| Founding location | Little Italy, Baltimore, Maryland, US |
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| Years active | 1920s - 1990 |
| Territory | Baltimore metropolitan area |
| Ethnicity | Italians andItalian-Americans as "made man", other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership(est.) | Around 10made members, Around 50 associates |
| Criminal activities | Gambling,extortion,prostitution,loan sharking,fraud,drug trafficking,murder andcorruption |
| Allies | Gambino crime family |
TheBaltimore Crew was an Italian-American organized-crime group that ultimately became a faction of theGambino crime family operating in theport city ofBaltimore, Maryland, from about 1900 until the 1990s. It was originally an independent organization, led by the D'Urso family until the Corbi takeover in the 1920s. In 1955,Vincent Mangano of the New York–based Gambino family moved in and installed Louis Morici as the reigningcaporegime over the area. The Corbi family acquiesced to the Gambino relationship, but maintained local leaders, simply answering to and accessing support from Morici and his New York Gambino connections. Throughout most of its existence, after 1920, "The Baltimore Cosca" was functionally headed by members of the Corbi family: Vito, and then his sons, Pasquale "Patsy" and Frank.
In the spring of 1923, Patsy Corbi was sentenced tolife imprisonment for the murder of local barber Frank Naples, a reputedCamorra member.[1][2] Antonio "Tony" Corbi went into hiding in 1923, and reportedly traveled to Mexico and Italy, attempting to evade charges for the murder of Belle Lemons.[3] He did not resurface publicly until the 1930s in Youngstown Ohio where he ran the Yo Hio Social Club.[4]
In 1966, Lou Morici stepped down from the role of capo due to ill health.[2] During this time, the crew was put under the management of the then-capoJoseph N. Gallo. Frank Corbi assumed the position of acting leader of the Baltimore operation, reporting directly to Gallo. Eventually, Corbi was promoted to official captain of the outfit.
By the 1980s most of the known membership had died or retired.[2]
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