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 Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (, ; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of local protect ...

, the

Camorra The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type orga ...

or the

'Ndrangheta The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a mafia-type organized crime, criminal syndicate originating from the Calabria region of Italy. Gratteri & Nicaso, ''Fratelli di Sangue'', pp. 65–68 This body, also referred to as the Commission in reference to the ...

, but are independent criminal groups created by Italian immigrants in other countries. Furthermore, this list does not include all groups, clans or families identified as

(Mafia crime families),

Camorra The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type orga ...

Sacra Corona Unita (; ; acronym: SCU), also known as the Fourth Mafia, is a Mafia-type criminal organization from the Apulia region in Southern Italy, and it is especially active in the areas of Brindisi, Lecce, and Taranto. Origin of the name Informer Cosimo ...

clans.

Italy

In Italy there are many different Mafia-like organizations.

Veneto

*In the ''Region of

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

'' the

Mala del Brenta The Nuova Mala del Brenta (NMB), also known as New Brenta Mafia or Venetian Mafia, is a criminal organization based in the Veneto region of Italy. The group is believed to have emerged in the late 1990s as a successor to the original Mala del Br ...

operate in the area.

Lombardy

*In the ''Region of

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

'' the

Banda della Comasina La Banda della Comasina (; "Gang of Comasina") is the name which the Italian media used to describe a criminal group active in the 1970s in robberies, kidnappings and weapons trafficking in the northern area of Milan: the Comasina. The area of ac ...

operated in the area. – defunct 1987

Lazio

*In the ''Region of

Lazio Lazio ( , ; ) or Latium ( , ; from Latium, the original Latin name, ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy, administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the Central Italy, central peninsular section of the country, it has 5,714,882 inhabitants an ...

'' the

Banda della Magliana The ''Banda della Magliana'' (, the "Magliana Gang") was an Italian criminal organization based in Rome. It was founded in 1975. Given by the media, the name refers to the original neighbourhood, the Magliana, of some of its members. The '' ...

– defunct 1993 *The

Mafia Capitale The Mafia Capitale is the name given to an organized crime organization, and subsequent investigation, involving the government of the city of Rome, in which members stole money destined for city services and carried out other criminal activities ...

– defunct 2014

Basilicata

*In the ''Region of

Basilicata Basilicata (, ; ), also known by its ancient name Lucania (, , ), is an administrative region in Southern Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south. It has two coastlines: a 30-kilometr ...

'' the defunct

Basilischi The Basilischi () was an organized crime group based in Basilicata, Southern Italy, officially formed in 1994 by Giovanni Luigi Cosentino in Potenza. According to the national anti-mafia prosecutor's office, the areas with Basilischi strongholds a ...

operated in the area.

Apulia

*In the ''Region of

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'' the

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

crime clans and the

Società foggiana The Società Foggiana or simply Società , also known as ''Mafia Foggiana'' (''Foggian Mafia'') and the fifth mafia (in addition to Cosa Nostra in Sicily, the ’Ndrangheta in Calabria, the Camorra in Campania and the Sacra Corona Unita in gre ...

control the area.

Calabria

*In the ''Region of

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

'' the

clans control the area.

Campania

*In the ''Region of

Campania Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...

'' the

Camorra The Camorra (; ) is an Italian Mafia-typeMafia and Mafia-type orga ...

clans control the area.

Sicily

*In the ''Region of

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

'' the

Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (, ; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a secret society, criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of ...

clans and the

Stidda The ; ) is a Sicilian and Maltese Mafia-type criminal organization and criminal society centered in the central-southern part of Sicily and island of Malta. Members are known as ''stiddari'' or ''stiddaroli''. It is most active in the rural par ...

control the area.

United States

According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 active

Mafia "Mafia", as an informal or general term, is often used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the Sicilian Mafia, original Mafia in Sicily, to the Italian-American Mafia, or to other Organized crime in Italy, organiz ...

families in the United States.The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey
A Status Report. May 2004. (pp. 91–140) In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.

Northeastern United States

New York

*The

Five Families The Five Families refer to five American Mafia, Italian American Mafia Crime family, crime families that operate in New York City. In 1931, the five families were Organized crime, organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the C ...

– operate in New York City, the

New York Metropolitan area The New York metropolitan area, also called the Tri-State area and sometimes referred to as Greater New York, is the List of cities by GDP, largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, gross metropo ...

, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Nevada. ** Bonanno **

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** Gambino **

Genovese Genovese is an Italian surname meaning, properly, someone from Genoa. Its Italian plural form '' Genovesi'' has also developed into a surname. People * Alfred Genovese (1931–2011), American oboist * Alfredo Genovese (born 1964), Argentine arti ...

** Lucchese Western New York *

Buffalo crime family The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the Todaro crime family, the New York State crime family, the Buffalo Mafia, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Arm, is an Italian Americans, Italian American American Mafia, M ...

(Magaddino family) *

Rochester crime family The Rochester crime family, also known as the Valenti crime family or the Rochester Mafia, was an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Rochester, New York and throughout the Greater Rochester area. The crime family was founded in the 19 ...

– defunct 1993

New Jersey

DeCavalcante crime family The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York and ...

(mostly

North Jersey North Jersey, also known as Northern New Jersey, comprises the northern portions of the U.S. state of New Jersey between the upper Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. As a distinct toponym, North Jersey is a colloquial one rather than an a ...

and

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) *The ''Five Families'' of New York have crews operating in New Jersey ** Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction ** Genovese crime family New Jersey faction **

Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. ...

operates throughout New Jersey, including a crew based in

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Bonanno crime family The Bonanno crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City. The family was known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Sal ...

operates throughout Northern New Jersey *

Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family,< ...

operates in

South Jersey South Jersey, also known as Southern New Jersey, comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located between Pennsylvania and the lower Delaware River to its west, the Atlantic Ocean to its east, Delaware to its south, ...

, including

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, and Trenton

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family,< ...

(Bruno-Scarfo family) *

Bufalino crime family The Bufalino crime family,''Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional''. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988 also known as the Pittston crime family,Devico, Peter J. ''The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture o ...

(

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, particularly

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Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre ( , alternatively or ) is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. ...

Scranton Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the ...

and the

Wyoming Valley The Wyoming Valley is a historic industrialized region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The region is historically notable for its influence in helping fuel the American Industrial Revolution with its many anthracite coal mines. As a metropolitan ar ...

area) – defunct 2008 *

Pittsburgh crime family The Pittsburgh crime family,CapeciChapter 5 "Mafia Families Poison the Northeast"/ref> also known as the LaRocca crime family''Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional''. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988 or th ...

(LaRocca family) – defunct 2021

West Virginia

* Familia Vagabonda (Piscioneri family) – defunct 1923

New England

Patriarca crime family The Patriarca crime family (, ), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia, the Boston–Providence Mafia,

(

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, Massachusetts and

Providence Providence often refers to: * Providentia, the divine personification of foresight in ancient Roman religion * Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in some religions * Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...

, Rhode Island, parts of

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

). * Genovese crime family Springfield faction (

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ea ...

) and New Haven crew (

New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is List ...

) *Philadelphia crime family Boston faction (

)

Maryland

*Gambino family Baltimore Crew (

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) – defunct 1990

Midwestern United States

Illinois

Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization, is an Italian Americans, Italian American American Mafia, Mafia crime family based in Chicago, I ...

Genna Crime Family The Genna crime family (), was a crime family that operated in Prohibition-era Chicago. From 1921 to 1925, the family was headed by the six Genna brothers, known as the ''Terrible Gennas''.Capeci, Jerry. ''The complete idiot's guide to the Mafia ...

– defunct 1930 * Rockford crime family (Zammuto family) – defunct 2005 * Springfield crime family (Zito family) – defunct 1970s

Indiana

*Chicago Outfit Gary Faction (Gary)

Michigan

Detroit Partnership The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, the Detroit Combination, the Detroit Mafia, the Zerilli crime family (), and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Detroit, Michigan ...

(Zerilli family)

Nebraska

*Kansas City family Omaha faction (

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) – defunct 1991

Iowa

*Chicago outfit Des Moines faction (

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) – defunct 1967

Missouri

Kansas City crime family The Kansas City crime family, also known as the Civella crime family or the Kansas City Mafia or the Clique, is an Italian Americans, Italian American American Mafia, Mafia crime family based in Kansas City, Missouri, and throughout the Greater ...

(Civella family) * St. Louis crime family (Giordano family) – defunct 2014

Ohio

The city of

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was at one point considered open territory, split between the

Cleveland crime family The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, an ...

(Porrello family) and the

(LaRocca family). *

(Scalish family)

Wisconsin

Milwaukee crime family The Milwaukee crime family, also known as the Balistrieri crime family or the Milwaukee Mafia, was an Italian Americans, Italian American American Mafia, Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Peter J. Devico ''The Mafia Made Easy: The A ...

(Balistrieri family) – defunct 2024 * Madison crime family (Caputo family) – defunct 1993

Southern United States

Alabama

*Birmingham crime family – defunct since 1938

Florida

Trafficante crime family The Trafficante crime family, also known as the Tampa crime family or the Tampa Mafia, is an Italian Americans, Italian-American American Mafia, Mafia crime family based in Tampa, Florida. The most notable boss of the family was Santo Trafficante ...

(Tampa area) – possibly defunct, Florida is considered open territory with many families operating in the area. *The Chicago Outfit – is operating in South Florida *The ''Five Families'' of New York have crews operating in South Florida **''Bonanno crime family'' – is operating in South Florida **''Colombo crime family's'' Florida faction – is operating in South Florida **''Gambino crime family's'' Florida faction – is operating in South Florida and the

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. **''Genovese crime family'' – is operating in South Florida. See soldier

Albert Facchiano Albert Joseph Facchiano (March 10, 1910 – August 16, 2011), also known as "Chinkie" and "the Old Man", was a Miami mobster with the New York–based Genovese crime family who was involved in loansharking and extortion in South Florida. Facch ...

**''Lucchese crime family'' – is operating in South Florida and Central Florida Counties of Pasco and Pinellas. *DeCavalcante crime family – Florida faction is operating in

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Louisiana

New Orleans crime family The New Orleans crime family, also known as the Marcello crime family or the New Orleans Mafia, was an Italian American Mafia crime family based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nine ...

(Marcello family) – defunct 2007

Texas

Dallas crime family The Dallas crime family, also known as the Civello crime family or the Dallas Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Dallas, Texas. History Carlo Piranio Carlo Piranio, a native of Sicily, immigrated to the U.S. circa 1901 ...

(Civello family) – defunct 1970s *

Maceo Organization The Maceo Organization, also known as the Maceo Syndicate, was a criminal organization, that ran Galveston, Texas politically and criminally throughout most of Galveston's open era. The organization's bosses, Sam and Rosario Maceo, operated i ...

(Galveston-Houston family) – defunct 1980s

Western United States

Arizona

* Chicago Outfit – (defunct) under Joseph "Papa Joe" Tocco the family operated in Phoenix * Bonanno family Arizona crew – (defunct) under

Salvatore Bonanno Salvatore Vincent "Bill" Bonanno (November 5, 1932 – January 1, 2008) was an American mobster who served as ''consigliere'' of the Bonanno crime family of New York City, and son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno. Later in life, he became a writer ...

the family operated in

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California

Los Angeles crime family The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, is an Italian American Mafia crime fa ...

(Dragna family) *

San Francisco crime family The San Francisco crime family, also known as the Lanza crime family or the San Francisco Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Francisco, California. The syndicate mainly originated in the Little Italy neighborhood of No ...

(Lanza family) – defunct 2006 *

San Jose crime family The San Jose crime family, also known as the Cerrito crime family or the San Jose Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Jose, California. The San Jose family was one of the two families that controlled organized crime in ...

(Cerrito family) – defunct 2009 * Bonanno family San Jose faction ( San Jose) – defunct *Detroit Partnership San Diego faction (

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) – defunct

Nevada

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is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city's

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s. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles family, the ''Five Families'' of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in the ''

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''. *See: Mobsters in Las Vegas

Colorado

Denver crime family The Colorado crime family, also known as the Smaldone crime family, the Denver crime family, the Arvada Cop Mafia, the Denver Mafia or the Mountain Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pueblo and Denver, Colorado. The family ...

(Smaldone family) – defunct 2006

Washington

* Colacurcio Organization (Seattle) – defunct 2010s

Canada

Ontario

In Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crime

(Sicilian) and

(Calabrian).Adrian Humphreys
"A New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges"
(September 24, 2010) In the 2018 book, ''The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia'', Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America. *

Musitano crime family The Musitano crime family (), also known as Musitano 'ndrina, is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, while another branch of it is active in Platì in Southern Italy and Buccinasco and Bareggio in Norther ...

– a Calabrian mafia family, based in

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Papalia crime family The Papalia crime family () also known as Papalia 'ndrina, is a 'Ndrangheta organized crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as well as Platì in Southern Italy and Buccinasco in Northern Italy. Another branch of the family is based in ...

– a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the

Luppino crime family The Luppino crime family, () also known as the Luppino-Violi crime family, is an 'Ndrangheta organized crime family based and founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the 1950s by Giacomo Luppino. The Luppino family is one of three centralized Ma ...

– a Calabrian mafia family, based in Hamilton, with strong connections to the Buffalo crime family *

Siderno Group The Siderno Group is a criminal association in Canada, Australia and Italy related to the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organization in Calabria. The association is labelled the "Siderno Group" because its members primarily came from the town of Side ...

– is the name for the "'Ndrangheta" clans (crime families). There have been seven senior 'Ndrangheta bosses in the

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, some on the

Camera di Controllo The ''Camera di Controllo'' (Board of Control), is a collegial body of the 'Ndrangheta, a Mafia-type organisation in Calabria in Southern Italy. It is also known as ''La Provincia'' (the Province) or ''Camera di Compensazione'' (compensation board ...

, the "board of directors" – namely in

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. **Commisso, led by Cosimo Commisso, of Toronto, Ontario **Coluccio led by Antonio Coluccio, of Richmond Hill, Ontario **Tavernese, led by Vincenzo Tavernese, of Thornhill, Ontario **DeMaria, led by Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria, of Mississauga, Ontario **Figliomeni, led by Cosimo Figliomeni, of Vaughan, Ontario **Ruso, led by Domenic Ruso, of Brampton, Ontario Carmine Verduci was also linked with the 'Ndrangheta group. Leaders are based both in

, Italy and Ontario.Man ordered deported over alleged mob ties
National Post, April 8, 2010 The Siderno clans are part of the

Commisso 'ndrina The Commisso 'ndrina () is a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organization in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina is based in Siderno, but also has a branch in the Greater Toronto Area in Canada as part of the Siderno Gro ...

a crime family based in Calabria. During a 2018 criminal trial, an Italian police expert testified that the 'Ndrangheta operated in the Greater Toronto Area and in

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particularly in drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking, theft of public funds, robbery, fraud, electoral crimes and crimes of violence. After the trial, Tom Andreopoulos, deputy chief federal prosecutor, said that this was the first time in Canada that the 'Ndrangheta was targeted as an organized crime group since 1997, when the Criminal Code was amended to include the offence of criminal organization. He offered this comment about the organization:

We're talking about structured organized crime. We're talking about a political entity, almost; a culture of crime that colonizes across the sea from Italy to Canada. This is one of the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world.

Quebec

In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime:

and

. While Canadian law enforcement agencies consider the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families to be separate, the FBI considers them to be sub-units of the

's Montreal faction.Lamothe & Humphreys, ''The Sixth Family'', p.308 * Cotroni crime family – a "'Ndrangheta" family, the Calabrian faction – defunct 2000s *

Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan The Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan () was a Mafia clan of the Cosa Nostra and held a key position in the illicit drug trade and money laundering for Cosa Nostra in the 1980s and 1990s. The Italian press baptized the clan as "The Rothschilds of the ...

– a Canadian extension of the Sicilian family *

Rizzuto crime family The Rizzuto crime family () is an Italian Canadian crime family based in Montreal, Quebec, whose organized crime activity covers most of southern Quebec and Ontario. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) considers the family a ...

– a "Cosa Nostra" family, the Sicilian faction

United Kingdom

England

Italian crime groups in England were founded independently, without any affiliation or relation to the historical crime groups from Italy (Cosa Nostra, Camorra or 'Ndrangheta). * The Italian mob – led by Charles 'Darby' Sabini during the interwar years with possible links to the

Sicilian mafia The Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (, ; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a secret society, criminal society and criminal organization originating on the island of Sicily and dates back to the mid-19th century. Emerging as a form of ...

. * Bert "Battles" Rossi – also known as the "General of

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". He acted as the representative for the

American mafia The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian-American criminal society and organized crime group. The terms Italian Mafia and Italian Mob apply to ...

in London from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. * The Cortesi brothers – rivals of the Sabinis. * The Rocca family – A group of enforcers that were based in Islington.

Scotland

*''La Torre clan'' – a ''Camorra clan'' from

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, Italy was operating in

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, Scotland and was led by Antonio La Torre.

Australia

In Australia the predominant Italian criminal organization is the

, also having smaller crime groups, but in this case, without any affiliation or relation to the historical Italian crime groups.

New South Wales

Barbaro 'ndrina The Barbaro 'ndrina is a powerful clan of the 'Ndrangheta, a criminal and mafia-type organisation in Calabria, Italy. The 'ndrina belongs to the '' locale'' of the town of Platì. According to the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA - the Itali ...

Italian mafia laundering cocaine money Down Under
, news.com.au, April 11, 2008 – a Calabrian Clan based in

Platì Platì (; ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Reggio Calabria, in Calabria, southern Italy. It rises above sea level on the slope of the Aspromonte mountains and is located next to the Aspromonte National Park. History P ...

, Italy with operations in

Griffith Griffith may refer to: People * Griffith (name) * Griffith (surname) * Griffith (given name) Places Antarctica * Mount Griffith, Ross Dependency * Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land * Griffith Ridge, ...

Robert Trimbole Bruno Robert Trimbole () (19 March 1931 – 12 May 1987) was an Australian businessman, drug baron and organized crime figure whose alleged involvement in drug trafficking in Griffith, New South Wales, resulted in a royal commission, a corone ...

's Crew (defunct), once controlled the marijuana drug market in Griffith.

Victoria

The Carlton Crew The Carlton Crew is a criminal organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, established and formed in 1970 and possibly earlier by the mid 1960s by the first Carlton crew boss Gino Rosace and he named it after the Melbourne suburb i ...

– a predominantly Sicilian group, operating in

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. *The

Honoured Society Honoured Society () was a term used by the Neapolitan Camorra, who defined their organisation in this way in the 19th century to allude to the defence of their honour, which consisted of omertà, that is, the mafia code of silence and the obligati ...

Argentina

Argentina between the 1920s and 1930s had a criminal organization led by an Italian, but without any links to the historical Italian crime groups.

Santa Fe Province

Juan Galiffi's gang – famous crime group during the 1920s and 1930s in the city of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...

Notes

Sources

*Capeci, Jerry. ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia''. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. *Milhorn, H. Thomas. ''Crime: Computer Viruses to Twin Towers''. Universal Publishers, 2005.

External links

Gangrule, American mafia history

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