By David Amoruso
Read Franzese's obituary here.
Also read: In the Company of Saints. The life and times of America’s oldest Mobster
John “Sonny” Franzese is an old school gangster walking around in a world that has changed significantly since when
Estimate members: Between 75 and 85 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Joseph Profaci
Primary activities: Narcotics, gambling, loan sharking, cigarette smuggling, pornography, counterfeiting, hijacking, fraud, stock fraud.
Acting boss: Andrew
Estimate members: Around 100
First Boss: Joseph Bonanno.
Primary activities: Involved in narcotics trafficking, home video pornography, robbery, extortion, loan sharking, gambling, phony telemarketing schemes, pizza parlors and espresso cafes.
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Estimate members: Around twenty active members.
First Boss: Salvatore Sabella started the family in 1911.
Primary activities: Extortion, bookmaking, gambling, drug trafficking and loan-sharking.
Boss: Joseph Ligambi
Street boss: Michael "Mikey Lanc
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Sections covering New York's five families of La Cosa Nostra:
As researchers we find there is a distinct difference between organized crime and street gangs. One is structured, sophisticated, efficient, calculated. The other is often poorly structured, unrefined, unefficient, brash. However, many organized crim
Mob Corner is written by Thom L. Jones. A retired businessman, he has had a long interest in organized crime, and in particular the Sicilian and American Mafia. A hobby triggered by a book he read while studying at university "God Protect Me From My
Organized Crime has existed in Russia (former Soviet Union) for centuries. Under the communist regime corruption was as normal in Russia as snow falling during the winter. One of the big money makers for the Russian criminals was selling Western prod
EUROPEAN UNION
Super cartel controlled one third of cocaine trade in Europe – Taken down in six countries
Authorities seek “Scorpion,” the people smuggling boss convicted in Belgium
Tip of the Spear: European drug cartel uses Special Forces comma
By David Amoruso
Trafficking in narcotics remains one of the most lucrative criminal activities around. Groups and individuals from across the world have experienced the huge and seemingly easy profit drugs bring. Be it cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, or
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“I thought my dad was a candy man” – Daughter of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas talks about her fatherBy David Amoruso
To survive in prison one has to be ruthless. Especially when one is severely outnumbered in a sea filled with thousands of sharks. The founders of the Aryan Brotherhood understood this when they formed their prison gang somewhere aro
Estimate members: Between 120 and 130 (according to Jerry Capeci)
First Boss: Tom Gagliano
Primary activities: Narcotics, gambling, loan sharking, waste management, construction and extortion.
Boss: Vittorio "Vic" Amuso
Street Boss: Michael "Big Mike
By Angelo Carmelo Gallitto
Italian organized crime, divided in Cosa Nostra, ‘Ndrangheta, Camorra and Sacra Corona Unita, is a rich and powerful criminal enterprise with a lot of connections and branches aro
Outlaw motorcycle clubs have become an increasingly powerful presence in the world of organized crime around the globe. While they claim to exist for no other reason than to enjoy a free lifestyle and riding motorcycles many clubs and chapters have
By Gangsters Inc. Editors
The government’s crackdown on the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Club continued on Monday with the arrest of two of its high-ranking members for assault in aid of racketeering. “Today’s arrests are the latest in a long-running inv
Take a seat at the Gangsters Inc. cinema and check out trailers of the best and newest gangster movies and television series. This is where you see the bullets fly on the silver screen, the horse heads in the beds of studio bosses, and the most beaut
