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This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. This list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as Cosa Nostra (Mafia crime families). This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ("crime families").
- Al Capone. Al Capone was the most prominent crime boss in Chicago from 1925 to 1931. Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899, and as a young man joined the James Street Boys gang, where he met his mentor Johnny Torrio.
- Bugsy Siegel. Bugsy Siegel was born in 1906 in Brooklyn, New York, and was most known as a mafia hitman and enforcer, though he also ran his own rackets.
- Lucky Luciano. Lucky Luciano, who was born in Sicily in 1897 and raised in New York City, was a key figure in the formation of the National Crime Syndicate and is widely regarded as the mastermind behind modern organized crime in America, thanks to his establishment of the Commission, the organization’s governing body, in 1931.
- John Gotti. John Gotti, known as “The Dapper Don” for his love of nice clothes and media attention, rose to become America’s most powerful gangster boss in the 1980s.
The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra ( Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa -], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː (ɽ)a]; "our thing" [3] ), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century.
Italian mafia: How crime families went global. Italian police have carried out a spate of anti-mafia raids, arresting dozens of suspects near Naples, Rome and Agrigento in Sicily. Illegal drugs...
Nov 7, 2021 · An Italian court has sentenced 70 members of the powerful mafia group, the 'Ndrangheta, in the first stage of the biggest mafia trial in decades. Defendants faced charges including attempted...
The Sicilian Mafia is made up of a coalition of criminal organizations—called “families” or “clans” in English and cosche (singular, cosca) in Italian—which engage in extortion, smuggling, gambling, and the mediation of disagreements between other criminals.
Oct 29, 2009 · Learn how the Mafia, a network of organized-crime groups based in Italy and America, evolved over centuries in Sicily, an island ruled by foreign invaders. Explore the Mafia's history, traditions, activities and challenges in both countries.
