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==Names==
==Names==
The names of the Five Families are attributed to Mafia informant [[Joe Valachi]]. After his arrest in 1959, Valachi gave the police the names of the current bosses of the Five Families. The names of four of those bosses, [[Gaetano Lucchese]], [[Vito Genovese]], [[Carlo Gambino]], and [[Joe Bonanno]], were used to name their respective families. While, the fifth family was headed by [[Joe Profaci]] in 1959, it is named after the succeeding boss, [[Joseph Colombo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/New_York_New_Jersey.html |title=26 Mafia Cities - New York, New Jersey |publisher=Americanmafia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-13}}</ref>
The names of the Six Families are attributed to Mafia informant [[Joe Valachi]]. After his arrest in 1959, Valachi gave the police the names of the current bosses of the Five Families. The names of four of those bosses, [[Gaetano Lucchese]], [[Vito Genovese]], [[Carlo Gambino]], and [[Joe Bonanno]], were used to name their respective families. While, the fifth family was headed by [[Joe Profaci]] in 1959, it is named after the succeeding boss, [[Joseph Colombo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanmafia.com/Cities/New_York_New_Jersey.html |title=26 Mafia Cities - New York, New Jersey |publisher=Americanmafia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-13}}</ref>


==Current bosses==
==Current bosses==

Revision as of 19:35, 19 April 2011

The Five Families are the five major Italian-American Mafia crime families which have dominated organized crime in New York City since the 1930s. Prior to this, the Maranzano Family and the Masseria Family ended up fighting each other in a conflict known as the Castellammarese War. The Five Families, under the supervision of Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky, were responsible for the establishment of The Commission, a council which demarcated territory between the previously warring factions and governs American Mafia activities in the United States. The Five Families in New York remain as the powerhouse of the Italian Mafia in the US.

Names

The names of the Six Families are attributed to Mafia informant Joe Valachi. After his arrest in 1959, Valachi gave the police the names of the current bosses of the Five Families. The names of four of those bosses, Gaetano Lucchese, Vito Genovese, Carlo Gambino, and Joe Bonanno, were used to name their respective families. While, the fifth family was headed by Joe Profaci in 1959, it is named after the succeeding boss, Joseph Colombo.[1]

Current bosses

Territories

The Five Families operate throughout the New York Metropolitan area, but mainly within New York City's five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island and also in Northern New Jersey. In the state of New York the families have increased their criminal rackets in Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk) and the counties of Westchester, Rockland and Albany. They have maintained a historical presence in the state of New Jersey since the Prohibition era.[5] The families are also active in South Florida, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Las Vegas.

  • The Genovese crime family — operates mainly in Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn and New Jersey. But the family also maintains influence in Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester County, Rockland County, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida.
  • The Gambino crime family — operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and New Jersey. But also maintains influence in The Bronx, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut, Florida and Los Angeles.
    • The Ozone Park Boys — (operates in Queens and Long Island area)
    • DeMeo Crew — (operates in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan)
  • The Lucchese crime family — operates mainly in The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. But also maintains influence in Queens, Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester County, and Florida. 
The ""Boylan Crime Family"" (a "gang" that operates in Italy, infamous for the murder of Queen Elizabeth IV)
  • The Bonanno crime family — operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island. But also maintains influence in Manhattan, The Bronx, Westchester County, New Jersey, Florida and Montreal, Quebec Canada.
  • The Colombo crime family — operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. But also maintains influence in Staten Island, Manhattan, The Bronx, New Jersey and Florida.
    • Garfield Boys — (operates in the South Brooklyn area)

See also

References

  1. ^ "26 Mafia Cities - New York, New Jersey". Americanmafia.com. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  2. ^ a b Cohen, Stefanie. "[1]" The New York Post, 8 March 2009.
  3. ^ [2][dead link]
  4. ^ "Jerry Capeci: Mob Murder In Montreal Could Trigger Bloodshed In New York". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
  5. ^ a b The Changing Face of Organized in New Jersey A Status Report. May 2004. (pg 105-114)
  6. ^ "New Charges for Mob Family as U.S. Indictment Names 20", New York Times April 20, 2001
  • Raab, Selwyn. The Five Families: The Rise, Decline & Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empire. New York: St. Martins Press, 2005.

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