Angelo Ruggiero Sr. was a capo in the Gambino mafia family. He was a close friend of John Gotti. He was born in 1941 in South Bronx. Though Angelo Ruggiero’s father was not a mafia person, but his mother was the sister of Aniello Dellacroce, who was an UnderBoss of the Gambino mafia family. Ruggiero’s [...]
Licavoli Mob was a crime gang of Detroit. It was formulated by Peter Licavoli, also known as Pete and Thomas Yonnie Licavoli; they were real brothers. It all started when Purple Gang disintegrated in 1930. Peter Licavoli along with his brother Thomas Yonnie Licavoli completely took over this collapsing gang and started their criminal activities [...]
Denver mafia family was an organized crime family of Denver, Colorado. It was also known as the Smaldone crime family. Joe Roma was the first Italian gangster who came to Denver, Colorado. He laid the foundation of the Smaldone crime family by formulating a small gang with Clyde Smaldone and Eugene Checkers Smaldone, real brothers. [...]
Yakuza is the organized crime group of Japan. It is also known as bōryokudan meaning ‘violence group’. The Yakuza members call themselves ninkyō dantai meaning ‘chivalrous organizations’. Yakuza was founded in the 17th century. The Yakuza is involved in illegal gambling, smuggling, prostitution and blackmailing. It is estimated that there are around 87,000 members in [...]
Marat Balagula was an associate in the Lucchese mafia family and a former Jewish mafia don. He was also known as the Russian Tony Soprano. Marat Balagula was born on 8th September, 1943 in Orenburg, Russia to a family of Soviet war refugees. Marat Balagula served in the Soviet Army. There he was in charge [...]
Anthony Gaspipe Casso was a gangster of New York and an Underboss of the Lucchese mafia family. He was known as the homicidal maniac. Later on, he became an informant to the government. Anthony Casso was born on 21st May 1940 in Brooklyn. Salvatore Sally Callinbrano became his godfather, who was a Capo in the [...]
Evsei Agron was the Don of Russian Mafia working in New York City in the 1970s and ’80s. He was born in Leningrad and later on in 1975, he immigrated to America. There he took hold of the criminal activities of the Russians and eventually became the most feared Mafia person in Russian communities of [...]
Abe “Kid Twist” Reles, born in the year 1906 in Brooklyn, was a mobster of the New York City. He was considered to be the fearful hit man of Murder, Inc. However Reles became a government witness later on and got many members of the Murder, Inc. arrested. He died on 12th November 1941. Reles [...]
Some important mafia people are discussed below: Vito Cascio Ferro also known as the Don Vito was born on 22nd January, 1862. He was a very famous mafioso of the Sicilian Mafia. He also worked in United States and was a pioneer of mafia activities there. He introduced the method of pizzu where the businessmen, [...]
First Mafia War took place in 1960s between the Mafia clans. It started when a heroin shipment to America went missing in December 1962. Sicilian Mafia Commission couldn’t determine who was behind it. So La Barbera clan took the matter in its hands and killed Calcedonio Di Pisa, one of the Mafioso of the Greco [...]