Pittston-Scranton Crime Family

Sam Scalleat was the kingpin of "Mob City" in Hazleton, PA, and built an empire out of jukeboxes, slot machines,...

The Bufalino Family had a firm grip on rackets and excelled at business infiltration not only in Pennsylvania but in...

Sam Rotella was a soldier in the Barbara-Bufalino Family operating under the radar in several legitimate industries, until he was...

Sam Alaimo was a soldier in the Bufalino Family who was active in garment racketeering and was utilized as a...

Nick Benfante started out as an alcohol bootlegger during the 1920s-1930s Prohibition Era. But his real criminal forte came later...

After researching Cappy Guimento’s long career in the Italian underworld, arguably, as one of the closest aides and confidantes to...

Santo Volpe was the head of the early Pittston Mafia Family, but he was also a revered civic leader and...

Operating from the Triple Cities Region in Upstate New York, what later became known as the “Binghamton Crew” was the...

Luigi (Lou) Pagnotti was a high-ranking member of the Bufalino Family who doubled as a renowned businessman, politician, and philanthropist.

Modesto Loquasto was a Bufalino soldier who authorities say served as Pittston capo/underboss Rosario (Russ) Bufalino’s personal driver and bodyguard...

Antonio (Tony Romeo) became widely known to law enforcement and the media as Binghamton’s “gambling czar,” but he was much...

A World War II veteran and well-liked member of his Endicott, NY neighborhood, Salvatore (Blackie) Aleccia also led a darker...

Benjamin Musso was a disciple and associate of Bufalino Family capo Anthony (Gov) Guarnieri and was involved in several lucrative...

Bufalino family soldier Swimmy DeBella operated many street rackets in his lifetime, but as degenerate gambler, he could never make...

Joseph Barbara Sr., the host of the infamous 1957 Apalachin Mafia Meeting, was the undisputed capo over a small regime...