Mafia Families, Regimes and Crews

Joe Barbara Sr. was the undisputed capo over a small territory, but one that produced tremendous rackets revenue and profits nonetheless.

John Verilla headed the Altoona, PA Crew, but choosing him was one of the biggest mistakes the otherwise careful and low-key LaRocca Family ever made!

Russ Bufalino headed a small Pennsylvania borgata who dabbled in garment factories and a few rackets that were more than what they seemed.

Since the early 1920s, mafiosi from six families and various racketeers allied with them have called Queens County home.

The Carlo Caputo borgata in Madison, Wisconsin was, without a doubt, the smallest mafia Family to ever exist in the United States.

Despite being one of the smallest LCN borgatas to ever operate in the US, longtime boss Joe Cerrito made millions - all without ever serving one day in prison!

Since the Roaring 20s, the Chicago Mob has been at the forefront of organized crime in this country. Here are some of the Outfit's more colorful gangsters.

One of the smallest Mafia clans in America was in Dallas, Texas, headed by Joseph Civello.

Cleveland has always ranked high in the Mafia of the United States. From their seat on The Commission to their vast control over labor unions, this borgata has always counted!

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

In the late-1940s New York’s Anastasia/Gambino Family officially planted their flag and staked a claim in Baltimore ala The Corbi Regime.

Montreal was a city custom-built for the mob and what the Cotroni Crime Family accomplished, in partnership with the American Mafia, was second to none.

Since the 1920s, this iconic satellite regime of New York’s Genovese Family has operated a highly successful crew up in Massachusetts.

Philadelphia has been a vibrant center of Mafia activity for well over a century, but for many of those years, the City of Brotherly Love was anything but.

Everybody knows that Upstate New York had their share of mobsters, but what has never been revealed is just how pervasive that underworld control was.