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A 6 page paper tracing the history of the Gambino crime family of New York, one of the most powerful of the five crime families of the past. With the death of John Gotti in 2002 and the conviction of his son in 1999 for racketeering, it appears that an era has passed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: CC6_KSgambino.rtf
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famous criminals of the past finally were "put away" on grounds of evading taxes on their ill-gotten gain not reported to the federal government for tax purposes. Members of
crime families typically (or stereotypically) have relatively short life expectancies, but in recent decades individuals have been living much longer. Thomas and Joseph Gambino were in their 60s when
they pled guilty to restraining competition in New York, paying multimillion dollar fines rather than going to jail with current family leader John Gotti, Jr.
The activities and apparently the role of the family has changed dramatically over the decades of the 20th century. It appears that the "Cosa Nostra" may have
outlived its usefulness to family members. History of the Family The Gambino family would not come to be called the Gambino family until
the late 1950s and early 1960s, after Carlo Gambino took the helm in 1957. The organized portion of the family was founded in 1931 by brothers Vincent and Philip
Mangano but it was Lucky Luciano who set the stage and put events into motion that would take Italian-heritage gangs, extend their reach and put them into organized crime: "Lucky
Luciano would bring the Mafia into the modern age, putting the group into organized crime. Out of the ruins of the Masseria and Maranzano gangs would emerge the Five Families
of New York" (Bruno, 2002). There were at least seven "Young Turks" associated with boss Giuseppe Joe the Boss Masseria, whose rival was
Salvatore Maranzano. In "the late 1920s, newly arrived immigrants from the Sicilian town Castellammare del Golfo challenged" (Bruno, 2002) Masserias control of the New York rackets. Masseria played
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