The Gambino Crime Family

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The paper examines the Gambino crime family, which was one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations in America. The paper discusses how the origins of the Gambino family's grip on New York City's illegal network of activities, such as racketeering, loan sharking, and narcotics, trace back to 1913. The paper explores how Gambino has the distinction of being the first crime boss to engage in wide-spread drug trafficking. The Gambino and Lucchese families also began the technique of using legitimate businesses such as pizza parlors, meat markets, restaurants, construction companies, trucking firms, dress factories, and nightclubs, as fronts for more profitable illegal operations.

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"After Carlo died, the remaining Gambino crime family divided into two factions: the Manhattan faction, which was loyal to John Dellacroce, "the real brains of the family" and the Brooklyn faction who sided with the official new boss, Paul Castellano, although the general opinion of Castellano was the he was "selfish, greedy, and not as smart as he liked people to believe." (Bruno, 2005, "Manhattan versus Brooklyn) There was also a considerable difference in the two faction's styles and methods of making money. The Dellacroce faction preferred to make money from gambling, street-level extortion, narcotics trafficking, prostitution, loan sharking, and hijacking."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bruno, Anthony. (2005) "A Squirrel of a Man." The Gambino Crime Family: The Crime Library. Retrieved 28 Apr 2006 at http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/3.html
• Bruno, Anthony. (2005) "The Castellammarese War." The Gambino Crime Family: The Crime Library. Retrieved 28 Apr 2006 at http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/1.html
• Bruno, Anthony. (2005) "The Last Don." The Gambino Crime Family: The Crime Library. Retrieved 28 Apr 2006 at hthttp://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/5.html
• Bruno, Anthony. (2005) "The Lord High Executioner." The Gambino Crime Family: The Crime Library. Retrieved 28 Apr 2006 at http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/2.html
• Bruno, Anthony. (2005) "Manhattan versus Brooklyn." The Gambino Crime Family: The Crime Library. Retrieved 28 Apr 2006 at http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/family_epics/gambino/4.html

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