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Rosario "Sal" Gambino (Italian pronunciation: [roˈzaːrjo ɡamˈbiːno]; born January 12, 1942) is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally [ clarification needed ] known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2012 the Gambino family still had some control on piers in Brooklyn and Staten Island through infiltrated labor unions. [141] Indictments from 2008 to 2014 showed that the family was still very active in New York City. [citation needed] During 2009, the Gambino family saw many important members released from prison. [142]
The Corbi family acquiesced to the Gambino relationship, but maintained local leadership, simply answering to and accessing support from Morici and his New York Gambino connections. Throughout most of its existence, after 1920, "The Baltimore Cosca" was functionally headed by the Corbi family: Vito, and then his sons, Pasquale "Patsy" and Frank.
The Gambino crime family is one of New York’s five Italian-American Mafia families. CNN’s Rob Frehse contributed to this report. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com.
Decision comes almost two weeks after the two men, along with eight other alleged members of the Gambino crime family, were charged in a violent plot Two Gambino crime family members to walk free ...
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.
Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson (September 29, 1935 – August 29, 1988) was a reputed American mobster.According to court documents and pretrial testimony, Johnson was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant from 1966 to 1985, when he provided investigators with information relating to John Gotti and other members of the Gambino crime family.
Leonard "Lenny" DiMaria (born October 10, 1941), also known as "Prateek" and "the Conductor", is an American mobster and member of the Gambino crime family of New York. [1] He is considered by law enforcement to be a close associate of Nicholas Corozzo and has served as his right-hand-man for almost 30 years.