7, 1916), also known as Nicholas " Nick " Morello , was one of the first Italian-American organized crime figures in New York City . He succeeded Giuseppe Morello as boss of the then Morello Gang in 1909 and was succeeded by Vincenzo Terranova in 1916.
Giuseppe Morello. 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.
Masseria became head of the Morello family and was known as "Joe the Boss", with Giuseppe Morello as his consigliere. [7] Salvatore D'Aquila was killed on October 10, 1928. [8] Masseria, the leader of a gang that emerged from the old Morello crime family, was selected to replace D'Aquila as the new capo dei capi that winter. [9]
Tommaso "The Ox" Petto (c. 1879 – October 21, 1905) was a New York mobster and leading hitman in the Morello crime family during the early 1900s.. Detective Lt. Joseph Petrosino (left), Inspector Carey and Inspector McCafferty escorting Mafia hitman Petto "the Ox" (Tomasso Petto, second from left)
He succeeded Nicholas Morello as boss of the then Morello Gang in 1916 and was succeeded in turn by Giuseppe Masseria in 1922. He served as boss and underboss of the Morello crime family, today known as the Genovese crime family, the oldest of the Five Families in New York City. Terranova was born in Corleone, Sicily in 1886. [1]