It maintains strong relations with many of them, as well as with the Philadelphia crime family and the Patriarca crime family of New England. The DiMeo family had then been taken over by Jackie Aprile, who dies of cancer just like Jake Amari. The Commission is the council of the crime bosses brought together to maintain order in the Mafia. He was then summoned to a sit-down where he agreed to withdraw. On the day of the attack, Capo, Gallo, and DeCavalcante mobster Joseph Masella went to Majuri's house to ambush him. You then had the post world war II mob bosses from 1945 through to the beginning of the 1970's which included some more familiar names: Tony Accardo Frank Costello Albert Anastasia Angelo Bruno Nicholas Civella Mickey Cohen Joe Colombo Sam DeCavalcante Carlo Gambino Sam Giancana Vito Genovese Luciano Leggio Carlos Marcello Michele Navarra And authentic it was, almost as if the FBI had just kept recording after DeCavalcantes death in 1997 and on through Amaris death and into the present day. Self - DeCavalcante Crime Family Boss (archive footage) Stefano Vitabile Self - DeCavalcante Crime Family Consigliere (archive footage) All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro Storyline Edit The case examined the brutal murder of Johnny D"Amato in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Since then, several other top mobsters agreed to become government witnesses in exchange for being given lenient or no sentences at all. That has never stopped, OMalley said. After the first season, a crew of remaining family members were recorded praising the shows realism and acting. "[3] Sometime in the late 1980s, law enforcement listed Capo as a soldier in the DeCavalcante family. Riggi was hit with another 10 years just as he was about to be freed. In his absence, a little known but extremely well-liked and capable caporegime stepped up, first as underboss, then acting boss, and ultimately to formally head the Family, John (The Eagle) Riggi, Sr., the well-groomed son of a veteran member named Emmanuel Riggi, had served the Family for decades as business agent of Local #394 Laborers & Hod Carriers Union (AFL-CIO) and several other labor unions. John was active as a "wire-room" rigger for bookmaking rings throughout LI and Queens. FBI agent Giovanni Rocco posed as the outlaw biker "Giovanni Gatto" (above) to infiltrate the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey. Informed in prison of D'Amato's execution, Riggi appointed Amari as the new acting boss.[3][5][7]. He is the capo of the DeCavalcante family's crew in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1986 and 1994. Copyright 2019-2023, Button Guys of The New York Mafia. The three men ordered D'Amato's execution and gave the job to Capo, Vincent Palermo and James Gallo. Andrew Ford: @AndrewFordNews; 732-643-4281; aford3@gannettnj.com, "organized crime spotlight" report issued by the state. He soon after died of stomach cancer. Nicholas (Nicky Dell) Delmore was one of the original powers in Northern New Jerseys underworld - a very well-respected mafioso who eventually became boss. Delmore attended the infamous 1957 Apalachin Convention to represent the small New Jersey crime family, with underbosses of Elizabeth and Newark Frank Majuri and Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso. The Mafia"capo"had an employeeproblem. Later in 1990, Riggi was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. However, Majuri did not return home. DeCavalcante and 54 associates were charged and tried in 1969. But that was forgotten as Anthony Rotondo rhapsodized about The Sopranos. Angelo Gallo was active in loanshark rackets and was associated with the Gallo Gang faction of the Colombos. You were screaming You had pearls on Everything was so screwed up Mary [his wife] woke me upsomething about pearls I dont remember.. Being that he was recorded saying this, it did little to improve his stature on the other side of the Hudson. It is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia. Guarraci allegedly rose to acting boss as he continued to work as a foreman with a laborers union. ]. The DeCavalcante Family Of the seven La Cosa Nostra families active in New Jersey, the DeCavalcante family is the only one indigenous to the state. 20122015 "Horse" mentioned by Charles Stango in December 2012 wiretaps. [15] Riggi was in jail until November 27, 2012, and he died in 2015. mafia in the catskills. The suspects include reputed captain 71-year-old Charles Stango, of Henderson, Nevada, and 72-year-old Frank Nigro, of Toms River, a reputed consigliere, or adviser. Crime bosses came and left, and the turnover meant that there was no true power center. Riggi placed the family under the day-to-day direction of a ruling panel headed by Vastola, whose various activities ranged from shaking down dice games to promoting concerts by Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. On the day of the attack, Capo and another man picked up D'Amato a block from his girlfriend's house in Brooklyn to drive to lunch. This panel included capos Vincent Palermo, Girolamo Palermo (no relation) and Newark faction leader Charles Majuri. Later in life, he became a writer and produced films for television about his family.Early lifeBonanno was the first child of Joseph and Fay (ne Labruzzo) Bonanno, born on November 5, 1932, in the Brooklyn . It operates in North Jersey under the Gambino family, one of the five major crime families based in New York, according to the FBI. U.S. District Judge William H. Walls on Tuesday sentenced Stango, 73, a reputed capo in the DeCavalcante crime family, to 10 years in federal prison for using a telephone to plot a murder. After Riggi was indicted in 1990 for labor racketeering and extortion, he appointed Gaetano "Corky" Vastola as the new acting boss. When describing this incident in court in 2003, Capo said he thought Remy had a gun and described him as a "violent individual". Riggi ran a well-structured borgata until he, too, fell afoul of law enforcement. He is said by law enforcement to remain a boss who may outlast them all in the five families for the same reason that helped make The Sopranos such a hit. After being promoted caporegime during the 1980s by Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi, D'Amato became heavily involved in large labor and construction racketeering operations with prominent New Jersey mobsters Giacomo "Jake" Amari and Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo. At least one customer called 911 seeking police assistance.. Only after Riggi's conviction, Vastola was convicted in major extortion charges and sentenced to eight years in prison. He would quickly utilize his position and popularity to help expand the influence and geographic reach of this borgata. Through deep-dive biographies and snapshots of mobsters to in-depth stories about mafia regimes and crews, youll uncover an underworld you might never have known existed maybe even in your own hometown! [10], Between 1999-2005, about 45 men were imprisoned, including the family's consigliere and seven capos. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count". "Today Newark FBI arrested 10 members of the DeCavalcante organized crime family, disrupting one of the most notorious crime families," FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel said. 67. r/Mafia. On September 11, 1989, Capo drove DeCavalcante mobsters Vincent Palermo and James Gallo to Weiss' apartment. As a favor to Gotti, the DeCavalcantes agreed to murder Weiss. [9]. The DeCavalcante crime family is an organized crime family that operates in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state and is part of the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). 20152016 "Milk" mentioned by Charles Stango in December 2012 wiretaps. Seit dem Jahr 2008 gilt die Familie als inaktiv. However, Majuri wanted to control the family himself, and he asked Gallo to murder Vincent Palermo. (Gotti was later convicted of this conspiracy.) All was seemingly settled until Amari became ill and died slowly of stomach cancer in 1997. If you dont mind, Id rather not talk about it, she said. Thats it.. And that will continue as long as there are ships that are coming in from all over the world and the people here who know what the ships are bringing in.. The members of other crime families sometimes refer to Lucchese family members as "Lukes". The downfall of the DeCavalcante family was precipitated in 1998, when an associate named Ralph Guarino became an FBI informant, in an effort to avoid a long prison sentence in connection with taking part with two others in a heist of $1.6 million from the World Trade Center. In January 1992, Capo participated in the murder of acting boss D'Amato. De Cavalcante Crime Family - History - John Riggi John Riggi After DeCavalcante left prison in the mid 1970s, he appointed Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi as acting boss of the family while he stayed semi-retired in Florida. The DeCavalcante family made its money by racketeering. It is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia. Riggis knowledge and control of unions enabled the DeCavalcante Crime family to shake down contractors and municipal governments, often earning the family impressive profits. Capo was involved in extortion and loansharking activities. Guarraci and a man who would be arrested with him became more insistent and threatening. The Familys real strength lie in their control and domination of several key union locals of the Laborers Union of America and the International Longshoremens Union (ILA), with several key Family soldiers holding official union posts such as business agent or secretary-treasurer. The high turnover of mafia leadership that gave rise to the DeCavalcante family in the 1960s played a key part in its precipitous decline four decades later. After the failed murder attempt, Vincent Palermo decided to cancel the murder contract. [29], In 2016, Anthony Stango Jr. was sentenced to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to using a telephone in interstate commerce to conduct a prostitution operation, conspiring to distribute five grams or more of cocaine, distributing more than $70,000 worth of cocaine, and possessing a shotgun as a convicted felon. By the late 1990s, high turnover rates in the familys leadership due to arrests, deaths, or disappearances was beginning to take its toll on the crime networks fortunes. [20], In March 2015, the FBI arrested 10 members and associates of the crime family on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and distribution of drugs, including 71 year-old captain Charles "Beeps" Stango and 72 year-old consigliere Frank Nigro. The DeCavalcante crime family is an Italian-American organized crime family that operates in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state and is part of the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). [30], Longtime member Charles "Big Ears" Majuri is the current boss of the family. One of these mobsters was D'Amato, who reportedly conspired with Gotti and his underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano into murdering Vastola. The Genovese crime family, also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth,[2] Newark, West New York,[3] and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. Weiss was under federal investigation for illegal dumping of medical waste and Gambino boss John Gotti was afraid that Weiss might become a government witness. Samuel DeCavalcante was the most prominent boss of the New Jersey LCN. From behind bars, Riggi promoted D'Amato as acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. One of them decided to cooperate and a dozen more were grabbed. In contravention of Cosa Nostra rules on the killing of a family boss, the plotters did not ask permission to kill D'Amato from the Mafia Commission in New York. In one recent example, a Bonanno crime family captain was connected to a scheme in which a dirt broker trucked in demolition waste, including dirt tainted with a cancer-causing substance, to fill in backyards eroded by superstorm Sandy along the edge of Raritan Bay in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, according to a 2017 report by the State Commission of Investigation. Their reward was to see their son enter Rutgers. Antonio Caruso was a member of the DeCavalcante Family active in gambling operations on the Lower East Side with policy and card games. Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. The Decavalcantes are considered by some to be the "Sixth Family". [4], In December 1999, Capo and the DeCavalcante leadership were indicted on charges of labor racketeering, extortion, loansharking, murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. DAmato subsequently disappeared in the late 1990s, apparently after someone alleged to socially conservative mafiosos that he was bisexual. Guarraci pleaded guilty and in January 2012 got off with six months of home confinement, followed by five years probation. He landed in prison after seeking to curry favor with John Gotti by arranging the murder of a former newspaper editor turned toxic-waste dumper and potential informant. Gambino BossFrancesco "Franky Boy"Cali was gunned down in Staten Island earlier this month. You just gotta put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life or somebody's gotta get a f----- jar of acid and throw it in his f----- face Charles Beeps Stango said, according to a March 2015 federal court document alleging crimes by him and other accused members of the DeCavalcante crime family, the New Jersey mob outfit known as an inspiration for "The Sopranos" series on HBO. The Network also found documents identifying recent New Jersey ties tothe Bonnano and Gambino families. Riggis hope to put the DeCavalcante family back on the map with the killing was dashed when it became known that when stealing license plates to put on a getaway car, one of the hit squad had inadvertently chosen the plates of a vehicle belonging to the wife of a well-known mobster. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo is an Italian American former mobster who was de facto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family before becoming a government witness in 1999. The plate number was written down by a witness who saw the hitman tossing the guns in a stream. He was convicted on a variety of extortion and labor charges in 1992, and sentenced to twelve years in prison. [27] [28] Stango reportedly wanted Nigro and associate Paul Colella to get permission from the New Jersey hierarchy to kill Luigi Oliveri, but the murder was not committed because Stango did not get an answer. His father, James, Sr., received a Purple Heart during World War II and worked as a mason and then as a high-school custodian. OMalley explained that mobsters today are struggling to make money. 19311955 Filippo "Phil" Amari promoted to boss, 19551956 Nicholas "Nick" Delmore promoted to boss, 19561957 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri stepped down and became consigliere, 19571983 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri died in 1983, 19832006 Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile sentenced to life in 2006, overturned in 2008, released in 2013, 2006present Frank "Goombah Frankie" Nigro arrested 2015. Unrelenting law enforcement pressure was further diminishing the power of the DeCavalcante crime family as well. Unrelenting law enforcement pressure was further diminishing the power of the DeCavalcante crime family as well. By 1964, with the death of Delmore, his nephew Simone (Sam the Plumber) DeCavalcante would be selected as the new boss of this Family. It helped funnel millions into mob coffers through its control of a powerful division of the Laborers International Union of North America in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York, [3] and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. Today's mobsters arent as sophisticated as Asian, Russian or African organized criminals conducting high-end internet fraudin New Jersey, according to O'Malley. He became the boss of New Jersey's only homegrown mafia family, the Elizabeth-area family. Stango's case stands among the latest federal prosecutions of New Jersey Mafia figures, showing that despite the rise of other gangs, the old mob is still active in the Garden State. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. Copyright 2019-2022. Virgil Alessi was a very active DeCavalcante mobster who started his mob career as a phone-man for Jiggs Forlano. Its illicit activities include bookmaking, cement and construction violations, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, pier thefts, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, and waste management violations. Gallo was a strong ally and friend of Vincent Palermo's, and told him about Majuri's plans. Gay bosses, Sicilian recruits, FBI bugs. It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. [ Want to keep tabs on crime in New Jersey? Federal authorities yesterday called the DeCavalcante family one of the mob's most ruthless and paranoid crime groups, citing ''extreme and hair-trigger violence.''. After being recruited by Gambino crime family boss John Gotti to take over the family, he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity and was murdered in January 1992. He had to meet death, concluded the reputedcaporegime, the Italian term for captain in the underworld. Stefano "Steve" Badami became the boss of the Elizabeth-Newark family. Instead, Gallo told Vincent about the plot. Pete Galletta was a "sleeper" DeCavalcante member who was involved in the Family's gambling rackets, yet unknown to law enforcement. Sam was recorded talking about The Commission, his efforts as a Commission rep to help quell the Banana War and the Gallo-Profaci conflicts, casino operations in Vegas, and other very sensitive underworld secrets. [9], Anthony Capo died after a heart attack on January 23, 2012, aged 52. Sitting in the back seat, Capo shot D'Amato four times, killing him. After DeCavalcante boss Giovanni Riggi was sent down in 1989, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato became the crime family's acting boss. He died of natural causes in 1997. The Colombo crime family is an Italian American Mafia crime family and is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. Instead, at least five different crime families: New England's Raymond Patriarca Family, three of New York CIty's notorious Five Families (the Genovese, Gambino, and Colombo), as well as New Jersey's Simone DeCavalcante Family, all competed to grab various pieces of its territory, thereby carving up The Nutmeg State like a pizza pie. I had a terrible dream about a bunch of cops! he exclaimed, adding that the secretary had featured in it. Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. The vaunted five families were faring even worse, to the point of virtual extinction. There was also Abner Zwillman, a Jewish gangster operating in Newark, and the Philadelphia crime family operating in South Jersey. Frank "Franky the Beast" Scarabino is a New York City mobster and former soldier in the North Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family. In addition, many family members believed that D'Amato was controlled by Gambino boss John Gotti. Sam the Plumber, alleged Mafia family member whose phone conversations were taped by the FBI, is pictured here with his. By far the smallest Mafia Family in the New York/New Jersey area, the tight-knit DeCavalcante mob, nonetheless, always maintained an inducted membership of anywhere from 35 to 50 made members and upwards of 100 close associates. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. jyoti amge leg surgery video Uncategorized. Simone DeCavalcante The New Jersey Mafia is a shadow of what it once was. I run the show, the ensuing indictment quotes Guarraci screaming when the general manager balked at turning over the receipts. Mob Boss: The First Boss to Turn Government Witness. Its death has been greatly exaggerated, Arsenault said of the mob. Riggi replaced Vastola with D'Amato as acting boss. Around the end of the first season, an actual FBI electronic device carried by an informant recorded members of the DeCavalcante family chatting about the show as they drove to a sit-down. Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee. Two DeCavalcante soldiers last month pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder Louis LaRasso, whose body, while never found, is believed to have been buried at an upstate New York farm. As with all of Cosa Nostra in the last 20 to 30 years, the DeCavalcante Family has fallen prey to the Rat Fever permeating through the ranks of all the mobbut the beat goes on! DeCavalcante stepped down as boss officially in 1980, passing leadership to Riggi, [10] who had been a business agent of the International Association of Laborers and Hod Carriers in New Jersey for years. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the official boss around 1982. D'Amato of the powerful Elizabeth faction of the DeCavalcante crime family, was soon cooperating with high-ranking members Charles "Big Ears" Majuri and Gaetano "Corky" Vastola in illegal gambling and loansharking operations. Soon, Riggi was convicted of his charges and sentenced to 15 years in 1990, which meant that Vastola kept running the day-to-day activities. Riggi also had the family maintain their old traditions, which Sam DeCavalcante saw as unnecessary. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the official boss around 1980. Button Guys of The New York Mafia. Riggi's passing at age of 90 leaves an opening atop the . Nicknamed Sam the Plumber because of the plumbing supply store he operated as a business front, DeCavalcante was an ambitious Mafioso who managed to organize New Jerseys rackets like never before, and make them profitable. Brooklyn-born Frank (Big Frankie) Cocchiaro was one of the most active racketeers in the DeCavalcante Family - and one of its most notorious. charged along with Stango were accused of discussing at a bar in Toms River in 2015 their plan for a prostitution business. By stepping outside myth, the show brought the expectation that it would be something new and authentic. Francesco "Frank" Guarraci was an Italian-born American mobster. His obituary reads, "John M. Riggi, Laborers Local 394 business agent, Army Air Corps veteran, dedicated his life to his family." Organized Crime Task Force. He was released on November 27, 2012. has fought against New Jersey withdrawing from the commission, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Vincent now decided to murder Majuri and enlisted Capo and Gallo in the plot. He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee the family while he was behind bars, but Vastola was subsequently arrested shortly afterwards as well. den Stdten Scranton, Wilkes-Barre und Pittston aktiv. He was married with three children.[2]. He was 90 years old. By 1990, Capo was working for John D'Amato and reputed capo Anthony Rotondo of the New York faction in labor racketeering, illegal gambling, extortion and loansharking activities. In fact, the shows remarkable success could be attributed in part to it not being in the realm of The Godfather and the five families. He was considered the new head of the New Jersey organization, but his reign proved to be very short, as there were multiple factions operating underneath who all conspired to take over. Rotondo shared this information with underboss Giacomo Amari, and consigliere Stefano Vitabile. "LaCosa Nostra" (Italian for "our thing") doesn't enjoy the same power it hadin decades past. Gary Younge in New York. The FBI, Like his predecessor before him, the law eventually caught up with Johnny the Eagle as well. The mansion originally went on the market at $4 million dollars . Joseph "Joey O" Masella was a mob associate in New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family and a friend of known mobster Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo. However, the familys declining fortunes coincided with the debit of the, Sam the Plumber DeCavalcante - New Jersey Godfather - American Mafia History, Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo - De Facto Boss of the Chicago Outfit, Giacomo Black Jack Tocco - Last of the Old School Detroit Partnership, Joseph Iacobacci - "Joe Loose" of the Cleveland Mob, John "Sonny" Franzese - A Colombo Family Legend. He ruled until early in the 1970's. He was succeeded by John Riggi, who is currently imprisoned. John LaMela was a DeCavalcante Family soldier active in liquor bootlegging, narcotics, and garbage rackets. Ba-boom! La Cosa Nostras reign has waned in the last 10 to 15 years, diminished by prosecutions and infighting between criminal factions. "The FBI is confident this is a severe blow to the La Cosa Nostra family. He was convicted on a variety of extortion and labor charges in 1992, and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Thu 1 May 2003 21.20 EDT. He was recorded telling Majuri of going with fellow mobster Gaetano Corky Vastola to visit someone who had failed to come in for a chat when summoned. Riggi was promoted to the position of official boss, and he reaped the enormous benefits of large labor and construction racketeering, [10] loansharking, illegal gambling, and extortion activities. Great acting.. And they were now finding themselves overshadowed by a TV show about a New Jersey crime family modeled after the DeCavalcante family. Amari was recognized by US law enforcement as being heavily involved with extortion, labor racketeering, loansharking, and narcotics activities in Newark and New York City. He rose to power in 1964, and he was incarcerated in 1969. From city to city and state to state, Button Guys of The New York Mafia breaks down the history of organized crime in America. a former member of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey, has been on the market for a while. Vastolas successor, John DAmato, was reputed to be more loyal to the Gambinos than his own New Jersey associates. The popular Sopranos television series may helped make New Jerseys connections to the Mafia and organized crime a popular discussion topic at dinner tables across America. Badami kept controlling the crew up to the 1950s, but he was murdered in 1955 in what appears to have been another power struggle between the two factions. Formed in 1953 to combat corruption, in recent years the Waterfront Commission has fought against New Jersey withdrawing from the commission, which operates under a joint arrangement between New Jersey and New York. After Riggi's conviction for racketeering, he appointed John D'Amato as acting boss of the family in 1990. Die Bufalino-Familie wurde unter anderem mit Gewerkschaftskorruption, Flschungen . Daily News page 43 - October 20, 2000 - Headline: N.J. Crime family indicted - Boss, 11 others charged with murder and racketeering - DeCavalcante. His mother, Santa, worked as a high school cafeteria chef. Following his release from prison in 1976, he allegedly retired from the Mafia and moved to Florida. It operates on the . Line Cook1 jobs. However, in the 1960s the New Jersey mob was riding high. Never mind that DeCavalcante had transformed a bunch of ever-warring factions into an immensely profitable operation. He also claimed to be of Italian royal lineage, earning him the nickname "The Count". More than 30 members and associates of the family were arrested. [5] Capo also ran a DeCavalcante crew in New York City. OMalley said he didnt think the killing had the markings of a sanctioned mob hit. Today, the DeCavalcante Crime family is a shadow of its former self. [75]. The criminal complaint alleges. The boss of the mafia family on which the Sopranos series is believed to be based was executed by one of his own soldiers because . When he took it over, that was when the FBI was naming families by who was in charge, so it became. Joseph Miranda became an alleged acting underboss/acting boss -- at the age of 83 -- after the mass 2003 arrests of the Family. Chronicles of Events and Biographies Related to the American Mafia. At the height of his power, DeCavalcantes crime family was reported to oversee illicit activities worth over $20 million a year. 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