The Castellammarese War (Italian pronunciation: [kaˌstɛllammaˈreːze, -eːse]) was a bloody power struggle for control of the American Mafia between partisans...

mobster, who headed a strong American Mafia crime family during the Castellammarese War. Mineo's organization would eventually become the present-day Gambino...

New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, winning the war after the murder of rival faction...

away on a Cuban fishing boat bound for Tampa, Florida. After the Castellammarese War, Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931, Bonanno reorganized most...

Salvatore D'Aquila criminal organization, which consisted of many other Castellammarese immigrants. During the next few years, mobster Giuseppe Traina trained...

1929; the National Crime Syndicate was created. In early 1931, the Castellammarese War broke out between Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. In a secret deal...

Salvatore Maranzano, the head of the Castellammarese clan, which eventually escalated into the bloody Castellammarese War. Masseria and Maranzano were so-called...

of the Castellammareses over the theft of Masseria's bootleg liquor. This soon developed into a full out war known as the Castellammarese War. At the...

during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore...

he was released and all charges were dropped. In early 1931, the Castellammarese War broke out between Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. In a secret...

exacerbated the tensions between the two camps, helping launch the Castellammarese War. To head Reina's gang, Masseria appointed one of his loyalists, Joseph...

the Boss" Masseria. Masseria soon became embroiled in the vicious Castellammarese War with his archrival, Salvatore Maranzano. Maranzano represented the...

and childhood friend of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped shape the rise of the Mafia as a major force in organized...

1931. In 1930, he battled in the Castellammarese War to take over the criminal activities in New York City. The war ended with his murder on April 15...

one of the five families that were founded in New York after the Castellammarese War of 1931. For most of the next quarter-century, it was a minor player...

as Piddu (Sicilian diminutive form of Giuseppe) and his rivals the Castellammarese knew him as Peter Morello. He was famous for having a one-fingered...

After the death of Gaspar Milazzo a war ignited within the Detroit Mafia and at the same time the Castellammarese War in New York had officially begun....

were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City...

"Lucky" Luciano, Vito Genovese and Frank Costello. In early 1931, the Castellammarese War broke out between Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano. In a secret deal...

from Sicily to run the Castellammarese clan. Their rivalry eventually escalated into the bloody Castellammarese War. As the war turned against Masseria...

the boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime...

American Mafia, formed in 1931 by Charles "Lucky" Luciano following the Castellammarese War. The Commission replaced the title of capo di tutti i capi ("boss...

Ferrigno was murdered along with Alfred Mineo during the so-called Castellammarese War. Ferrigno was born in Sicily and emigrated to the United States....

hitman of the 1930s. He is alleged to have played a key role in the Castellammarese War (1929–1931) as the assassin of Giuseppe Morello and others. Some...

Crew in Upper Manhattan and Masseria ruled the Bronx. While the Castellammarese War was going on, Joe Valachi tried to patch up his friendship with Ciro...

his murder in 1930. It was taken over by Tommy Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951. Known as the Gagliano crime...

loansharking, and narcotics trafficking in Brooklyn. In 1930, the Castellammarese War broke out in New York City. Some sources say that Profaci remained...

crime in the 1930s, arranged chronologically. In a prelude to the Castellammarese War in New York City, New York mob boss Joe Masseria attempts to mediate...

that working with non-Italian gangsters could bring. During the Castellammarese War (1930–31), Luciano built a network of younger mafiosi in both the...

family, led by Gaetano Reina. Valachi joined during the height of the Castellammarese War, a violent power struggle within Italian organized crime between...