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Lorenzo "Lore" Mannino (born July 27, 1959) is an American mobster, and according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a powerful caporegime in the Gambino crime family. Currently he holds the position of front boss for Domenico Cefalù in the family.
Current Leadership Charts of the Five Families. Gambino Crime Family. Official Boss: Domenico "Italian Dom" Cefalù. Street Boss: Lorenzo Mannino. Underboss: Unknown. Consigliere: Lorenzo Mannino (also serves as Street Boss) Estimated Membership: About 200 Made Members. Genovese Crime Family. Official Boss: Liborio S. "Barney" Bellomo.
The Gallo brothers (from the Colombo family) murdered Anastasia in a Manhattan barber shop, opening the war for Gambino to become the new boss of the now-Gambino crime family. After assuming power, Gambino started conspiring with Lucchese to remove their former ally Genovese.
- Salvatore D’Aquila 1910 – 1928
- Alfred Manfredi 1928 – 1930
- Frank Scalice 1930 – 1931
- Vincent Mangano 1931 – 1951
- Albert Anastasia 1951 – 1957
- Carlo Gambino 1957 – 1976
- Paul Castellano 1976 – 1985
- John Gotti 1985 – 2002
- Peter Gotti 2002 – 2011
- Domenico Cefalù 2011 – 2015
In 1910, Giuseppe Morello was imprisoned and Salvatore D’Aquila decided that this was the time to separate from the Morello Crime Family and create his own family, this would be the birth of what we know today as the Gambino Crime Family. His new crime family operated from East Harlem and the Bronx, where he rivaled the Morellos. In 1920, after Giu...
Mineo, who recently aligned himself with boss Joe Masseria, more than likely played a direct role in planning the murder of his boss. After declaring his allegiance to Masseria and showing his distorted loyalty by betraying his former boss, Mineo’s place atop the D’Aquila crime family leadership was cemented. He had secured his Brooklyn interests a...
After the short reign of Alfred Mineo, Frank Scalice stepped up to the table as the new boss and was strongly allied with Maranzano, but he would serve less than a year because in September 1931 Maranzano was killed and then Lucky Luciano came in to restructure the families. Therefore, Scalice was forced to resign as head of the family to make way ...
In 1931 Mangano took the front seat and would run the family for the next two decades. In his time at the helm of the family he would run the New York waterfront forcing workers to pay a fee for every day they worked on the docks – because of this, the mob knew exactly what was on each ship and could choose what to steal. Mangano unlike many other ...
Despite his ruthless and violent character Anastasia enjoyed close to 6 years in charge of the family. He was a close ally to the likes of Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello who helped Anastasia claim the position at the head of the family in 1951. This was mainly due to Costello wanting Anastasia as an ally against the violent and power-hungry Vito ...
Acting 1974–1976: Paul Castellano After the assassination of Albert Anastasia we saw Vito Genovese take over the Costello family and Carlo Gambino takeover the Anastasia family. This was the first point in time where both families became what they are now known as today. Unlike Vito Genovese and his downfall after becoming boss, Carlo would go on t...
A new era for the Gambino Crime Family would open up in 1976 when the family become split after the appointment of Castellano. One man in particular who wasnt happy was a young John Gotti who respected Dellacroce. Castelleno would lead the Gambino’s for the next 9 years providing a more business-like approach to operations and providing a higher fi...
Acting 1992–1999: John Gotti Jr Acting 1999–2002: Peter Gotti John Gotti took charge of the family soon after the execution of Big Paul and would spend the next 17 years as the boss, albeit most of them whilst in prison after the FBI finally nailed down charges to the Teflon Don in 1992. Largely thanks to informant, Sammy Gravano. Gotti, although b...
Acting 2002–2005: Arnold Squitieri Acting 2005–2008: Nicholas Corozzo Peter was the boss of the family from 2002 – 2011 but was known as The Dumbest Don. Despite everyone’s low expectations for Peter Gotti, he was soon fulfilling a more important role within the family when he took over operations from his brother John. Peter actually ended up in p...
For four years it is said that Domenico Cefalù took control of the Gambino’s, officially. In 1991 just before John Gotti was put away, he made Cefalù a made member of the family and 20 years later he would go on to run it. His ascension was seen as a return to the old-fashioned way of running a Mafia family, and it would mark the end of the Gotti e...
He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
Dive into the shadowy world of organized crime with our exclusive exposé on the enduring legacy of the Gambino Crime Family in 2024. Meet Lore Mannino, the c...
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Apr 27, 2024 · Longtime boss and namesake of the New York Mafia's feared Gambino crime family, Carlo Gambino wielded unprecedented power in the late 1950s and '60s.
