Genovese crime family New Jersey faction
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The Genovese crime family New Jersey faction is the group of mobsters who control the interests of New Jersey rackets in the Genovese crime family
. The New Jersey faction has maintained a strong presence in the Northern New Jersey
area since the prohibition era
. The faction has increased in power over the years and continues to control illegal activities in labor racketeering, loansharking, extortion
, and illegal gambling. The faction has also held top position with in the crime family dating back to the 1930s with Underboss Guarino "Willie" Moretti
. From the 1990s until his death in 2010, Tino "the Greek" Fiumara
has been in control of the New Jersey faction.
crew under the control of New York City Masseria family
boss Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. During the Prohibition
era the faction was in charge of smuggling large amounts of alcohol
into New York City's speakeasies. At the peak of prohibition in the 1930, violence erupted between the two rival New York City
Mafia families. Known as the Castellammarese War
, Masseria the Boss of all Bosses
battled with Salvatore Maranzano
the boss of the Brooklyn based Castellammarese clan
for control over all Italian gangs in the United States. Joe Masseria was murdered in April 1931, followed by Maranzano's murder in September 1931 ending the War. Charles "Lucky" Luciano
established the Commission
and the Jersey faction continued working for his family.
The alliance of Guarino "Willie" Moretti
and Abner "Longie" Zwillman
operated in Northern New Jersey for the Luciano family
. Zwillman was his own boss, known by the media as the Al Capone of New Jersey because he controlled a majority of the illegal alcohol in Newark, New Jersey
. Moretti the highest ranking capo for the Luciano family's New Jersey faction dominated the illegal gambling in the state with his Jewish associate Zwillman. In early 1937 the Newark family boss Gaspare D’Amico fled the United States after a failed assassination attempt on his life order by Joseph Profaci. The Commission decided to divide up his territory among the Luciano's
(Boiardo crew), Gagliano's
(Jersey crew
), Mangano's
, Bonanno's
, Badami's
, Profaci's
and Philadelphia's (North Jersey crew) crime families.
The same year Luciano was arrested, leaving Frank "Frankie the Prime Minister" Costello
as the acting boss of the crime family. Moretti a cousin to Costello was promoted to Underboss of the crime family. Zwillman continued to align with the Luciano family, Moretti was replaced by Newark Capo Ruggiero "Richie the Boot" Boiardo. Years before Zwilman and Boiardo were enemies fighting for control of territory in Newark. They decided that fighting wasn't important and focused on controlling the number games throughout Newark. The three continued to operate peacefully together, but by the early 1950s Moretti became mentally ill. It was then decide that Moretti would be killed, while having lunch hitman shot him to death on October 4, 1951.
Vito Genovese
would attempt to take over the family from Frank Costello, which he believed belonged to him. A key factor was Costello's weakening alliance (with Luciano deportation in 1946 and Moretti's murder in 1951) he solely depended on Mangano family boss Albert Anastasia
as his major supporter. Vito Genovese on the other side had gained the support of Lucchese family
boss Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese
and Mangano family underboss Carlo Gambino
. In May 1957, Genovese and his alliance ordered the assassination of Costello which failed when Costello was only wounded. This attack made Costello aware that Genovese would never stop and he retire leaving Genovese as the new boss.
Under Vito Genovese leadership he promoted Gerardo "Jerry" Catena
as the new boss of the New Jersey faction and as underboss of the family. Catena, an ally of Genovese, depended on trusted New Jersey capos Ruggiero Boiardo and Angelo DeCarlo
to help run the faction. In 1957 Vito Genovese gathered the bosses of the top American Mafia families for his Apalachin conference
, which ended in the arrest of several Mafia bosses and the realization of a nationwide network of organized crime groups. After the failed conference Genovese was under a close watch of the government, and arrested in 1959 on a heroin conviction. In the same year Zwillman was summonsed to appear at the Valachi hearings he instead committed suicide hanging himself on February 27, 1959. Most of Zwillman's rackets were taken over by the Genovese Jersey faction.
According to the 1963 Valachi hearings the upper administration of the Genovese family included acting boss Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli
, New Jersey based underboss Jerry Catena and consigliere Michele "Mike Miranda" Miranda
. Throughout the 1960s Catena continued to corporate with the upper administration. In 1970 Catena was subpoenaed to testify in Newark, he refused to answer any questions and held in contempt
. In March 1970 Catena was sentenced to five years, after his release in 1975 he retired to Florida.
became one of the most powerful capos in New Jersey with his connection to Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa
. Provenzano served as vice president of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 560 in Union City, New Jersey
during the 1950s. As the vice president of Local 560 Provenzano was able to embezzle money from the union pension fund. Receive kickbacks from construction companies to work on sites and use his title as a legitimate source of income. Both Provenzano and Jimmy Hoffa were imprisoned in the mid-1960s for their part in the corruption of the Teamsters union. In the early 1970s both Provenzano and Hoffa were out from prison. The alliance between them was over, Provenzano had been banned from any type of union activities. On July 30, 1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappeared around the time of his secret meeting with two Mafia leaders Anthony Provenzano and Detroit's Anthony Giacolone. Jimmy Hoffa never returned from his meeting and was never seen again. In 1978 Provenzano was convicted of embezzling from the Teamsters union pension fund. He eventually died in prison in 1988.
Louis "Bobby" Manna
became the leader of the Genovese New Jersey operation and the family's consigliere by the early 1980s with the promotion of Vincent "Chin" Gigante
as the boss. Months later on March 21, 1980 Philadelphia crime family boss Angelo "Gentle Don" Bruno
was murdered. Bruno's murder began discussions and plans by the Genovese and Gambino
families to takeover the Bruno family's illegal operations. The negotiations were going fine up until the murder of Gambino family boss Paul "Big Paul" Castellano
in late 1985. Manna was displeased over John Gotti
's unsanctioned hit of Castellano and his accession as new boss, but he continued discussing the takeover of the Bruno family operations.
By 1987 the relationship between the two families had deteriorated. Gotti had sent word to Manna that the Genovese family should take over the Bruno's northern Jersey operations and leave more profitable southern Jersey operations of Atlantic City and Philadelphia to the Gambino family. Manna enraged and insulted over the offer began planning John and Eugene "Gene" Gotti
's assassinations. Making matter worst was after the murder of Genovese Jersey capo John DiGilio
in May 1988 the Gambino family took over the International Longshoremen's Association
. The Gambino's placed Anthony Pimpinella of Brooklyn as the new head of International Longshoremen Association allowing them control over the waterfront rackets at the Newark-Elizabeth Port
. Federal agents received information on Manna's plan to have Gotti killed and informed him on the emerging danger.
In 1990, Manna was indicted for racketeering and conspiring to murder John and Gene Gotti. He received a life sentence and is currently imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey with a projected release date of February 20, 2056.
began representing many of the Genovese family's interests in New Jersey waterfront rackets and maintained a working relationship with Lucchese crime family
Jersey faction
boss/caporegime
Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo
. One of his biggest rivals was fellow Genovese family New Jersey capo John "Johnny D." DiGilio
for control over the waterfront rackets.
In 1979 Fiumara was convicted of labor racketeering and federal extortion in Newark
and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He continued to hold power within New Jersey and influence over his crew by promoting soldier Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola
as acting capo. Coppola received orders from imprisoned Fiumara throughout the 1980s. When Fiumara was released from prison in 1994 he retook control over his crew and the New Jersey faction. The former faction leader Genovese Consigliere Louis "Bobby" Manna
was imprisoned in 1989 for planning the murder of Gambino crime family
boss John Gotti
and his old rival John "Johnny D." DiGilio
had been murdered. Fiumara's trusted acting capo Coppola was arrested on murder charges in 1996, which he decided to flee from and became a fugitive.
In the mid-1990s Fiumara began taking over of all the most lucrative rackets in New Jersey including the docks but in 2000, he was imprisoned for violating his parole
. He decided to promote Lawrence A. Ricci
and Michael A. Borelli as co-acting capo to secure his rackets and protect his power. Ricci oversaw the crew's solid waste removal, trucking and waterfront rackets while Borelli controlled the illegal gambling, Teamster's Union and construction rackets. Fiumara was released from prison in 2005 and moved to Long Island, New York. In early 2005, his acting capo Ricci was indicted on labor racketeering charges along with two other members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. By October of that year Ricci went missing, it was not until November 31, 2005 when authorities found his body inside the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner.
On March 9, 2007 Mike Coppola was arrested after 11 years on the run as a fugitive. The FBI offered Coppola a deal to become an informant in their case against Fiumara. Coppola refused to testify aganist Fiumara in the murder trail of Lawrence Ricci and was sentenced on December 18, 2009 to 16 years.
maintains five crews in New Jersey, each overseen by a caporegime. As of the beginning of 2010, these caporegimes (or captains) were Tino Fiumara
(died of natural causes in 2010), Angelo Prisco
(currently serving life sentence in prison), Ludwig Bruschi, Joseph Gatto (died of natural causes in 2010) and Silvio DeVita. In addition, the family appoints one person as the boss of the New Jersey faction, who directly oversees and maintains the crews. Since the 1990s and up until his death in 2010, Fiumara had been in control. Fiumara's influence in New Jersey was so strong that the Genovese family was considering him as a candidate to take over as boss of the entire family. It is unknown yet who has taken over as boss of the New Jersey faction.
was the leader of the crew and the entire New Jersey faction for the Genovese family. He controlled unions from Newark/Elizabeth Seaport
and had been involved in loansharking, extortion, gambling, union and labor racketeering throughout New Jersey counties of Union
, Essex
and Bergen
. Fiumara was using Stephen Depiro as acting capo to control and handle all of the illegal operations in the New Jersey piers and docks. On September 16, 2010, Fiumara died of natural causes and it is unknown who is now controlling the crew.
became a capo in the Genovese Jersey faction in the late 1980s after the murder of capo John "Johnny D." DiGilio
. Prisco took control of the crew operating from Hudson county's
Bayonne
and Jersey City
waterfronts, and maintained operations in New Jersey's Monmouth county
and Florida
. In early 1990s Prisco was ordered by Genovese family Boss Vincent Gigante
to murder his cousin Angelo Sangiuolo. Prisco's cousin Sangiuolo, a Genovese family associate, was caught robbing from the Genovese family's gambling operations in the Bronx. In 1994 he was charged with racketeering and the murder of former capo John DiGilio. He pled guilty only to the arson charge in 1998 and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In 2002 Prisco was released from prison after his appeal was denied because the New Jersey State Attorney General's office requested his early release. Prisco was once again indicted in 2008 for the 1992 murder of Angelo Sangiuolo. In 2009 Prisco received life sentence, and is currently located at the United States Penitentiary I in Coleman, in Central Florida
.
counties of Ocean
, Monmouth
, Middlesex
and North Jersey counties of Hudson
, Essex
, Passaic
and Union
counties. Bruschi rose to power with the New Jersey faction with the absence of Fiumara. Throughout the 1980s into the 1990s Tino Fiumara was imprisoned and Angelo Prisco
became the top New Jersey faction leader. Prisco was later imprisoned from 1994 until 2002, allowing Bruschi to gain more power within the faction. In June 2003 Bruschi was indicted for running a racketeering enterprise engaged in illegal gambling, loansharking and drug distribution. Bruschi was paroled from New Jersey State prison in April 2010.
and Passaic
counties in north New Jersey. They controlled large illegal gambling, loansharking and bookmaking rackets. The father and son duel used violence and fear to collect on these rackets. Insuring rivals would not take advantage of their illegal activities. In 1989, Gatto Sr. was indicted on two murder counts and received 65 years and his son Gatto Jr. was also indicted on racketeering charges and received 30 months.
Joseph "The Eagle" Gatto Jr. was released in 1993 and assumed control of his father's crew. He would expanded the crew's illegal gambling operations by introducing the use of pager
s and cell phones. By 1999, Gatto Jr. was convicted on illegal gambling charges and took a peal deal where he admitted that he was a capo with the Genovese family. Gatto Jr. was released in 2003, but he was indicted in 2004 for running the Catalina Sports an offshore wire room in Costa Rica
. The sports bar allegedly grossed $300,000 to $500,000 in profit per week. The conviction was overturned in 2005 the prosecutions tried again in 2008. Gatto Jr. died in April 2010 of natural causes and a free man. It is unknown who has taken over leading crew today.
, where DeVita runs illegal operations from illegal gambling, loansharking to insurance fraud, extorting construction sites and union racketeering. DeVita, a Sicilian born mobster, keeps strong family and criminal ties to Sicily. The crew may increase in size by recruiting more Sicilians ("Zips
") who share blood and marriage ties with him. DeVita was placed on the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission Exclusion List that bars him from any casino in that state.
Present members
Imprisoned members
Past members
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
. The New Jersey faction has maintained a strong presence in the Northern New Jersey
North Jersey
North Jersey is a colloquial term, with no precise consensus definition, for the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. A straightforward, noncolloquial term for the region is northern New Jersey.- Two-portion approaches :...
area since the prohibition era
Prohibition in the United States
Prohibition in the United States was a national ban on the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol, in place from 1920 to 1933. The ban was mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and the Volstead Act set down the rules for enforcing the ban, as well as defining which...
. The faction has increased in power over the years and continues to control illegal activities in labor racketeering, loansharking, extortion
Extortion
Extortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
, and illegal gambling. The faction has also held top position with in the crime family dating back to the 1930s with Underboss Guarino "Willie" Moretti
Willie Moretti
Guarino "Willie" Moretti was an underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of family boss Frank Costello.-Life:...
. From the 1990s until his death in 2010, Tino "the Greek" Fiumara
Tino Fiumara
Tino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
has been in control of the New Jersey faction.
Prohibition era
The faction started as a bootleggingRum-running
Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...
crew under the control of New York City Masseria family
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
boss Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. During the Prohibition
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
era the faction was in charge of smuggling large amounts of alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
into New York City's speakeasies. At the peak of prohibition in the 1930, violence erupted between the two rival New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
Mafia families. Known as the Castellammarese War
Castellammarese War
The Castellammarese War was a bloody power struggle for control of the Italian-American Mafia between partisans of Joe "The Boss" Masseria and those of Salvatore Maranzano. It was so called because Maranzano was based in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily...
, Masseria the Boss of all Bosses
Capo di tutti capi
Capo di tutti capi or capo dei capi is Italian for "boss of all bosses" or "boss of bosses". It is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole...
battled with Salvatore Maranzano
Salvatore Maranzano
Salvatore Maranzano was an organized crime figure from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss in the United States. He instigated the Castellammarese War to seize control of the American Mafia operations, and briefly became the Mafia's "Boss of Bosses"...
the boss of the Brooklyn based Castellammarese clan
Bonanno crime family
The Bonanno crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
for control over all Italian gangs in the United States. Joe Masseria was murdered in April 1931, followed by Maranzano's murder in September 1931 ending the War. Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Lucky Luciano
Charlie "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian mobster born in Sicily. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families and the establishment of the first commission...
established the Commission
The Commission (mafia)
The Commission is the governing body of the American Mafia. Formed in 1931, the Commission replaced the "Boss of all Bosses" title, with a ruling committee, consisting of the New York Five Families bosses and the boss of the Chicago Outfit...
and the Jersey faction continued working for his family.
Moretti and Zwillman
Willie Moretti
Guarino "Willie" Moretti was an underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of family boss Frank Costello.-Life:...
and Abner "Longie" Zwillman
Abner Zwillman
Abner "Longie" Zwillman , known as the "Al Capone of New Jersey," was an early Prohibition gangster, founding member of the "Big Seven" Ruling Commission and a member of the National Crime Syndicate, who was also associated with Murder Incorporated.-Biography:According to the Social Security Death...
operated in Northern New Jersey for the Luciano family
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
. Zwillman was his own boss, known by the media as the Al Capone of New Jersey because he controlled a majority of the illegal alcohol in Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
. Moretti the highest ranking capo for the Luciano family's New Jersey faction dominated the illegal gambling in the state with his Jewish associate Zwillman. In early 1937 the Newark family boss Gaspare D’Amico fled the United States after a failed assassination attempt on his life order by Joseph Profaci. The Commission decided to divide up his territory among the Luciano's
Genovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
(Boiardo crew), Gagliano's
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder...
(Jersey crew
The Jersey Crew
The Jersey Crew is a powerful faction of the Lucchese crime family, that operates and controls illegal activities like drug trafficking, labor racketeering, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and murder, in the Northern New Jersey area....
), Mangano's
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
, Bonanno's
Bonanno crime family
The Bonanno crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
, Badami's
DeCavalcante crime family
The DeCavalcante crime family is an organized crime family that controls organized crime activities in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state, despite operating on the other side of the Hudson River in New York, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia...
, Profaci's
Colombo crime family
The Colombo crime family is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia ....
and Philadelphia's (North Jersey crew) crime families.
The same year Luciano was arrested, leaving Frank "Frankie the Prime Minister" Costello
Frank Costello
Frank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia...
as the acting boss of the crime family. Moretti a cousin to Costello was promoted to Underboss of the crime family. Zwillman continued to align with the Luciano family, Moretti was replaced by Newark Capo Ruggiero "Richie the Boot" Boiardo. Years before Zwilman and Boiardo were enemies fighting for control of territory in Newark. They decided that fighting wasn't important and focused on controlling the number games throughout Newark. The three continued to operate peacefully together, but by the early 1950s Moretti became mentally ill. It was then decide that Moretti would be killed, while having lunch hitman shot him to death on October 4, 1951.
Vito Genovese
Vito Genovese
Vito "Don Vito" Genovese was an Italian mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to future mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante...
would attempt to take over the family from Frank Costello, which he believed belonged to him. A key factor was Costello's weakening alliance (with Luciano deportation in 1946 and Moretti's murder in 1951) he solely depended on Mangano family boss Albert Anastasia
Albert Anastasia
Albert Anastasia was boss of what is now called the Gambino crime family, one of New York City's Five Families, from 1951-1957. He also ran a gang of contract killers called Murder Inc. which enforced the decisions of the Commission, the ruling council of the American Mafia...
as his major supporter. Vito Genovese on the other side had gained the support of Lucchese family
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder...
boss Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese
Tommy Lucchese
Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese , also known as "Tom Brown" or "Three-Finger Brown", was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City...
and Mangano family underboss Carlo Gambino
Carlo Gambino
"Don" Carlo Gambino, was a Sicilian mafioso who became Boss of the Gambino crime family, that still bears his name today. After the 1957 Apalachin Convention he unexpectedly seized control of the Commission of the American Mafia. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive...
. In May 1957, Genovese and his alliance ordered the assassination of Costello which failed when Costello was only wounded. This attack made Costello aware that Genovese would never stop and he retire leaving Genovese as the new boss.
Catena's command
Gerardo Catena
Gerardo "Jerry" Catena was a New York mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big Mike" Miranda....
as the new boss of the New Jersey faction and as underboss of the family. Catena, an ally of Genovese, depended on trusted New Jersey capos Ruggiero Boiardo and Angelo DeCarlo
Angelo DeCarlo
Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo was a member of the New York Genovese crime family who dominated loansharking operations in New Jersey during the 1960s...
to help run the faction. In 1957 Vito Genovese gathered the bosses of the top American Mafia families for his Apalachin conference
Apalachin Meeting
The Apalachin Meeting was a historic summit of the American Mafia held on November 14, 1957, at the home of mobster Joseph "Joe the Barber" Barbara in Apalachin, New York. The meeting was attended by roughly 100 Mafiosi from the United States, Canada, and Italy...
, which ended in the arrest of several Mafia bosses and the realization of a nationwide network of organized crime groups. After the failed conference Genovese was under a close watch of the government, and arrested in 1959 on a heroin conviction. In the same year Zwillman was summonsed to appear at the Valachi hearings he instead committed suicide hanging himself on February 27, 1959. Most of Zwillman's rackets were taken over by the Genovese Jersey faction.
According to the 1963 Valachi hearings the upper administration of the Genovese family included acting boss Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli
Thomas Eboli
Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli was a New York City mobster who eventually became the acting boss of the Genovese crime family.-Early life:...
, New Jersey based underboss Jerry Catena and consigliere Michele "Mike Miranda" Miranda
Michele Miranda
Michele "Big Mike" Miranda was a longtime member and eventual consigliere of the Genovese crime family and one of the most powerful New York gangsters in the 1950s and 1960s.-Early years:...
. Throughout the 1960s Catena continued to corporate with the upper administration. In 1970 Catena was subpoenaed to testify in Newark, he refused to answer any questions and held in contempt
Contempt of court
Contempt of court is a court order which, in the context of a court trial or hearing, declares a person or organization to have disobeyed or been disrespectful of the court's authority...
. In March 1970 Catena was sentenced to five years, after his release in 1975 he retired to Florida.
Provenzano and the Teamsters
Anthony "Tony Pro" ProvenzanoAnthony Provenzano
Anthony Provenzano also known as Tony Pro was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family of New York City...
became one of the most powerful capos in New Jersey with his connection to Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa
James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was an American labor union leader....
. Provenzano served as vice president of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 560 in Union City, New Jersey
Union City, New Jersey
Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2010 United States Census the city had a total population of 66,455. All of the city is on land, an area of...
during the 1950s. As the vice president of Local 560 Provenzano was able to embezzle money from the union pension fund. Receive kickbacks from construction companies to work on sites and use his title as a legitimate source of income. Both Provenzano and Jimmy Hoffa were imprisoned in the mid-1960s for their part in the corruption of the Teamsters union. In the early 1970s both Provenzano and Hoffa were out from prison. The alliance between them was over, Provenzano had been banned from any type of union activities. On July 30, 1975 Jimmy Hoffa disappeared around the time of his secret meeting with two Mafia leaders Anthony Provenzano and Detroit's Anthony Giacolone. Jimmy Hoffa never returned from his meeting and was never seen again. In 1978 Provenzano was convicted of embezzling from the Teamsters union pension fund. He eventually died in prison in 1988.
Manna and the dispute over Atlantic City
Louis Manna
Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna , is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.-Genovese family:...
became the leader of the Genovese New Jersey operation and the family's consigliere by the early 1980s with the promotion of Vincent "Chin" Gigante
Vincent Gigante
Vincent Gigante was a short lived professional light heavyweight boxer who was known as "The Chin" Gigante. He fought 25 matches and lost four, boxing 121 rounds. On February 19, 1945, he fought Pete Petrello in Madison Square Garden and won by a knock out in the second round. During his successful...
as the boss. Months later on March 21, 1980 Philadelphia crime family boss Angelo "Gentle Don" Bruno
Angelo Bruno
Angelo "The Gentle Don" Bruno was a Sicilian-American mobster who ran the Philadelphia crime family for two decades. Bruno gained his nickname and reputation due to his preference for conciliation over violence.-Early years:Born in Villalba, Sicily, Bruno emigrated to the United States in his...
was murdered. Bruno's murder began discussions and plans by the Genovese and Gambino
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
families to takeover the Bruno family's illegal operations. The negotiations were going fine up until the murder of Gambino family boss Paul "Big Paul" Castellano
Paul Castellano
Constantino Paul "Big Paul" Castellano , also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie" , was an American Mafia boss in New York City. He succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, at the time, the nation's largest Mafia family...
in late 1985. Manna was displeased over John Gotti
John Gotti
John Joseph Gotti, Jr was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti grew up in poverty. He and his brothers turned to a life of crime at an early age...
's unsanctioned hit of Castellano and his accession as new boss, but he continued discussing the takeover of the Bruno family operations.
By 1987 the relationship between the two families had deteriorated. Gotti had sent word to Manna that the Genovese family should take over the Bruno's northern Jersey operations and leave more profitable southern Jersey operations of Atlantic City and Philadelphia to the Gambino family. Manna enraged and insulted over the offer began planning John and Eugene "Gene" Gotti
Gene Gotti
Eugene Gotti is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a major drug trafficker.-Background:Born to John and Fannie Gotti, Gene has four brothers: deceased Gambino boss John Gotti, Peter Gotti, capo Richard V. Gotti, and soldier Vincent Gotti...
's assassinations. Making matter worst was after the murder of Genovese Jersey capo John DiGilio
John DiGilio
John Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
in May 1988 the Gambino family took over the International Longshoremen's Association
International Longshoremen's Association
The International Longshoremen's Association is a labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways...
. The Gambino's placed Anthony Pimpinella of Brooklyn as the new head of International Longshoremen Association allowing them control over the waterfront rackets at the Newark-Elizabeth Port
Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Located on the Newark Bay it serves as the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving New York-Newark metropolitan area, and the northeastern quadrant of North America...
. Federal agents received information on Manna's plan to have Gotti killed and informed him on the emerging danger.
In 1990, Manna was indicted for racketeering and conspiring to murder John and Gene Gotti. He received a life sentence and is currently imprisoned in the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey with a projected release date of February 20, 2056.
Fiumara and Coppola
In the mid-1970s Tino "the Greek" FiumaraTino Fiumara
Tino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
began representing many of the Genovese family's interests in New Jersey waterfront rackets and maintained a working relationship with Lucchese crime family
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The family originated in the early 1920s with Gaetano "Tommy" Reina serving as boss up until his murder...
Jersey faction
The Jersey Crew
The Jersey Crew is a powerful faction of the Lucchese crime family, that operates and controls illegal activities like drug trafficking, labor racketeering, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and murder, in the Northern New Jersey area....
boss/caporegime
Caporegime
A caporegime or capodecina, usually shortened to just a capo, is a term used in the Mafia for a high ranking made member of a crime family who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status and influence in the organization...
Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo
Anthony Accetturo
Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo is a former caporegime and leader of the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family The Jersey Crew.-Biography:...
. One of his biggest rivals was fellow Genovese family New Jersey capo John "Johnny D." DiGilio
John DiGilio
John Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
for control over the waterfront rackets.
In 1979 Fiumara was convicted of labor racketeering and federal extortion in Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He continued to hold power within New Jersey and influence over his crew by promoting soldier Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola
Mikey Coppola
Michael J. Coppola , also known as "Mikey Cigars", is an American mobster in the Genovese crime family. It is unknown if he is related to Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, who was also a member of the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction...
as acting capo. Coppola received orders from imprisoned Fiumara throughout the 1980s. When Fiumara was released from prison in 1994 he retook control over his crew and the New Jersey faction. The former faction leader Genovese Consigliere Louis "Bobby" Manna
Louis Manna
Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna , is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.-Genovese family:...
was imprisoned in 1989 for planning the murder of Gambino crime family
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
boss John Gotti
John Gotti
John Joseph Gotti, Jr was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti grew up in poverty. He and his brothers turned to a life of crime at an early age...
and his old rival John "Johnny D." DiGilio
John DiGilio
John Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
had been murdered. Fiumara's trusted acting capo Coppola was arrested on murder charges in 1996, which he decided to flee from and became a fugitive.
In the mid-1990s Fiumara began taking over of all the most lucrative rackets in New Jersey including the docks but in 2000, he was imprisoned for violating his parole
Parole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
. He decided to promote Lawrence A. Ricci
Lawrence Ricci
Lawrence A. Ricci was a reputed Genovese crime family caporegime.Officially a dairy products salesman, Ricci was allegedly a major mob figure. In 1979, Ricci was sentenced to prison for attempting to extort $4,800 from a Parsippany, New Jersey restaurant owner.In February 2005, Ricci was charged...
and Michael A. Borelli as co-acting capo to secure his rackets and protect his power. Ricci oversaw the crew's solid waste removal, trucking and waterfront rackets while Borelli controlled the illegal gambling, Teamster's Union and construction rackets. Fiumara was released from prison in 2005 and moved to Long Island, New York. In early 2005, his acting capo Ricci was indicted on labor racketeering charges along with two other members of the International Longshoremen’s Association. By October of that year Ricci went missing, it was not until November 31, 2005 when authorities found his body inside the trunk of a car outside a New Jersey diner.
On March 9, 2007 Mike Coppola was arrested after 11 years on the run as a fugitive. The FBI offered Coppola a deal to become an informant in their case against Fiumara. Coppola refused to testify aganist Fiumara in the murder trail of Lawrence Ricci and was sentenced on December 18, 2009 to 16 years.
Current status
Currently the Genovese crime familyGenovese crime family
The Genovese crime family , is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime...
maintains five crews in New Jersey, each overseen by a caporegime. As of the beginning of 2010, these caporegimes (or captains) were Tino Fiumara
Tino Fiumara
Tino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
(died of natural causes in 2010), Angelo Prisco
Angelo Prisco
Angelo Prisco , also known as "The Horn", is a New Jersey mobster who became a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.He stands at 5'7 and weighs 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray-black hair. With the 1988 murder of Genovese caporegime John DiGilio, Prisco assumed control of the Genovese family...
(currently serving life sentence in prison), Ludwig Bruschi, Joseph Gatto (died of natural causes in 2010) and Silvio DeVita. In addition, the family appoints one person as the boss of the New Jersey faction, who directly oversees and maintains the crews. Since the 1990s and up until his death in 2010, Fiumara had been in control. Fiumara's influence in New Jersey was so strong that the Genovese family was considering him as a candidate to take over as boss of the entire family. It is unknown yet who has taken over as boss of the New Jersey faction.
The Fiumara crew
Tino "the Greek" FiumaraTino Fiumara
Tino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
was the leader of the crew and the entire New Jersey faction for the Genovese family. He controlled unions from Newark/Elizabeth Seaport
Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal
Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is a major component of the Port of New York and New Jersey. Located on the Newark Bay it serves as the principal container ship facility for goods entering and leaving New York-Newark metropolitan area, and the northeastern quadrant of North America...
and had been involved in loansharking, extortion, gambling, union and labor racketeering throughout New Jersey counties of Union
Union County, New Jersey
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...
, Essex
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
and Bergen
Bergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
. Fiumara was using Stephen Depiro as acting capo to control and handle all of the illegal operations in the New Jersey piers and docks. On September 16, 2010, Fiumara died of natural causes and it is unknown who is now controlling the crew.
The Prisco crew
Angelo "The Horn" PriscoAngelo Prisco
Angelo Prisco , also known as "The Horn", is a New Jersey mobster who became a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.He stands at 5'7 and weighs 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray-black hair. With the 1988 murder of Genovese caporegime John DiGilio, Prisco assumed control of the Genovese family...
became a capo in the Genovese Jersey faction in the late 1980s after the murder of capo John "Johnny D." DiGilio
John DiGilio
John Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
. Prisco took control of the crew operating from Hudson county's
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County is the smallest county in New Jersey and one of the most densely populated in United States. It takes its name from the Hudson River, which creates part of its eastern border. Part of the New York metropolitan area, its county seat and largest city is Jersey City.- Municipalities...
Bayonne
Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. Located in the Gateway Region, Bayonne is a peninsula that is situated between Newark Bay to the west, the Kill van Kull to the south, and New York Bay to the east...
and Jersey City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
waterfronts, and maintained operations in New Jersey's Monmouth county
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
and Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. In early 1990s Prisco was ordered by Genovese family Boss Vincent Gigante
Vincent Gigante
Vincent Gigante was a short lived professional light heavyweight boxer who was known as "The Chin" Gigante. He fought 25 matches and lost four, boxing 121 rounds. On February 19, 1945, he fought Pete Petrello in Madison Square Garden and won by a knock out in the second round. During his successful...
to murder his cousin Angelo Sangiuolo. Prisco's cousin Sangiuolo, a Genovese family associate, was caught robbing from the Genovese family's gambling operations in the Bronx. In 1994 he was charged with racketeering and the murder of former capo John DiGilio. He pled guilty only to the arson charge in 1998 and sentenced to 12 years in prison. In 2002 Prisco was released from prison after his appeal was denied because the New Jersey State Attorney General's office requested his early release. Prisco was once again indicted in 2008 for the 1992 murder of Angelo Sangiuolo. In 2009 Prisco received life sentence, and is currently located at the United States Penitentiary I in Coleman, in Central Florida
Central Florida
Central Florida is a regional designation for the area surrounding Orlando in east central Florida, United States. The area represents the third largest population concentration in Florida, after the South Florida and Tampa Bay regions, respectively....
.
The Bruschi crew
Ludwig "Ninni" Bruschi was first identified by law enforcement as a bookmaker in the 1970s. He continued to operate gambling operations and by the 1990s had risen to the ranks of capo operating in South JerseySouth Jersey
South Jersey comprises the southern portions of the U.S. state of New Jersey between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. The designation is a colloquial one, reflecting not only geographical but perceived cultural differences from the northern part of the state, with no official...
counties of Ocean
Ocean County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...
, Monmouth
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
, Middlesex
Middlesex County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...
and North Jersey counties of Hudson
Hudson County, New Jersey
Hudson County is the smallest county in New Jersey and one of the most densely populated in United States. It takes its name from the Hudson River, which creates part of its eastern border. Part of the New York metropolitan area, its county seat and largest city is Jersey City.- Municipalities...
, Essex
Essex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
, Passaic
Passaic County, New Jersey
Passaic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 501,226. Its county seat is Paterson...
and Union
Union County, New Jersey
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...
counties. Bruschi rose to power with the New Jersey faction with the absence of Fiumara. Throughout the 1980s into the 1990s Tino Fiumara was imprisoned and Angelo Prisco
Angelo Prisco
Angelo Prisco , also known as "The Horn", is a New Jersey mobster who became a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.He stands at 5'7 and weighs 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray-black hair. With the 1988 murder of Genovese caporegime John DiGilio, Prisco assumed control of the Genovese family...
became the top New Jersey faction leader. Prisco was later imprisoned from 1994 until 2002, allowing Bruschi to gain more power within the faction. In June 2003 Bruschi was indicted for running a racketeering enterprise engaged in illegal gambling, loansharking and drug distribution. Bruschi was paroled from New Jersey State prison in April 2010.
The Gatto crew
The crew was led by capo Peter LaPlaca until the mid 1970s when Louis "Streaky" Gatto took over. Louis and his son Joseph Gatto Jr. led the crew operating in BergenBergen County, New Jersey
Bergen County is the most populous county of the state of New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 905,116. The county is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Hackensack...
and Passaic
Passaic County, New Jersey
Passaic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 501,226. Its county seat is Paterson...
counties in north New Jersey. They controlled large illegal gambling, loansharking and bookmaking rackets. The father and son duel used violence and fear to collect on these rackets. Insuring rivals would not take advantage of their illegal activities. In 1989, Gatto Sr. was indicted on two murder counts and received 65 years and his son Gatto Jr. was also indicted on racketeering charges and received 30 months.
Joseph "The Eagle" Gatto Jr. was released in 1993 and assumed control of his father's crew. He would expanded the crew's illegal gambling operations by introducing the use of pager
Pager
A pager is a simple personal telecommunications device for short messages. A one-way numeric pager can only receive a message consisting of a few digits, typically a phone number that the user is then requested to call...
s and cell phones. By 1999, Gatto Jr. was convicted on illegal gambling charges and took a peal deal where he admitted that he was a capo with the Genovese family. Gatto Jr. was released in 2003, but he was indicted in 2004 for running the Catalina Sports an offshore wire room in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
. The sports bar allegedly grossed $300,000 to $500,000 in profit per week. The conviction was overturned in 2005 the prosecutions tried again in 2008. Gatto Jr. died in April 2010 of natural causes and a free man. It is unknown who has taken over leading crew today.
The DeVita crew
After capo Andrew Gerardo retired in the 1990s the crew was taken over by Sicilian born Silvio P. DeVita. The crew operates mainly in Essex countyEssex County, New Jersey
Essex County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 783,969, ranking it third in the state after Bergen County and Middlesex County; Essex County's population has declined from 786,147 as of the bureau's...
, where DeVita runs illegal operations from illegal gambling, loansharking to insurance fraud, extorting construction sites and union racketeering. DeVita, a Sicilian born mobster, keeps strong family and criminal ties to Sicily. The crew may increase in size by recruiting more Sicilians ("Zips
Zips
Zips is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi...
") who share blood and marriage ties with him. DeVita was placed on the New Jersey State Casino Control Commission Exclusion List that bars him from any casino in that state.
Boss of the New Jersey faction
A Capo is chosen as the New Jersey faction leader. Many of the faction leaders have held top positions within the crime family while being the leader of the faction.- 1930s–1951 — Guarino "Willie" MorettiWillie MorettiGuarino "Willie" Moretti was an underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of family boss Frank Costello.-Life:...
– Underboss 1937-1951; murdered in 1951. - 1950s–1972 — Gerardo "Jerry" CatenaGerardo CatenaGerardo "Jerry" Catena was a New York mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big Mike" Miranda....
– Underboss 1957-72; imprisoned 1969-1976; retired to Boca Raton, Florida; died 2000. - 1970s–1978 — Anthony "Tony Pro" ProvenzanoAnthony ProvenzanoAnthony Provenzano also known as Tony Pro was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family of New York City...
– imprisoned 1978. - 1978–1989 — Louis "Bobby" MannaLouis MannaLouis Anthony "Bobby" Manna , is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.-Genovese family:...
– Consigliere 1981-1989; imprisoned received a life Sentence in 1990. - 1989–1994 — Angelo "The Horn" PriscoAngelo PriscoAngelo Prisco , also known as "The Horn", is a New Jersey mobster who became a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.He stands at 5'7 and weighs 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray-black hair. With the 1988 murder of Genovese caporegime John DiGilio, Prisco assumed control of the Genovese family...
– capo from 1980s-present - 1994–2010 — Tino "the Greek" FiumaraTino FiumaraTino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
– had been a capo since the 1970s; died 2010.- Acting 2003–2005 — Ludwig "Ninni" Bruschi
- Acting 2005–2008 — Anthony "Tony D." Palumbo
Members of the New Jersey faction
List of known members of the New Jersey faction (capos, soldiers and associates).Present members
- Ludwig "Ninni" Bruschi – capo 1990s-present
- Michael Crincoli – soldier; released from prison on July 12, 2010
- Lawrence "Little Larry" DenticoLawrence DenticoLawrence Dentico , also known as "Larry Fab","Little Larry" and "The Little Guy", is a New Jersey mobster who is a former captain and consigliere for the Genovese crime family....
– soldier; released from prison on May 12, 2009 - Stephen Depiro – acting capo 2005–present
- Silvio P. DeVita – capo 1990s-present
- Anthony "Tony D." Palumbo – acting capo, former acting faction boss; arrested in 2010 on racketeering and murder charges.
Imprisoned members
- Michael "Mikey Cigars" CoppolaMikey CoppolaMichael J. Coppola , also known as "Mikey Cigars", is an American mobster in the Genovese crime family. It is unknown if he is related to Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, who was also a member of the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction...
– acting capo in 1980s; in 2009 was imprisoned and sentenced to 16 years. - Angelo "The Horn" PriscoAngelo PriscoAngelo Prisco , also known as "The Horn", is a New Jersey mobster who became a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.He stands at 5'7 and weighs 165 pounds with brown eyes and gray-black hair. With the 1988 murder of Genovese caporegime John DiGilio, Prisco assumed control of the Genovese family...
– capo from 1980s-present; received a life sentence on August 18, 2009.
Past members
- Ruggiero "Richie the Boot" Boiardo – capo from 1920s - until his death in 1984
- John "Johnny D." DiGilioJohn DiGilioJohn Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
– capo 1970s-until he was murdered in 1988 - Louis "Streaky" Gatto – capo in 1970s until his imprisonment in 1989 and received a 65 years sentence; died in 2002
- Joseph "The Eagle" Gatto Jr. – capo 1990s, until he died April 2010; he was the son of Louis Gatto
- Andrew N. Gerardo – capo early 1980s until he retired to Florida 1990s; continues to be a senior advisor for the crew.
- Peter LaPlaca – capos in 1950s, until he retired in the mid-1970s
- Lawrence A. RicciLawrence RicciLawrence A. Ricci was a reputed Genovese crime family caporegime.Officially a dairy products salesman, Ricci was allegedly a major mob figure. In 1979, Ricci was sentenced to prison for attempting to extort $4,800 from a Parsippany, New Jersey restaurant owner.In February 2005, Ricci was charged...
– a former acting capo. In 1979, Ricci and Tino Fiumara were convicted of trying to extort a restaurant owner in Parsippany, New Jersey. In February 2005, Ricci was charged with extorting thousands of dollars from the International Longshoremen’s Association. On October 7, 2005, Ricci failed to show up in court, on November 7, 2005 the absent Ricci his two co-defendants were acquitted on all counts. On November 30, 2005, the police discovered Ricci body, he had been shot twice in the back and left inside of car trunk parked in Union, New JerseyUnion Township, Union County, New JerseyUnion is a Township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. In the 18th century, the area that is now Union was then called Connecticut Farms...
. - Anthony "Big Pussy" RussoAnthony Russo (mobster)Anthony Russo , aka Little Pussy, was an Italian-American Genovese crime family figure who was a reputed Boss of Monmouth County, New Jersey. He is also the supposed inspiration behind the fictional character Big Pussy Bonpensiero.Russo was a skilled cat burglar which is how he earned his nickname...
– murdered on April 26, 1979