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Gambino also became involved with the " Young Turks ," a group of Americanized Italian and Jewish mobsters in New York which included Frank " Prime Minister " Costello, Albert " The Executioner " Anastasia, Frank Scalice, Settimo Accardi, Gaetano " Tommy Three-Finger Brown " Lucchese, Joe Adonis, Vito Genovese, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin " Bugsy " Siegel, Mickey Cohen, and Charles " Lucky " Luciano, one of the future's most powerful Mob bosses.
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Meanwhile, Bonanno was also feeling threatened by Lucchese and Gambino.
" It was also around this time that Gotti met Gambino underboss Aniello " Neil " Dellacroce.
After his death Gotti was also identified by Joseph Massino as the killer of Vito Borelli, a Gambino associate killed in 1975 for insulting Paul Castellano.
The tapes also created a rift between Gotti and Gravano, showing the Gambino boss describing his newly-appointed underboss as too greedy and attempting to frame Gravano as the main force behind the murders of DiBernardo, Milito and Dibono.
Constantino Paul " Big Paul " Castellano ( pronounced cass-TAY-lah-noh ) ( June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985 ), also known as " The Howard Hughes of the Mob " and " Big Paulie " ( or " PC " to his family ), succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, then the nation's largest Cosa Nostra family.
Castellano also handled the Gambino interests in the " Concrete Club ," a consortium of mob families that divided revenue from New York developers.
Gambino also made a sizable profit during World War II by bribing Office of Price Administration ( OPA ) officials for ration stamps, which he then sold on the black market.
Gambino also, to regain complete control of Manhattan, took over the New York Longshoremen Union, where more than 90 % of all New York City's ports were controlled.
Gambino also made his own family policy: " Deal and Die.
" This was Gambino's message to every Gambino family member ; heroin and cocaine were highly lucrative, but were dangerous, and would also attract attention.
Gambino also allegedly said to Castellano: " I want a picture of me and Frankie ".
It has also been theorized that Gambino went so far as to organize the shooting of Joe Colombo, head of the Colombo crime family, on June 28, 1971.
It was also the way Gambino operated, very intelligently, very quietly but with final brutality.
Gambino was also the only mob boss of the Five Families who attended the burial of the longtime friend " Lucky " Luciano.
Gravano is also the brother-in-law of Gambino capo Edward Garafola and Mario Garafola.
He also ordered the failed murder attempt of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti in 1986.
Flatlands is also home to the Gemini Lounge where Roy DeMeo of the Gambino Mafia Family frequented during the late 1970s-early 1980s.
Mob Boss Carlo Gambino also lived much of his life in Gravesend.
His son Nicholas Corozzo, also involved with the Gambino family, was arrested in 2004.
On June 17 of that year Frank Scalice, Anastasia's underboss and the man identified as directly responsible for selling Gambino memberships, was also assassinated.
Giuseppe Nicholas Gallo, Jr., also known as Joseph Nicholas Gallo and Uno-Punzone ( One-Punch ), ( January 8, 1912 – September 1, 1995 ) was a New York mobster who served as consigliere of the Gambino crime family under three different bosses.
* James Failla ( 1919 – 1999 ), also known as Jimmy Brown, member of the Gambino crime family
Victoria Gotti ( born November 27, 1962 ) is a writer and reality television personality who is also the daughter of the Gambino crime family Mafia boss, John Gotti.
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John Joseph Gotti, Jr ( October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002 ) was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.
Gotti's criminal career began when he became an associate of Carmine Fatico, a capo in what became the Gambino family after the murder of Albert Anastasia.
In 1975, Castellano became acting boss for the aging Gambino.
As Castellano became more powerful in the Gambino family, he started to make large amounts of money from construction concrete.
Gambino became a major earner in the Mangano family.
) Gambino then became the new boss of the Mangano crime family, which was renamed the Gambino crime family.
Meanwhile, Gambino now became the most powerful man in the Cosa Nostra.
* Albert Anastasia – Operating head until he became boss of the Gambino crime family
Gravano later became a mentor to Colucci's son, Jack Colucci, who became involved in the construction industry as a Gambino associate.
Gravano eventually became embroiled in a dispute with business partner Louie DiBono, a member of another Gambino crew.
Eventually, Gravano and several other members of the Gambino family became disenchanted with Gotti's lust for the media and high profile antics, feeling they brought too much heat.
Foremost among the cooperating witnesses was Salvatore " Sammy the Bull " Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino crime family, who became a cooperating witness in 1991.
After Luciano had Masseria killed, Luciano became the boss, and Gambino was sent to the Scalise Family.
Vincent Mangano now became the first boss of what 26 years later would be called the Gambino family.
With Anastasia's death, Carlo Gambino became boss of what was now called the Gambino crime family.
* 1957 Carlo Gambino ( became official boss in 1957 )
* In American Desperado: My Life -- From Mafia Soldier to Cocaine Cowboy to Secret Government Asset, Jon Roberts shares with co-author Evan Wright Roberts ' recollections of Anthony " Junior " Sirico, with whom Roberts became friendly when Sirico was a soldier for the mobster Fat Anthony and Roberts worked for the Gambino crime family.
John Gotti's crew expected $ 250, 000 from the proceeds of the robbery and Paolo LiCastri, a soldier under John Gotti in the Gambino Family, became the sixth gunman to ensure the Gambinos ' interests were looked after.
Maione had a son, Albert Maione, who eventually became an associate with the Gambino crime family.
In late 1979, DeMeo and Nino Gaggi became involved in a conflict with James Eppolito and James Eppolito Jr., two made Gambino members in Gaggi's crew.
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