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” DeSantis
Underboss: “Patty Red” Dellorusso
Consigliere: Andrew DeSimone
PROFILES:
BOSSES:
Michael “Big Mike” DeSantis (in freedom)
Steven “Stevie Wonder” Crea (under indictment)
Vittorio “Vic” Amuso
Gaetano “Tommy Brown” Lucchese
ACTING BOSSES:
Louis “Louis Bagels” Daidone
Joseph “Little Joe” Defede
Alphonse “Little Al” D’Arco
UNDERBOSSES:
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso (flipped, dead)
CAPTAINS:
Carmine Avellino
Joseph DiNapoli
Peter “Fat Pete” Chiodo
Richard “The Toupee” Pagliarulo
SOLDIERS:
Joseph “Joe Beck” DiPalermo
Anthony Grado
Eugene Castelle
Michael “Baldy Mike” Spinelli
Nicodemo “Nicky Junior” Scarfo
Frank Federico
Frank Gioia
ASSOCIATES:
Michael Capra
James “Jimmy the Gent” Burke
Henry Hill
ARTICLES:
The Father, the Son… the Mafia, the Bloods Gang, and Greed
The Corner on Pleasant Avenue: The Mafia, crooked cops and drugs
Lucchese Mafia family soldier earned $1 million a year from gambling biz
“The fat fuck stole my money!” – Gambino Mafia family wiseguy guilty of shooting Lucchese family pal in the head
Lucchese family member John Perna gets 30 months in prison for attack on Real Housewives star’s hubby
How gangsters try (and fail) to evade government surveillance
Lucchese family boss Madonna and hitmen get life in prison for 2013 gangland murder
Lucchese family soldier beats up new husband of one of “The Real Housewives of NJ” as favor to her ex
Only the Dead know Brooklyn
One Mafia murder and everyone ends up in prison – Lucchese crime family bosses and hitmen found guilty
“Fuck you! Pay me!” – Lucchese boss ordered hit on gangster who refused to pay his $100K debt
Vic Amuso may be imprisoned for life, but his word is still law on the streets of New York
Lucchese hitman pleads guilty to attempted murder of Bonanno mobster
Frank Gioia outed as multi-million-dollar fraudster while in Witness Protection
Lucchese mobster planned to escape from Detention Center in Brooklyn
New York’s Lucchese Mafia family deadly as ever in 2017
Lucchese mob family capo gambles on trial
Lucchese mobster admits extortion but stays loyal to capo
How Muhammad Ali took the heavyweight title from the Mafia
Cops make the deadliest Mafia hit men
The Evil That Men Do: The killing of Robert Kubecka & Donald Barstow
The Time I Hurt Mobster Henry Hill’s Feelings
Goodfella Henry Hill dead at 69
Lucchese Family Sold “Oxy” From Ice Cream Truck in New York
Lucchese’s New Jersey faction (includes photo gallery)
The Truth Behind Movie Classic Goodfellas
The Mafia Cops
