1988 in organized crime information

gang's founder, Sekret Kukaj, is shot dead on October 26, 1988. January 4 – DeCavalcante crime family capo, Vincent "Jimmy" Rotondo is shot to death outside...

active organized crime syndicates in Italy that were founded in the 20th century: the Sacra Corona Unita, the Società foggiana and the Bari crime groups...

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for...

This is a timeline of the history of organized crime. 1860-1869: affirmation of the Sicilian mafia. 1870s: 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876...

to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group...

Adkins is shot dead in Amsterdam. December 11 – The FBI arrests Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, underboss Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano and...

organized crime and was famously home to the American mafia figure Al Capone. This article contains a list of major events related to organized crime...

a member of the Gambino crime family, is photographed with First Lady Rosalynn Carter in recognition for his charity work in Manhattan. January 12 – Johnny...

mobsters, including Frank D. Frassetto, are convicted in a federal court of racketeering crimes including several mob-related bombings. March 7 – Joseph...

Investigation as the result of a major prosecution into organized crime. June 25 – Colombo crime family leader Carmine "Junior" Persico is charged with...

partnership between the Gambino crime family and the Westies street gang of Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen. January 6 – Cleveland Crime Family boss James Licavoli...

family and the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the...

31 – John Stanfa, a Philadelphia crime family member and former driver of slain boss Angelo Bruno, is convicted in Federal District Court of lying to...

Italian-American Mafia as the largest organized crime group in the United States and continues to hold dominance over the National Crime Syndicate, despite the increasing...

Russotti’s 1984 conviction marked the downfall of the Rochester-based organized crime family. Russotti had been responsible for causing the ABC War, where...

April 13 – Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home. August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti...

Ruggiero, a heroin trafficker and brother of Gambino crime family capo Angelo Ruggiero, is killed in a plane crash. Salvatore Lamberti, a Sicilian mafiosi...

December 7 – Philadelphia crime family captain Joseph Sodano, based out of Newark, New Jersey, was shot to death for hiding money from the administration...

extortion, and was sentenced to six year and five months in prison. March 19 – Philadelphia crime family soldier Anthony Turra was shot to death outside...

appointed by President Ronald Reagan, officially merges the regional organized crime strike forces the office of the U.S. Attorney General. May 2 – Gerald...

Organised crime in India refers to organised crime elements originating in India and active in many parts of the world. The purpose of organised crime in India...

June 1983 – August 1983. January 10 – Roy DeMeo, a member of the Gambino crime family and head of an elite execution squad for nearly a decade, is murdered...

years January 15 – Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, boss of the Philadelphia crime family, is arrested and charged with planning an extortion scheme with a...

John H. Davis's Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family is published. Robert Rosenthal's Last Day of the Sicilians: The FBI's War...

shot to death allegedly byTommy Jones, a hitman and Los Angeles crime family associate, in the garage of a Brooklyn used car lot. The hit was allegedly ordered...

Pittsburgh mobster involved in drug trafficking June 23 - Frank Salemme, Jr., Patriarca crime family soldier and son of crime boss "Cadillac" Frank Salemme...

The gangs of Çole, Gaxhai and Pusi i Mezinit are established in Vlorë amidst the 1997 Albanian civil unrest. January 7 – "Fat" Herbie Blitzstein was shot...

poisoning in children. Organized crime has long been associated with New York City, beginning with the Forty Thieves and the Roach Guards gangs in the Five...