Lucchese crime family
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1920s-present
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Made men (full members) are Italian, Italian-American, Sicilian or Sicilian-American.
Other ethnicities are employed as "associates."
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115-140
made members,[1] 1,100+ associates.
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Racketeering, assault, bookmaking, burglary,
cargo theft, conspiracy,
contract killing,
counterfeiting,
cigarette smuggling,
credit card fraud,
drug trafficking,
extortion, fencing, fraud, illegal gambling, hotel robbery, hijacking, jewelry heist, labor racketeering, point shaving, loansharking, money laundering, murder, murder for hire, robbery and skimming
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The Lucchese crime family is
one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia
(or Cosa Nostra).[2]
The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder in 1930.[2]
It was taken over by Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951. The family under
Gagliano was peaceful and low key, concentrating their criminal actives to the
Bronx, Manhattan and New Jersey. The next boss was Tommy "Three-Finger Brown"
Lucchese, who turned the family around to
became one of the most powerful families to sit on the Commission. Lucchese teamed up with Gambino family boss Carlo Gambino to control organized crime in New York City. When Lucchese
died of natural causes in 1967, Carmine Tramunti controlled the family for a brief time; he was arrested in
1973. Anthony "Tony
Ducks" Corallo then gained control of the family.
Corallo was very secretive and soon became one of the most powerful members of
the Commission. He was arrested and tried in the famous Commission case of 1986.
Corallo decided to put Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and Anthony Casso in charge of the family. Casso was soon promoted to
underboss, and the family barely survived his reign. In the early 1990s, Casso
who was fearing arrest kept ordering those he felt unloyal to be murdered. The
former street boss for Casso, Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco, feared for his own life and turned informant.
This led to the arrest of the entire Lucchese family hierarchy, with Casso also
becoming an informant. Today the family is still controlled by Vic Amuso who is
serving life in prison.
History
The
Reina Gang
The early history of the Reina crime
family can be traced to members of the Morello gang based in East Harlem and the Bronx. Gaetano "Tommy" Reina would leave the Morello's around the time of World War I and created his own family based in East Harlem and the
Bronx. As the family's leader, Reina avoided the Mafia-Cammora War for control over New York City. He instead focused on
controlling the home ice distribution business throughout New York City.[2]
During the early 1920s, Reina became a powerful prohibition era boss and aligned himself with Joseph Masseria, the most powerful Italian-American crime boss in New York.
Masseria soon became involved in the Castellammarese War, a vicious gang war with rival Sicilian boss Salvatore Maranzano. At this point, Masseria started demanding a share of
Reina's criminal profits, prompting Reina to consider changing allegiance to
Maranzano. When Masseria learned of Reina's possible betrayal, he plotted with
Reina lieutenant Tommy Gagliano to kill him. On February 26, 1930, gunman Vito Genovese murdered Reina outside his aunt's apartment.[2]
With Reina dead, Masseria bypassed Gagliano, who expected to take control of
the Reina gang, and installed his underling Joseph "Fat Joe" Pinzolo as boss. Furious with this betrayal, Gagliano and Tommy Lucchese secretly defected to Maranzano. In September 1930, Lucchese
lured Pinzolo to a Manhattan office building, where Pinzolo was murdered.
The
Two Tommies
With Masseria's murder in early
1931, Maranzano won the Castellammarese War. He then outlined a peace plan
to all the Sicilian and Italian Mafia leaders in the United States.[3]
There would be 24 organizations (to be known as "families")
throughout the country who would elect their own bosses. Maranzano also
reorganized all the Italian-American gangs in New York City into five New York
families to be headed by Maranzano, Lucky Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano and Joseph Profaci. Gagliano became the boss of the old Reina gang, to be
later known as the Lucchese family, with Lucchese as his underboss and Stefano
Rondelli as his consigliere. The final element of Maranzano's peace plan was
that he would become the supreme leader of all the families, the Boss of all Bosses. However, Luciano and other mob members did not want
another top leader. When Maranzano learned about Luciano's disaffection, he
hired a gunman to kill him. However, in September 1931 Luciano struck first.
Several Jewish assassins provided by Luciano associate Meyer Lansky murdered Maranzano in his office. Luciano now became the
most powerful mobster in New York.
Luciano kept the family structure as
created by Maranzano, but removed the Boss of Bosses in favor of a
ruling body, The Commission. The Commission's responsibility was to regulate the
families' affairs and resolve all differences between the families.[3]
The first Commission members included Luciano family boss Luciano as head of the Commission, Mangano family boss Vincent Mangano, Gagliano family boss Tommy Gagliano, Profaci family boss Joseph Profaci, Chicago Outfit boss Al
"Scarface" Capone, and Maranzano family boss Joseph Bonanno.[3]
Although the Commission was technically a democratic institution, it was actually
controlled by Luciano and his allies.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano and Lucchese led their family into profitable areas of the
trucking and clothing industries.[2]
When Luciano was sent to prison for pandering
in 1936, a rival alliance took control of the Commission. The alliance of
Mangano, Bonanno, Buffalo crime family boss Stefano Magaddino, and Profaci used their power to control organized crime in
America.[3]
Understanding his vulnerability, Gagliano was careful to avoid opposing this
new alliance. Gagliano was a quiet man who avoided the media and stayed off the
streets. He preferred to pass his orders to the family though Lucchese and a
few other close allies. In contrast, Lucchese was the public face of the family
who carried out Gagliano's orders. In 1946, Lucchese attended the Cosa Nostra Havana Conference in Cuba on behalf of Gagliano.[4]
Gagliano remained the hidden boss of the family until his death in 1951 or
1953.
The
Lucchese era
After Gagliano's death in 1951 or
1953, Lucchese became family boss and appointed Vincenzo "Vincent" Rao as his Consigliere and Stefano LaSalle as his Underboss. Lucchese continued with Gagliano's
policies, making the now Lucchese family one of the most profitable in New
York. Lucchese established control over Teamsters
union locals, workers' co-operatives and trade associations, and rackets at the
new Idlewild Airport.[3]
Lucchese also expanded family rackets in Manhattan's Garment
District and in related trucking industry
around New York City. Lucchese built close relations with many powerful New
York politicians, including Mayors William O'Dwyer and Vincent
Impellitteri and members of the judiciary, who
aided the family on numerous occasions. Throughout his regime, Lucchese kept a
low profile for which he became lauded in Mafia circles. Remembering how the
Mustache Petes treated their soldati like mere commodities, he saw to it
that his men were well taken care of.[2]
When Lucchese became boss, he helped
Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino in their fights to take control of their families.[3]
By 1962, Lucchese and Gambino controlled the Commission. Together they backed
the Gallo crew from the rival Profaci family in its war with their boss Joe
Profaci. Gambino and Lucchese saw the war as a way to take over rackets from
the distracted Profaci's. After uncovering a plot by Joe Bonanno to assassinate
them, Lucchese and Gambino used the Commission to strip Bonanno of his role as
boss. This power play started a war within the Bonanno family and served to
strengthen both the Lucchese and Gambino families.
Lucchese led a quiet, stable life until
his death from a brain tumor on July 13, 1967. At the time of his death, he had
not spent a day in jail in 44 years.[2]
Lucchese left his family in a very powerful position in New York City. The
Lucchese family had a stronghold in East Harlem, the Bronx and consisted of
about 200 made members.[5]
After Lucchese's death, the Commission made Carmine Tramunti acting boss until Lucchese's chosen successor, Anthony Corallo, was released from prison.[3]
Tramunti
and the French Connection
At the time of his appointment as
temporary boss, Carmine "Mr.
Gribbs" Tramunti was almost 70 years old and in ill
health. With boss-in-waiting Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo in prison,
Tramunti was expected to hold power until Corallo's release. Tramunti faced a
number of criminal charges during his time as acting boss and was eventually
convicted of financing a large heroin smuggling
operation, the infamous French Connection. This scheme was responsible for distributing millions of
dollars in heroin along the East Coast during the early seventies.
Before the French Connection trail,
the seized heroin was stored in the NYPD property/evidence storage room pending
trial. In a brazen scheme, criminals stole hundreds of kilograms of heroin
worth $70 million from the room and replaced them with bags of flour. Officers
discovered the theft when they noticed insects eating the so-called heroin. The
scope and depth of this scheme is still unknown, but officials suspect the
thieves had assistance from corrupt NYPD officers Certain plotters received
jail sentences, including Papa (he was later assassinated in the Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia). In 1974,
after Tramunti's incarceration, Corallo finally
Tony
Ducks and the Jaguar
Anthony Corallo
After Tramunti's incarceration in
1974, Anthony Corallo finally took control of the Lucchese family. Corallo came
from the Queens
faction of the family. Known as "Tony Ducks" from his ease at
'ducking' criminal convictions, Corallo was a Boss squarely in the Tommy
Lucchese mold. Corallo had been heavily involved in labor racketeering and
worked closely with Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters president, during the 1940s and 1950s.
Corallo also enjoyed close ties to the Painters and Decorators Union', the
Conduit Workers Union, and the United Textile Workers. Corrallo appointed Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro as the Underboss and supervisor of all labor and
construction racketeering operations in New York, and Christopher
"Christie Tick" Furnari
as the reputed Consigliere. The family prospered under Corallo's leadership,
particularly in the narcotics trafficking, labor racketeering, and major
illegal gambling operations. As Corallo never discussed business during
sit-downs, fearing U.S. government were monitoring the conversations, he
discussed business in his bodyguard and chauffeur's Jaguar
which had a phone in it, and reportedly drove around New York while on the
phone discussing business. Salvatore
"Sal" Avellino and Aniello "Neil" Migliore shifted as Corallo's chauffeurs during the 1970s and 1980s.[6]
Corallo, a huge fan of the New Jersey faction of the family, reputedly inducted and promoted Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo and Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta into the organization and put them in charge of the Jersey Crew, which reportedly controlled most of the loansharking and
illegal gambling operations in Newark, New Jersey at the time.[6]
In the early 1980s, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) finally managed to plant a bug in the Jaguar. The FBI
recorded Corallo speaking at great length about mob affairs, including illegal
gambling, labor racketeering, drug trafficking, and murder. Corallo was
arrested and put on trial along with all the heads of the Five Families at the
time. This trial became legendary as the Mafia Commission
Trial. Corallo was convicted on numerous
charges and January 13, 1987 was sentenced to 100 years in prison, where he
died in 2000.
To succeed him as boss, Corallo
originally chose acting boss Anthony "Buddy" Luongo. However, Luongo
disappeared in 1986. Corallo's ultimate choice was Vittorio "Vic" Amuso.[6]
Allegedly both Amuso and Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso were candidates for the job. Evidence suggests that Corallo
wanted Casso, but Casso convinced him to select Amuso instead. After becoming
boss, Amuso made Casso his underboss, allowing him to exert great influence
over family decisions.
The
iron fists of Amuso and Casso
FBI surveillance photo of Casso
(right) with Lucchese family boss, Vittorio Amuso.
During the late 1980s, the Lucchese
family underwent a period of great turmoil. Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and his fierce underboss, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, instituted one of the most violent reigns in American
Mafia history. Both men were heavily involved in labor racketeering, extortion,
drug trafficking and committed many murders. Amuso and Casso were strong rivals
of Gambino crime
family boss John Gotti and strong allies of Genovese crime
family boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante. Angry over Gotti's unauthorized murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano, Amuso, Casso, and Gigante conspired to murder Gotti. On
April 13, 1986 a car-bombing killed Gambino underboss Frank DeCicco, but missed Gotti. This assassination attempt sparked a
long and confusing 'tension' between these three crime families with many
deaths reported on all sides.[7][8]
During the late 1980s, Amuso began
demanding 50% of the profits generated by the Jersey Crew. New Jersey leaders
Anthony Accetturo and Michael Taccetta refused Amuso's demand. In retaliation,
Amuso ordered the entire Jersey Crew killed—the now-infamous "whack Jersey"
order. He summoned them to a meeting in Brooklyn.
Fearful for their lives, all the Jersey crew members skipped the meeting and
went into hiding.
Taccetta and Accetturo were later
put on trial in 1990, as both Amuso and Casso were implicated in a case
involving the fitting of thousands of windows in New York at over-inflated
prices, and the pair went into hiding of that same year, naming Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco as acting boss. For the next few years, Amuso and Casso
ruled the family from afar and ordered the execution of anyone they deemed
troublesome, either they were considered rivals or potential informants. All of
this convinced many Lucchese wiseguys that Amuso and Casso were no longer
acting or thinking rationally.[7][8]
What followed next was a series of
botched hits on family members suspected of being informants. Ironically, these
hits caused several family members to actually turn informer. Amuso ordered the
slaying of capo Peter "Fat
Pete" Chiodo, who along with Casso was in charge
of the Windows Case operation. He was shot 12 times, but still survived.
After Amuso ordered hits on Chiodo's wife and sister in violation of
longstanding rules against women being harmed, Chiodo turned state's evidence
and provided the entire windows operation that eventually controlled $150
million in window replacements, sold in New York City. As Amuso also sanctioned
the hit on Anthony Accetturo, who was on trial in 1990, he also cooperated with
the government.[7][8]
The planned executions went as high
as acting boss D'Arco. Furious over the failed hit on Chiodo, Amuso set up
D'Arco to be killed at a Manhattan hotel. However, this hit also came undone
after D'Arco saw a man hide a gun in his shirt, then slip it into the bathroom.
Recognizing this as a classic setup for a hit, D'Arco fled for his life and
turned himself over to the authorities to spare him and his family from Amuso
and Casso and their increasingly erratic demands. He was the first boss of a
New York crime family, acting or otherwise, to break his blood oath.[8]
Law enforcement eventually caught up
with the two fugitives. On July 29, 1991, the FBI captured Amuso in Pennsylvania, and in 1993 Casso was caught in Greenwood, New York.[8]
Amuso steadfastly refused all offers from the government to make a deal and
become a government witness. In contrast, Casso quickly agreed to a deal and
started revealing family secrets. One of the biggest secrets was that Casso had
been paying two New York Police Department detectives, Louis Eppolito and
Stephen Caracappa, to provide Casso with sensitive police information and even
perform to contract murders. Casso related how Eppolito and Caracappa, on
Christmas Day 1986, murdered an innocent Brooklyn man who had the same name as
a suspected government informant.[9]
Casso told the government that in 1992 Lucchese hit men tried to kill the
sister of another suspected informant, violating the alleged Mafia “rule”
barring violence against family members.[10] Unfortunately for Casso, his testimony proved so
inconsistent that prosecutors accused him of breaking the terms of his deal
with them. As a result, the court ordered no leniency for Casso at his
sentencing.
In 1991, Amuso was sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1994, Casso also received a life sentence. Casso had
reportedly conspired with reputed consigliere Frank Lastorino and Brooklyn faction leaders George Zappola, George Conte, Frank "Bones" Papagni and Frank
Gioia, Jr. into murdering Steven "Wonderboy" Crea, Amuso's acting underboss of the Bronx,
as well as Gambino crime family acting boss John "Junior" Gotti, son of the imprisoned John Gotti, along with members of
the Genovese crime family once again. But due to massive indictments, none of
the plots were committed.[8]
Acting
bosses
When Amuso went to prison, he chose Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede to be his acting boss. Throughout the mid 1990s Amuso
continued to control the family from prison. DeFede, who supervised the
powerful Garment
District racket, reportedly earned more than
$40,000 to $60,000 a month. DeFede placed Steven Crea in charge of the family's
labor and construction racketeering operations. Crea increased the Lucchese family
earnings from these rackets between $300,000 and $500,000 every year. But as US
law enforcement kept pressuring the organized crime activities in New York,
DeFede was arrested and indicted on nine counts of racketeering in 1998. DeFede
pled guilty to the charges and was sentenced to five years in prison. Angry at
DeFede's guilty plea, Amuso promoted Crea as the new acting boss.[11]
Steven Crea success with the labor and construction rackets convinced
Amuso that DeFede had been previously skimming off these profits. In late 1999,
Amuso placed a contract on DeFede's life. On September 6, 2000, Crea and
seven other Lucchese members were arrested and jailed on extortion charges,
mostly to the supervising of the construction sites with various capos Dominic
"Crazy Dom" Truscello and Joseph "Joey Flowers" Tangorra.
Crea was convicted in 2001 and sentenced to five years in prison.[11][12]
After Crea's conviction in 2001,
consigliere Louis "Lou
Bagels" Daidone, a prominent Lucchese family member
from Queens, took control of the family. However, Daidone's tenure was short
lived. After his release from the prison, the scared DeFede became a government
witness and helped the government convict Daidone of murder and conspiracy. Daidone's conviction was also helped by the testimony from
Alphonse D'Arco in September 2004.[11]
Mafia
cops
In April 2006, Casso revealed that
two respected New York City police detectives worked as hitmen and informants
for Casso during the 1980s and early 1990s before their retirement. They were Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, who spent much of their combined 44 years with the NYPD
committing murders and leaking confidential information to the Lucchese family.
Between 1986 and 1990, Eppolito and Caracappa participated in eight murders and
received $375,000 from Casso in bribes and payments for murder 'contracts'.
Casso used Caracappa and Eppolito to pressure the Gambino crime family by
murdering several of their members. This is because Casso, along with the
imprisoned Amuso and Genovese crime family boss Vincent Gigante, wanted their
rival John Gotti out of the way. Caracappa and Eppolito are now seen as the
main source of 'tension' between these three families during the late 1980s and
early 1990s.[13][14]
For one contract, Eppolito and
Caracappa kidnapped mobster James Hydell, forced him into their car trunk, and
delivered him to Casso for torture and murder. Hydell's body was never found.
The two detectives also shot Bruno Facciolo, who was found in Brooklyn in the
trunk of a car with a canary in his mouth. After pulling Gambino crime family
captain Edward "Eddie" Lino for a routine traffic check, the
detectives murdered him on the expressway in his Mercedes-Benz. In 2006, Eppolito and Caracappa were convicted of
murdering Hydell, Nicholas Guido, John "Otto" Heidel, John Doe, Anthony DiLapi, Facciolo, Lino, and Bartholomew
Boriello on the orders of Casso and the
Lucchese family. They were sentenced to life imprisonment.[14][15]
Three-man
ruling panel
With the arrest of acting boss
Louis Daidone in 2003 imprisoned boss Vic Amuso created a three-man
ruling panel to run the family.[16] The panel consisting of three senior capos Aniello "Neil" Migliore, Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna brought the family power back into the Bronx. According to
a February 2004, New York Post article, the Lucchese family consisted of about 9 capos and
82 soldiers making the family the fourth largest in New York City.[17] In 2006, the former acting boss Steven Crea was released from prison after serving five years, under
restrictive parole
conditions that expired in 2009.[18][19] The three man panel jointly continued to maintain the power
over the family, acting as street bosses.[19]
On December 18, 2007, two members of
the ruling panel Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna were indicted along with
top New Jersey faction capos Ralph V. Perna and Nicodemo Scarfo,
Jr..[20][21] In the New Jersey indictment a total of thirty-two members
and associates of the New Jersey faction were arrested. Information obtained
from New Jersey law enforcement agencies investigation "Operation
Heat" revealed that the New Jersey
faction controlled a $2.2 billion dollar illegal gambling, money laundering and
racketeering ring from New Jersey to Costa Rica.[22][23]
On October 1, 2009, the Lucchese
family was hit with two separate indictments charging 49 members and associates
with bribery and racketeering.[24] In the first indictment 29, members and associates of the
Lucchese family were arrested.[24] The indicted charged Joseph DiNapoli, Matthew Madonna and acting
capo Anthony Croce with running operations that nearly grossed $400 million
from illegal gambling, loansharking, gun trafficking, bribery and extortion.[25] In the second indictment obtained from investigation "Operation
Open House" 12 more Lucchese mobsters were charged with bribery.
Acting capo Andrew Disimone and others mobsters were charged with bribing New
York Police Department (NYPD)
detective and sergeant posing as crooked cops to protect illegal poker parlors.[24][26]
Current
position and leadership
Although in prison for life, Victor
Amuso remains the official boss of the Lucchese crime family. Amuso has been
boss for almost a quarter-century but it is unclear how much influence, if any,
he has over the crime family's day-to-day affairs. In the last few years, a
three-man ruling panel consisting of Aniello "Neil" Migliore, Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna have been running the family. All three men are long time
capos in the family, but Migliore is believed to be the most powerful.
Arguably, Migliore, DiNapoli and Madonna brought stability to the Lucchese
family during the 2000s. The family's presence remains strong in the Bronx,
Manhattan, Queens, and New Jersey.
A March 2009 article in the New York Post stated that the Lucchese family consists of approximately
100 "made" members,[19] possibly making it the smallest of the Five Families, although not the weakest. It is probably the third most
powerful family (behind the Genovese and Gambino families).
In late 2009 the Lucchese family was
handed three federal indictments showing that the family continues to be very
active in organized crime, especially in labor racketeering, illegal gambling,
and extortion.[24][25][27] In one of the indicitments ruling panel members Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna were charged with controlling an ring that extorted and
bribed businesses and construction sites in Manhattan and the Bronx.[24][25] Also 2009, Lucchese family Underboss Steven Crea parole expired and consigliere Joseph Caridi was released from prison after serving almost six years for
extortion and loansharking.
Historical
leadership
Boss
(official and acting)
The boss
is the head of the family and the top decision maker. Only the boss, underboss
or consigliere can initiate an associate into the family, allowing them to
become a made man. The boss can promote or demote family members at will. The
Acting Boss is responsible for running the crime family while the boss
is incarcerated or incapacitated. If the boss dies, the acting boss may become
the new boss, or be stepped over and lose his position as Acting Boss.[28][29]
·
1951–1967 — Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese[30] — became sick in 1966, died on July 13, 1967 from a brain tumor.[31][32][33]
·
1967–1973 — Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti[30] — apponited by The
Commission; imprisoned in October 1973
·
1973–1986 — Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo[30] — On February 15, 1985, Corallo was indicted in the Mafia commission case, was convicted on November 19, 1986 and on January 13, 1987
was sentenced to 100 years in prison.
·
1986–present — Vittorio "Vic" Amuso[30][34] — former Brooklyn faction leader and consigliere Chris Furnari convinced Corallo to make Furnari's protégés Amuso and
Casso the new bosses in early 1987. Former Bronx faction leader and underboss Tom Santoro advised against it, believing the succession of Amuso and
Casso would be the biggest mistake in the crime family's history. In 1991,
Amuso was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
o
Acting 1990–1991 — Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco[30] — demoted, became a member of a ruling panel[35]
o
Acting 1994–1998 — Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede[30][36] — imprisoned in 1998. Became a government witness after his
release in early 2002, fearing that Amuso had sanctioned his murder.
o
Acting 1998–2001 — Steven "Wonderboy" Crea[30] — official underboss was promoted by Amuso. Crea was
indicted and jailed on September 6, 2000 on extortion charges and convicted in
2001 was sentenced to five years in prison.[12]
o
Acting 2001–2003 — Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone[30] — imprisoned March 2003, received life in prison in January
2004
Street
Boss and Ruling panel(s)
Street Boss
In the early 1990s, Vic Amuso used a Street Boss to distance himself from federal surveillance and enforce his orders to the other members of the administration. The street boss was considered the go-to-guy for the boss, when passing on his orders to lower ranking members.[37]
In the early 1990s, Vic Amuso used a Street Boss to distance himself from federal surveillance and enforce his orders to the other members of the administration. The street boss was considered the go-to-guy for the boss, when passing on his orders to lower ranking members.[37]
Ruling panel(s)
In 1991, after boss Vic Amuso was imprisoned a ruling panel (or committee) of capos was assembled to equally control the decision making of the crime family.
In 1991, after boss Vic Amuso was imprisoned a ruling panel (or committee) of capos was assembled to equally control the decision making of the crime family.
·
1991 — Anthony Baratta, Salvatore Avellino, Frank Lastorino and Alphonse D'Arco[38] – on September 21, 1991, D'Arco became a government
witness.[35]
Underboss
(official and acting)
The underboss
is the number two position in the family (after Don, Godfather, Boss). Also
known as the "capo bastone" in some criminal organizations,
this individual is responsible for ensuring that profits from criminal
enterprises flow up to the boss and generally oversees the selection of the
caporegime(s) and soldier(s) to carry out murders and other criminal
activities. The underboss takes control of the crime family after the boss's
death. Keeping this power until a new boss is chosen, which in some cases was
the Underboss.
Consigliere
(official and acting)
Consigliere is an advisor to the boss and usually the number three
person in a crime family.
Current
family members
Administration
·
Boss Vittorio
"Vic" Amuso – boss since the 1987 conviction of
Anthony Corallo. One of the most feared mobsters from the old Brooklyn
faction of the family. Jailed in 1992, Amuso is currently serving a life
sentence[59]
·
Ruling
Panel Aniello Migliore, Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna – all three men are running the day-to-day activities of
the family. Migliore is the most powerful member of the three man panel and has
the final say in all decisions.[16][45]
·
Underboss Steven
"Wonderboy" Crea – became
Underboss in 1993. Crea was released from prison on August 24, 2006.[18][45] He is a former acting boss and longtime Bronx faction
leader involved in construction racketeering.
·
Consigliere Joseph "Joe
C." Caridi – operating from Long Island and Queens. Caridi was imprisoned on extortion and
loansharking charges and was released on November 27, 2009.[58]
Capos
Capo (Crew boss/captain/lieutenant/caporegime): a capo is
appointed by the family boss to run his own borgata (regime, or crew) of
sgarrista (soldiers). Each capo reports directly to the underboss, who
gives the capo permission to perform criminal activities. If the family needs
to murder someone, the underboss normally asks a capo to carry out the order.
The capo runs the day-to-day operations of his crew. The capo's soldiers give
part of their earnings to the capo, and the capo gives a share to the
underboss. A capo can recommend to the underboss or boss that a recruit be
allowed to join his crew as a mob associate.
New
York
Bronx faction
·
Joseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli – capo operating in the Bronx. DiNapoli was released from
prison on September 17, 1999.[60] He has two younger brothers in the Genovese crime
family, Vincent
and Louis. In 2003, DiNapoli along with Migliore and Madonna became
members of a ruling panel that is running the family.[16]
·
Matthew "Matt" Madonna – capo operating in the Bronx. Madonna served 20 years in
prison for narcotics trafficking. He was released from prison on September 22,
2003.[61] In 2003, Madonna along with Migliore and DiNapoli became
members of a ruling panel that is running the family.[16]
·
John "Johnny Hooks" Capra – capo operating in the Bronx, Westchester and Manhattan.
In 2005, Capra was indicted and charged with extortion along with members of
the Gambino crime family.[62][63][64] Capra received an eighteen-month sentence[65] and was released from federal prison on September 10, 2008.[66]
·
Anthony "Blue Eyes" Santorelli – capo operating in the Bronx and Westchester. In the
1990s, Santorelli led The
Tanglewood Boys, a recruitment gang for the
Lucchese family.[67][68][69]
·
(In prison) Joseph "Big Joe" Lubrano – capo active on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island.[70] Lubrano is 40-years-old and is considered a rising member
in the family. In 1994, he was wrongfully sent to prison for beating a police
officer and was released four years later.[71] In May 2010, Lubrano was listed on the FBI Most Wanted
List for several armed robberies, he was
arrested on September 11, 2010.[72][73][74][75]
Manhattan & Long Island
·
Aniello "Neil" Migliore – capo operating in Manhattan, Long Island and Florida. In
1992, Migliore was shot on orders from Amuso who saw him as a rival.[76][77] He was released from prison on May 14, 1997.[78] In 2003, Migliore along with Madonna and DiNapoli became
members of a ruling panel that is running the family.[16]
·
Dominic "Crazy Dom" Truscello – capo of the Prince Street Crew,[79] members are active in Manhattan,
Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island. In the 1990s, Truscello along with Steven
Crea and Joseph Tangorra formed the Lucchese Construction Group,
supervising all the Lucchese family's construction related rackets. On
September 6, 2000, Truscello, Crea and Tangorra were charged with bid rigging,
corrupting construction labor officials among other crimes.[79][80][81][82] In 2003, Truscello plead guilty to extortion,[44] on January 9, 2006, he was released from federal prison.[83]
·
(Acting) Anthony Croce
– an acting capo active in Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island. Croce was
arrested in November 2008 for running a sport gambling ring operating in the
Bronx and Upper Manhattan.[84] He was charged in two separate indictments in 2009; the
first was in October for bribery, loansharking, gun trafficking, extortion,
gambling and racketeering[24] and the second in November for running a sports betting
ring from his bar "Night Gallery" in New Dorp, Staten Island.[27][85][86]
Brooklyn faction
·
Eugene "Bubsie" Castelle – capo operating from Bath Beach and Bensonhurst,
Brooklyn. In 1997, Castelle was charged with
bribing guards to smuggle food and steroids into the Brookyln Metropolitan
Detention Center.[87] On November 12, 2000, Caselle and other Lucchese members
were charged drug trafficking, extortion and loansharking.[46][88] He was released from prison on August 28, 2008.[89]
·
(In prison) Domenico "Danny" Cutaia – capo of the Brownsville Crew. Cutaia is a former messenger between the imprisoned Amuso
and the crime family.[90] On October 25, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in
prison for bank fraud.[91] His projected release date November 21, 2012.[92]
·
(Acting) Carlo Profeta
– acting capo of the Brownsville Crew. On February 24, 2010, Profeta was indicted along with
Lucchese soldier Salvatore Cutaia, associates Joseph Cutaia and Eric Maione,
Bonanno capo Anthony Mannone and associate Jerome Carameilli on racketeering
and extortion charges.[93][94][95] In February 2011, Profeta and associate Eric Maione pleaded
guilty to extortion charges.[96]
New
Jersey
·
(In prison) Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta – capo of the Jersey Crew and boss of the entire Lucchese's New Jersey faction.[1][97][98][99][100] Taccetta is currently serving life in prison for conspiracy
and drug trafficking convictions.[8][101][102]
·
Ralph Vito Perna
– capo in the Jersey crew. Was arrested in December 2007 with Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna. The Jersey crew ran an illegal gambling operation that
earned approximately $2.2 billion overa 15-month period. The crew also worked
with New Jersey correction officers and members of Nine Trey Gangster, a
set,
or subgroup, of the Bloods street gang. The Jersey crew used Bloods members to smuggle
illegal drugs and prepaid cell phones into the New Jersey state prisons.[22][103][104]
·
Joseph "Joey" Giampa – capo operating in New Jersey. Giampa has a stepson named
Gennaro Vittorio, a.k.a. Gerry Giampa who is also involved in organized crime.[105][106]
Soldiers
Soldier (sgarrista/soldato/wiseguy/button/buttonman/goodfella): a
soldier is a made man who has already proven himself to the family. In order to
become a soldier he must pass the voting of the captains vote then a message is
passed up to the boss or underboss. The soldier then takes an oath (Omertà)
to honor the family, he is then assigned into a crew and given a captain. A
soldier is one of the lowest ranks in the family but still has much power over
associates and friends.
·
Thomas "Tommy Red" Anzellotto – soldier, in 1998 he replaced Lucchese soldier soldier
Samuel Cavalieri.[107]
·
Salvatore
"Sal" Avellino – soldier
and former capo. In the 1980s, Avellino was the boss Anthony Corallo's
bodyguard and chauffeur.[108][109][110] In the early 1990s, Avellino was a member of a ruling panel
that controlled the family. He was released from prison on October 13, 2006.[111]
·
Carmine Avellino
– soldier involved in extorting carting companies. In 1984, Carmine and his
brother Salvatore had a sit-down with Bonanno family members Joe Massino,
Salvatore Vitale and "Stevie Beefs" Cannone over controlling King
Caterers.[112][113] In 1988, Carmine was banned from New Jersey casinos.[114] In January 1995, Carmine was indicted along with Anthony
Baratta, Frank Federico and Rocco Vitulli for the August 1989, murders of
Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow.[115][116][117] On February 25, 2004, he was released from prison.[118]
·
Robert "Bucky the Boss" Caravaggio – soldier in the Jersey crew. Caravaggio is operating
Morris County and Northern New Jersey.[1]
·
Alfonso T. "Tic" Cataldo – soldier running illegal gambling operations in Northern
New Jersey and working with Eurasian organized crime groups. Cataldo was
arrested in December 2007 on charges of promoting gambling, money laundering
and racketeering charges along with two members of the Lucchese ruling panel
Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna.[23][99]
·
John "Sideburns" Cerrella – soldier, former acting capo in the 1990s. Formerly a
Genovese family associate operating in Broward County, Cerrella later became a made man in the Lucchese family.
He is a Long Island faction leader who conducts racketeering, fraud, stocks and
wire fraud in Queens and Long Island. He was released from prison on November
27, 2009.[119][120][121]
·
Joseph "Joey Blue Eyes" Cosentino – soldier. In 1997, Cosention and Anthony Mangano murdered
Bonanno family drug dealer Constable Farace.[107][122]
·
Ralph Cuomo
– soldier and owner of Ray's Pizza in Little Italy. In 1969, Cuomo was convicted of narcotics
trafficking after being found with 50 pounds of heroin. In 1998, Cuomo
discussed heroin drug sales with Lucchese soldier Frank Gioia, Jr.[123][124]
·
Salavatore Cutaia
– soldier whose father, Domenico Cutaia, is a high-ranking Lucchese capo.
Salavtore's son Joseph Cutaia is considered to be an associate in the family.
His son Joseph was charged on December 24, 2009 for an attempted robbery and
stick up of a Bensonhurst, Brooklyn couple along with Nicholas Bernardo.[125]
·
Santo Giampapa
– soldier, he and his brother Joseph were acquitted in the 1992 killing of
Lucchese capo Michael Salerno.[107]
·
Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino – soldier in the Bensonhurst crew. He is a former capo and
Consigliere.[43][126] In the early 1990s, Lasterino hatched the plot to kill both
John A. Gotti and Lucchese capo Steven Crea to take over the family. He was
released from federal prison on December 23, 2008 after serving 14 years on
racketeering, extortion and conspiracy to commit murder.[127]
·
Vincent "Vinny Casablanca" Mancione – soldier and former acting capo. On December 12, 2002,
Macione along with Consigliere Joseph Caridi, capo John Cerrella and soldier
Carmelo Profeta were arrested for extorting restaurants on Long Island.[128] He was released from prison in August 2006.
·
Anthony Mangano
– soldier. In 1997, Mangano and Joseph Cosentino murdered Bonanno family drug
dealer Constable Farace.[107]
·
Anthony Pezzullo
– soldier, former member of the Lucchese Construction Group involved in
bid rigging, extorting construction companies, and corrupting union locals. The
group consisted of acting boss Steven Crea, capos Dominic Truscello and
Joseph Tangorra, soldiers Phillip Desimone, Joseph Datello (Truscello crew member),
Joseph Zambardi and associate Andrew Reynolds.[130]
·
Nicodemo Scarfo,
Jr. – soldier, he is the son of former Philadelphia
crime family boss Nicodemo Scarfo. With help from his father he joined the Lucchese family.
Scarfo Jr. is a member of the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction.[131][132]
·
Rocco Vitulli
– soldier, he was a member of Anthony Baratta's crew. On August 10, 1989,
Vitulli along with Frank Federico murdered Robert M. Kubecka and Donald
Barstow, two executives of a trash-collection company in East
Northport, New York. In January 1995, Vitulli was
charged along with Carmine Avellino, Anthony Baratta and Frank Federico for the
murders of Kubecka and Barstow.[116][133] He was released from prison on September 7, 2000.[134]
Imprisoned
soldiers
·
Ray Argentina
– soldier in the Lucchese family. In 2001 Argentina was charged along with
Louis Gampero for illegal mortgage fraud activities in Brooklyn, up state New
York and Long Island. He was also running an illegal cocaine ring in Long
Island with Ken Cardona. Argentina is currently incarcerated and projected
release date is October 4, 2024.[107][135][136]
·
Anthony "Bowat" Baratta – soldier and former capo in the Bronx. Ran large drug
trafficking operations in the 1990s and sat on the family's Ruling Panel.[43] He is currently imprisoned with a projected release-date of
September 25, 2012.
·
John Baudanza
– a soldier, operating in his father-in-law Domenico Cutaia's crew.[137][138] His father Carmine and uncle Joseph are both members of the
Colombo crime
family. In 1997, John and his cousin
Joseph M. Baudanza were involved in stock crimes.[139] On April 17, 2007, John, along with his father and uncle
pleaded guilty to racketeering charges related to operating a "pump and dump" stock scam.[140][141] He is currently serving his sentence in the Allenwood prison
with a projected release date of August 2, 2015.[142]
·
Michael "Mikey Bones" Carcione – soldier and former acting capo for Domenico Cutaia's crew.[143] In 2008, Carcione was arrested along with capo Domenico
Cutaia, soldiers John Baudanza, Salvatore Cutaia, associates Steven Lapella,
Victor Sperber, Louis Colello, and John Rodopolous for loansharking, illegal
gambling among other illegal criminal activities.[143] Carcione is currently imprisoned with a projected release
date of July 3, 2012.[144]
·
George "Goggles" Conte – a soldier, and former capo. In 1991, Conte along with
other capos inducted five new members into the crime family.[43][126] In January 1995, Conte and George Zappola were indicted and
convicted of murder and racketeering.[145][146][147] Conte is currently imprisoned, with a projected release
date of March 10, 2014.[148]
·
Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone – soldier a former acting boss, Consigliere and
capo. He was convicted to life in prison in 2003.[149]
·
Andrew DiSimone
– a former acting capo operating in the Bronx, Westchester and
Manhattan. DiSimone was arrested on October 1, 2009 for bribery and illegal
gambling operations. He was convinced that he was paying off corrupt NYPD
officers for protection on loansharking, sports bookmaking and illegal gambling
activities. The two officers were actually undercover agents for two years the
officers in a sting named Operation Open House receiving $222,000 in
bribes.[24][26] He is currently imprisoned, with a projected release date
of August 7, 2013.[150]
·
Christopher
"Christie Trick" Furnari Sr.
– soldier a former Consigliere in the Lucchese family, convicted in the 1980s
Mafia Commission case. He is currently imprisoned with a projected release date
is November 24, 2044.[151]
·
James "Jimmy Frogs" Galione – a soldier replaced late Lucchese soldier Pete DePalermo
position. In 1997 he and Mario Gallo plead guilty to the murder of an associate
to the Bonanno/Colombo families Constable "Gus" Farace in 1989.
Farace was a drug dealer responsible for killing an undercover federal agent.
He was also charged with running a crack ring that operated in Bay Ridge and
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn since 1992. He is currently imprisoned due out on
December 24, 2015.[107][152][153][154]
·
Joseph "Joey Bang Bang" Massaro – a soldier in the Harlem Crew reported to Capo Anthony Baratta. He was operating in Long Island forcing topless bar owners
to book his strippers from Entertainment Plus Agency. Massaro would use
threats of intimidations and arson to get his way. In summer of 1989 helped
cover up a murder of Joseph Fiorito with Patrick Esposito he was arrested in
1993. At his trail FBI agent Joe Pistone discussed what he learned about a Bonanno-Lucchese family
sit-down over the topless bars in Long Island. Former Lucchese family acting
boss Alphonse D'Arco also testified against him, Massaro received a life
sentenced.[155][156][157][158]
·
Frank "Bones" Papagni – soldier and former capo in the early 1990s,[43] with racketeering, illegal
gambling and loansharking operations in the Brooklyn section. He is serving 20
years for the attempted murder conspiracy on John A. Gotti in 1993. Papagni's
projected release-date is November 24, 2015.
·
Michael J. Perna
– soldier and former Capo in the Jersey faction; he began working for the Lucchese families Jersey faction
sometime in 1976; by the 1980s was serving as the Underboss of the Jersey
Faction for Michael Taccetta; acquitted in the 21 month trail along with other
Jersey faction members on August 26, 1988; in 1993 was convicted of gambling
and extortion along with Michael and Martin Taccetta with the testimony of
Thomas Ricciardi and Anthony Accetturo; relatives include his father Joseph Perna, younger brother
Ralph; The 67 year-old is currently imprisoned at the Federal Correction
Institution at Fairton, New Jersey his projected release date is August 2,
2015.[98][100][159][160][161]
·
Martin Taccetta – soldier and former Capo in the Jersey Crew was released from prison in 2005 due to lack of evidence in
his trial, and wrongfully being accused of murder charges in his older brother
Michael Taccetta's trial in 1993. On July 30, 2009 the New Jersey Supreme Court
reversed lower court decision that granted Taccetta release and reinstated
Martin life sentence for racketeering and extortion.[162][162][163]
·
Joseph "Joey Flowers" Tangorra – soldier and former capo whose crew was based in Bensonhurst Brooklyn and was involved in extortion and racketeering
activities. Tangorra is currently incarcerated and reportedly suffers from
mental illness. His projected release date is December 9, 2014.[164][165][166]
·
George "Georgie Neck" Zappola – soldier and former capo under the regime of Amuso and
Casso in the 1980s.[145][146] He operated out of the Brooklyn wing with racketeering,
extortion activities. Zappola is currently imprisoned on murder-conspiracy
charges in aid of racketeering with Frank Papagni. His projected release date
is March 3, 2014[43][167][168]
Family
crews
A crew is a group of soldiers and
associates who operate in a specific area. The capo runs the crew and reports
to the underboss. The soldiers run illegal activities such as illegal gambling,
loansharking, bookmaking, extortion, and fencing of stolen goods. The soldiers
pay tribute to the capo and the capo sends a portion of this tribute money to
the boss and underboss. The soldiers are "made men", or full
family members, and have associates (who are not made men) working for them. An
associate works for a crew in hopes of proving his worth to the family and
becoming a made man. To be eligible to become a made man, an associate must be
of Italian ancestry on both sides of his family.
·
The Jersey crew – a faction in the Lucchese crime family. The leader of the
Jersey crew/faction is imprisoned Michael Taccetta, the acting boss/capo is Ralph Perna.[1][169]
Recruitment gangs
·
The
Tanglewood Boys – were an Italian-American gang from Yonkers, New York. They were named after the Tanglewood Shopping
Center located on a busy shopping strip on
Central Avenue in Yonkers. Members of the gang frequently operated within and
around the shopping mall. They began in the 1990s as a "farm team"
or recruitment gang for the Mafia,
specifically the Lucchese crime family.[170] Several members went on to other crime families as well,
and they were usually the sons of made members. In 1994, members of the gang were arrested for murdering a
college student Louis Balancio at a Yonkers sports bar.[122] After the arrests, one member, Darin Mazzarella, became an informant,
leading to the convictions of other members of the gang.[67][68]
·
East Harlem Purple
Gang – were a group of Italian American hit-men and heroin dealers. The group was considered a
semi-independent gang operating in East Harlem and the Bronx during the late 1970s. Members would join the Lucchese and
Genovese families.[171]
Controlled
unions
The Lucchese family has taken over
unions across United States. The crime family has extorted money from the
unions in blackmail, strong-arming, violence and other matters to keep their
control over the market. Similar to the other four crime families of New York
City they worked on controlling entire unions. With the mob having control over
the union they control the entire market. Bid-rigging allows the mob to get a
percentage of the income on the construction deal only allowing certain
companies to bid on jobs who pay them first. The mob also allows companies to
use non-union workers to work on jobs the companies must give a kickback to the
mob. Unions give mob members jobs on the books to show a legitimate source of
income. The Mafia members get into high union position and began embezzling
money from the job and workers.
·
Clothes
manufacturing - In the Garment
District of Manhattan, the Union of
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees Locals 10, 23, 24, and 25 were
controlled by members of the Lucchese family. Lucchese Associates would extort
the businesses and organize strikes. Today some unions still are working for
the family.[172][173][174][175]
·
Kosher
meat companies - In the early 1960s Giovanni "Johnny Dio" Dioguardi merged Consumer Kosher Provisions Company and American
Kosher Provisions Inc. together.[176] Dio was able to control a large portion of the Kosher food
market, forcing supermarkets to buy from his companies at his prices.[176]
·
Food
distribution - At the Hunts Point Cooperative Market in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx, the Lucchese family controlled unions
involved in the food distribution industry.
·
Airport
services and freight handling
- At John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia
and Newark Liberty,
the unions were controlled by the Lucchese family.
·
Construction - Teamsters unions in New York City and New Jersey have been under
Lucchese control; Mason Tenders Locals 46, 48, and 66 were controlled by the
old Vario Crew.[177]
·
Newspaper
production and delivery - In
November 2009, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau sent search warrants to investigate the Newspaper Mail
Deliverers Union. This union controlled circulation, production and delivery
offices at The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily
News and El Diario La Prensa. When the Cosa Nostra took control over the union, the
price and costs for newspapers increased. Charges were put against many union
members as well as the former union President Douglas LaChance. LaChance is
accused as being Lucchese crime family associate. In the 1980s LaChance was
convicted on labor racketeering charges and served five years in prison. He was
also involved in the Manhattan 1990s case were New York Post was being
strong-armed in to switching their delivery companies, but was acquitted in the
case.[178][179]
Former
members
·
Anthony
"Buddy" Luongo – a capo
who tried to take over the family after boss Anthony Corallo was imprisoned in
the Commission case.[180] In December 1986, Luongo met Vic Amuso, Anthony Casso,
Bobby Amuso and Dom Carbucci in Brooklyn when Bobby Amuso shot Luongo dead.[181]
·
Mariano
"Mac" Macaluso – served
as consigliere in the 1960s.[49] In 1986, after the Mafia Commission
Trial, Macaluso became the new underboss.[182] In 1989, boss Vittorio Amuso forced Macaluso into retirement.[183] He died in 1992 from natural causes.
·
Bruno
Facciolo – a soldier who is a brother to
Gambino family associate Louis Facciolo. Died in 1990's.
·
Richard
"Toupe" Pagliarulo
– a soldier in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1991, Pagliarulo became the
capo of Peter Chiodo's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He died of natural causes in
prison.[43][184]
·
Guido "the Bull" Penosi – was an associate in the Lucchese and Gambino crime
family's. Penosi lived in Beverly Hills, and he was a narcotics dealer active
in Los Angeles and the West Coast.[185] In the 1980s Penosi along with his cousin Frank Piccolo stopped Genovese family mobster from extorting his friend Wayne Newton (Wayne Newton v. NBC).[186][187]
·
Patrick "Patty" Testa – was the younger brother to Joseph Testa. In 1984, he was indicted on fraud and theft charges along
with members of the Gambino family's DeMeo crew.[188] Testa was sentenced to two years in prison and after his
release joined the Lucchese crime family. On December 2, 1992 Testa was
murdered, he was shot in the back of the head nine times.[189] It was later revealed that Anthony Casso had ordered Frank
Lastorino to murder Testa.[190]
Government
informants and witnesses
·
Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco – former acting boss from 1990 to 1991. Became
government witness on September 21, 1991.
·
Joseph "Little Joe" DeFede – former acting boss from 1993 to 1998, then demoted
to capo when imprisoned. Became government witness in early 2002 after his
release.
·
Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo – capo of the Jersey crew from 1970s to 1988. Became government witness in 1993.
·
Peter Chiodo – former capo. Became a government witness after being shot
12 times on May 8, 1991.[191]
·
Frank
"Spaghetti Man" Gioia, Jr.
– former soldier. In 1991, he became a made man. In 1993, he was arrested for
trafficking heroin from Manhattan to Boston.[43] In 1994, Gioia found out that Frank Papagni planned to
murder his father and he decided to become an government witness. Since
becoming a government witness Gioia has testified against 60 defendants.[124][192]
·
Frank
Gioia, Sr. – former soldier. Did not testify
against the family but entered Witness Protection with son Frank Jr. in 1994.[124]
·
Vincent
Salanardi – former soldier.[193] In 2002, Salanardi was indicted on racketeering charges and
became a government witness, and later dropped from the program.[194] In March 2006, he was sentenced to 11 years and three
months in prison.[195] Salanardi's projected release date is October 29, 2012.[196]
·
Frank
Suppa – former soldier. Member of the
Jersey faction seen as a Capo in Florida; became informant in late 1997.[197][198]
·
Henry Hill – former associate. His life was the basis for the book Wiseguy
and the film Goodfellas. He and his wife Karen, became government witnesses.[199]
Allied
and Rival criminal groups
Mafia
allies
·
The
Lucchese-Gambino-Genovese alliance
(1953–1985) between Tommy Lucchese, Carlo Gambino and Vito Genovese began with a plot to take over the Mafia Commission by murdering family bosses Frank Costello and Albert Anastasia. At that time, Gambino was Anastasia's new underboss and
Genovese was the underboss for Costello. The first target of the conspiracy was
Costello. On May 2, 1957 gunmen attempted to kill Costello on a New York
street. Costello survived the assassination attempt, but immediately decided to
retire as boss in favor of Genovese. The conspirators' second target was
Anastasia. On October 25, 1957, the Gallo brothers (from the Colombo family)
murdered Anastasia in a Manhattan barber shop, allowing Gambino to become boss
of Anastasia's family. After he assumed power, Gambino started conspiring with
Lucchese to remove their former ally Genovese. After the disastrous 1957 Apalachin meeting of mob leaders in Upstate New York, Genovese lost a great deal of respect in the Commission.
In 1959, with the assistance of Luciano, Costello, and Meyer Lansky, Genovese was arrested. Gambino and Lucchese assumed full
control of the Mafia Commission. Under Gambino and Lucchese, the Commission
pushed rival Bonanno boss Joseph Bonanno out of power, triggering an internal war in that family. In
the 1960s, the Commission backed the Gallo brothers in their rebellion against
Profaci family boss Joe Profaci. In 1962, Gambino's oldest son Thomas married
Lucchese's daughter Frances, strengthening the Gambino-Lucchese alliance.[174][200][201] Lucchese gave Gambino access into the rackets at the New
York airports rackets he controlled and Garment District rackets, Gambino
allowed Lucchese into some of their rackets.[202] After Lucchese death in July 1967, Gambino used his power
over the Commission to make Carmine Tramunti the boss of the Lucchese family. Gambino continued the
alliance with Tramunti's successor, Anthony Corallo. After Gambino's death, the new Gambino boss Paul Castellano continued the alliance with Corallo. In 1985, the
Gambino-Lucchese alliance finally dissolved after Gambino capo John Gotti ordered Castellano's assassination without Commission
approval.[203]
·
The
Lucchese-Genovese alliance
(1986–present) The new alliance started in 1986 with Vincent Gigante and Victor Amuso the bosses of the two families teaming up against John
Gotti. Gotti had ordered the murder of Gambino family Boss Paul Castellano who
was the head of the Commission (or Boss of Bosses). This started a three family
war; the Genovese and Lucchese families versus the Gambino family. The alliance
tried to get revenge for the murder of Castellano and order the killing of
Gambino family underboss Frank DeCicco. The alliance is still strong today and the two families
operate on deals around New York City.[204] Joseph DiNapoli a member of the family's three man ruling panel has two
brothers in the Genovese crime
family; Vincent "Vinny" DiNapoli, a captain, and Louis DiNapoli, a soldier in Vincent's crew.
·
The
Lucchese-Gambino alliance
(1999–present) The new alliance between the two families was started by acting
Boss Steven Crea teaming up with Gambino family capos in 1999. They would
extort the construction industry and would make millions in bid-rigging
together.[205] In early 2002 Lucchese Capo John Capra worked with Gambino
family member acting Boss Arnold Squitieri, acting underboss Anthony Megale and
Bronx based acting Capo Gregory DePalma. The group was involved in illegal
gambling and extortion activities in Westchester. The members were arrested in
2005 leaving to reveal that Gambino acting Capo DePalma had allowed an FBI
agent Joaquin Garcia (known as Jack Falcone) work undercover with his crew
since 2002.[206][207] In late 2008 Gambino family New Jersey based acting Capo
Andrew Merola teamed with Lucchese’s Jersey faction acting Boss Martin Taccetta
in an illegal gambling ring, shaking down Unions, and extorting car
dealerships. Merola was indicted in 2008 and Taccetta was sent back to prison
in 2009.[162][208]
·
The
Lucchese-Bonanno sitdown (2010)
Lucchese family acting Capo Carlo Profeta and Bonanno family Capo
Anthony Mannone had a sitdown over a Lucchese soldier owing Mannone $213,000.[94] On February 24, 2010, acting capo Carlo Profeta,
soldier Salvatore Cutaia and associates Joseph Cutaia and Eric Maione, with
Bonanno family Capo Anthony Mannone and associate Jerome Carameilli were
indicted on racketeering and extortion charges.[93][95]
Other
allies
·
The
Lucchese-Lepke alliance (1920s-1944)
started with Tommy Lucchese and Louis "Lepke" Buchalter extorting payments from garment makers in New York's Garment
District. During the 1930s, Lepke was one of
the most powerful Jewish gangsters in New York City.[209] With his allies Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, Lepke fought
for control over Jewish neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn and together formed Murder, Inc. Lepke would fall when his trusted Brownsville crew leader, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, became a government witness and testified against Lepke in
a murder trial. On March 4, 1944, Lepke was executed by electrocution. After the Lepke execution, Lucchese gained control over
the Garment District and took over Lepke's rackets in Brownsville.[210]
·
The
Lucchese-Greek Mafia alliance
(1980s-present) started in the early 1980s. The Velentzas Family, a Greek-American criminal organization led by Spiros
Velentzas, operated in Astoria, Queens and other Greek communities in the city.
The Lucchese family offered Velentzas protection in return for a percentage of
his family's illegal gambling profits.
·
The
Lucchese-Russian Mafia alliance
took place in the late 1980s. Marat Balagula was a Russian criminal boss whose organization controlled Brighton Beach and other Russian-American communities in New York. When
the Colombo crime
family tried to extort payments from
Balagula's lucrative gasoline business, he met with Lucchese consigliere Christopher Furnari. Funari offered Balaqula an alliance to protect him from
the other New York Cosa Nostra families
·
The
Lucchese-Nicky Barnes alliance
took place from the early 1970s into the 1980s. Leroy "Nicky" Barnes was an African-American drug dealer based in Harlem who was supplied with heroin by
Lucchese associate Matthew Madonna and Colombo capo "Crazy Joe" Gallo. Barnes created a criminal organization known as The
Council that dealt large amounts of heroin
in Harlem.
Rivals
·
The Cuban
Mafia called La Coporacion (or the
Corporation) and was led by Jose Miguel Battle,
Sr. a Cuban born male who set up an
organization in Miami, Florida to Union City, New Jersey. He worked from Union
City, New Jersey with help from Bonanno family Capo Joseph "Bayonne
Joe" Zicarelli up into the 1980s. He then began to work with another Mafia
family Genovese Capo James Napoli. In 1985 his Corporation battled with
Lucchese family members for control over number rackets.[211][212]
·
The
Albanian Mafia called the Rudaj Organization was led by Boss Alex Rudaj, Nikolla Dedaj and Italian
Nardino Colotti were operating in Yorktown New York, Bronx, and Queens. The
group started in 1993 and it leadership and power has now been shut down by the
Italian Mafia and criminal prosecution in 2004. The Rudja Organization had a
brief fight for control of gambling rackets in Astoria, Queens with the
Lucchese family. The Albanian muscle attacked two Greek associates of the
Lucchese family on August 3, 2001.[213][214][215][216]
Family
events
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crime family's Valachi hearings chart (1963)
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Window Case - 1978 to 1990 - four of the five New York City crime
families (Lucchese, Genovese, Gambino and Colombo) formed a cartel that
controlled the sale and installation of thousands of energy-efficient windows
in New York City housing projects.[217][218]
In
popular culture
·
The 1981 film Gangster Wars Lucchese family's future boss Gaetano "Tommy Brown" Lucchese was played by actor Jon Polito.[219]
·
The 1990 film Goodfellas was based on Lucchese mob associate Henry Hill and The Vario Crew of the Lucchese family.
·
The 1991 film Mobsters Lucchese family boss Gaetano "Tommy" Reina was played by actor Christopher Penn.[220]
·
In the 1991 film Out for Justice, the William
Forsythe character "Richard
Madano" was based on Lucchese mobster Matthew Madonna.
·
The 1999-2007 HBO TV-show The Sopranos, the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction was the main inspiration for the DiMeo crime family according Crime Library. Main character Anthony "Tony" Soprano was based on Lucchese mobster Michael Taccetta.[221]
·
In 2005 and 2006 a fictionalized
version of The Tanglewood Boys was featured on CSI: NY, in episode 1.13 "Tanglewood"[222] and in episode 2.20 "Run Silent, Run Deep".[223]
·
The 2006 film Find Me Guilty was based on the 1980s trial of 20 members of the Lucchese
Jersey Crew.
·
The 2006 Electronic Arts video game The
Godfather: The Game, the Stracci Family could be based on the Lucchese crime family. In the game,
the family is based in New Jersey; the Lucchese family has a large power base
in New Jersey.
·
In the 2007 film American
Gangster, the Armand Assante character Dominic Cattano was based on Lucchese
mobster Carmine Tramunti.
·
In the 2008 Rockstar North's video game GTA IV, the fictional Lupisella family could loosely be
based on the Lucchese family. The Lupisella family is mainly based in Bohan, the GTA
4 version of the Bronx, and is operating in Liberty City,
the game's version of New York City.
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a b "2 Top New
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B. SMITH New York Daily News February 6th 1998
109.^ "Mob, Murder
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L.I. 'SOPRANOS' Say mobsters put bite on restaurant" By MIKE CLAFFEY and JOHN MARZULLI New York Daily News
December 11th 2002
124.^
a b c "Mobster helps
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133.^ Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the
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(1999) (pg. 86-87)
135.^ "Indictment
Says Mob Is Linked To a Mortgage Fraud Operation" By ALAN FEUER New York Times March 29, 2001
137.^ Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia
by Kenny Gallo, Matthew Randazzo (pg.449)
140.^ "Seven Members
and Associates of the Colombo and Luchese Organized Crime Families Plead Plead
Guilty to Racketeering and extortion in Connection with Boiler Room Stock Fraud
Schemes" Department of Justice Press Release
(April 17, 2007)
142.^ Federal Bureau of
Prisons: Inmate Locator "John Baudanza" (Projected Release date August 2, 2015)
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a b "Eight Luchese
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Gang Accused of 'Mob Hit'"
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152.^ "Officials Say
Mafia Ran Crack Ring In Brooklyn"
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Further
reading
·
DeVico, Peter J. The Mafia Made
Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra. Tate Publishing,
2007. ISBN 1-60247-254-8
·
Rudolph, Robert C. The Boys from
New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds. New York: William Morrow and Company
Inc., 1992. ISBN 0-8135-2154-8
·
Capeci, Jerry. The Complete
Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
·
Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The
Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
·
Jacobs, James B., Christopher
Panarella and Jay Worthington. Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa
Nostra. New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0
·
Maas, Peter. Underboss: Sammy the
Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-06-093096-9
·
Volkman, Ernest. Gangbusters: The
Destruction of America's Last Great Mafia Dynasty New York, Avon Books,
1998 ISBN 0-380-73235-1
·
Eppolito, Louis. Mafia Cop: The
Story of an Honest Cop whose Family Was the Mob. ISBN 1-4165-2399-5
·
Lawson, Guy and Oldham, William. The
Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia. ISBN 978-0-7432-8944-3
·
Jacobs, James B., Coleen Friel and
Robert Radick. Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip
of Organized Crime. New York: NYU Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8147-4247-5
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