If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. [10], Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano became one of the most powerful capos in New Jersey with his connection to Teamsters Union (IBT) leader Jimmy Hoffa. The Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2020. Rodriguez even attended Amados brothers funeral.Based on all that, they found Amados purported ignorance of Rodriguezs crime simple incredible and had him fired. A number of members within the New Jersey faction like Guarino "Willie" Moretti, Gerardo "Jerry" Catena and Louis "Bobby" Manna held positions within the administration of the Genovese family. Of course, the DeCavalcante family was caught on an FBI wiretap comparing themselves and certain people in their crime family to Sopranos characters, so I think the DeCavalcantes being a smaller hometown, New Jersey Mafia family kind of mirrors The Sopranos in that sense. Based on real mob stuff that eventually. La Cosa Nostra diminished over time for a variety of reasons, from better law-enforcement to cultural assimilation to bloody infighting to changing economics. The "ultra. New Jersey In Your Inbox Love New Jersey? The mafia made the news again in 2016 when a massive RICO case saw 46 mobsters arrested. The trend continues overseas, too. A contract hit was put on Moretti and he was executed while eating lunch on October 4, 1951. Two aging New Jersey mobsters, who federal judges have denied to release from prison during the coronavirus pandemic, are now alleging their decades-old convictions for plotting to murder John Gotti and ordering the hit on a New York businessman should be overturned. This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. Even so, investigators say, he continues to cash in from his waterfront connections: He runs a cleaning company with a contract to service two ILA offices, has a new nightclub in Newark frequented by dock workers and remains a valued associate of the Genovese family,although Rodriguez cant be an official member due to his Hispanic ancestry. 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. He was one of the few bosses who was able to come out the backside [of crime] without dying in jail or being killed. [1] Fiumara was convicted in 1979 of labor racketeering and federal extortion in Newark and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. The New Jersey Mafia is a shadow of what it once was. [23], On March 9, 2007, Coppola was arrested after eleven years on the run as a fugitive. He was kind of a well-known character on the nightclub scene in New York and New Jersey. [3] Zwillman hanged himself on February 27, 1959, upon being summonsed to appear at the Valachi hearings. Some movies that were filmed in New Jersey include: School of Rock War of the Worlds American Gangster The Dark Knight Rises Annie The Wrestler Ocean's Eleven Goodfellas The Amityville Horror Friday The 13th Big Did you know about these famous movies that were filmed in New Jersey? He was definitely one of the more influential and powerful racketeers in New Jersey. Rodriguez, 56, who calls himself Guitarbarr after the name of his now-shuttered club, was himself barred from the docks following his guilty plea to money laundering charges in 2019. Catena, an ally of Genovese, depended on Boiardo and Angelo DeCarlo to help run the faction as his capos. I'm also fascinated by Ruggiero Richie The Boot Boiardo. The indictment quoted Ricciardo threatening to kill someone labeled John Doe #1 if he did not comply. However, in the 1960s the New Jersey mob was riding high. The two met in April on two occasions in Brooklyn to discuss it, according to the indictment. Kelsey Reichmann / March 1, 2023. The arrests of more than a dozen purported mobsters Tuesday in New York and New Jersey show "the underbelly of the crime families in New York City is alive and well," according to the FBI. Russo and Castellazzo are allegedly long-time members of the family, at 87 and 83 years old, respectively. He continued to hold power by promoting soldier Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola as acting capo. The son sought advice from the father, who suggested "Whitey" open a night club in a warehouse to serve as a front for the prostitution operation. A year earlier, associations with mobsters ruined the careers of two Mercer County politicians. Please subscribe today to NJ.com. Fiumara began taking over of all the most lucrative rackets in New Jersey, including the New Jersey docks. Marlon Brando in the film "On the Waterfront." (Columbia Pictures image via Courthouse News) Mob Hits Mafia Hit List - Top New Jersey Mob Murders 9 years ago Scott Burnstein You are unauthorized to view this page. But federal authorities quickly foiled the plot when they alerted Gotti to the hit, and soon charged Manna and his crew. A jury acquitted him on the homicide but found him guilty of a RICO crime related to the extortion. Hes part of Mikey Cigars crew, said a source familiar with Rodriguezs criminal history, referring to notorious Genovese capo Michael Coppola who went on the lam in 1996 after allegedly killing a fellow mobsterat a New Jersey motel in 1977, a case that languished for nearly two decades before cops caught a break and issued a warrant for Coppolas arrest. Our journalism needs your support. Ten members and associates of the notorious organized crime family that inspired "The Sopranos" were arrested today and charged in various plots to commit murder, distribute drugs, smuggle untaxed cigarettes, and run a prostitution business. But their extortion efforts were stalling in the spring of 2021, according to court documents, prompting them to place Castellazzo in charge of the matter. He was supposedly the guy that got Frank Sinatra out of his contract with Tommy Dorsey [as immortalized in The Godfather]. In 1937, family boss Luciano was arrested leaving Frank "the Prime Minister" Costello as the new acting boss of the family. But even as the mobs time-honored rackets started to run dry and The Sopranos convinced your baby-boomer parents to subscribe to HBO, New Jersey's real-life mafiosos remained a poorly understood bunch. Theres been tons of books on New York, but theres really only been a handful of books written about New Jerseys mob. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. There are a lot of theories as to who might have killed him and why. In May 1957, Genovese and his allies ordered the assassination of Costello but failed and only wounded him. In a statement this morning, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced the investigation had delivered a severe blow to the DeCavalcante family. New Jersey mob captain Charles Stango (photo above) tried, though. "Bobby" Manna. Arthur "Dutch Schultz" Flegenheimer, a powerful New York mob boss in the 1920s and '30s, was ultimately killed in Newark, New Jersey by an assassin hired by the Mafia Commission, which opposed his attempts to kill a special prosecutor who was coming after Shultz on racketeering charges. [26] On March 21, 2020, longtime crew member Michael "Tona" Borelli died. New Jersey lawmakers say changes in the industry, including the development of container shipping, have lessened the influence of organized crime at the port and reduced the need for the commission. [1] In 2002, Prisco was released from prison after his appeal was denied because the State Attorney General's office requested his early release. Authorities said the alleged scheme began in 2001, but it intensified in 2019 when the defendants broadened their efforts to force a senior union official and others to make decisions that benefitted the crime family, like forcing them to select vendors for contracts who were associated with the mobsters. John Marzulli. When he took it over, that was when the FBI was naming families by who was in charge, so it became known as the DeCavalcante family after Sam the Plumber. He said he didnt see any weapon or any gold chain being yanked from his neck. He was in Havana, Cuba, so he had his hands in a lot of different pots. The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 when the mob had infiltrated the port . But there were rumors before he died that he had advance-stage Syphilis and that his loose lips led to him getting killed. ABC News' Mark Osborne contributed to this report. [1][2] Since the prohibition era the Genovese family's New Jersey faction has maintained a strong presence in the Northern Jersey area. This shows the families throughout the country are still working with each other actively. John Capozzi, 34, of Union, New Jersey; Mario Galli, 23, of Toms River, New Jersey; and Nicholas Degidio, 37, of Union, New Jersey, were also charged with cocaine distribution. Castellazzo and other Colombo mobsters also allegedly devised a scheme to launder money from the health benefit programs to themselves, according to the indictment. [21], When Fiumara was released from prison in 1994, he was one of the most powerful capos in New Jersey. [1] The family had approximately 40 ranked soldiers and more than 400 criminal associates who were active in New Jersey. Bob Delaney infiltrated the New Jersey Mob as an undercover state trooper for nearly three years. However, in 2000, he was imprisoned for violating his parole. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). "As today's complaint shows, members and associates of a long-standing organized-crime family continue to ply their illegal trade, selling dangerous drugs and illegal cigarettes, promoting prostitution, and threatening to settle internal scores with violence and death.". Michael Chertoff, the lead prosecutor in the case against Manna and DeSciscio, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. New Jersey Faction Boss: Nicholas "Nicky Mita" Mitarotonda Estimated Membership: About 180 Made Members Genovese Crime Family Official Boss: Liborio S. "Barney" Bellomo Street Boss: Michael "Mickey" Ragusa Underboss: Ernest "Ernie" Muscarella Consigliere: Unknown New Jersey Faction Boss: Unknown Estimated Membership: About 200 Made Members The attack made Costello aware that Genovese would never stop and Costello retired leaving Genovese as the new boss.[3]. While reportedly discussing the Schiff murder, authorities say Manna, DeSciscio and others discussed the big hit on Gotti, according to court documents. By David Amoruso Long distance relationships are hard, but running a New Jersey Mafia crew from Las Vegas is close to impossible. DeVita was placed on the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission Exclusion List, which bars him from any casino in that state. Since 2012, an undercover agent has posed as a DeCavalcante associate, operating a "crew" that paid tribute monies to mob capo Charles "Beeps" Stango, according to court papers. What was interesting about Zwillman was that he took a lot of the money that he made during prohibition and his illegal rackets and invested it into a lot of legitimate companies. Moretti formed an alliance with Jewish mobster Abner "Longie" Zwillman, who the media refer as the "Al Capone of New Jersey" because Zwillman had once controlled the majority of the illegal alcohol in Newark. Rodriguez whod just gotten out of jail for shooting another man while trying to collect unpaid sports bets in 1991 was never prosecuted in the alleged stabbing. Federal authorities previously have called the DeCavalcante organization one of La Cosa Nostra's most ruthless families. You would never really associate Vito Genovese much with New Jersey, but he lived in New Jersey. [35] The trio used murder, violence, and fear to collect on these rackets, ensuring rivals would not take advantage of their activities. The alliance between Moretti and Zwillman dominated illegal gambling in New Jersey. [18] In December 2020, Manna requested a compassionate release, but was denied. Making matters worse was, following the murder of Genovese Jersey capo John DiGilio in May 1988, the Gambinos took over the International Longshoremen's Association. New Jersey sees Supreme Court exit ramp from mob-fighting commission. The crime report stated that the Genovese family controlled the largest bookmaking and loan sharking rings in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area and the family maintained strong influence on the Port Newark/Elizabeth and Hudson County waterfronts. Many reputed mobsters have called the Jersey Shore home. The attorneys allege both men were denied due process and that prosecutors actively concealed exculpatory evidence available to them at the time of trial in a successful effort to unjustly incarcerate Manna and DeSciscio. The murder of Moretti became a key factor in weakening Frank Costello's leadership position within the Luciano family, as his only major remaining supporter was Mangano family boss Albert Anastasia. [15] During one of the recorded conversations the FBI overheard Manna discussing murder plot for John Gotti, which Manna advised the hitman to wear a disguise as the target area was fairly open. Carmine "Papa Smurf" Franco, a once respected figure in the New Jersey trash-hauling industry, is now in jail after being tied to an alleged racketeering mafia scheme. Ragano's schools were actually fronts for meetings of the La Cosa Nostra crime family and used to store illegal drugs and fireworks, according to the indictment. when he spoke he has a certain passion in his voice, he made sense not like the dialoge in the film " I love u Jimmy, I love U ! I was kind of in that Northern New Jersey sphere of influence, not too far outside New York City. "Whitey," who the FBI said had been recorded distributing large amounts of cocaine with another undercover law enforcement officer, was looking to diversify. In June, Ricciardo, 75, was caught on tape threatening to kill the union official if he did not comply with his demands, authorities said. Louis Manna, middle, is led of out Newark federal court in 1989 after being found guilty of plotting to kill John Gotti and a number of other crimes related to his work in the Genovese crime family. Sparks Steakhouse was the scene of a hit after which John Gotti took over the Gambino crime family . He was head of the Genovese family [in] New York City [and] thats [what hes] associated with. The defendants also tried to force the union and its affiliated health care fund to divert more than $10,000 per month to the Colombo family, prosecutors said. John Sullivan. 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