This is a list of Italian organized crime groups around the world. Some of these organizations are not linked or affiliated in any way with theCosa Nostra, theCamorra or the'Ndrangheta, but are independent criminal groups created by Italian immigrants in other countries.
According to the 2004 New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, there were 24 activeMafia families in the United States.[2] In 2004, author Thomas Milhorn reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States.[3]
Las Vegas is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city'scasinos. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles family, theFive Families of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in theLas Vegas Strip.
In Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crimeCosa Nostra (Sicilian) and'Ndrangheta (Calabrian).[20] In the 2018 book,The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America.[21]
Commisso, led by Cosimo Commisso, of Toronto, Ontario
Coluccio led by Antonio Coluccio, of Richmond Hill, Ontario
Tavernese, led by Vincenzo Tavernese, of Thornhill, Ontario
DeMaria, led by Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria, of Mississauga, Ontario
Figliomeni, led by Cosimo Figliomeni, of Vaughan, Ontario
Ruso, led by Domenic Ruso, of Brampton, Ontario
Carmine Verduci was also linked with the 'Ndrangheta group.[24] Leaders are based both inCalabria, Italy and Ontario.[25] The Siderno clans are part of theCommisso 'ndrina a crime family based in Calabria.[20]
During a 2018 criminal trial, an Italian police expert testified that the 'Ndrangheta operated in the Greater Toronto Area and inThunder Bay particularly in drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking, theft of public funds, robbery, fraud, electoral crimes and crimes of violence. After the trial, Tom Andreopoulos, deputy chief federal prosecutor, said that this was the first time in Canada that the 'Ndrangheta was targeted as an organized crime group since 1997, when the Criminal Code was amended to include the offence of criminal organization.[26] He offered this comment about the organization:[27]
We're talking about structured organized crime. We're talking about a political entity, almost; a culture of crime that colonizes across the sea from Italy to Canada. This is one of the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world.
In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime:Cosa Nostra and'Ndrangheta. While Canadian law enforcement agencies consider the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families to be separate, the FBI considers them to be sub-units of theBonanno crime family's Montreal faction.[28]
Cotroni crime family – a "'Ndrangheta" family, the Calabrian faction – defunct 2000s
Italian crime groups in England were founded independently, without any affiliation or relation to the historicalcrime groups from Italy (Cosa Nostra, Camorra or 'Ndrangheta).
In Australia the predominant Italian criminal organization is the'Ndrangheta, also having smaller crime groups, but in this case, without any affiliation or relation to the historical Italian crime groups.
^The clans are united under aMandamento, led by aCapomadamento, that represents the clans' bosses to theCupola. InSicily, there are 94Mafia families subject to 29 mandamenti.[1]
