The New York Mafia

Frank Dioguardi was the younger brother of the infamous Johnny Dio who operated in NYC and Florida.

Among the most important regimes of the old Luciano/Genovese Family were always their crews based in the famed “Little Italy” section of Lower Manhattan, interspersed...

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.

During the late 1940s, Peter Piacenti, operated in tandem with his brother Frank and others, a large-scale heroin smuggling and distribution ring. They would transport...

The Fello Brothers were members of the Lucchese Family active in the newspaper distribution rackets and close associates of Tony Ducks.

Sure, the narcotics business as well as loansharking, truck hijacking, labor racketeering, and many other rackets were also extremely lucrative. But each of those particular...

Robert Morgenthau took on the mob as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of NY, and, later, Manhattan's D.A.