This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. Some of these organizations are not linked or affiliated in any way with the Cosa Nostra, the Camorra or the 'Ndrangheta, but …

The Rockford crime family, also known as the Zammuto crime family, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Rockford, Illinois. [1][2] In 1960, the FBI confirmed that the …

The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa -], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː (ɽ)a]; "our thing"), [3] also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organization …

Jul 3, 2023 · Italian Mafia Ranks and Roles: Who is Who in the Mob? The Mafia distinguishes itself from ordinary crime by its objective to exert control over both territory and the lives of the …

Feb 26, 2024 · As a result, gang mafia commanders have a reputation for being untouchable. The following are 15 of history’s most brutal, renowned, and feared Italian gangsters. Read more …

Apr 10, 2025 · The Sicilian Mafia is made up of a coalition of criminal organizations—called “families” or “clans” in English and cosche (singular, cosca) in Italian—which engage in …

Apr 4, 2025 · Mafia, hierarchically structured society of criminals of primarily Italian or Sicilian birth or extraction. The term applies to the traditional criminal organization in Sicily and also to a …

Oct 29, 2009 · By the 1950s, the Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra, Italian for “Our Thing”) had become the preeminent organized-crime network in the United States and was involved in a …

With his death on May 4, 2016, at the age of 82, mobster Salvatore “Sam” Galluzzo closed the extensive file the FBI had on him relating to his involvement in the Rockford La Cosa Nostra …

Feb 16, 2020 · Throughout the history of the Italian-American Mafia, the largest families were the ones organized by Salvatore Maranzano in 1931 in New York. He organized the families after …