Salvatore " Sammy the Bull " Gravano ( born March 12, 1945 ) is a former underboss of the Gambino crime family.

The Genoveses made good on their veiled threat in April 1986, when DeCicco was killed by a car bomb outside of Castellano's former social club in Bensonhurst, then operated by Gambino capo James Failla.

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.

In 1994, Anthony " Gaspipe " Casso, former underboss of the Lucchese family, implicated Gigante in a 1986 plan to have Casso kill new Gambino boss John Gotti, underboss Frank DeCicco and Gotti's brother Gene Gotti, due to the unsanctioned 1985 murder of John Gotti's former boss, Paul Castellano.

As former rivals of John Gotti took completely over the Gambino family, mostly because the rest of Gotti's loyalists were either jailed or under indictments, and because Gotti, Sr died in prison in 2002, then-current head of white collar crimes and caporegime, Michael " Mikey Scars " DiLeonardo turned state's evidence, due to increased law enforcement and credible evidence to be presented in his racketeering trial, and chose to testify against mobsters from all of the Five Families.

In 2009, former National Basketball Association ( NBA ) referee Tim Donaghy accused Gambino associate James Battista of using Donaghy's knowledge of NBA games to pick winners in illegal sports gambling.

After assuming power, Gambino started conspiring with Lucchese to remove their former ally Genovese.

A long list of new artists such as Short Circuit, D. I. G., Full Blooded, Young Gunz ( 2 former members of the Gambino Family ), Popeye, Future, Baby Soulja, Black Felon, Afficial, Samm, Curren $ y, Choppa and Krazy were introduced in 1999 and 2000, who all failed to create interest in themselves or in No Limit Records.

* Carlo Gambino, New York mobster and former boss of the family that takes his name ; Gambino crime family

The three men are headed to the wake of former Gambino crime family underboss Frank DeCicco, in April 1986.

Wary of Genovese gaining more power in the Mafia Commission, Gambino used the abortive Apalachin Meeting as an excuse to move against his former ally.

The fatal meeting was arranged by Frank DeCicco, James Failla, Gene Gotti and Armando Dellacroce, the son of former Gambino crime family underboss Aniello Dellacroce, who were against the age-old ban on narcotics as a business option.

In this book, Franzese discussed his criminal activities, life with his father, and interactions with former Gambino crime family boss John Gotti.

In 2005, Gambino family capo Carmine Sciandra was shot outside of his Top Tomato supermarket store located in New Springville by a former NYPD officer who was in the presence of two Bonanno crime family gangsters.

* February 8-Carmine Lombardozzi " The Doctor ", New York labor racketeer, illegal gambling and drug trafficker as a Capodecina of the Gambino crime family and former associate of Meyer Lansky

He was first a suspect in a corruption case where he was suspected of passing New York Police Department intelligence reports on to Rosario Gambino, a distant relative of Carlo Gambino and Paul Castellano, the former leaders of the Gambino crime family, in 1983, but was cleared.

* Sammy Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino crime family

Peter Gotti, also known as " One Eyed Pete ", " Petey Boy ", " One Eye " ( born November 15, 1939 ), is a New York mobster who is the former boss of the Gambino crime family and the older brother of deceased Gambino boss John Gotti.

In 1999, Gambino acting boss John A. Gotti, Peter's nephew was sent to prison and Peter became the new acting boss, with assistance from capos Nicholas " Little Nick " Corozzo, a former rival of John Gotti and John " Jackie Nose " D ' Amico, a longtime Gotti associate.

Masseria had Lucky Luciano, Vito Genovese, Joe Adonis, Carlo Gambino, Albert Anastasia and Frank Costello on his side.

" This group of " Young Turk " mafiosi was led by Luciano and included Costello, Genovese, Adonis, Gambino and Anastasia on the Masseria side and Profaci, Gagliano, Lucchese, Magliocco and Magaddino on the Maranzano side.

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.

Genovese knew this as well, and in early 1957 convinced Gambino to side with him against Anastasia, Costello and Luciano.

Gambino was convinced by Genovese to give his support, by giving the order to " Joe the Blonde " Biondo, who selected Stephen Armone, Arnold " Witty " Wittenberg, and Stephen " Stevie Coogin " Grammauta to carry out the hit.

Genovese now believed that with Costello and Anastasia out of the way and Gambino supposedly in his debt, the way was clear for him to become Boss of Bosses.

However, Gambino had his own mind, and secretly aligned himself with Luciano, Costello and Lansky against Genovese.

About that time, Eboli was the only one who could re-organize the Genovese crime family, but Eboli needed money to start his reign as boss, which is why he borrowed $ 4, 000, 000 from Gambino, the richest Don of New York City.

Under the influence of Gambino, the selection of Frank Tieri as boss of the Genovese crime family was made, subsequently after the murder of Tommy Eboli on July 16, 1972.

In early 1973, Gambino's nephew Emmanuel " Manny " Gambino was kidnapped by Thomas Genovese ( a distant relative of Vito Genovese ), James McBratney, " Crazy " Eddie Maloney, Warren " Chief " Schurman and Richie Chaisson.

* In the 1999 comedy movie Analyze This, fictional mobster ' Primo Sindone ' makes a reference that, " Genovese forgot to kill Gambino before the meeting, I'm not gonna make that same mistake.

As the war progressed, this group came to include future mob leaders such as Frank Costello, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Joe Adonis, Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino, Joe Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, and Tommy Lucchese.

On October 26, 1957, Genovese and Gambino arranged the murder of Albert Anastasia, another Luciano ally.

In his own power move, Gambino had deserted Genovese.

For being the Mafia hegemon in the era of landmark mobsters like Albert Anastasia, Frank Costello, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, Tommy Lucchese, Carlo Gambino, and Vito Genovese, all of whom he led, Luciano is considered by many to have been the most powerful American Mafia boss of all time.

However, Genovese converted this reversal into an opportunity of conflict by approaching Lucchese and Anastasia's underboss Carlo Gambino about switching sides.

The potential reward in eliminating Costello and Anastasia was control of the Luciano and Anastasia crime families by Genovese and Gambino.

Gotti was recognized as the Gambino family's boss and a member of The Commission by each of the other Five Families, including the Genovese family, whose approval for the hit on Castellano had been deliberately bypassed by Gotti and his co-conspirators.

It is held that the Gambino crime family controlled the New York waterfront and the Genovese crime family controlled the New Jersey side.

Genovese was soon conspiring with Carlo Gambino, Anastasia's underboss, to remove Anastasia.

In late 1957, Genovese and Gambino allegedly ordered Anastasia's murder.

Genovese wanted the Commission leads to confirm him as his family's boss along with Carlo Gambino in his family.

Genovese and Lansky soon recruited Carlo Gambino to the conspiracy by offering him the chance to replace Anastasia.

However, Genovese and Gambino soon learned that Costello was conspiring with Anastasia to regain power.