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Five Families
Five major New York City organized crime families of the Italian American Mafia
For the factions within the British Conservative Party, see Five Families (Conservative Party).
The Five Families refer to five Italian American Mafia crime families that operate in New York City. In 1931, the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese families, respectively. Each family had a demarcated territory and an organizationally structured hierarchy and reported to the same overarching governing entity.
Initially, Maranzano intended each family's boss to report to him as the capo dei capi ("boss of all the bosses"). This led to his assassination that September, and that role was abolished for the Commission, a ruling committee established by Lucky Luciano to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and to mediate conflicts between families. It consisted of the bosses of the Five Families as well as the bosses of the Chicago Outfit and the Buffalo crime family. In 1963, Joseph Valachi publicly disclosed the existence of New York City's Five Families at the Valachi hearings. Since then, a few other crime families have been able to become powerful or notable enough to rise to a level comparable to that of the Five Families, holding or sharing the unofficial designation of Sixth Family.
History
Leading up to the Five Families
Further information: Castellammarese War
In the 1920s, Mafia operations in the U.S. were controlled by Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria, whose faction consisted mainly of gangsters from Sicily and the Calabria and Campania regions of Southern Italy. Masseria's faction included Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Albert "Mad Hatter" Anastasia, Vito Genovese, This list includes gangsters and organized crime figures by area of operation/sphere of influence. Some names may be listed in more than one city. Main article: List of Sicilian Mafiosi by city Longshanks See also: List of Italian-American mobsters Person in charge of a criminal organization For the rapper, see Crime Boss (rapper). "Mob boss" redirects here. For the film, see Mob Boss (film). "Criminal mastermind" redirects here. For the television series, see Demente criminal. A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, crime master, crime baron, crime emperor, mob emperor, mafia don, gang lord, gang boss, gang master, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor, or criminal mastermind is the leader of a criminal organization. A crime boss has absolute or nearly absolute control over the other members of the organization and is often greatly feared or respected for their cunning, strategy, and/or ruthlessness and willingness to take lives to exert their influence and profits from the criminal endeavors in which the organization engages. Some groups may only have as little as two ranks (a crime boss and their soldiers). Other groups have a more complex, structured organization with many ranks, and structure may vary with cultural background. Organized crime enterprises originating in Sicily differ in structure from those in mainland Italy. American groups may be structured differently from their European counterparts and Latino and African American gangs often have structures that vary from European gangs. The size of the criminal organization is also important, as regional or national gangs have much more complex hierarchies. The boss in the Sicilian and Italian-American Mafia is the head of the crime family and the top decision maker. Only the boss can initiate an associate into the family, however, the boss can give permission to an underboss, consigliere or a captain, allowing them to become a made man. The boss can promote or demote family members at will, and has the sole power to sanction murders inside and outside the family. If the boss is incarcerated or incapacitated, he us American gangster and businessman (1899–1947) This article is about the gangster. For other uses, see Al Capone (disambiguation). "Capone" redirects here. For other uses, see Capone (disambiguation). Al Capone Capone in 1930 Alphonse Gabriel Capone Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. Palm Island, Florida, U.S. Alphonse Gabriel Capone (kə-POHN;Italian:[kaˈpoːne]; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33. Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He joined the Five Points Gang as a teenager and became a bouncer in organized crime premises such as brothels. In his early twenties, Capone moved to Chicago and became a bodyguard of Johnny Torrio, head of a criminal syndicate that illegally supplied alcohol—the forerunner of the Outfit—and was politically protected through the Unione Siciliana. A conflict with the North Side Gang was instrumental in Capone's rise and fall. Torrio went into retirement after North Side gunmen almost killed him, handing control to Capone. Although Capone expanded the bootlegging business through increasingly violent means, his mutually profitable relationships with Mayor William Hale Thompson and t List of gangsters by city
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Description
Sicilian Mafia
Al Capone
Born
(1899-01-17)January 17, 1899Died January 25, 1947(1947-01-25) (aged 48) Resting place Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois, U.S. Other names Occupations Known for Successor Frank Nitti Spouse Children 1 Relatives Allegiance Chicago Outfit Conviction(s) Tax evasion (26 U.S.C. § 145) (5 counts) Criminal penalty 11 years imprisonment (1931)