The New York Mafia

For decades, Frank Sindone ruled the loanshark racket for the Philadelphia Family of Cosa Nostra. He had a vicious reputation and took his job very...

Mike Abati acquired a reputation as a dependable strong-arm man and accomplished killer who would rise to become boss of the San Francisco Crime Family.

Connecticut has been inundated with splintered factions from many different Mafia Families, all competing to operate there over the years.

Frank Cucchiara was an important member of the New England Crime Family who met a surprisingly untimely end.

Through the years, the penal laws “on the books” in jurisdictions across the United States have changed drastically. What was at one time considered a...

Louis Pacella was a Genovese Family soldier serving in the regime of Trigger Mike Coppola. He was also a close friend of crooner Frank Sinatra,...

Salvatore Barbato was a member of the Gambino Family, who law enforcement once described as a major cog in the wheel of heroin trafficking. He...

Born and raised in Youngstown all his life, Joe Blumetti grew up to become a low-key but pivotal underworld figure and labor racketeer who operated...