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The New Orleans crime family, also known as the Marcello crime family or the New Orleans Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nineteenth century.
Carlos Joseph Marcello [1] (Sicilian Italian);[Mor-sel-lo] born Calogero Minacore [kaˈlɔːdʒero minaˈkɔːre]; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 to 1983.
Anthony Samuel Carollo (/ k ɑː ˈ r ɔː l oʊ / kar-AW-loh, [citation needed] Italian:; November 24, 1923 – February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. He led the organization from 1990 until his death on February 1, 2007.
Silvestro Carollo [a] (/ k ɑː ˈ r ɔː l oʊ /, Italian: [silˈvɛstro kaˈrɔllo]; June 17, 1896 – June 26, 1970), nicknamed "Silver Dollar Sam", was an Italian-American mob boss, and boss of the New Orleans crime family. He transformed the New Orleans's Black Hand gang into a Cosa Nostra crime family, and acted as street boss from 1922 ...
The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history.
According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States. [2] In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.
An Italian nun was arrested Thursday as part of a long investigation that led to the arrests of 25 suspects and the seizure of over 1,800,000 euros. Catholic nun arrested for bringing mafia ...
15.1 New Orleans crime family. 16 Tampa. Toggle Tampa subsection. 16.1 Trafficante crime family. 17 See also. ... List of Italian American mobsters; List of Mafia ...