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1598:Cement shoes
1495:Other topics
1472:Unione Corse
1442:Murder, Inc.
1377:Broadway Mob
1306:Jewish Mafia
1125:Sixth Family
1120:One-way ride
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824:Philadelphia
808:DeCavalcante
762:
738:Broadway Mob
722:
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681:
646:
450:Ralph Natale
339:Past members
298:Joey Merlino
293:Ralph Natale
278:Philip Testa
273:Angelo Bruno
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122:
111:, and rival
102:
89:Leo Lanzetti
85:Angelo Bruno
78:
57:Milan, Italy
46:
19:
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1647:1962 deaths
1642:1891 births
1603:Shotgun Man
1402:The Council
1321:'Ndrangheta
1246:(1985–1986)
1240:(1985–1987)
1223:(1929–1931)
1217:(1914–1917)
1194:(1950–1951)
1005:Consigliere
961:Trafficante
921:New Orleans
860:Los Angeles
855:Kansas City
554:Black Mafia
455:Ron Previte
393:Pat Spirito
368:Frank Monte
288:John Stanfa
1636:Categories
1504:operations
1502:Government
1083:Black Hand
1012:Caporegime
931:Pittsburgh
796:East Coast
433:Informants
407:Associates
268:Joseph Ida
210:Joseph Ida
149:0940159864
135:References
119:Retirement
43:Early life
33:crime boss
1032:Members (
1024:Associate
999:Underboss
975:Structure
956:St. Louis
936:Rochester
926:Milwaukee
899:(Chicago)
882:Cleveland
814:Patriarca
81:olive oil
1623:Category
1185:Hearings
1150:Meetings
1095:Vendetta
1073:Made man
1035:made men
951:San Jose
941:Rockford
915:D'Aquila
903:Lanzetta
887:Colorado
876:Bufalino
764:Lucchese
724:Genovese
626:Families
346:Made men
314:Made men
1477:Westies
1370:Defunct
1276:Camorra
1019:Soldato
963:(Tampa)
909:Morello
850:Detroit
845:Chicago
803:Buffalo
699:Gambino
690:Colombo
683:Colombo
648:Bonanno
194:unknown
35:of the
1545:Crimes
1356:Stidda
1269:Active
1231:Trials
1200:(1963)
1177:(1957)
1171:(1957)
1165:(1946)
1159:(1929)
1143:Events
1114:Omertà
1078:Bagman
892:Dallas
547:Rivals
491:Allies
256:Bosses
147:
53:Sicily
1060:Terms
897:Genna
201:Boss
1208:Wars
1130:Zips
994:Boss
145:ISBN
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