American Cosa Nostra

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American Cosa Nostra is the nationwide organized crime network of Italian-American Mafia families in the United States, involved in activities such as racketeering, extortion, and illegal gambling.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
American Mafia 15
American Cosa Nostra canonical 3
American mafia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mafia
criminal organization
organized crime syndicate
abbreviation RICO (for law used against it) NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs American Mafia NERFINISHED
Italian-American Mafia NERFINISHED
LCN NERFINISHED
La Cosa Nostra NERFINISHED
codeOfConduct omertà
country United States
ethnicOrigin Italian-American
governingBody The Commission NERFINISHED
hasComponent Bonanno crime family NERFINISHED
Buffalo crime family NERFINISHED
Chicago Outfit NERFINISHED
Cleveland crime family NERFINISHED
Colombo crime family NERFINISHED
DeCavalcante crime family NERFINISHED
Detroit Partnership NERFINISHED
Gambino crime family NERFINISHED
Genovese crime family NERFINISHED
Kansas City crime family NERFINISHED
Los Angeles crime family NERFINISHED
Lucchese crime family NERFINISHED
New England crime family NERFINISHED
New Jersey crime families NERFINISHED
New York Five Families NERFINISHED
Patriarca crime family NERFINISHED
Philadelphia crime family NERFINISHED
Pittsburgh crime family NERFINISHED
influencedBy Sicilian Mafia NERFINISHED
legalToolUsedAgainst Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act NERFINISHED
membershipRestriction men of Italian descent
notableCriminalActivityType control of construction industry
control of waste management industry
infiltration of labor unions
numbers racket
protection rackets
periodOfGreatestInfluence mid-20th century
primaryActivities bid rigging
drug trafficking
extortion
fraud
illegal gambling
labor racketeering
loan sharking
money laundering
murder for hire
racketeering
primaryOpponents Federal Bureau of Investigation NERFINISHED
United States Department of Justice NERFINISHED
scope nationwide in the United States
structure network of semi-autonomous crime families
typicalHierarchyRole associate
boss
caporegime NERFINISHED
consigliere
soldier
underboss

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commission (American Mafia) governs American Cosa Nostra
Albert Anastasia memberOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Allie "Tick Tock" Tannenbaum associatedWith American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Prime Minister of the Underworld relatedConcept American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Lucky Luciano criminalOrganization American Mafia
subject linked to: Charlie Lucky
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Charles "The Bug" Workman affiliation American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Luciano crime family partOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Meyer Lansky associatedWith American Mafia
subject linked to: the Mob's Accountant
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Anastasia crime family partOf American Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese partOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Salvatore Lucania memberOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Francesco Castiglia memberOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Harold Shand seeksInvestmentFrom American mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Queen of the Mob associatedWith American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Carlo Gambino memberOf American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Charles Brandt wroteAbout American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Meyer Suchowljansky associatedWith American Mafia
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Italian-American Mafia hasAlternativeName American Cosa Nostra
Italian-American Mafia hasNotableComponent Five Families of New York City
linked to: American Cosa Nostra
Gotti (1996 film) portrays American Mafia
subject linked to: Gotti
linked to: American Cosa Nostra