Timeline of organized crime
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This is a timeline of the history of organized crime.
Note: Sources included are Carl Sifakis's The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas P. Hunt's Mafia Chonology, John Dickie's Cosa Nostra history and The Chronological History of La Cosa Nostra in the United States: January 1920 - August 1987 compiled by the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
's Organized Crime Intelligence and Analysis Unit.
Note: Sources included are Carl Sifakis's The Mafia Encyclopedia, Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York and others. Online references also include Thomas P. Hunt's Mafia Chonology, John Dickie's Cosa Nostra history and The Chronological History of La Cosa Nostra in the United States: January 1920 - August 1987 compiled by the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
The U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division develops, enforces, and supervises the application of all federal criminal laws in the United States, except those specifically assigned to other divisions. Criminal Division attorneys prosecute many nationally significant cases and formulate and...
's Organized Crime Intelligence and Analysis Unit.
- 1870s: 18701870 in organized crime-Events:*January 1 - German immigrant John Merkle is beaten to death in front of his home by several members of the Tenth Avenue Gang. Patrick Fitzpatrick and James Strang are eventually arrested in connection with the murder and tried at the Jefferson Market Street Court on February 25.*January 5...
- 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 18761876 in organized crimeSee also:1875 in organized crime,other events of 1876,1877 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The NYPD launches its campaign against the river pirates and street gangs along the New York waterfront with the formation of the "Steamboat Squad".*Extortion...
- 1877 - 1878 - 1879 - 1880s: 18801880 in organized crimeSee also:1879 in organized crime,other events of 1880,1881 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*With resentment toward Europeans at an all time high, Chinese triads reach their peak numbering over 3,600 although many of the groups are limited to local villages or...
- 18811881 in organized crimeSee also:1880 in organized crime,other events of 1881,1882 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The Genyosha , an ultra-nationalist political organization is established by members of the Yakuza....
- 18821882 in organized crimeSee also:1881 in organized crime,other events of 1882,1883 in organized crime, and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Although various Triad-based groups had been in existence following the California Gold Rush, the first modern day Chinese-American Tongs are formed by Chinese...
- 18831883 in organized crimeSee also:1882 in organized crime,other events of 1883,1884 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*An Italian-American criminal organization known as the Favara Brotherhood is discovered to be operating in Sulphur County, Sicily.*Johnny Walsh is killed in a...
- 18841884 in organized crimeSee also:1883 in organized crime,other events of 1884,1885 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*"Yellow" Henry Stewart and three gang members are convicted of armed robbery and imprisoned...
- 18851885 in organized crimeSee also:1884 in organized crime,other events of 1885,1886 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*July 4 - John Kelly and John Clinton, members of the Whyos, are tried at Essex Market Street Court and convicted of assaulting Naty Glashiem and stealing his gold...
- 18861886 in organized crime-Events:*Former leader of the Yellow Henry Gang, "Yellow" Henry Stewart dies of malaria while serving a prison sentence for armed robbery.*Michael Hennessy, a cousin of New Orleans police chief David Hennessy, is murdered, possibly by a Black Hand assassin, in New Orleans, LA.*October 2 - After an...
- 18871887 in organized crime-Events:*Chinese triads the Big Sword Society and the Shangtung-based White Lotus Society are suspected of instigating attacks on Christian missionaries and foreigners...
- 18881888 in organized crimeSee also:1887 in organized crime,other events of 1888,1889 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Frank Lyons, a member of the Yellow Henry Gang, escapes from prison and reorganizes the gang before being recaptured later that year.*January 23 - Danny Driscoll,...
- 18891889 in organized crimeSee also:1888 in organized crime,other events of 1889,1890 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Births:*Gaetano Reina, Joe Masseria Capo*Louis Pioggi, "Louie the Lump", Five Points Gang memberAl Capone... - 1890s: 18901890 in organized crimeSee also:1889 in organized crime,other events of 1890,1891 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----China:*The Catholic Church in Lungshui of the Szechuan province is attacked by a mob of 30,000 people...
- 18911891 in organized crimeSee also:1890 in organized crime,other events of 1891,1892 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*March 14 - After the acquittal/mistrial of Charles Matranga and 8 of his associates in the murder of New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy, a lynch mob enters...
- 18921892 in organized crimeSee also:1891 in organized crime,other events of 1892,1893 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Births:*Joseph C...
- 18931893 in organized crimeSee also:1892 in organized crime,other events of 1893,1894 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Arts and literature:*If Christ Came To Chicago by William Thomas Stead-Births:...
- 18941894 in organized crimeSee also:1893 in organized crime,other events of 1894,1895 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*New York police lieutenant "Big Bill" William S. Devery is dismissed from the New York police force as head of the 11th Ward vice districts after the Lexow...
- 18951895 in organized crimeSee also:1894 in organized crime,other events of 1895,1896 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The first barrel murders are discovered in New York....
- 18961896 in organized crimeSee also: 1895 in organized crime, other events of 1896, 1897 in organized crime and the list of 'years in organized crime.-Events:*Jack Zelig joins Crazy Butch's juvenile street gang as a pickpocket....
- 18971897 in organized crimeSee also:1896 in organized crime,other events of 1897,1898 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 23 - Sum Yop Tong leader Fung Jing Toy, known as "Little Pete", is killed by Le-Lum Jung and Chew Tin Gop in San Francisco, California.-Births:*Jack Diamond...
- 18981898 in organized crimeSee also:1897 in organized crime,other events of 1898,1899 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Jefferson Randolph Smith, crime boss in Skagway, Alaska shot dead by Vigilantes.-Births:...
- 18991899 in organized crimeSee also:1898 in organized crime,other events of 1899,1900 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*A gang war breaks out between the Hip Sing and On Leong Tongs over illegal gambling in New York's Chinatown.... - 1900s: 19001900 in organized crimeSee also:1899 in organized crime,other events of 1900,1901 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Monk Eastman claims New York's East Side for the Eastman Gang, now numbering an estimated 1,100...
- 19011901 in organized crimeSee also:1900 in organized crime,other events of 1901,1902 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The Olympis Café, a dive bar in Chicago's Whiskey Row vice district, is opened by Sime Tuckhorn and quickly becomes frequented by the city's white slavery...
- 19021902 in organized crimeSee also:1901 in organized crime,other events of 1902,1903 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Black Hand leader Giuseppe Morello is released from prison and begins counterfeiting operations to smuggle counterfeit $5 US dollar bills from Sicily into New...
- 19031903 in organized crimeSee also:1902 in organized crime,other events of 1903,1904 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*New York Secret Service Chief William J...
- 19041904 in organized crimeSee also:1903 in organized crime,other events of 1904,1905 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*The headquarters of the On Leong Merchant Association is moved to N.Y, New York....
- 19051905 in organized crimeSee also:1904 in organized crime,other events of 1905,1906 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Richie Fitzpatrick is killed by "Kid Twist" Max Zwerbach during peace negotiations between the two rival factions of the Eastman Gang...
- 19061906 in organized crimeSee also:1905 in organized crime,other events of 1906,1907 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Lupo the Wolf is arrested and charged with kidnapping Tony Bonzuffi, the son of an East Side banker and suspected Black Hand victim.*Paul Kelly's nightclub Little...
- 19071907 in organized crimeSee also:1906 in organized crime,other events of 1907,1908 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*A group of leading Italian citizens, prominent businessmen, several ethnic organizations, and the Italian Chamber of Commerce form the White Hand Society, a legal...
- 19081908 in organized crime-Events:*A gang war breaks out between Paul Kelly's Five Points Gang and "Kid Twist" Max Zwerbach's Eastman Gang.*By the end of the year Johnny Torrio's two dozen Brooklyn brothels earn over $5,000 a week....
- 19091909 in organized crimeSee also:1908 in organized crime,other events of 1909,1910 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Paul Di Christina , leader of the New Orleans Black Hand, is killed by an Italian grocer Pietro Pepitone during an extortion attempt in Pepitone's store... - 1910s: 19101910 in organized crimeSee also:1909 in organized crime,other events of 1910,1911 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Rival newspapers William Randolph Hearst's Chicago American and the Chicago Tribune extend contracts though Moses Annenberg to street gangs such as Ragen's Colts,...
- 19111911 in organized crimeSee also:1910 in organized crime,other events of 1911,1912 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Five Points Gang member James T. "Biff" Ellison is sentenced to Sing Sing Prison for the attempted murder of gang leader Paul Kelly. He dies several years later in an...
- 19121912 in organized crimeSee also:1911 in organized crime,other events of 1912,1913 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Timothy "Big Tim" Sullivan, long time political boss of Tammany Hall, is committed to a sanitarium....
- 19131913 in organized crimeSee also:1912 in organized crime,other events of 1913,1914 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The White Hand Society disbands after police inaction and vigilantism in other Italian neighborhoods ends public support for the organization.*Timothy Sullivan...
- 19141914 in organized crimeSee also:1913 in organized crime,other events of 1914,1915 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*During his first year in office, NYPD Police Commissioner Arthur Woods arrests more than 200 gangsters....
- 19151915 in organized crimeSee also:1914 in organized crime,other events of 1915,1916 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*United States...
- 19161916 in organized crimeSee also:1915 in organized crime,other events of 1916,1917 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Summer - New York Police break up the last of the Manhattan street gangs, including the Hudson Dusters, from The Battery to Spuyten Duyvil. Many of these former gang...
- 19171917 in organized crimeSee also:1916 in organized crime,other events of 1917,1918 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Former Five Points Gang members Nathan Kaplan and Johnny Spanish are released from prison...
- 19181918 in organized crimeSee also:1917 in organized crime,other events of 1918,1919 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Frankie Yale takes leadership of the Unione Siciliane after founder Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo is convicted of numerous charges ranging from extortion to murder.*Black...
- 19191919 in organized crimeSee also:1918 in organized crime,other events of 1919,1920 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Cleveland Black Hand leader Rosario Borgio along with Paul Chiavaro, Vito Mezzano, and Lorenzo Biondo are convicted of the murder of several Akron police officers... - 1920s: 19201920 in organized crimeSee also:1919 in organized crime,other events of 1920,1921 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Paddy "the Bear" Ryan, successor of Red Bolton as leader of the Valley Gang, is killed by Walter "The Runt" Quinlan....
- 19211921 in organized crimeSee also:1920 in organized crime,other events of 1921,1922 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Upon his election as Governor of Illinois, Lennington Small would issue over 1,000 pardons to Chicago criminals most notably Edward "Spike" O'Donnall during his seven...
- 19221922 in organized crimeSee also:1921 in organized crime,other events of 1922,1923 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*New Orleans crime family leader Carlo Matranga retires from the organization appointing Sylvestro "Sam" Carolla in his place.*Moses Annenberg purchases the Daily...
- 19231923 in organized crimeSee also:1922 in organized crime,other events of 1923,1924 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The Chicago Crime Commission releases its first published report of those "who are constantly in conflict with the law" naming over 28 underworld figures as public...
- 19241924 in organized crimeSee also:1923 in organized crime,other events of 1924,1925 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Peter Guardalabene is replaced by Joseph Amato as head of the Milwaukee crime family....
- 19251925 in organized crimeSee also:1924 in organized crime,other events of 1925,1926 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's campaign against the Sicilian Mafia causes many Sicilian mafiosi, organized by Don Vito Cascio Ferro, to flee Italy...
- 19261926 in organized crimeSee also:1925 in organized crime,other events of 1926,1927 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Sicilian Mafia Don Vito Cascio Ferro is arrested by Benito Mussolini and imprisoned...
- 19271927 in organized crimeSee also:1926 in organized crime,other events of 1927,1928 in organized crime, and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Al Capone's Chicago Outfit earns a yearly income of $108 million....
- 19281928 in organized crimeSee also:1927 in organized crime,other events of 1928,1929 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in organized crime'.-----Events:*Louis R...
- 19291929 in organized crimeSee also:1928 in organized crime,other events of 1929,1930 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Mobster Antonino "Tony," "Joe Batters" Accardo becomes head enforcer for Al Capone's "Chicago Outfit".... - 1930s: 19301930 in organized crimeSee also:1929 in organized crime,other events of 1930,1931 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*In a prelude to the Castel lammares War in New York City, New York mob boss Joe Masseria attempts to mediate a dispute between Chicago gangsters Al Capone and Joe...
- 19311931 in organized crime-Events:*The Commission is developed in The Atlantic City hotel by "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and The Five Families*The Castellammarese War continues as mob boss Joe Masseria offers to negotiate with his rival, Salvatore Maranzano. Maranzano and the Castellammarese faction refuse to end the...
- 19321932 in organized crimeSee also:1931 in organized crime,other events of 1932,1933 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Chicago Outfit mob boss Alphonse "Al," "Scarface" Capone is sent to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after his 1931 conviction for tax evasion. Francesco "Frank 'The...
- 19331933 in organized crimeSee also:1932 in organized crime,other events of 1933,1934 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Reform Mayor Fiorello La Guardia is elected mayor of New York City....
- 19341934 in organized crimeSee also:1933 in organized crime,other events of 1934,1935 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Phil D'Andrea is elected president of the Unione Siciliana, a Sicilian fraternal organization, in Chicago....
- 19351935 in organized crimeSee also:1934 in organized crime,other events of 1935,1936 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Owney Madden, a mob leader and speakeasy owner, leaves New York City. Madden's departure follows several years of police surveillance after the shooting death of...
- 19361936 in organized crimeSee also:1935 in organized crime,other events of 1936,1937 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:* U.S. Attorney Thomas Dewey successfully prosecutes mobster Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Shapiro receives a two-year...
- 19371937 in organized crimeSee also:1936 in organized crime,other events of 1937,1938 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Ciro Terranova, former leader of the Morello crime family, is arrested for vagrancy in New York....
- 19381938 in organized crimeSee also:1937 in organized crime,other events of 1938,1939 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*John Ginnola of "Green Ones gang" of East St Louis-died age 40 of natural Causes....
- 19391939 in organized crimeSee also:1938 in organized crime,other events of 1939,1940 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*Cleveland, Ohio sportsman Arthur B... - 1940s: 19401940 in organized crimeSee also:1939 in organized crime,other events of 1940,1941 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*James J. Hines, the leader of Tammany Hall, the New York City Democratic organization, goes to prison for arranging political protection for Dutch Schultz's policy and...
- 19411941 in organized crimeSee also:1940 in organized crime,other events of 1941,1942 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*Syndicate hitman Charles "The Bug" Workman, a suspect in the murder of Dutch Schultz, is imprisoned....
- 19421942 in organized crimeSee also:1941 in organized crime,other events of 1942,1943 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*Following his release from prison, Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana becomes a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit and a personal advisor and primary enforcer for...
- 19431943 in organized crime-Events:*January 11 - Carlo Tresca, editor of the Socialist Italian-language newspaper Il Martello, is murdered in Manhattan after seeking political asylum in the United States...
- 19441944 in organized crimeSee also:1943 in organized crime,other events of 1944,1945 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*New York mobster Joe Adonis leaves Brooklyn eventually moving to Palisades Park, New Jersey....
- 19451945 in organized crimeSee also:1944 in organized crime,other events of 1945,1946 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*Vito Genovese, after living in Sicily for several years, returns to the United States. He is finally tried for the 1937 murder of Ferdinand Boccia and is acquitted...
- 19461946 in organized crimeSee also:1945 in organized crime,other events of 1946,1947 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Vincent Gigante retires from boxing and becomes involved in organized crime....
- 19471947 in organized crimeSee also:1946 in organized crime,other events of 1947,1948 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*New York gangster Albert Anastasia moves to Palisades Park, New Jersey, where he becomes an associate of Joe Adonis and meets regularly with other New Jersey...
- 19481948 in organized crimeSee also:1947 in organized crime,other events of 1948,1949 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Charles Gargotta, one of the "Five Iron Men" of Kansas City and a former associate of Charlie Binaggio and Johnny Lazia, is murdered.*Tommaso Buscetta becomes a made...
- 19491949 in organized crimeSee also:1948 in organized crime,other events of 1949,1950 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*September 16 - Philip "Little Farfel" Kavolick, a member of Meyer Lansky's syndicate organization, is murdered in Valley Stream, New York.*November 25 - Robert... - 1950s: 19501950 in organized crimeSee also:1949 in organized crime,other events of 1950,1951 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Boston mobster Philip Bruccola flees the country to escape indictment for tax evasion. Before leaving the U.S., he turns over his criminal operations to mobster...
- 19511951 in organized crimeSee also:1950 in organized crime,other events of 1951,1952 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*New York mobster Mickey Cohen, a rival of Los Angeles syndicate boss Jack Dragna, is convicted of income tax evasion....
- 19521952 in organized crimeSee also:1951 in organized crime,other events of 1952,1953 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Alfred Topliz, the Democratic leader of Manhattan's First Assembly and supposed associate of New York mobsters "Trigger" Mike Coppola and Frank Erickson, appears...
- 19531953 in organized crimeSee also:1952 in organized crime,other events of 1953,1954 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*New York mafiosi and boss of Gagliano-Lucchese Family, Gaetano Gagliano dies of natural causes and Gaetano Lucchese succeeds him as boss.*Kansas City mobster Joseph...
- 19541954 in organized crimeSee also:1953 in organized crime,other events of 1954,1955 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Facing a shortage of "soldiers" and other low level members, New York's Five Families begin actively recruiting members after a twenty-year hiatus.*Salvatore Bonanno,...
- 19551955 in organized crimeSee also:1954 in organized crime,other events of 1955,1956 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*In 1955, the bosses of the Acquasanta Mafia clan, Gaetano Galatolo and Nicola D’Alessandro were killed in a dispute over the protection rackets when the Palermo fruit...
- 19561956 in organized crimeSee also:1955 in organized crime,other events of 1956,1957 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Antonino "Tony," "Joe Batters" Accardo decides to retire from the Chicago Outfit and appoints Salvatore "Sam," "Mooney" Giancana to oversee day-to-day operations of...
- 19571957 in organized crimeSee also:1956 in organized crime,other events of 1957,1958 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The Mexican Mafia criminal group is created by Chicano gang members in the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California. *March - Teamster's Union President Dave...
- 19581958 in organized crimeSee also:1957 in organized crime,other events of 1958,1959 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Somewhere in 1958 the Sicilian Mafia composed its first Sicilian Mafia Commission. It was formed among Mafia families in the province of Palermo, which had the...
- 19591959 in organized crimeSee also:1958 in organized crime,other events of 1959,1960 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 1 - Syndicate casinos are seized by Fidel Castro government after Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees the country following the Cuban Revolution... - 1960s: 19601960 in organized crimeSee also:1959 in organized crime,other events of 1960,1961 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*April 7 – Johnny Dio is convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine....
- 19611961 in organized crimeSee also:1960 in organized crime,other events of 1961,1962 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*October 8 - Albert Agueci, French Connection heroin smuggler for the Buffalo crime family, is severely tortured and murdered...
- 19621962 in organized crimeSee also:1961 in organized crime,other events of 1962,1963 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Former leader of the Philadelphia crime family, Salvatore Sabella dies....
- 19631963 in organized crimeSee also:1962 in organized crime,other events of 1963,1964 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 17 - In the midst of the First Mafia War on Sicily, Mafia boss Salvatore La Barbera disappears....
- 19641964 in organized crimeSee also:1963 in organized crime,other events of 1964,1965 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*The long time civil war between the Sicilian mafiosi comes to an end as the bloody violence and savage warfare cause massive public opposition, many of whom breaking...
- 19651965 in organized crimeSee also:1964 in organized crime,other events of 1965,1966 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Conversations made by mobster Simone "Sam The Plumber" DeCavalcante and his Capo Louis LaRasso are monitored and recorded by federal agents.*Carlo Gambino learned...
- 19661966 in organized crimeSee also:1965 in organized crime,other events of 1966,1967 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Shortly after his release from federal prison, Chicago Outfit leader Sam Giancana is forced to leave the United States for Mexico as he is faced with additional...
- 19671967 in organized crimeSee also:1966 in organized crime,other events of 1967,1968 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*March - Federal authorities, helped by government informant Harold Konigsberg, discover a Mafia "graveyard" in New Jersey....
- 19681968 in organized crimeSee also:1967 in organized crime,other events of 1968,1969 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Gaspare Magaddino, syndicate gunman is killed in Brooklyn....
- 19691969 in organized crimeSee also:1968 in organized crime,other events of 1969,1970 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Sicily - Giuseppe "Pippo" Calo becomes head of the Porta Nuova, Palermo Clan.... - 1970s: 19701970 in organized crimeSee also:1969 in organized crime,other events of 1970,1971 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Sicilian Mafia Commission is reinstated. The Cupola disbanded in 1963 after the Ciaculli Massacre...
- 19711971 in organized crimeSee also:1970 in organized crime,other events of 1971,1972 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Luciano Leggio is once again captured and brought to trial by prosecutor Cesare Terranova, only this time on 9 counts of murder...
- 19721972 in organized crimeSee also:1971 in organized crime,other events of 1972,1973 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*St. Louis, Missouri, Mafia boss Tony Giordano is convicted of illegally skimming gambling proceeds from Aladdin Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with the Emprise...
- 19731973 in organized crimeSee also:1972 in organized crime,other events of 1973,1974 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*John F...
- 19741974 in organized crimeSee also:1973 in organized crime,other events of 1974,1975 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Luciano Leggio is brought to court a third time by prosecutor Cesare Terranova. This time for the murder of Michele Navarra, a crime Leggio had committed 16 years...
- 19751975 in organized crimeSee also:1974 in organized crime,other events of 1975,1976 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Antonio Milano, an operator of the syndicate controlled Brotherhood Loan Company and Underboss of the Cleveland Mafia, retires and succeeded by Leo "The Lips"...
- 19761976 in organized crimeSee also:1975 in organized crime,other events of 1976,1977 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*John Riggi succeeds Sam DeCavalcante as boss of the New Jersey crime family....
- 19771977 in organized crimeSee also:1976 in organized crime,other events of 1977,1978 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Pittston-based Bufalino crime family leader Russell Bufalino, one of the three dominant organized crime syndicates operating in Pennsylvania, is arrested and later...
- 19781978 in organized crimeSee also:1977 in organized crime,other events of 1978,1979 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.----- Events :*Paul Castellano forms a working partnership between the Gambino crime family and the Westies street gang of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen.*January 6 - Cleveland Crime...
- 19791979 in organized crimeSee also:1978 in organized crime,other events of 1979,1980 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*James Eppolito, a member of the Gambino crime family, is photographed with First Lady Rosalynn Carter in recognition for his charity work in Manhattan.*January 12 -... - 1980s: 19801980 in organized crimeSee also:1979 in organized crime,other events of 1980,1981 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January - Seven Rochester mobsters, including Frank D. Frassetto, are convicted in a federal court of racketeering crimes including several mob-related bombings...
- 19811981 in organized crime-Events:*January 31—John Stanfa, a Philadelphia crime family member and former driver of slain boss Angelo Bruno, is convicted in Federal District Court of lying to a grand jury investigating Bruno's murder.-Arts and literature:*American Pop...
- 19821982 in organized crimeSee also:1981 in organized crime,other events of 1982,1983 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Salvatore Ruggiero, a heroin trafficker and brother of Gambino crime family Capo Angelo Ruggiero, is killed in a plane crash.*Salvatore Lamberti, a Sicilian mafiosi,...
- 19831983 in organized crimeSee also:1982 in organized crime,other events of 1983,1984 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Sicilian mafioso Salvatore Contorno begins anonymously writing letters to the police with information on the mafia...
- 19841984 in organized crimeSee also:1983 in organized crime,other events of 1984,1985 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Porta Nuova Clan Capo Don Giuseppe "Pippo" Calo organizes the bombing of a train near Naples killing 16 people and injuring 200 more. The plan was to divert the...
- 19851985 in organized crimeSee also:1984 in organized crime,other events of 1985,1986 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Sicilian Capo of the Porta Nuova Clan Giuseppe "Pippo" Calo is arrested for money laundering, mafia association and organizing the bombing of a train in...
- 19861986 in organized crimeSee also:1985 in organized crime,other events of 1986,1987 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*According the government reports, it is estimated there are 2,500 members of the "La Cosa Nostra" and thousands of associate members...
- 19871987 in organized crimeSee also:1986 in organized crime,other events of 1987,1988 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.- Events :*January - Commission Case The Bosses of the 5 New York Families - The Commission - are sentenced. All 8 defendants return to court to hear Judge Richard Owen hand down...
- 19881988 in organized crimeSee also:1987 in organized crime,other events of 1988,1989 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Genovese crime family member Vincent "Vinnie" DiNapoli, then considered by federal authorities to be the tenth most influential U.S...
- 19891989 in organized crimeSee also:1988 in organized crime,other events of 1989,1990 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*As of 1989, only 60 of the 360 convicted defendants from the 1986 Maxi Trial in Sicily remain imprisoned.... - 1990s: 19901990 in organized crimeSee also:1989 in organized crime,other events of 1990,1991 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:December 11, 1990-FBI arrests Gambino Family Boss John Gotti, Underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull Gravano" and Consigliere Frankie Locasio on Racketeering...
- 19911991 in organized crimeSee also:1990 in organized crime,other events of 1991,1992 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*April 13 - Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home....
- 19921992 in organized crimeSee also:1991 in organized crime,other events of 1992,1993 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Massachusetts mafia captain Vincent M...
- 19931993 in organized crimeSee also:1992 in organized crime,other events of 1993,1994 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*Philadelphia mobster Gaetano "Tommy Horsehead" Scafidi, Jr. is shot at in his car by two men in skimasks....
- 19941994 in organized crimeSee also:1993 in organized crime,other events of 1994,1995 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Arts and literature:*John H...
- 19951995 in organized crimeSee also:1994 in organized crime,other events of 1995,1996 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Arts and literature:*American Tabloid by James Ellroy*Excellent Cadavers by Alexander Stille...
- 19961996 in organized crimeSee also:1995 in organized crime,other events of 1996,1997 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*December 7 - Philadelphia crime family captain Joseph Sodano, based out of Newark, New Jersey, was shot to death for hiding money from the administration.-Arts and...
- 19971997 in organized crimeSee also:1996 in organized crime,other events of 1997,1998 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 7 – "Fat" Herbie Blitzstein was shot to death inside his Las Vegas townhouse....
- 19981998 in organized crimeSee also:1997 in organized crime,other events of 1998,1999 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 22 - Gambino crime family acting boss John Gotti, Jr., and 22 other associates were indicted on federal racketeering charges...
- 19991999 in organized crimeSee also:1998 in organized crime,other events of 1999,2000 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*FBI surveillance captures footage of Las Vegas strip club owner Rick Rizzolo, in Chicago, discussing gambling and construction "interests" with Joseph "Joe the... - 2000s: 20002000 in organized crimeSee also:1999 in organized crime,other events of 2000,2001 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*August 23 - Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo, longtime head of the Lucchese crime family, dies in prison after serving 13 years of a life imprisonment sentence.*September...
- 20012001 in organized crimeSee also:2000 in organized crime,other events of 2001,2002 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*April 5 - Bonanno crime family consigliere Anthony Spero was convicted of racketeering and ordering the murders of Louis Tuzzio, Paul Gulino and Vincent Bickelman...
- 20022002 in organized crimeSee also:2001 in organized crime,other events of 2002,2003 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*A rift within the Sicilian Cosa Nostra becomes clear...
- 20032003 in organized crimeSee also:2002 in organized crime,other events of 2003,2004 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-Events:*August 11 - Susumu Kajiyama, a former senior member of a yakuza gang affiliated with the Yamaguchi-gumi, who was dubbed the "loan shark kingpin", was arrested in Japan...
- 20042004 in organized crimeSee also:2003 in organized crime,other events of 2004,2005 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*2004 reports show incarcerated Sicilian mafia boss Salvatore Riina had two heart attacks in May and December of 2003....
- 20052005 in organized crimeSee also:2004 in organized crime,other events of 2005,2006 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----Events:*January 25 - Police raid various homes in Sicily and arrest forty-six Mafia suspects believed to be helping Bernardo Provenzano elude the authorities...
- 20062006 in organized crimeSee also:2005 in organized crime,other events of 2006,2007 in organized crime and thelist of 'years in Organized Crime'.-----January:* January 13 - Ranking Chicago Outfit member, Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, is arrested by FBI agents in Elmwood Park, Illinois.* January 8 - Carmen Milano,...
- 20072007 in organized crimeSee also: 2006 in organized crime, other events of 2007, 2008 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.-January:*January - Mexico sends troops to combat violence between drugs cartels in Tijuana. -February:...
- 20082008 in organized crimeSee also: 2007 in organized crime, Timeline of the Mexican Drug War, 2009 in organized crime and the list of years in organized crime.-January:*January 15 - Italian police 'smash' a Nigerian criminal gang involved in human trafficking, sex trafficking and the illegal drug trade...
- 20092009 in organized crimeSee also: 2008 in organized crime, 2010 in organized crime, Timeline of the Mexican Drug War, and the list of years in organized crime.-January:... - 2010s: 20102010 in organized crimeAround the world are countless groupings of individuals who deal exclusively or through a mix of legitimate and illegal activities. These Organized crime groups or criminal organizations are a transnational grouping of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in...