1)Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo
2)Carmine " THe Snake" Persico
3)Vic Amuso and Gaspipe Casso
4)Joseph " Joe the Ear" Massino
5)John " The Teflon Don" Gotti

1)Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo

Between 1980 and 1981 two mafia bosses from philadelphia, were killed but the worst was yet to come.
The Philadelphia Family ruled since 1960 by Angelo Bruno was a small (60 made men) but powerful family that with the legalization of gambling in Atlantic City prospered until became boss Nicodemo Scarfo Sr.

His reign from 1981 to 1991, were whacked or become government witnesses over 30 made men of his own family. Impose a street tax for every crime committed

in Philly. In a mixture of nepotism, greed and jealousy made ??her grandson Phillip Leonetti his underboss, ordered to whack Salvatore Testa, the son of his predecessor Phillip Testa, because he was gaining too much power and Scarfo was afraid of being killed, also entered the methamphetamine traffic bringing
many of his men to get heavy criminal convictions.

His thirst for blood and brutality, brought first Henry Riccobene to rebel and after he was defeated, the young recruits including Salvatore Merlino, rebelled in 1989 and tried to kill Scarfo's son, Nicky Jr. that had to flee in NJ under the protection of the Luccheses, in the end in 1989 after he was betrayed by his nephew that no longer believed in him Nicodemo Scarfo was sentenced to 45 years,his scheduled release date is January, 2033, when it will take 103 years (and it is capable to live so much, only to don't die in prison).
Until Joseph " Uncle Joe" become the boss in 2001,the family was in a state of perpetual war, he resumed ties with the families of NY,made new soldier,and ruled the family in the old school way.

2)Carmine " THe Snake" Persico

The Colombo family is famous for being the smallest, violent and unstable of the five families.
Before Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo and his brothers rebelled because they were not being paid well by their boss Joseph Profaci.In 1963, Magliocco and Bonanno
boss Joseph Bonanno hatched an audacious plan to murder bosses Carlo Gambino, Tommy Lucchese, Stefano Magaddino and Frank DeSimone and take over the Mafia
Commission.Joseph Magliocco gave the murder contact to Joseph Colombo. Colombo sensed an opportunity for advancement, and instead reported the plot to The
Commission. The Commission, realizing that Bonanno was the real mastermind, ordered both Magliocco and Bonanno to appear for a Mob trial. Bonanno went into
hiding, but a badly shaken Magliocco appeared and confessed everything. The Commission rewarded Colombo for his loyalty by awarding him the Profaci family,
which he renamed the Colombo family.
When Gallo was released from prison in 1971, on the orders of Carlo Gambino and the Commission made shoot Colombo, that didn't die but remained in coma.
Was then that took power Carmine Persico, said the snake by his enemies and the immortal by his admirers.
Persico, wanted to create a mafia dynasty, thinking to pass the command to his son Alphonse, but in 1987 he was sentenced to 100 years and being his son in prison, appointed Victor Orena acting boss, who, however, decided to take control of the family , this led to the Third Colombo War, in the end Persico won, but his man Greg Scarpa was a longtime FBI informant, at the end of 1993, the Commission kicked off Colombos , with the help of Massino could have a seat
again in 2002.

Today Carmine Persico, is still the boss, but his sons being sentenced to life imprisonment in 2000, and yet does not want to drop off the power, using as acting bosses his relatives that are still on the streets.
Since taking power in 1973, the Persico actions led to the arrest, death or betrayal of about 70 men of honor of his family.

3)Vic Amuso and Gaspipe Casso

The Lucchese family was the third most powerful family in New York, after Anthony Corallo gets 100 years in Commission Trial, the family ended up in the
hands of Victor Amuso and Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso.
Though Amuso was the boss, he left all the power to Gaspipe that immediately start to kill anyone he thought was a rat; strong ally of Chin Gigante boss of
the Genovese and enemy of John Gotti, organized an attack to kill both him and his underboss Frank Decicco, but had to settle to kill only DeCicco. Thanks to
the collaboration of corrupt cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, began to pile up the corpses, first Jimmy Hydell who had tried to kill Casso when he
was just a soldier, Hydell was tortured and though he had begged to Casso to let revive his corpse in order to cash out the life insurance to his mother,Casso didn't do it;
Under Corallo, the Jersey Faction of the family gave only $ 50.000 per year to the boss, Anthony Casso ordered "Tumac" Accetturo, the head of the crew to
give 50 per cent of the profits of the crew, when Accetturo refused to attend a meeting with Casso for fear of being killed, Casso gave the order "Whack New
Jersey," increasingly paranoid ordered the death of Anthony Dilapi a biggest earner and most respected racketeer that escaped from New York but was killed
in Los Angeles, February 4, 1990.
Casso even violated the rules of the Cosa Nostra, having lost trust in his killer Peter Chiodo, ordered to whack him. Chiodo was saved by his weight (500
pounds) that let the bullets didn't hit arteries or vital organs, then Casso to scare Chiodo ordered to shoot his sister, and when Chiodo became a witness of
the FBI ordered to kill the Chiodo wife but Chiodo and his family disappeared into the witness protection program.
Forced into hiding along with Amuso, Casso appointed acting boss Alphonse D'arco, however Casso did not comply D'arco and arrived in order to kill D'Arco.
At the end Accetturo,Chiodo, D'Arco for fear of being killed became government witnesses, and were the first of a long list at the end Casso played his last
card informed the Feds to be ready to become a government witness; However, having regard to its bad reputation, was identified by the name of Lucifer by the FBI. After 4 years in WITSEC was sentenced to 13 consecutive terms of life in prison plus 455 years without the Possibility of parole.

People Murdered by Anthony Casso

Anthony Casso was a ruthless gangster who loved killing he ordered murders and commited some of them personally, he killed many people (Mostly members of his

own crime family who he though were rats) to make him and his friend Vittorio Amuso feel more secure. some of the murders he ordered were committed by

Corrupt NYPD Detectives Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa. below is a list of murders he was involved in.

Order: No/Name/Rank/Affiliation/When/Involvement/Reason

1.Anthony Luongo/Capo/Lucchese Crime Family/1986/Personal/ To take control of the Lucchese crime family.

2.Israel Greenwald/none/independent/February 10th 1986/Ordered It/ Greenwald was murdered because he was extorted by the Lucchese crime family and was

reporting them to the FBI.

3.Frank DeCicco/Underboss/Gambino Crime Family/April 13th 1986/At The Scene/ DeCicco was killed by a car bomb in revenge for the unsanctioned murder of Paul

Castellano, the real target was John Gotti but DeCicco was killed by mistake.

4.James Hydell/Associate/Gambino Crime Family/May 1986/Personal/ Hydell had attempted to kill casso, in revenge casso brutally tortured him for 12 hours
shooting him in his limbs and joints, to find out who Hydell was working for.

5.Vladimir Reznikov/Enforcer/Russian Mob/June 13th 1986/Ordered It/ Reznikov was murdered because he had threatened Marat Baluga the leader of the russian
bratva. Marat went to the consigliere of the Lucchese crime family for help and they handled it.

6.Nicholas Guido/none/independent/December 25th 1986/Ordered It/ Nicholas Guido was innocent Telephone Engineer murdered in mistaken identity, he shared the
same name as one of the people who tried to kill Casso.

7.Michael Pappadio/Capo/Lucchese Crime Family/1987/Ordered It/ For refusing to hand over control of his businesses.

8.Thomas Gilmore/Associate/Lucchese Crime Family/February 1989/Ordered It/ For allegedly being an informant.

9.Robert Kubecka/none/independent/August 11th 1989/Ordered It/ Murdered because his waste management business was in competition with the Lucchese waste management business, and for refusing to give in to extortion.

10.Donald Barstow/none/independent/August 11th 1989/Ordered It/ Murdered because his waste management business was in competition with the Lucchese waste management business, and for refusing to give in to extortion.

11.Anthony DiLapi/Soldier/Lucchese Crime Family/Feburary 4th 1990/Ordered It/ For allegeldy being an informant.

12.Michael Salerno/Capo/Lucchese Crime Family/June 5th 1990/Ordered It/ Amuso and Casso wanted to murder a potential enemy.

13.Bruno Facciolo/Soldier/Lucchese Crime Family/August 1990/Ordered It/ For allegedly being an informant.

14.Edward Lino/Capo/Gambino Crime Family/November 6th 1990/Ordered It/ To get to John Gotti.

15.Bartholomew Boriello/Capo/Gambino Crime Family/April 13th 1991/Ordered It/ to get to John Gotti.

16.Patrick Testa/Soldier/Lucchese Crime Family/December 2nd 1992/Ordered It/ Casso wanted to murder a potential enemy.

17.Frank Signorino/None/Unknown/Feburary 2nd 1993/Ordered It/ Signorio was Peter Chiodo's uncle, he was murdered to intimidate Chiodo who had become an
informant after a murder attempt on his and his wife's lives.

4)Joseph " Joe the Ear" Massino

Made history as the first boss of the five families to become a rat,wear a wire and testified twice for the government, helping win a murder conviction against his acting boss Vincent Basciano in 2011. Joseph Massino, who became boss of the Bonanno family in 1991, brought back his family to the old glory,he named underboss, his brother in law Salvatore Vitale.
It was until the early 2000s, the only boss of the 5 families to be still free in the streets, and the Bonnano family the one of the 5 families that haven't rats.
Paranoid ordered his soldiers to never mention his name, at the most touching the ear, but he wanted to change the name of the family in Massino family. He
ordered the closure of the social clubs for fear of bugs. At the end his brother in law Sal Vitale that was increasingly pushed aside by Massino, decided that it was not worth to made long years in prison and became a government witness, eventually followed by other: Cantarella,Coppa etc.
Federal prosecutors say said to Massino, that risked the death penalty and not the life imprisonment,frightened by the idea of die, Massino agreed to wear a
wire and record Vincent Basciano, who was later sentenced to life thanks to these tapes.

5)John " The Teflon Don" Gotti

John Gotti not only order to whack his boss, Paul Castellano to take power of the Gambino crime family in 1985, but was also the one that with his love of the
spotlight, his inability to close the mouth, arrogance and nepotism seriously damaged the Gambino.
He believe to be a rock star unlike the bosses who preceded him had preferred to remain in the shadows in order to do their business in peace.
Not only induced in the family all his relatives, in place of associates who deserved to be made, after he was convicted because the FBI convinced, thanks to the words of Gotti, which were recorded on tape, his underboss Salvatore Gravano to flip.
Sentenced to life imprisonment, he appointed his successor before his son Junior and his brother Peter called The Dumbest Don.
Eventually even the Gambinos have had enough of the Gottis and have chosen an old school boss Domenico Cefalù in 2012.