Five Families: Media
American crime syndicate
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In the Castellammarese War of 1930–31, Lucky Luciano betrayed his boss, Joe Masseria,...
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Anthony (“Tony Ducks”) Corallo entering a U.S. federal courthouse in Manhattan, 1986.
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Vincent Asaro, an alleged former captain of the Bonanno crime family, leaving a Brooklyn...
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Joseph Profaci was an early leader of the Colombo crime family.
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Carlo Gambino led the Gambino crime family between 1957 and 1976.
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Frank Costello testifying before the U.S. Senate investigating committee headed by...
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Salvatore Corsitto (left) and Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972), directed...
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Vito Genovese, boss of the Genovese crime family, was convicted of drug trafficking...
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Paul Castellano, boss (1976–85) of the Gambino crime family, in 1959.
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