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The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca crime family or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in the United States.
- 1888; 135 years ago
- c.1888–present
- Salvatore "Banana King" Catanzaro
Pittsburgh / LaRocca crime family succession of mob bosses, 1915-2000 – underworld leaders in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and northeast Ohio.
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Jul 13, 2023 · The bosses were men — the Mafia was a patriarchal, male-dominated organized crime world — with familiar names among crime aficionados: LaRocca, John Bazzano and Pittsburgh’s last leader or...
Oct 21, 2016 · The Pittsburgh crime family continues to fade into history with the death of one-time underboss Charles "Chucky" Porter Oct. 11, 2016, who is said to have been the "right-hand" man to former...
Oct 26, 2023 · Writer and FBI intelligence analyst Paul N. Hodos has penned a definitive history of the members and machinations of this region’s mobsters, in his 171-page tome, Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don.
The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca crime family or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in the United States.
The Genovese crime family ( pronounced [dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse] ), also sometimes referred to as the Westside, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City and New Jersey as part of the American Mafia. They have generally maintained a varying degree of ...