The Pittsburgh crime family , also known as the crime family of LaRocca , is an American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, USA.
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History
The prohibition period
In Pittsburgh, the Italian underground world is split into two ethnic factions, with the "Sicilian Mafia" controlling the North and South sides of the city and the "Neapolitan Camorra" which controls the Eastern End of the city. In the early 1920s, the two factions were involved in piracy, illegal manufacture, sale and transport of alcohol. Throughout the era of Prohibition, factions fought in the city to take control of the Italian neighborhood of Larimer, Homewood, Hill District, and Downtown. In the outer fringes of southwest Pennsylvania, factions fought in New Kensington, Arnold, Wilkinsburg, McKees Rocks, Wilmerding, and Braddock. During the era of the late ban, from 1926 to 1933, there were over 200 murders in Allegheny County.
During the regime of Stefano Monastero as boss in the late 1920s, he rivaled the Pittsburgh gangs and other Chicago gangs. Stefano was eventually murdered in front of St. John's on August 6, 1929. His brother Sam was killed shortly afterwards on March 18, 1930. The Siragusa regime as the boss was cut for his allegiance to the Castellammarese Clan in New York City, and he was assassinated on September 13, 1931, just days after Salvatore Maranzano was assassinated.
Bazzano vs. Volpe brothers
After Siragusa's assassination, the family was under the control of Sicilian John Bazzano, who sold sugar and yeast to the factories at home and thus allowed them to produce illegal alcohol. Bazzano formed an alliance with eight of Volpe's brothers, whom he was allowed to operate in a coffee shop in Middle Hill. The Volpe brothers already have control over the "Neapolitan factions" and illegal rackets throughout Turtle Creek Valley and Wilmerding. The Alliance ended when Volpes began to evolve into East Liberty and the North Side; Bazzano sent a team of assassins on July 29, 1932, killing three brothers. The surviving Volpe brothers went to the "Commission" in New York and it was decided that Bazzano would be responsible for his unapproved attack. Bazzano's body was discovered on August 8, 1932, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. He was stabbed and strangled to death.
Era LaRocca
Vincenzo Capizzi became the new boss after the Bazzano assassination, but he eventually resigned in 1937, and was replaced by Frank Amato. As a boss, Amato began to expand his influence on gambling rackets in and around Allegheny County, but in 1956 he fell sick and resigned, becoming an underboss.
John LaRocca took over the family of crime and ruled as the boss for almost thirty years. In 1957, LaRocca attended the Apalachin Meeting with capos Gabriel Mannarino and Michael James Genovese. LaRocca escaped from federal authorities but Mannarino and Genovese were unsuccessful and arrested. LaRocca and capo Mannarino became partners with the criminal family boss of Tampa St. Trafficante, Jr. at Sans Souci hotel casino in Havana, Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro took over Cuba and expelled all the mafias in the country. Through bribery LaRocca became a powerful Mafia boss by controlling politicians, police and other officials in the Pittsburgh area. His family also maintains the control of unions through Local 1058. LaRocca's influence also grows through close ties with Gambino family boss Gamblo Carlo Gambino, Bufalino crime family boss Russell Bufalino, Philadelphia crime family boss Angelo Bruno and Kansas City family crime boss Nick Civella. In the 1960s, the LaRocca family started a conflict with the Cleveland criminal family when they expanded to Youngstown, Ohio. In 1964, LaRocca supported the takeover of Frank Valenti of the Rochester crime family of Jake Russo. LaRocca died on December 3, 1984, and was replaced by Michael Genovese as the boss of the Pittsburgh criminal family.
Genovese Leadership
Since the smuggled and ammunition trade industry was finished, the Genovese people turned to gambling and drugs. At this time, around the 1980s, the masses slowly lost their influence on the government. The FBI anticipated the path the Mafia would take, and began to pursue them. The FBI quickly tracks the traces of Genovese cocaine to its people, Charles "Chucky" Porter and Louis Raucci, Sr. Another challenge facing the gang is finding new people for the Family at this time. The two selected were Joseph Naples and Lenine "Lenny" Strollo inaugurated in 1987. However, the massive fall of the Mafia for years, combined with the decline of their political and administrative forces, led to the killing of Naples by an unknown. the mafia - believed Strollo - in 1991, and the arrest of Thomas Ciancutti in 2000 for "running a gambling ring in Fayette County". Strollo denies having been the culprit behind the murder of Joey Naples.
Current status
After the confidence of the top members in the late 1990s and the death of many important members in the last decade the family had some remaining members. Recently discovered in Grand Jury's testimony of "Operation Pork Chop" there has been cooperation from high-ranking colleagues leading to new information from the family.
Families are mostly involved in local gambling rackets and have maintained a low profile in recent years.
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Historical Leadership
Boss (official and acting)
- c.1910s-1920 - Gregorio Conti - retired
- 1920-1925 - Salvatore Calderone - retired
- 1925-1929 - Stefano Monastero - killed on August 6, 1929
- 1929-1931 - Giuseppe "Yeast Baron" Siragusa - killed on September 13, 1931
- 1931-1932 - John Bazzano - found dead on August 8, 1932, in Red Hook, Brooklyn
- 1932-1937 - Vincenzo Capizzi - retired to Italy
- 1937-1956 - Frank Amato - resigns, becomes underboss.
- 1956-1984 - John LaRocca - died on 3 December 1984.
- The Ruling Panel <1978/1978 - Michael Genovese, Gabriel Mannarino (died July 1980) and Joseph Pecora (jailed 1979)
- Acting 1980-1984 - Michael Genovese - promoted to boss
- 1985-2006 - Michael James Genovese - died on October 31, 2006
- 2006-2008 - John Bazzano Jr. - died on July 28, 2008
- 2008-present - Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti
Underboss (official and acting)
- 1925-1929 - Salvatore "Sam" Monastero - brother of boss Stefano Monastero
- 1936-1956 - John LaRocca - promoted to boss
- 1956-1973 - Frank Amato - died 1973
- 1973-1987 - Joseph "Jo Jo" Pecora - jailed 1979-1983, died 1987
- 1987-1990 - Charles Porter - arrested April 1990; convicted in 1990, was sentenced to 28 years, defected to the government
- 1990-2006 - John Bazzano Jr. - became the boss in 2006 Consigliere
- 1956-1985 - Michael James Genovese - promoted to boss
- 1985-1989 - Pasquale "Pat" Ferruccio-controlled gambling in Canton, Ohio, jailed in 1991
- 1989-2002 - Charles "Murgie" Imburgia - his nephew Anthony Murgie is connected to the Genovese family.
- Crime in Pennsylvania
- Capeci, Jerry. Full Idiot Guide for Mafia . Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBNÃ, 0-02-864225-2
- Devico, Peter J. Mafia Made Easy: Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra .
- Porrello, Rick. Killing the Irishman: The War of Mafia Disabling . 2004
- American Gangland: LaRocca-Genovese Crime Family
- Dieland: The Pittsburgh Family
- Dieland: Youngstown Representative
Youngstown Fraction
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