"You're probably right but i've heard before that the Genovese family were always the largest the only reason the Gambinos were more powerful at one point was because of Carlo controlling most bosses on the commission ."
I strongly believe the Gambinos were the biggest (in numbers) between 1930 and 1980. Of course, the bosses never informed the authorities about this. So I could be wrong, Cam. And besides, I´m not Italian...
Same here
i was probably wrong anyway i most likely came up with that fact myself
In 1969, after the FBI started to identify the members of the Mafia, they listed these guys as current captains in the Gambino Family:
David Amodeo
Domenico Arcuri
Joseph Colozzo
Vincent Corrao
Pasquale Conte
Charles Dongarra
James Failla
Peter Ferrara
Joseph Gambino (brother of Carlo Gambino)
Anthony Napolitano
Gaetano Russo
Giacomo Scarpula
Paul Castellano
Anthony Scotto
Anthony Sedotto
Peter Stincone
Giuseppi Traina
Mario Traina (probably acting for Giuseppe Traina)
Ettore Zappi
Joseph Zingaro
Olympio Garofalo
Frank Corbi
Frank Perrone
Joseph Paterno
Joseph Silesi
James Eppolito
Frank Rizzo (probably acting for Ferrara)
That´s 25 official captains.
Genoveses:
Vincent Alo
Ruggiero Boiardo
Angelo DeCarlo
Antonio Carillo
Salvatore Celembrino
Frank Celano
Peter Defeo
Cosmo Frasca
Vincenzo Generoso
Michael Generoso (acting)
Thomas Greco
Philip Lombardo
Rosario Mogavero
Frank Tieri
Harry Lanza
Rocco Pellegrino
Salvatore Cufari
Tommy Eboli (acting underboss)
Pasquale Eboli (acting for Tommy Eboli)
Tony Salerno (possibly a captain)
Peter LaPlaca
19 official captains.
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