Gambino Family Research Paper

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Introduction
The Gambino Crime Family began in the early 1900’s in New York and grew to be one of the most recognizable Sicilian criminal organizations in America. Several other Sicilian groups also grew to power and these organizations became to be known as the American Mafia. The Gambino Family is one of five families that operate in New York and are part of the “la Cosa Nostra” and is considered to be the strongest of the five families. The family also participated the “The Commission” which was the main governing board of the American Mafia. The family has since declined since it height of power in the 1960’s through the 1980’s but has begun to make a resurgence as a powerful criminal organization (Gambino Family).
The Founder Salvatore …show more content…

Soon after arriving in New York he started out working in a cheese importing company but quickly returned to criminal activities. He began working with the Giuseppe Morello who was leader of the Morello gang who had a strong presence in the Bronx. Soon Giuseppe Morello and Ignazio Lupo, his second in command, were arrested for counterfeiting charges and sentenced to thirty years in prison. During this event D’Aquila saw an opportunity to split off from the Morello gang and start his own mafia family. Already a well-respected and powerful lieutenant among the Morello gang, he left with many loyal followers and began his own gang ( Salvatore D'Aquila). D’Aquila’s gang began to quickly grow during the years of the prohibition and that they also controlled a large portion of the New York City waterfront. Due to his control of most of the waterfront other gangs who also wanted access to the waterfront soon allied themselves to D’Aquila’s family further increasing his supremacy in the region. With the success of his family D’Aquila soon became known as the “Boss of Bosses” a tittle previously held by Giuseppe Morello until his arrest in 1909. Giuseppe Morello was soon …show more content…

D’Aquila knew that Morello would want his seat as the “Boss of Bosses” back and D’Aquila was not going to give up his power so easily and soon began plotting a way to assassinate Morello and another gang member known as Giuseppe Masseria who was beginning to make a name for himself in the Morello gang. D’Aquila enlisted the help of Umberto Valenti, a notorious gunman formerly part of the Camorra gang in New York. After several failed attempts to assassinate them Giuseppe Morello and Masseria retaliated and ambushed Valenti and killed him, with Valenti gone the violence subsided and so did D’Aquila’s influence over the Brooklyn area. As time passed

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