of The Godfather to The Sopranos, , it is quite clear that the Mafia members are equally important for American pop culture as cowboys expansion of the time.
Hollywood seems pretty keen on focusing on five families of New York and Chicago Outfit, but there are many more criminal groups around the US that are just as dangerous.
The family Licavoli crime of Cleveland
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When the Lonardo brothers and Porrello moved to Ohio Licata, Sicily, in early 100, they started legitimate businessmen, but soon started dabbling in illegal activities. Their main objective was providing with bootleggers corn sugar they need to produce alcohol during Prohibition.
After a quarrel with Irish mobster Danny Greene in the late 1970s, the band power slowly declined. From now on, the FBI considers this group as inactive.
The family Pirano crime Dallas
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Carlo Piran grew up in the same Sicilian town of Giuseppe Morello Morello crime Family, and started his own team when it moved to Dallas in 1921. he ran several rackets in the city. A rising gangster named Joseph Civello took over when Piran died. Interestingly, Civello was a longtime friend of Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas.
The Smaldone crime family from Denver
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Colorado was full of alcohol bootleggers several very successful in the 1920s and 1930s, as the Carlino brothers and the first mob boss Denver, Joseph Roma. From 1975 to 06, the family was supervised by older brothers Smaldone. Clarence "Chauncey" Smaldone died in 06, and it is thought that the grand-son of Eugene "Checkers" Smaldone is the only member of the group surviving.
The partnership Detroit
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The Detroit mafia scene was plagued by war between several different gangs until the 1930s, when local families came together to form what is now called the partnership Detroit. The group remained quite strong, and it is considered one of the most active monsters of the country, specializing in gambling, extortion, and drugs. The current boss of the Company is Jack "Jackie the Kid" Giacalone.
The Civella family crime Kansas
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After the ban had come and gone, the crowd scene Kansas City has maintained its power by extorting local bars. Boss Nicholas Civella was key in their expansion in the 1970s, allowing them to build alliances with other monsters and helping the fund to Las Vegas casinos. The current boss John Sciortino is considered, grandnephew of Civella.
The Philadelphia Mob
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The Philadelphia Mob is known for its violence and relentless internal war. There was a time of peace between 1969 and1980 in the reign of Angelo "Gentle Don" Bruno. But after his death, came the Scarfo chaotic years, during which Nicodemo Scarfo family involved in drugs. Scarfo ordered the death of 30 of his men, drawing as much attention as the FBI had to intervene. Between 1993 and 1994, another war broke out between the crews Stanfa and Merlino, but when John Stanfa was arrested Joey Merlino became Philly mob boss.
New Orleans crime family
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family of New Orleans is probably the oldest group of the mafia in the country, with activity ranging as far as the 19th century. In the 1870s, they began extorting local businesses. Carlos "The Little Man" Marcello, their most powerful boss, won the position after friendship with Frank Costello of the New York crowd and unify illegal gambling markets in Louisiana.
It has been repeatedly accused of being a conspirator in the assassination of John F. Kennedy, but he was eventually arrested for a different crime. Since then, the crowd New Orleans was far less active.
While these guys may seem big and bad, most American little monsters are part of a joint union leaders of the mafia of New York five families and the Chicago Outfit. Formed in 1931, this committee was designed to oversee come in different groups across the country, but it has not held a meeting since the death of New York mobster Paul Castellano in 1985.
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