Looking back on the Family’s colorful history, without a doubt the highest-profile and exposure the Zerilli Family ever suffered was the fallout after the disappearance and presumed murder of ex-Teamsters Union Boss James R. Hoffa.
One of the quieter, more self-contained and independent Families of the American Cosa Nostra has been the Detroit Family. Although the Detroit mob is one of the 26 such Families that comprise the Mafia in this nation and they are certainly recognized as such, the Joseph Zerilli Family has always done their best to stay above the fray and operate in a more surreptitious and independent fashion.
