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The Gambino-Lucchese-Genovese alliance (1953–1985) between Carlo Gambino, Tommy Lucchese, and Vito Genovese began with a plot to take over the Mafia Commission by murdering family bosses Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia. At that time, Gambino was Anastasia's new underboss and Vito Genovese was the underboss for Costello.
Carlo Gambino was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, on August 24, 1902, [nb 1] to a family that belonged to a Sicilian Mafia gang from Passo di Rigano. [3] He had two brothers: Gaspare, who was not involved with the Mafia, and Paolo, who was a part of what would become the Gambino crime family.
Related to the Spatola, Mannino, Castellano, Gambino, and Di Maggio families, they first landed in the US in 1956, settling in Cherry Hill. [1] [2] Their protector in the US was the boss Carlo Gambino, Inzerillo's cousin. [1] [2] The whole family fled to the United States except Filippa Spatola, Inzerillo's wife, and son Giovanni. [1]
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family have been arrested, officials announced Wednesday. The United States Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York said that at the ...
The Gambino crime family is one of the "five families" of La Cosa Nostra, the Italian-American mafia in New York.
Ten alleged members and associates of the Gambino crime family were charged in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday with using violence and extortion to try to dominate New York's garbage ...
Gambino was born on August 23, 1929, to Carlo and Catherine (née Castellano) Gambino. He had three siblings, Joseph, Carl, and Phyllis Gambino Sinatra. [1] His father joined the original Mangano crime family during the 1930s, rose to capo and later to underboss.
Search comes after federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced the arrests of 10 alleged members and associates of the Gambino crime family under a sprawling RICO Act ...