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John (Candy) Candelmo was a soldier in the Patriarca Family and the bodyguard and aide to boss Raymond Patriarca.

Charlie Blanda quietly built an empire in Colorado, balancing legitimate businesses with his role as a powerful underboss in Colorado's...

Charles (Charlie Lips) Fratello was a soldier in the Bufalino Family active in strong-arm work and extortion.

Blackie Horowitz was a powerhouse labor racketeer in Brooklyn who had strong ties in both the upper world - and...

Victor Maddi was an FBI-documented soldier in the Joseph Civello Family of Dallas, Texas, who served as an enforcer under...

Sam Finazzo was described by police as a nattily dressed hoodlum who enjoyed wearing custom-made shirts, hand-tailored suits, alligator shoes,...

Biagio Angelica was a lesser-known, yet active mafioso, who hailed from Galveston, Texas. A devout hoodlum and drug trafficker, he...

Jimmy Campo was a Sicilian immigrant who made his way to New Orleans, Louisiana where he eventually became the consigliere...

A devout lifelong criminal and hoodlum, Seymour Siskind was already committing crimes by the time he was a young teenager....

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

For many decades, Sam Scro was a shadowy underworld presence who could probably be best described as “a riddle, wrapped...

Technically speaking, within the ranks of Cosa Nostra, Marco Li Mandri formally held the rank of a soldier. Nothing more,...

Paul (Legs) DiCocco, with his brother Jake at his side, became Schenectady, New York's resident gambling kingpin, and ruled the...

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

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