The Los Angeles crime family is an Italian American criminal organization based in Los Angeles County, California, as part of the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). It has since spread throughout Southern California. Like most Mafia families in the United States, the L.A. family gained power bootlegging during the prohibition era. The L.A. family reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s under Jack Dragna, who was on The Commission. Even then, the L.A.

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  • The Los Angeles crime family is an Italian American criminal organization based in Los Angeles County, California, as part of the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). It has since spread throughout Southern California. Like most Mafia families in the United States, the L.A. family gained power bootlegging during the prohibition era. The L.A. family reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s under Jack Dragna, who was on The Commission. Even then, the L.A. family wasn't nearly as big or influential as the New York or Chicage families. Since his death the crime family has been on a gradual decline. In the 1970s Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno become the second member in American Mafia history to testify against the Mafia. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), became a highly effect law in convicting mobsters and shrinking the American Mafia since the 1970s. Like all families in the United States, the L.A. Mafia only holds a fraction of its former power. The current boss of the family is Peter Milano. The current family is small compared to the families on the East Coast and Chicago and is involved in fraud, extortion, loansharking, gambling, and legitimate businesses. Although not having to share power with other Mafia families like New York's Five Families, never having a strong Italian-American population in the region the L.A. family has to contend with the many street gangs in the "Gang Capital of America". The Los Angeles crime family is the last Cosa Nostra family left in the state of California.
  • La Famiglia di Los Angeles è una delle potenti organizzazioni appartenenti a Cosa nostra americana che controlla le attività (criminali e non) della città californiana. In passato è stata soprannominata Mickey Mouse Mafia anche per le connessioni con l'industria cinematografica. Nel corso degli anni ha mantenuto rapporti di alleanza con tutte le "Famiglie" di Cosa Nostra, soprattutto con quella di Buffalo. Analogamente a molte altre famiglie mafiose, è nata nel contesto storico del Proibizionismo. Dagli anni '70 l'organizzazione ha subito un lento declino, anche a causa della nascita e successivo sviluppo di altre potenti gang malavitose nella città, come Mara Salvatrucha. L'attuale Boss è Peter Milano.
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  • Mug shot of Joseph Ardizzone, the first official Boss of the Los Angeles family.
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  • c. 1920
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  • approx. 10-15 made members
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  • Los Angeles crime family
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  • Various L.A. street gangs, Chicago Outfit
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  • c. 1900-present
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  • The Los Angeles crime family is an Italian American criminal organization based in Los Angeles County, California, as part of the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). It has since spread throughout Southern California. Like most Mafia families in the United States, the L.A. family gained power bootlegging during the prohibition era. The L.A. family reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s under Jack Dragna, who was on The Commission. Even then, the L.A.
  • La Famiglia di Los Angeles è una delle potenti organizzazioni appartenenti a Cosa nostra americana che controlla le attività (criminali e non) della città californiana. In passato è stata soprannominata Mickey Mouse Mafia anche per le connessioni con l'industria cinematografica. Nel corso degli anni ha mantenuto rapporti di alleanza con tutte le "Famiglie" di Cosa Nostra, soprattutto con quella di Buffalo.
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  • Los Angeles crime family
  • Los Angeles (famiglia)
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