1996 in organized crime information

December 7 – Joseph Sodano, Philadelphia crime family captain Obituary: "'Jimmy the Gent' Burke, Lufthansa Heist's Kingpin," Newsday, April 17, 1996....

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...

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...

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

various organized crime related elements originating in the former Soviet Union (FSU). Any of the mafia's groups may be referred to as an "Organized Criminal...

path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the...

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...

Organized crime in the Netherlands, sometimes called penose (Dutch: penoze) is the organised criminal underbelly in Amsterdam and other major cities....

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...

Genovese crime family member Vincent "Vinnie" DiNapoli, then considered by federal authorities to be the tenth most influential U.S. mobster, is convicted...

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

Calabrese organized crime April 20 – Marco Rodolfo del Vento, financier and alleged front man for Sicilian mafia boss Biagio Crisafulli, arrested in the Balearic...

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...

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

known as the Irish mafia or Irish organized crime) is a usually crime family–based ethnic collective of organized crime syndicates composed of primarily...

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

February 19 – International organized crime figure Ricardo Fanchini pleads guilty to a conspiracy to distribute ecstasy in the United States. February...

was arrested in Japan for loan sharking. August 19 – A bar located in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan and managed by an anti organized crime campaign leader...

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

April 5 – Bonanno crime family consigliere Anthony Spero was convicted of racketeering and ordering the murders of Louis Tuzzio, Paul Gulino and Vincent...

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

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

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...

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

July 27 – Police in Durrës, Albania, with assistance from Italian authorities, arrest one of the godfathers of the Italian crime group Sacra Corona Unita...

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

head of the Lucchese crime family, dies in prison after serving 13 years of a life imprisonment sentence. September 6 – Lucchese crime family acting boss...

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...