Primarily New York City, with additional territory in Long Island, Rochester, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Florida, Arizona, Las Vegas, Northern California, and Montreal[1]
Ethnicity
Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)
195 made members and 500 associates (1986)[2]
Activities
Racketeering, loansharking, money laundering, murder, drug trafficking, extortion, illegal gambling, prostitution and pornography[3]
Allies
Buffalo crime family
Castellammarese Mafia clan
Chicago Outfit
Colombo crime family
Cotroni crime family
DeCavalcante crime family
Gambino crime family
Genovese crime family
Lucchese crime family
Milwaukee crime family
Rizzuto crime family (formerly)[4]
Rochester crime family
San Francisco crime family
San Jose crime family
Trafficante crime family
Purple Gang[5]
Rivals
Rizzuto crime family[6]
and various gangs in New York City, including their allies
The Bonanno crime family (pronounced [boˈnanno]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, and in the United States, as part of the criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.
The family was known as the Maranzano crime family until its founder Salvatore Maranzano was murdered in 1931. Joseph Bonanno was awarded most of Maranzano's operations when Charles "Lucky" Luciano oversaw the creation of the Commission to divide up criminal enterprises in New York City among the Five Families. Under the leadership of Bonanno between the 1930s and 1960s, the family was one of the most powerful in the country.
However, in the early 1960s, Bonanno attempted to overthrow several leaders of the Commission, but failed. Bonanno disappeared from 1964 to 1966, triggering an intra-family war colloquially referred to as the "Banana War" that lasted until 1968, when Bonanno retired to Arizona.
Between 1976 and 1981, the family was infiltrated by FBI agent Joseph Pistone, who went undercover using the alias, Donnie Brasco. This resulted in the Bonannos becoming the first of the New York families to be expelled from the Commission.[7] It took until the 1990s for them to recover, a process overseen by new boss Joseph Massino. Despite these issues, by the dawn of the new millennium, the Bonanno family had not only regained their seat on the Commission but had also become the most powerful family in New York.
However, in the early 2000s, a rash of convictions culminated in Massino himself becoming a government informant, the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to do so. The Bonanno family was seen as the most brutal of the Five Families during the 20th century.[8]
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U.S. Jury Convicts Eight as Members of Mob Commission Arnold H. Lubasch, The New York Times (November 20, 1986) Archived February 2, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Organized crime loses its foothold Las Vegas Sun (July 2, 2002) Archived March 16, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
Reputed boss of Montreal Mafia arrested in murder case Tu Thanh Ha and Colin Freeze, The Globe and Mail (January 21, 2004) Archived April 13, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
Truth and Justice for Fun and Profit: Collected Reporting Michael Heaton (2007) ISBN 9781598510393
Two of New York’s Oldest Mafia Clans Charged in Money Laundering Scheme Troy Closson, The New York Times (August 16, 2022) Archived August 16, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
^U.S. Jury Convicts Eight as Members of Mob Commission Arnold H. Lubasch, The New York Times (November 20, 1986) Archived February 2, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
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Police Raid Huge Smut‐Film Operation Morris Kaplan, The New York Times (September 8, 1973) Archived February 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
3 Acquitted Of Obscenity In Film Case Timothy S. Robinson, The Washington Post (January 27, 1978) Archived August 28, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
Sex Business Linked To Alleged Mobster Selwyn Raab, The New York Times (March 5, 1978) Archived November 6, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
Area Porn Distributor Indicted Eugene Meyer, The Washington Post (February 15, 1980) Archived July 8, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
Bonanno Crime Family Finds Wealth, Turmoil Larry McShane, Los Angeles Times (August 12, 2001) Archived November 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
"The Changing Face of organize crime in New Jersey" (PDF). State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation. May 2004. Archived June 11, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
DA: Members Of Bonanno Crime Crew Indicted In NYC Mob Crackdown CBS News (July 9, 2013) Archived July 29, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
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"Shot down in a 'sloppy' hit, another Montreal mobster dies". The Globe and Mail. November 24, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
^Getlin, Josh (May 3, 2004). "The Nation; A Simple Queens Caterer, or 'Big Joey' the Mob Killer?; Joseph Massino, the reputed head of the Bonanno family, faces a murder trial this month". Los Angeles Times. p. A.1. ProQuest 422062807.
^"Joe Bonanno Interview Documentary Bonanno Crime Family Mafia Boss Biography 60 Min. / 18:11". YouTube. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
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