Five FamiliesTerm Analysis Next Don The Five Families are New York City’s five major organized crime syndicates in the Italian-AmericanMafia. Their structure dates to 1931, when a Sicilian mob figure named Salvatore Maranzano formerly organized warring factions of Italian-American criminals into Five...
both a boss and an underboss and, under them, lieutenants (caporegime) and soldiers. Each family would respect the interests and territories of others, and disputes would be arbitrated. The system was adopted by theFive Familiesof New York City and by many other Italian mobs across the ...
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