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The Gambino crime family (pronounced [ɡamˈbiːno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.
Joseph Corozzo, Sr. started with the Gambino family as a transport truck hijacker. Corozzo earned the nickname "Miserable" because he allegedly suffers from bipolar disorder . In 1971, Corozzo was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to answer grand jury questions about organized crime.
October 15 – Carlo Gambino, founder of the Gambino crime family, dies of a heart attack. [1] Following his death, Paul Castellano assumes leadership of the criminal organization upsetting members that favored longtime underboss Aniello Dellacroce such as John Gotti and the so-called "Blue Collar" faction of the crime family. Despite the ...
Ten alleged Gambino crime family members and associates have been charged with racketeering conspiracy, extortion, witness retaliation and union-related crimes in a bid for control of New York’s ...
Ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family were arrested and accused of strong-arming their way into New York City garbage hauling and demolition businesses, authorities said Wednesday.
George "Big Georgie" DeCicco (March 20, 1929 - October 3, 2014 [1]) was a New York mobster and longtime captain in the Gambino crime family.DeCicco is one of the last captains of the old John Gotti administration in the 1980s who have not been under any indictment until now.
Louis Ferrante (born May 13, 1969) is an American writer who was a former heist expert and Gambino crime family mobster. He spent eight and a half years in prison for heists and hijackings, [1] successfully appealed his conviction and became a bestselling true crime, business, and science writer.
Two upstate New York properties connected to the notorious Gambino crime family are now being searched for human remains – days after 10 alleged mob members and associates were busted in a ...