Bufalino crime family

Italian-American Mafia crime family

Italian-American Mafia crime family

Criminal organization

Bufalino crime familyFounded| c. 1900; 125 years ago (1900)

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Founder| Stefano LaTorre
Named after| Russell Bufalino
Founding location| Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States
Years active| c. 1900–2008
Territory| Primarily Northeastern Pennsylvania (especially the counties of Lackawanna and Luzerne), with additional territory in the Southern Tier of New York, Central New York, New York City, Northern New Jersey and South Florida[1]
Ethnicity| Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)| 30–40 made members (1960s)[2]
Activities| Racketeering, counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, jewel theft, fraud, bid rigging, labor racketeering, narcotics trafficking, automobile theft, fencing of solen goods, pornography and murder[3]
Allies|

* Buffalo crime family
* Cleveland crime family
* Colombo crime family
* Detroit Partnership
* Genovese crime family
* Los Angeles crime family
* Patriarca crime family
* Philadelphia crime family
* Pittsburgh crime family
* Hells Angels MC[4]

Rivals| Various gangs in Northeastern Pennsylvania

The Bufalino crime family,[5] also known as the Pittston crime family,[6] the Pittston–Scranton crime family,[7] the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre crime family,[6] the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family,[8] the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia,[9][10] or the Scranton Mafia,[11] was an Italian-American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston.[12][13]

Based in Pennsylavnia's Coal Region, the family's power originated in labor racketeering within the coal industry, as well as the garment industry in Pittston and New York City, where the Bufalino family colluded with the Five Families of New York.[14][15][16] The family's namesake and longest-serving boss, Russell Bufalino, led the organization until his death in 1994.[15]

## History

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La Cosa Nostra (LCN) in Pittston originated in the 1880s, with one of the earliest known Sicilian Mafia members residing in the city being Stefano "Steven" La Torre, who settled in Pittston after immigrating from Montedoro in Sicily.[17] La Torre formed a group of Montedoresi criminals, which included Santo Volpe. Volpe took over as boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family after La Torre abdicated the position. Under Volpe's leadership, the family took control of local bootlegging, counterfeiting, Italian lottery, and "black hand" extortion rackets.[16]

Situated in the anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania,[14] the family infiltrated the area's coaling-mining companies as well as the United Mine Workers Union, the labor union that represented mine workers in contract negotiations with company management.[16] During the 1930s, Volpe became a member of the State Coal Commission, and members of his crime family gradually took control of coal companies and union locals. Volpe was later succeeded as boss by Giovanni "John" Sciandra, a partner in the Knox Coal Company of Luzerne County.[17] The family controlled a large territory in Northeastern Pennsylvania—which included Pittston, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Wyoming, Luzerne, Allentown, Hazleton, Bethlehem, Lancaster, and Easton—as well as Binghamton, Endicott, Endwell, Johnson City, and Auburn, in the Southern Tier of New York state.[7]

### Bufalino and Barbara hosting the Apalachin meeting

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After the death of boss John Sciandra in 1949, the family elected Rosario Alberto "Russell" Bufalino to become the new boss of the crime family.[18][19][20]

In November 1957, boss Russell Bufalino and Buffalo crime family caporegime Joseph Barbara held a national Cosa Nostra meeting at his Apalachin, New York estate. The meeting was preceded by the assassination of Albert Anastasia by a few weeks, as well as a smaller meeting at the New Jersey estate of Ruggiero Boiardo. The Apalachin meeting was attended by about 100 Mafia heads from the U.S., Italy and Cuba. A raid by New York State Police caught many heads of families or their deputies. Many other family heads and their deputies were suspected of being present by law enforcement but evaded detection and capture. All those apprehended were fined, up to $10,000 each, and given prison sentences ranging from three to five years, however, all the convictions were overturned on appeal in 1960.[21][22][23]

### Bufalino era

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Bufalino crime family chart in 1989

Russell Bufalino became a powerful Mafia boss.[24] He owned at least seven dress factories in the Pittston area and exercised complete control over the region's garment industry.[15] Bufalino also spearheaded the family's infiltration of the Garment District of New York City.[16] Additionally, the family became increasingly active in Central New York state and South Florida.[14][25] During the 1960s, the family had a membership of 30 or 40 "made men".[2]

The Bufalino family formed working relationships with other Mafia families as well as non-traditional organized crime groups such as outlaw motorcycle gangs. The family was permitted to maintain business interests in New York City by the Five Families.[14] The Bufalino family relied on a New York family for representation on the national Mafia Commission, and the Colombo crime family represented the organization for many years.[26] Additionally, the family maintained a close alliance with the Genovese crime family due to common interests in New York City and northern New Jersey.[27]

After Bufalino was imprisoned in the late 1970s on extortion charges related to the collection of a debt, William "Big Billy" D'Elia became the family acting boss with the support from underboss Edward Sciandra. D'Elia was aided in running the family by captains Anthony Guarnieri, James David Osticco, and Phillip Medico, consigliere Remo Allio, as well as soldiers Angelo Bufalino, John Rizzo, Angelo Son, and Joseph Sperrazza.[28] Bufalino was released from prison in 1980 briefly after serving his sentence for extortion. Towards the end of 1981, Bufalino was again imprisoned after being found guilty of conspiring to kill Jack Napoli, a witness in his 1978 extortion trial. Bufalino learned the whereabouts of Napoli, then in the Witness Protection Program, and conspired with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Fratianno and another man he met in prison to murder Napoli. Fratianno turned government informant and testified against Bufalino at trial.[29] He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and released in 1989.

With the decline of Pennsylvania's coal industry, many of the Bufalino family's rackets became less lucrative. The membership of the family was also decimated during the 1980s by eight prosecutions, involving 24 members and associates, and eleven deaths.[14] The family ceased inducting new members in the late 1970s due to Bufalino's apparent reluctance to recruit, and the Commission later prohibited the Bufalino family from permitting new members or appointing a new boss. The Genovese and Gambino families were given permission to assume control of the Bufalino family's activities in New York.[17]

### D'Elia the last boss

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Russell Bufalino died on February 25, 1994, of natural causes near Pittston, Pennsylvania. William "Big Billy" D'Elia became the new boss of the Bufalino family after the death of Bufalino. D'Elia started his criminal career in the Bufalino family in the late 1960s as Bufalino's driver, after his late sister married the only son of capo James David Osticco. According to the Pennsylvania Crime Commission, D'Elia was placed in the crew of caporegime Phillip Medico. D'Elia advanced through the ranks of the organization rather quickly, due to the natural attrition of members and indictments in the 1980s and 1990s. He took over the crime family's solid waste rackets and oversaw the traditional Mafia rackets run by the members and associates of the family. D'Elia also attempted to replenish the aging ranks of the family, with limited success. As boss, D'Elia worked with the other crime families in New York City, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Southern Florida, and Los Angeles. In the 1990s, D'Elia was linked to a money laundering scheme involving numerous Northeastern Pennsylvania bookmakers, escort services, corrupt politicians, and associates of Russian organized crime. D'Elia was closely aligned with the Philadelphia crime family.[30] When Philadelphia crime family boss John Stanfa was imprisoned, D'Elia was one of Stanfa's choices as interim caretaker of the family.[31]

On May 31, 2001, agents from the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS, US Postal Inspectors, and Pennsylvania State Police executed search warrants at the homes of D'Elia, his mistress Jeanie Stanton, Thomas Joseph, and Marranca, who has been identified as an informant working for the FBI and the Pennsylvania State Police. Marranca also testified on behalf of authorities against Louis DeNaples in front of the Fourth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, in regards to DeNaples' mob ties and his ownership of the Mount Airy Casino.[32] On February 26, 2003, D'Elia was banned from entering any Atlantic City, New Jersey, casinos by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement,[33] based on information shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania Crime Commission.[34]

On May 31, 2006, D'Elia was indicted on federal charges of laundering $600,000 in illegal drug proceeds obtained from a Florida-based associate of the Bufalino crime family among others, including Lucchese family associate Phillip "Fipper" Forgione. While D'Elia was free on bail, he solicited a U.S. Customs Agency informant to murder a witness in the case and was remanded to prison until his eventual guilty plea and sentencing.[35][36] In March 2008, D'Elia pleaded guilty to witness tampering and money laundering.[35] He was sentenced to nine years in prison.[35] D'Elia cooperated with the government and testified against Louis DeNaples, the owner of Mount Airy Casino Resort in the Pocono Mountains. In 2010, D'Elia got two years dropped from his sentence for his assisting the government's investigation against DeNaples.[37]

### Status

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In 2011, author Dave Janoski interviewed former Pennsylvania Crime Commission investigator James Kanavy who asserted that there is no longer a standalone family in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and that any remnants of the Mafia family would be aligned with the New York families.[38][39]

## Historical leadership

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### Boss (official and acting)

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* 1900–1905: Tommaso Petto — killed[40][12]
* 1905–1908: Stefano LaTorre — stepped down[12]
* 1908–1933: Santo Volpe[6] — retired in 1933[12][13]
* 1933–1949: Giovanni "John" Sciandra[6] — died of natural causes in 1949. There is a common misconception he was murdered in 1940, but newspaper articles confirm he died of natural causes in 1949.[6][12][13]
* 1949–1994: Rosario Alberto "Russell" Bufalino[24][12][13] — imprisoned from 1978 to 1989; retired, he died on February 25, 1994[5]
* Acting 1978–1994: William "Big Billy" D'Elia[5] — became boss
* 1994–2008: William "Big Billy" D'Elia[12][13] — in 2006 he was indicted on money laundering charges, in 2008 he pleaded guilty and testified in front of a grand jury for leniency.[35][41][42]

## Former family members

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* Frank Cannone – former soldier, deceased, he ran a bookmaking operation in Binghamton, New York.[5]
* Anthony Dominic "Cy" Ciotti – former soldier. Ciotti was born in Erie, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1928 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard.[43] He operated a large narcotics trafficking ring.[44] In May 1983, Ciotti jumped bail and failed to surrender to authorities after he was sentenced in Pittsburgh to fifteen years in federal prison for conspiracy to import and distribute synthetic heroin, marijuana and cocaine. He was added to the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list and was apprehended at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan, New York on March 24, 1985.[45] He was released from federal custody on November 22, 1991.[46] Ciotti died on July 2, 2021, at the age of 92.[47]
* Anthony "the Bone" Cozzone \- served as bookmaker and accountant during 1950s. He died in 2002.[citation needed]
* Anthony F. Guarnieri – former caporegime,[5] died in 1992.
* John Krasner – former associate. Krasner was a pornographer based in Allentown, Pennsylvania who was closely affiliated with Russell Bufalino. According to a 1977 Justice Department report, he controlled "the majority of the pornographic business in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, southern New York state and New Jersey".[48] Krasner had an arrest record beginning in 1944 and was convicted of obscenity charges on at least five occasions, including twice in 1972, in June 1973, and in February 1975.[49][50] He was involved in a dispute with his business partner, Allen C. Morrow, over control of the pornography empire they built together, during which several adult bookstores were bombed.[51] Krasner paid a contract killer $10,000 to murder Morrow. The hitman informed Morrow of the murder contract and offered to kill Krasner, but Morrow instead alerted authorities. Krasner was convicted of the murder plot in 1977 and was subsequently released on appeal bond.[50][52] In 1978, Krasner was arrested after allegedly assaulting a clergyman who was picketing one of his porn shops, but charges were later dismissed.[50] On February 5, 1979, he was shot and killed aged 53 by Solomon Webb in a motel parking lot during an attempted robbery while on vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[50] Webb was convicted of first-degree murder.[53] Krasner's pornography empire was inherited by his wife and children.[48][51]
* Anthony J. Mosco – former soldier, he was active in Binghamton, New York[5] Mosco served 17 years in federal prison for racketeering along with capo Anthony "Guv" Guarnieri and other family members and associates. He currently resides in Arizona and Florida and has been seen visiting with family members and associates in the Pittston area in recent years.
* Joseph Nicholas Muruca – former associate. Muruca was born in Endicott, New York and operated a bookmaking operation in Binghamton, New York.[54] After he attempted to become independent of the Bufalino family, Muruca was lured to a barn in Agawam, Massachusetts on August 11, 1981, where he was shot five times by members of the Springfield faction of the Genovese family, on the orders of Anthony Guarnieri. He survived the shooting.[55] Muruca later became a government witness after he was convicted of drug dealing.[27] Genovese associate John "Jake" Nettis was convicted of Maruca's shooting, while Adolfo Bruno was acquitted.[25]
* James "Dave" Osticco – served as underboss to Russell Bufalino.[5] Died in 1990.
* Angelo Polizzi – served as consigliere to Giovanni Sciandra.[6] He moved to Detroit and started the Polizzi line of L.C.N. figures in the Detroit area.
* David Rosen – former associate. Rosen was an associate of Russell Bufalino and testified before a U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee in Washington, D. C. that he and Bufalino were involved in the distribution of pornographic films together. Bufalino also helped Rosen with labor problems he was experiencing at his newspaper distribution company in New York City.[54]
* Angelo Sciandra – former soldier. He was the son of Edward Sciandra. He died in 1987.[17]
* Edward "Eddie the Conductor" Sciandra – served as consigliere to Russell Bufalino.[5][12][13] imprisoned 1981–1982; was close with Anthony Guarnieri and William D'Elia[5] Died in 2003.
* Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran – former associate and right-hand man to Russell Bufalino. He was indicted in July 1980 with six others on labor racketeering charges, and on October 31, 1980, he was convicted and sentenced to a 32 year prison term, he served 13 years and was released in 1993. He died at age 83 on December 14, 2003. [56]
* Angelo Son – former soldier. Son died of natural causes in June 1981.[54]

## See also

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* Crime in Pennsylvania
* List of Italian Mafia crime families

## References

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1. ^
* Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: A Decade of Change p. 137 (March 30, 1991) Archived June 7, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
* Tale of botched mob execution unfolds at Springfield trial Hartford Courant (May 17, 1993) Archived January 8, 2025, at the Wayback Machine
* Federal judge in Albany took on 'Irishman' mob — and won Robert Gavin, CT Insider (December 30, 2019) Archived January 8, 2025, at archive.today
* The Pittston-Scranton Family Button Guys of the New York Mafia
2. ^ a b The Irishman: Real Life Gangsters From Philly and New York Tony Sokol, Den of Geek (November 29, 2019) Archived November 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
3. ^
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4. ^ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs USA Overview p. 13 United States Department of Justice (May 1991) Archived May 26, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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6. ^ a b c d e f Devico, Peter J. The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra pp. 188–189
7. ^ a b The Pittston-Scranton Family Button Guys of the New York Mafia
8. ^ Abadinsky, Howard (2016). Organized Crime. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781305633711.
9. ^ Birkbeck, Matt (2013). The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino. Penguin. ISBN 9781101618264.
10. ^ Ecenbarger, William (2012). Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.6 Million Kickback Scheme. New Press. ISBN 9781595587978.
11. ^ Martinelli, Patricia A. (2008). True Crime: Pennsylvania: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811741699.
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13. ^ a b c d e f 26 Family Cities "Northeast PA" Archived December 14, 2004, at the Wayback Machine by Mario Machi Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com
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15. ^ a b c Profiling the low-profile godfather, Russell Bufalino Times Leader (July 31, 2019) Archived January 20, 2025, at archive.today
16. ^ a b c d The Barbara-Bufalino Family Leadership Chart Lisa Babick and The Other Guy, Button Guys of the New York Mafia
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22. ^ United States of America, Appellee v. Russell Bufalino et..
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29. ^ "Laborers local 1058 (Pittsburgh) Order and Memorandum imposing supervision in lieu of trusteeship". Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
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32. ^ "1985 Report" Pennsylvania Crime Commission
33. ^ William D'Elia – N.J. Excluded Person "William D'Elia" Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine New Jersey Excluded Person
34. ^ William D'Elia pleads guilty in Scranton (March 28, 2008) Pennlive.com
35. ^ a b c d "Reputed mobster gets 9 years in prison" Archived 2013-01-28 at archive.today (November 24, 2008) MafiaToday.com
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## Further reading

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* George Anastasia. The Goodfella Tapes (Avon, 1998). ISBN 0-380-79637-6.
* Charles Brandt .I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and the Inside Story of the Mafia, the Teamsters, and the Final Ride of Jimmy Hoffa (Steerforth, 2004). ISBN 1-58642-077-1.
* Matt Birkbeck. The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino (Berkley/Penguin, 2013). ISBN 978-0-425-26685-4

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Bosses|

* Tomasso Petto
* Steven La Torre
* John Sciandra
* Russell Bufalino
* William D'Elia

Past members|

| Made men|

* Edward Sciandra

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Associates|

* Frank Sheeran

Family events|

* Apalachin meeting

Relation to other groups|

| Allies|

* Buffalo family
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Colombo|

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Gambino|

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| Meetings|

* Atlantic City Conference (1929)
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* Apalachin meeting (1957)
* Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

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Hearings|

* Kefauver Committee (1950–1951)
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* Philadelphia Greek Mob
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* Siderno Group
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* Broadway Mob
* Bugs and Meyer Mob
* Bumpy Johnson gang
* New York Camorra
* The Corporation
* The Council
* Dutch Schultz Mob
* East Harlem Purple Gang
* Five Points Gang
* Forty-Two Gang
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* Maceo Organization
* Marat Balagula gang
* Murder, Inc.
* National Crime Syndicate
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* Unione Corse
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* Winter Hill Gang

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* Collaborations between the United States government and Italian Mafia
* Operation Family Secrets
* Operation Old Bridge
* Operation Solare
* Operation Underworld
* Operation Wasteland

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Crimes|

* French Connection
* Hired Truck Program
* Lufthansa heist
* Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
* Rochester bombings

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* Four Corner Hustlers
* Fruit Belt Gang
* Gangster Disciples
* OutLaw Gangster Disciples
* Hidden Valley Kings
* KUMI 415
* Lenox Street Boys
* LRGP
* Lucerne Street Doggz
* Metz Gang
* Miami Boys
* Mickey Cobras
* Orchard Park Trailblazers
* Savage Nomads
* Schuele Boys
* Somali Outlaws
* Supreme Team
* Vice Lord Nation
* Westmob
* Young Boys Inc.

East and
Southeast Asian|

* Asian Boyz (Southeast Asian)
* Bahala Na Gang (Filipino)
* Born To Kill (Vietnamese)
* Fullerton Boys (Korean)
* Menace of Destruction (Hmong)
* Satanas (Filipino)
* Tiny Rascal Gang (primarily Cambodian)
* Tokyo Boyz (Japanese)
* Yakuza (Japanese)

Chinese and
Chinese-American|

* Bamboo Union
* Big Circle Gang
* Black Dragons
* Chung Ching Yee
* Flying Dragons
* Four Seas Gang
* Fujianese organized crime
* Snakeheads
* Ghost Shadows
* Jackson Street Boys
* Ping On
* Tongs
* Bing Kong
* Four Brothers
* Hip Sing
* Hop Sing
* On Leong
* Suey Sing
* Ying On
* Triads
* 14K
* Sun Yee On
* Wo Hop To
* Wah Ching
* White Tigers

Hispanic and
Latin American|

* 10th Street Gang (primarily Hispanic, also African-Americans)
* 7th Street Gang
* Almighty Saints (primarily Hispanic, also Whites)
* Barrio Azteca (Mexican)
* The Corporation (Cuban)
* Dominicans Don't Play
* Fresno Bulldogs (Mexican)
* Ghetto Brothers
* Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos (primarily Mexican)
* Jheri Curls (Dominican)
* La Raza Nation (Mexican)
* Latin Counts (Mexican)
* Latin Eagles
* Latin Kings (Mexican / Puerto Rican)
* Maniac Latin Disciples
* Marielitos (Cuban)
* Mexican Mafia
* Mexikanemi
* MS-13 (Central American)
* Ñetas (Puerto Rican)
* Norteños (Mexican)
* Nuestra Familia (Mexican)
* Puro Tango Blast (Mexican)
* Savage Skulls
* Los Solidos
* Spanish Cobras
* Spanish Gangster Disciples
* Sureños (Mexican)
* 18th Street gang
* 38th Street gang
* Avenues
* Azusa 13
* Barriox13
* Culver City Boys
* El Monte Flores
* Florencia 13
* Logan Heights Gang
* OVS
* Playboys
* Puente 13
* Santa Monica 13
* Toonerville Rifa 13
* Varrio Nuevo Estrada
* Venice 13
* Vineland Boys
* Westside Locos
* White Fence
* Temple Street
* Texas Syndicate (primarily Mexican)
* Tren de Aragua (Venezuelan)
* Trinitarios (Dominican)
* Vatos Locos
* Young Lords

White American|

* Chicago Gaylords
* Dead Man Incorporated
* Dixie Mafia
* State Line Mob
* Popes
* Simon City Royals (primarily White, also Hispanics)

European-American|

* Albanian mafia
* Albanian Boys
* Rudaj Organization
* Greek mafia
* Philadelphia Greek Mob
* Velentzas crime family
* Polish Mob
* Russian mafia
* Serbian mafia

Irish-American|

* Irish Mob
* Charlestown Mob
* Egan's Rats
* Gustin Gang
* Hogan Gang
* K&A Gang
* Mullen Gang
* North Side Gang
* Westies
* White Hand Gang
* Winter Hill Gang

Italian and
Italian-American|

* American Mafia
* Bufalino crime family
* Buffalo crime family
* Chicago Outfit
* Cleveland crime family
* Colorado crime family
* D'Aquila crime family
* Dallas crime family
* DeCavalcante crime family
* Detroit Partnership
* Five Families (New York City)
* Genna crime family
* Kansas City crime family
* Los Angeles crime family
* Lucchese crime family
* Milwaukee crime family
* Morello crime family
* New Orleans crime family
* Patriarca crime family
* Philadelphia crime family
* Pittsburgh crime family
* Rochester crime family
* San Francisco crime family
* San Jose crime family
* Seattle crime family
* St. Louis crime family
* Trafficante crime family
* 10th & Oregon Crew
* Broadway Mob
* Camorra
* New York City
* East Harlem Purple Gang
* Jousters
* Murder, Inc.
* 'Ndrangheta
* New Springville Boys
* Sicilian Mafia
* South Brooklyn Boys
* Tanglewood Boys

Jewish-American|

* Jewish Mob
* Bugs and Meyer Mob
* Eastman Gang
* Lenox Avenue Gang
* Murder, Inc.
* Odesa mafia
* The Purple Gang
* Yiddish Black Hand
* Zwi Migdal
* Israeli mafia
* Abergil crime family
* New York divorce coercion gang

Polynesian and
Native American|

* The Company
* Native Mob
* Red Skin Kingz
* Sons of Samoa
* Tongan Crip Gang

West and South Asian|

* Armenian Power
* Chaldean mafia
* Independent Soldiers
* Israeli mafia
* Punjabi mafia
* Turkish mafia
* VVT (Tamil)

West African|

* Cape Verdean organized crime
* Nigerian mafia

Outlaw motorcycle gangs|

* Bandidos
* Breed
* Brother Speed
* Devils Diciples
* Diablos
* Dirty Dozen
* El Forastero
* Free Souls
* Galloping Goose
* Grim Reapers
* Gypsy Jokers
* Hells Angels
* Red Devils
* Highwaymen
* Iron Horsemen
* Mongols
* Outlaws
* Black Pistons
* Pagans
* Sons of Satan
* Sons of Silence
* Vagos
* Warlocks (Florida)
* Warlocks (Pennsylvania)

White supremacist|

* 211 Crew
* Aryan Brotherhood
* Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
* Aryan Circle
* Aryan Nations
* Aryan Republican Army
* Atomwaffen Division
* Combat 18
* The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
* European Kindred
* Hammerskins
* Keystone United
* Lynwood Vikings
* Manson Family
* Nazi Lowriders
* The Order
* Public Enemy No. 1
* Soldiers of Aryan Culture
* Spook Hunters
* Universal Aryan Brotherhood
* Volksfront

See also
Gangs in the United States
List of gangs
Organized crime groups in the Americas
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