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Chicago Outfit. The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Chicago, Illinois, which originated in the city's South Side in 1910. The organization is part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
Chicago Outfit (Al Capone Gang) (Formerly called the "Capone Gang".) Jim Colosimo, founder. Johnny Torrio, foundational leader of American organized crime. Al Capone, heir of American organized crime. Frank Nitti.
The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family[7] or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.
The Five Families – operate in New York City, the New York Metropolitan area, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Nevada. [2] Bonanno. Colombo. Gambino. Genovese. Lucchese. Western New York. Buffalo crime family (Magaddino family)
James J. Marcello (born December 13, 1943), also known variously as "Little Jimmy", "Jimmy Light" and as "Jimmy the Man", is a crime boss who was the boss for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization during the early and mid 2000s. Organized crime observers identified Marcello as a figurehead during that period while the organization's day-to ...
Sam Giancana. Salvatore Mooney Giancana[1] (/ dʒiɑːnˈkɑːnə /; born Gilormo Giangana; [nb 1] Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 [nb 2] – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents.
September 17, 1923 – George Meegan, a Chicago bootlegger allied with the Southside O'Donnells, and Southside O'Donnell member George Bucher were killed by Frank McErlane. 1924 – Prosperous Irish mobsters Paddy Lake and Terry Druggan, of Chicago's little-known Valley Gang, each got a year in jail for contempt of court.
Mobster. Allegiance. Chicago Outfit. Charles Nicoletti (/ ˌnɪkəˈlɛti /; December 3, 1916 – March 29, 1977), also known as "Chuckie the Typewriter", was an American mobster of the Chicago Outfit, who served as hitman under boss Sam Giancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall. Nicoletti was murdered on March 29, 1977.