La Cosa Nostra History in the U.S.

The Chicago Outfit is a crime syndicate that has a strong hold in the City of Chicago.   Al Capone was its most famous leader.   Through the 20 th century the Outfit had a stronghold on illegal activities in Chicago.   The Outfit manage to destroy all the other organized crime families in Chicago during the 1920s.   Since that time, they took over the City of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, and rule the underworld by using street crews.   The Outfit has been romanticized in Hollywood, it has ruled Las Vegas by fear, and almost destroyed by the Family Secrets trial.   1.        The film Casino The film starred Robert Deniro, Joe Pesci, and Sharon Stone, and they portrayed real life people.   The film was loosely based on events that happened in Las Vegas, but in typical Hollywood fashion they had to create a story to put on the silver screen.    Joe Pesci portrayed the real-life hitman for the Chicago Outfit Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro.   Spilotro along with h

John Gotti Mugshot John Gotti was the most prominent Boss of the Gambino crime family and at the same time became the worst boss of the Gambino Crime family.  Gotti was raised in East New York a section in the Bronx. At a very young age he became involved with crime and street thugs.  Gotti started working for Carmine Fatico’s crew.  At the time the Fatico crew belonged to the Mangano family, who was led by Albert Anastasia.  Soon after Anastasia’s demise, the Fatico crew became part of the Gambino family.  At the age of 18 Gotti was an active member of the Fatico crew, where he first met Aniello Dellacroce who the Fatico crew reported to. Gotti ruled the streets of New York with an iron fist, he demanded homage from the members of the family.  Gotti beat the government in court three times in the 80s earning the nickname the Teflon Don.  He often wore very expensive suits and thus he was dubbed the Dapper Don. In the 70s and 80s Gotti rose through the ranks of the

Roy DeMeo Roy DeMeo was a made-man in the Gambino Crime Family .   DeMeo believed that if there was no body, then there was no crime.   DeMeo and his crew perfected the Gemini Method .   Anyone that doubled crossed him would be lured to the Gemini Lounge.   Once inside the person would be led to the back of the bar where there was an apartment.   DeMeo would jump out and shoot the person in the head with a silenced pistol, and immediately wrap the head with a towel.   Another crew member would stab the person’s heart to get the body to stop pumping blood out of the wound.   The body would be hung in the bathtub until all the blood drained from it.   The body would be placed on plastic sheets, dismembered and sent out to the Fountain Avenue Dump in Brooklyn.   Roy DeMeo would go on to run his own crew in the Gambino Crime Family.   He answered to Gambino family soldier and Capo under boss Paul Castellano, Anthony “nino” Gaggi .   Roy became a made-member of the Gambino family be