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The Five Families refer to five Italian American Mafia crime families that operate in New York City. In 1931, the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War.
12 lip 2024 · The modern names for the Five Families - Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Colombo, Bonanno - were nods to some of the most powerful mafia bosses who ever held power, but those aren't the only individuals who played key roles in developing the sheer might of the New York mafia.
7 sie 2024 · After a series of power struggles and murders, mobster Charles “Lucky” Luciano established the “Commission,” a governing body headed by five New York City crime families. For the next four...
12 lis 2020 · The Five Crime Families of New York City: Inside the Rise and Fall of the Mafia. These Big Apple-based organizations have weathered bloody insurrections, federal convictions and undercover...
18 lis 2023 · The big five mafia families in New York — the Gambinos, the Genovese, the Bonannos, the Colombos and the Luccheses — are still very much around but their wings have been...
7 cze 2009 · See the evolution of the infamous Five Families that made up the mafia of New York City.
31 paź 2017 · The New York mob is controlled by five organized crime families with specific geographic boundaries created in 1931 to stop turf wars. The families are: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino,...
