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...York's families are still named for the men who ran them in the 1950s and '60s, though all are either dead or retired. The clans and their current leaders: Bonanno family (headed by Carmine Galante), Colombo family (Thomas DiBella), Gambino family (Aniello Dellacroce), Genovese family (Frank Tieri) and Lucchese family (Anthony Corallo...
...refused to be interviewed for the series, responded with outrage and hinted at the "biggest ever" libel suit in U.S. history. He also challenged Robert Greene, the Newsday editor who directed the investigative group, to name one gangster living in Arizona. Greene quickly responded with the name of Joe Bonanno, who lives in Tucson, and he said he could produce another...
Little Man. Whatever the motives for singling out Galante, crime watchers agree that after being paroled from Lewisburg in 1974, he first gained control of Brooklyn's Joseph Bonanno family, one of the five major Mafia families in New York, then won the respect of the other New York capi. Says Lieut. Remo Franceschini, New York's intelligence chief for organized crime: "Most of the bosses might welcome a new image, a strong figure who would take the heat and let them get on with business." One boss, Aniello Dellacroce, 62, may have other ideas. Known...
Were it not for the fact that two of my bambini are native-born napoletani, I would not challenge the statement [Nov. 1] that Mafia Leader Joe Bonanno "is credited with inventing the split-level coffin...
...Bonanno, 71, Galente's former boss, has managed to retain some of his New York influence. Bonanno. who now lives in Tucson. Ariz., claimed at the meeting that he was there just to help. Few observers believe his intent was so benign. More probably, he wants to retake control of his old New York family-which his fellow mobsters pushed him out of twelve years ago, when he began to infringe on their turfs -and then grab Gambino's crown. Bonanno's forte is treachery-and innovation. He is credited with inventing the split-level coffin. Instead...