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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.
This list includes Italian American mobsters and organized crime figures that operate in the United States, both past and present.
Pages in category "Italian gangsters". The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Oct 1, 2024 · 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.
Jul 3, 2023 · As the head of a division, the capo commands a sizable crew ranging from 20 to 1,500 soldiers, who are bound to carry out various criminal activities such as murder, assault, bombings, arsons, assassinations, drive-by shootings, cash handling, deliveries, and other organized crime operations.
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Five Families, moniker given to the five major Italian American Mafia families in New York City: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese. The families and their inner workings were publicly revealed in 1963, when a Mafia soldier testified at a congressional hearing.
