Mob Bosses Now
Messina denaro has been a fugitive since 1993 and is one of the top ten most wanted.
Mob bosses now. That s been the grim reality faced by every mob boss since salvatore maran zano declared himself capo di tutti capi boss of bosses in 1931 only to be killed months later. Isn t what it once was at the peak of its power it s still a viable and profitable criminal enterprise that has proven to be very resilient the mafia continues to make millions and millions of dollars. Between 1925 to 1931 al capone was the most powerful mob boss in chicago. There haven t been any major revelations about denaro since world s most wanted premiered an informant reportedly spotted the mafia boss in 2014 which led to a new e fit showing that denaro had gained weight and now has a receding hairline.
Born in 1966 el mencho is now among the dea s most wanted international drug traffickers under the u s. We have compiled a list of the current mafia bosses and hierarchies for the families which remain active and organized heading into the new year. Aside from that the netflix documentary subject hasn t been seen reportedly because of the betrayal from his right hand man the aforementioned cimarosa. About the mafia has covered a wide range of mafia news over the past year including major indictments deaths natural or otherwise changes in leadership and much more.
Maranzano reorganized the italian american gangs in new york city into the maranzano profaci mangano luciano and gagliano families which are now known as the bonanno. A ukrainian born mob boss he was the 49th fugitive to be placed on the fbi s most wanted top ten list in 2009. Kingpin act passed by congress in 2000 to lodge harsh criminal and civil fines against high level drug traffickers. Following the death of salvatore riina in 2017 he is now viewed as the boss of all bosses in the italian mafia.
The five families is the name of the organization of the five major new york city organized crime families of the italian american mafia formed in 1931 by salvatore maranzano following his victory in the castellammarese war. Born in brooklyn new york in 1899 capone joined the james street boys gang during his youth where he met his mentor. Mob bosses outside the united states are somewhat more distinguishable. Considered to be the current head of the russian mafia this modern day mafia boss controls a powerful crime organization in moscow that maintains a strict code for their proceedings which include contract killings illegal drugs kidnapping and illegal gambling.
Since 1931 five families have run new york s italian american mafia. Frank cali was reputedly the head of the gambino family.