Cosa Nostra is Cosa Nostra, he declared. Organized crime is not dead, unfortunately, Seglem said. The Panel infuriated longtime captain Charles Majuri, who had been a hardworking member of the family since his teens and felt that he was wronged when he was not selected as the only acting boss. The alleged MS-13 "regional director for the East Coast" had a home in the Jersey Shore's Long Branch. Join. 67. r/Mafia. [15], Using information provided by Guarino, US law enforcement launched a large scale arrest on December 2, 1999 of over 30 members and associates of the DeCavalcante crime family. OMalley explained that mobsters today are struggling to make money. In one recent example, a Bonanno crime family captain was connected to a scheme in which a dirt broker trucked in demolition waste, including dirt tainted with a cancer-causing substance, to fill in backyards eroded by superstorm Sandy along the edge of Raritan Bay in the Cliffwood Beach section of Old Bridge, according to a 2017 report by the State Commission of Investigation. The opening sequence of the first episode in 1999 made clear that this was New Jersey. [16] Palermo realized they would likely spend the rest of their lives behind bars and decided to cooperate with the FBI in exchange for a lenient sentence. Francesco "Frank" Polizzi was a New Jersey mobster and captain in the DeCavalcante crime family. 1 mo. [6] The New York City families had crews operating in New Jersey: the Masseria family's New Jersey faction, and the Reina family's Jersey crew. The people in New Jersey who are really worth admiring are people such as the actual family that gave us the actor who summoned their example of hard, honest work as he so brilliantly played the fictional gangster Tony Soprano. It was around the mid-1980s that Riggi fell increasingly under the influence of Gambino crime family boss John Gotti. The bosses of the five families on the other side of the Hudson River were busy hiding and pretending they were not in charge of anything when Guarraci strode right into Lennys Brick Oven Pizza in Washington Township, N.J. in August 2010 and announced that he was taking over the business. Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in 1964. Biography However, in many cases DeCavalcante crime family activities were even more colorful than the fiction they later inspired. Jerry Capeci. Underboss Frank Majuri was recorded telling Simone DeCavalcante that he shouldnt run around because Catena and Gambino dont. Majuri meant Gerardo Catena of the Genovese family and Carlo Gambino of the family of that name. [6] Reputed men involved in the murder conspiracy, Palermo, Capo and Rotondo would later testify about this murder against their former associates. As Capo himself described it in court testimony in 2003, "Nobody's going to respect us if we have a gay homosexual boss sitting down discussing La Cosa Nostra business."[6]. . HBO's fictional character Tony Sopranos stock in trade, the solid waste industry, also remains a moneymaking magnet, according to Seglem. The Decavalcantes are considered by some to be the "Sixth Family". The Commission did not recognize the DeCavalcantes as an autonomous crime family until the regime of Sam DeCavalcante. Federal authorities previously have called the DeCavalcante organization one of La Cosa Nostra's most ruthless families. He took on the role after longtime reputed Boss Ercole 'Eckley' DiMeo was sent to prison in 1995. [Colombo] sits like a baby next to Carl [Gambino] all the time, DeCavalcante said. DeCavalcante can be heard on the recordings expressing some bitterness when Joe Colombo of the Colombo crime family was appointed to the ruling Commission at Carlo Gambinos urging. And under his lead, the DeCavalcante spread money around to local politicians and often presented a veneer of legitimacy Riggi helped develop little league baseball fields and supported many charitable causes even as the family was committing serious crimes, extortion, and fraud across the state. Sam DeCavalcante was the boss of the DeCavalcante Family who became notorious for undercover FBI recordings at his plumbing office. Today, the DeCavalcante Crime family is a shadow of its former self. DeCavalcante and 54 associates were charged and tried in 1969. He was 90 years old. [9]. That has never stopped, OMalley said. For the next several years, every single word spoken by Sam and his Mafia associates was recorded for posterity by the agents. Louis "Louie Eggs" Consalvo is a New Jersey mobster and reputed soldier and acting captain in the DeCavalcante crime family. Stefano "Steve" Badami became the boss of the Elizabeth-Newark family. The indictment reports that Guarraci then fired the general manager. [15], Toward the late 1990s, the Ruling Panel kept running the DeCavalcante crime family with Giovanni Riggi still behind bars as the boss. It maintains strong relations with many of them, as well as with the Philadelphia crime family and the Patriarca crime family of New England. The Network also found documents identifying recent New Jersey ties tothe Bonnano and Gambino families. Francisco Frank Guarraci hailed from Simone DeCavalcantes ancestral hometown of Ribera. He had to meet death, concluded the reputedcaporegime, the Italian term for captain in the underworld. Yet old school mobstersstill wreak havoc on the shreds ofturf they control, with federal prosecutions in recent years uncovering mob activity at the Port of New York and New Jersey and in somesuburbs across the state. Members refer to the organization as the Lucchese borgata; borgata is Mafia slang for criminal gang, which itself was derived from Sicilian word meaning close-knit community. However, Majuri wanted to control the family himself, and he asked Gallo to murder Vincent Palermo. [16] Other top members, like Anthony Rotondo and Anthony Capo, also agreed to become government witnesses. He ruled until early in the 1970's. He was succeeded by John Riggi, who is currently imprisoned. Nicolas (Nicky Dell) Delmore - An Early DeCavalcante Family Boss by The Other Guy A A Although a very small Family by comparison, with an estimated 30 to 35 members at that point in time, Elizabeth's Delmore Family under Nicky's aggressive leadership was still able to secure for itself several very lucrative racket operations to call their own. He became a boss of acting as he played an acting boss. The vaunted five families were faring even worse, to the point of virtual extinction. What follows below is a list of in-depth biographies for many of their more interesting members and associates. It operates on the other side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York, but it maintains strong relations with many of them, as well as with the . The Familys real strength lie in their control and domination of several key union locals of the Laborers Union of America and the International Longshoremens Union (ILA), with several key Family soldiers holding official union posts such as business agent or secretary-treasurer. Riggi is said to have given the go-ahead from prison for a killer named Anthony Capo to dispatch DAmato. Under his guidance, the DeCavalcante Family added dozens of made men to their ranks, and even gained a seat on the infamous Commission. The new boss was Giovanni John the Eagle Riggi. Giacomo Michael "Jackie" Aprile (April 11, 1954 - September 9 1998), played by Michael Rispoli, was the first Acting Boss of the DiMeo crime family. However, long before the Sopranos there was an actual mafia network running criminal activities across the Hudson River that divides New Jersey from New York (and the Five Families who operated in the big city). His low-key persona and legitimate cover was destroyed and before long he, himself, was indicted along with 54 mob minions for heading a $20,000,000-a-year gambling ring. At the same time, a New York State report indicated that he and another Mafia family controlled 90-percent of the pornography stores in New York City. [23] [24] [25] Luigi Oliveri was charged with the possession of contraband cigarettes. Based on more than 1000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, this book tells the story of New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family. Philip Abramo, also known as "The King of Wall Street" and "Lou Metzer", is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was allegedly involved in security fraud and murder. Gioacchino "Jake" Amari was an Italian-American mobster who served as acting underboss and later acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Like Sam the Plumber, Riggi also had strong connections to the Five Families in New York as well; he had a particularly close relationship with John Gotti, boss of the Gambino Family. He died of a heart attack in 1997 at age 84. Two DeCavalcante soldiers last month pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder Louis LaRasso, whose body, while never found, is believed to have been buried at an upstate New York farm. Riggi was promoted to the position of official boss, and he reaped the enormous benefits of large labor and construction racketeering, [10] loansharking, illegal gambling, and extortion activities. Two of the restaurants waitresses, young women in their late teens, began to cry, the indictment says. 1970s-1990s Organized Crime Jersey Style, After DeCavalcantes incarceration and apparent retirement, he appointed a trusted. I had a terrible dream about a bunch of cops! he exclaimed, adding that the secretary had featured in it. [10], Between 1999-2005, about 45 men were imprisoned, including the family's consigliere and seven capos. He would quickly utilize his position and popularity to help expand the influence and geographic reach of this borgata. He died of natural causes in 1997. Unsurprisingly, the DeCavalcante Family were fans of the show. Instead, at least five different crime families: New England's Raymond Patriarca Family, three of New York CIty's notorious Five Families (the Genovese, Gambino, and Colombo), as well as New Jersey's Simone DeCavalcante Family, all competed to grab various pieces of its territory, thereby carving up The Nutmeg State like a pizza pie. Several customers became alarmed and exited the restaurant, without paying their bills. During Guarino's time as an informant, fellow mobster Joseph Masella was gunned down on the orders of Vincent Palermo. Button Guys of The New York Mafia. The Family was active in many of the traditional rackets such as gambling, shylocking, labor union racketeering and corruption, extortion, and narcotics. Samuel DeCavalcante was the most prominent boss of the New Jersey LCN. Joseph Miranda became an alleged acting underboss/acting boss -- at the age of 83 -- after the mass 2003 arrests of the Family. In contravention of Cosa Nostra rules on the killing of a family boss, the plotters did not ask permission to kill D'Amato from the Mafia Commission in New York. [75]. Anthony Carollo. Famille de Philadelphie. In 1989, Capo participated in the murder of Fred Weiss, a Staten Island, New York developer and newspaper publisher. Between 1986 and 1994. DAmato subsequently disappeared in the late 1990s, apparently after someone alleged to socially conservative mafiosos that he was bisexual. After several hours, the hitmen drove away. It was during Lucky Luciano's organization of the American Mafia after the Castellammarese War, following the assassinations of "Joe the Boss" Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, that the gang run by Joseph Profaci became recognized as the Profaci crime family. Mob Boss: The First Boss to Turn Government Witness. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. All five of the New York City crime families, plus the New Jersey DeCavalcantes and the Philadelphia mob have people placed in the port, according to Walter Arsenault, executive director of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. [2] Capo and Rotundo left the body at a safe house, where other mobsters disposed of it. Simone DeCavalcante The New Jersey Mafia is a shadow of what it once was. Nicknamed Sam the Plumber because of the plumbing supply store he operated as a business front, DeCavalcante was an ambitious Mafioso who managed to organize New Jerseys rackets like never before, and make them profitable. The members include Vito Spatafore, who is killed after it becomes known he is gay, just as John DAmato was killed. After DeCavalcante left prison in the mid-1970s, he appointed Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi as acting boss of the family while he stayed semi-retired in Florida. Nobodys going to respect us if we have a gay homosexual boss sitting down discussing La Cosa Nostra business, Capo later testified. They have generally maintained a varying degree of influence over many of the smaller mob families outside New York, including ties with the Philadelphia, Patriarca, and Buffalo crime families. Francesco "Frank" Guarraci was an Italian-born American mobster. The plate number was written down by a witness who saw the hitman tossing the guns in a stream. 19311955 Filippo "Phil" Amari promoted to boss, 19551956 Nicholas "Nick" Delmore promoted to boss, 19561957 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri stepped down and became consigliere, 19571983 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri died in 1983, 19832006 Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile sentenced to life in 2006, overturned in 2008, released in 2013, 2006present Frank "Goombah Frankie" Nigro arrested 2015. New Jersey was a long restive region for organized crime, with no single boss and numerous criminal networks. Today, the DeCavalcante Crime family is a shadow of its former self. a former member of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey, has been on the market for a while. Longtime New Jersey mob boss John Riggi passed away on Monday. Arsenault described mob activity at the port today similar to the problems that prompted the formation of the commission: theft of cargo and containers, extortion of port workers and importationand sale of drugs. At least one customer called 911 seeking police assistance.. When boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi wanted to curry favour with newly-minted Gambino boss John Gotti, he. Brooklyn-born Frank (Big Frankie) Cocchiaro was one of the most active racketeers in the DeCavalcante Family - and one of its most notorious. Delmore attended the infamous 1957 Apalachin Convention to represent the small New Jersey crime family, with underbosses of Elizabeth and Newark Frank Majuri and Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso. On September 11, 1989, Capo drove DeCavalcante mobsters Vincent Palermo and James Gallo to Weiss' apartment. He wore a listening device and recorded conversations that mobsters would have about criminal business. Hell do anything Carl wants him to do., DeCavalcante went on to say, Sometimes, Frank, the more things you see, the more disillusioned you become. He retired to Florida upon his release. D'Amato's body was never recovered. Seit dem Jahr 2008 gilt die Familie als inaktiv. [15] Majuri contracted soldier James Gallo to murder Vincent Palermo. This, right after the Valachi Hearings in 1963, was during an era of extreme exposure and crackdowns on organized crime figures in this country. His other advantage over the more high-profile families in New York was that law enforcement in New Jersey is more fragmented and less zealous. Anthony Samuel Carollo ( / krlo / kar-AW-loh, [citation needed] Italian: [karllo]; November 24, 1923 - February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. The DeCavalcante crime family, which he led, was accused of demanding payoffs for labor peace, imposing no-show jobs and promoting loan-sharking, sweetheart contracts and gambling, among. Simone Rizzo "Sam" DeCavalcante (1912-1997), known as "Sam the Plumber", was a member of the New Jersey Mafia. He is based on DeCavalcante crime family acting mob boss Giacomo "Jake" Amari . Tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years in federal prison, and after serving two years in jail, DeCavalcante gained parole and immediately migrated to Miami, Florida and into semi-retirement. T Under his guidance, the DeCavalcante Family added dozens of made men to their ranks, and, Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. The writers just looked at each other and said nothing. The Mafia"capo"had an employeeproblem. He is now 87. Dec 15, 2016 - The real Sopranos . mafia in the catskillsdandy nicholls cause of deathdandy nicholls cause of death When the transcripts were unsealed in court, it became apparent that the affair with secretary was just one of many liaisons. [17], In 2001, 20 mobsters were charged with racketeering, seven murders, 14 murder conspiracies, attempted murder, extortion in the construction industry, and stock fraud. In contravention of Cosa Nostra rules on the killing of a family boss, the plotters did not ask permission from the Mafia Commission in New York. By David Amoruso Longtime New Jersey mob boss John Riggi passed away on Monday. Guarraci is 54. The Lucchese crime family is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, in the United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. Riggi also had the family maintain their old traditions, which Sam DeCavalcante saw as unnecessary. His mother, Santa, worked as a high school cafeteria chef. John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato (died January 1992) was a New Jersey mobster and former acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family.After being recruited by Gambino crime family boss John Gotti to take over the family, he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity and was murdered in January 1992. [5] Capo also ran a DeCavalcante crew in New York City. He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee. With D'Amato sitting in the back seat, Capo turned and shot D'Amato four times, killing him. John (John the Eagle) Riggi - DeCalvacante Family Acting Boss John Riggi helmed the DeCavalcante ship with a steely resolve for nearly 35 years even while Gambino boss John Gotti sought to sink it. "LaCosa Nostra" (Italian for "our thing") doesn't enjoy the same power it hadin decades past. Badami's underboss Filippo Amari began to run the illegal operations. After longtime boss Giovanni Riggi went on to be indicted for labor racketeering and extortion charges in late 1989, Vastola stepped up as the new acting boss of the North Jersey Mafia while Riggi was on trial. He also claimed to be of Italian royal lineage, earning him the nickname "The Count". He was married with three children. He declared that This Thing of Ours and Our Friends were the same, whether it be among the five families of New York or his family in New Jersey. [29], In 2016, Anthony Stango Jr. was sentenced to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to using a telephone in interstate commerce to conduct a prostitution operation, conspiring to distribute five grams or more of cocaine, distributing more than $70,000 worth of cocaine, and possessing a shotgun as a convicted felon. Frank "Franky the Beast" Scarabino is a New York City mobster and former soldier in the North Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family. Joseph "Joey O" Masella was a mob associate in New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family and a friend of known mobster Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo. Umberto Gallo ran a private mob social club as a base and was partners with his older brother in the shylock rackets. Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso was an American mobster and the longtime official underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family. You know, honesty and honorability, those things., Majuri replied, Yeah. He hung out at the Ribera Social Club in Elizabeth, remaining so low-key that even some members of the family were unaware of his alleged position. Guarraci and a man who would be arrested with him became more insistent and threatening. The thugs had just been bemoaning the continued lack of respect they received from the five families. His reign proved to be very disruptive, as members of the Newark and the Elizabeth factions began fighting for total control of New Jersey. He had recently doubled the number of made members and he was taking full advantage of his native states remarkable propensity for corruption at all levels of government. Joseph Anthony Miranda was an American mobster and member of the New Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family. Self - DeCavalcante Crime Family Boss (archive footage) Stefano Vitabile Self - DeCavalcante Crime Family Consigliere (archive footage) All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro Storyline Edit The case examined the brutal murder of Johnny D"Amato in Elizabeth, New Jersey. ]. . Prosecutors charged Capo with the 1989 Weiss murder, the 1992 D'Amato murder, and involvement in two other murders. Bonanno boss Joseph 'Big Joe' Massino was boss from early 1990s to 2004 - he then became the first official boss from New York to become an informant. Most of its leaders are either dead or incarcerated, and other criminal networks have wrestled control of the remaining rackets that once provided serious revenue for the family. Copyright 2019-2023, Button Guys of The New York Mafia. DeCAVALCANTE FAMILY BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON MURDER FOR HIRE. She described swinging encounters that D'Amato had in Manhattan sex clubs with both women and men. Tracing its origins to Ribera, Sicily, and with its home base in the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, the DeCavalcante Family is the only Cosa Nostra group able to claim true Jersey origins. After Amari's death in 1997, Riggi and Vitabile established a "Ruling Panel" to run the family. Tony Soprano is said to have been based on John Riggi (Image: NY Daily News via Getty Images) The DeCavalcante crime family is an Italian-American organized crime family that operates in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state and is part of the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York, [3] and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. In 1979, the imprisoned Rastelli who was still official boss of the family allegedly ordered Galante's murder. [35], The DeCavalcante crime family is partly the inspiration for the fictional DiMeo crime family of the HBO television series The Sopranos . he so brilliantly played the fictional gangster Tony Soprano. However, the familys declining fortunes coincided with the debit of the Sopranos, the hit television series depicting the lives of second-tier mafiosas operating out of New Jersey. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the official boss around 1980. It operates on the opposite side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York. Muhammad Ali with major "the maj" coxson who was a drug kingpin from philly. John Riggi helmed the DeCavalcante ship with a steely resolve for nearly 35 years even while Gambino boss John Gotti sought to sink it. Pete Galletta was a "sleeper" DeCavalcante member who was involved in the Family's gambling rackets, yet unknown to law enforcement. It is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia. But that was forgotten as Anthony Rotondo rhapsodized about The Sopranos. Gary Younge in New York. The FBI was able to pressure several lower ranking DeCavalcante associates into becoming informants after catching them committing serious crimes; these informants helped the Justice Department to gather substantial evidence against the family, and led to scores of long-term Federal convictions. Virgil Alessi was a very active DeCavalcante mobster who started his mob career as a phone-man for Jiggs Forlano. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. The other Commission members had decided that Galante was bad for their business and gave Rastelli permission to remove him. You then had the post world war II mob bosses from 1945 through to the beginning of the 1970's which included some more familiar names: Tony Accardo Frank Costello Albert Anastasia Angelo Bruno Nicholas Civella Mickey Cohen Joe Colombo Sam DeCavalcante Carlo Gambino Sam Giancana Vito Genovese Luciano Leggio Carlos Marcello Michele Navarra Mr. Rocco offers a story of his . Stango, now 75, ultimately opted for death, according to the document. He started hollering. The one thing that they are is adaptable.. Weiss was under federal investigation for illegal dumping of medical waste and Gambino boss John Gotti was afraid that Weiss might become a government witness. Nicholas (Nicky Dell) Delmore was one of the original powers in Northern New Jerseys underworld - a very well-respected mafioso who eventually became boss. Picture of Recently Captured Fugitive Mafia Boss Matteo Messina Denaro With One of the Doctors Who Treated Him at the Private Clinic He Was Arrested At 112 19 12 days ago This guy killed over 100 people 138 104 21 days ago Colorized image of Tony Spilotro and Joey "The Clown" Lombardo being released from jail. The DeCavalcante Family Of the seven La Cosa Nostra families active in New Jersey, the DeCavalcante family is the only one indigenous to the state. Its death has been greatly exaggerated, Arsenault said of the mob. Its illicit activities include bookmaking, cement and construction violations, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, pier thefts, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, and waste management violations. But unlike fictional mobsters, Sam. The Mafia once infiltrated New Jerseys political system and some elements of law enforcement, according to Lee Seglem, executive director of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, a 51-year-old arm of state government dedicated to rooting out organized crime and corruption. His obituary reads, "John M. Riggi, Laborers Local 394 business agent, Army Air Corps veteran, dedicated his life to his family." Sitting in the back seat, Capo shot D'Amato four times, killing him. Francesco Majuri was a well-respected member of the underworld who started out as an alcohol bootlegger in the 1920s and 1930s. In the golden age of organized crime, Carmine "The Snake" Persico was the King of the Streets. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count". He soon after died of stomach cancer. He was allegedly killed the Philly black mafia. 103 8 Earlier in 1991, D'Amato's girlfriend, retaliating against D'Amato over an argument, told Anthony Rotondo that D'Amato was an active bisexual. Organized Crime Task Force. Guarraci is said by the FBI to have been inducted by Riggi in place of the hitman who screwed up with the license plates and otherwise would have been next to be made. The defacto boss of the Colombo Mafia family since the 1970s, he oversaw major rackets and . And that will continue as long as there are ships that are coming in from all over the world and the people here who know what the ships are bringing in.. Riggi was hit with another 10 years just as he was about to be freed. Genovese Family associates Ralph and John Eboli (brothers of Family acting boss Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli): Ralph was arrested with another mob member for the attempted extortion and muscling in on a Nesconset bar. Rotondo shared this information with underboss Giacomo Amari, and consigliere Stefano Vitabile. Sam the Plumber, alleged Mafia family member whose phone conversations were taped by the FBI, is pictured here with his. [15] Riggi was in jail until November 27, 2012, and he died in 2015. [18] With the decline of the DeCavalcante family, New York's Five Families have taken over many of the rackets in northern New Jersey. strip club. Jun 21, 2017 - Explore Barry Benstead's board "DeCavalcante", followed by 194 people on Pinterest. [7] In 2006, Abramo, Schifilliti and Vitabile were sentenced to life imprisonment. Riggi used his power and influence to place subcontractors and workers at various construction projects around the state, and the DeCavalcantes were able to steal from union welfare and pension funds. The DeCavalcante crime family is an organized crime family that operates in Elizabeth, New Jersey and surrounding areas in the state and is part of the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). D'Amato was later revealed to have participated in homosexual acts and was murdered in 1992. Riggis hope to put the DeCavalcante family back on the map with the killing was dashed when it became known that when stealing license plates to put on a getaway car, one of the hit squad had inadvertently chosen the plates of a vehicle belonging to the wife of a well-known mobster. Giuseppe "Pino" Schifilliti is a former prominent member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1980s, heavily involved in labor racketeering and extortion activities. The official criminal organization began with Simone DeCavalcante, known as "Sam the Plumber" and "The Count". Capo objected and Remy cursed at him. 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