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The Mafia (Cosa Nostra)
Sicilian Mafia
Commission · Sicilian Mafia clans · Sicilian Mafiosi Second Mafia War · History of the Sicilian Mafia
Antimafia
Italian Antimafia Commission · Maxi Trial
American Mafia (Commission)
Mafia crime families · Italian-American crime families Commission member families: Bonanno · Colombo · Gambino · Genovese · Lucchese · Chicago Outfit · Scarfo · DeCavalcante · Detroit Partnership Castellammarese War
Chain of Command
Commission Family (Cosca) Don (Boss of family) Underboss Consigliere (Advisor) Caporegime or capodecina (Captain) Soldato (Soldier) Associate
Codes
Made man · Omertà · Vendetta
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This is a list of independent crime families that are considered to be part of Cosa Nostra. This list does not include Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, Sacra Corona Unita, Stidda, Mala del Brenta or Banda della Magliana families and clans.

Contents 1 Italy 1.1 Sicily 2 United States 2.1 New York 2.2 New Jersey 2.3 Chicago 2.4 Pennsylvania 2.5 New England 2.6 Cleveland 2.7 California 2.8 Colorado 2.9 New Orleans 2.10 Missouri 2.11 Florida 2.12 Detroit 2.13 Wisconsin 3 Canada 3.1 Province of Quebec 3.2 Province of Ontario 4 Britain 5 Australia 6 Venezuela 7 References 8 External links 9 See also

[edit] Italy

[edit] Sicily

There were nearly two hundred mafia families throughout Sicily. In just the province and city of Palermo, there were about one hundred families.

Some prominent criminal clans include:

• Greco Mafia family
• Motisi Mafia family
• Inzerillo Mafia Family
• Graviano Mafia Family
• Corleonesi

[edit] United States

[edit] New York

• Five Families
  • Bonanno
  • Colombo
  • Gambino
  • Genovese
  • Lucchese

• Buffalo crime family (AKA The Arm)
• Rochester crime family (extinct)
• Morello crime family (extinct)

[edit] New Jersey

• DeCavalcante crime family

[edit] Chicago

• The Chicago Outfit
• Genna Brothers (extinct)

[edit] Pennsylvania

• Scarfo crime family (Philadelphia)
• Bufalino crime family
• Pittsburgh crime family

[edit] New England

• Patriarca crime family

[edit] Cleveland

• Cleveland crime family (AKA Mayfield Road Gang)
• Porrello crime family (extinct)

[edit] California

• Los Angeles crime family
• San Francisco crime family (extinct)
• Sciortino crime family (extinct)

[edit] Colorado

• Smaldone crime family (extinct)

[edit] New Orleans

• New Orleans crime family

[edit] Missouri

• St. Louis crime family
• Kansas City crime family

[edit] Florida

• Trafficante crime family

[edit] Detroit

• The Detroit Partnership

[edit] Wisconsin

• Milwaukee Crime Family

[edit] Canada

[edit] Province of Quebec

• Cotroni crime family (The FBI considers the family part of the Bonanno family but Canadian law enforcement say its a separate family)
• Rizzuto Crime Family (once part of the Cotroni family, but became its own family in the 1970s the family is connected to Bonanno family)

[edit] Province of Ontario

• Buffalo crime family -has a crew active in Hamilton

[edit] Britain

• Messina Brothers (extinct)
• Sabini gang (extinct)

[edit] Australia

• The Carlton Crew (See also Alphonse Gangitano)

[edit] Venezuela

• Cuntrera-Caruana clan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Gangrule, American mafia history
• The 26 Original American Mafia Families- AmericanMafia.com

[edit] See also

• Criminal syndicate
• Organized crime