Are they a family dedicated to crime? The family is also populated by a ridiculous number of memorable characters – Bodie, Wee Bay, Slim Charles, Cutty, Poot – the list is endless. This is indisputable – the Torettos have to be on any list of the best crime families in TV and movie history, and they have to rank highly. In 2002 Prisco was released from prison after his appeal was denied because the New Jersey State Attorney General's office requested his early release. His best friend, Kenickie, is the group's number 2, mostly because of his proximity to Danny and his plagiarism of Danny’s whole look. ), The Cody “organization” is a rough band of siblings and acquaintances who rob and sell drugs, all ruled over by a matriarchal grandmother named Smurf. He was indicted in 2003 on charges related to union corruption at several waterfront shipping terminals in New Jersey. They do things like smoke cigarettes before their eighteenth birthday and drive cars fast, maybe fight every once in a while. [18] He offered this comment about the organization:[19], "We’re talking about structured organized crime. Judged only by iconography and cultural import, Scarface deserves a spot on the Mount Rushmore of gangster films. They make their way back home, easily winning rumbles with a handful of gangs and manipulating a few others, and eventually exonerating themselves. Each of those gangs has their particular turf, areas within New York City where they are free from hassle. The Costello family truly stands out because of its members. The Warriors is sort of ridiculous, in that charming, under-produced way. So, for the purposes of this ranking, we are evaluating the family around the time of Fast Five, when the former street-racing truck thieves had morphed into a multi-ethnic Avengers style paramilitary organization that did things like drag a bank vault through crowded city streets in a battle with police officers. He is self-made and ferocious, but still low on this list. Here’s what can be said, definitively, about The Sopranos: no other fictional crime family has done a better job of balancing the elements of crime and family than the Sopranos. But they lack the business acumen and the calculating discipline to rank very highly on a list of fiction’s greatest Crime Families. It is unknown yet who has taken over as boss of the New Jersey faction. The Codys are a family, and they do commit crimes. Zwillman was his own boss, known by the media as the Al Capone of New Jersey because he controlled a majority of the illegal alcohol in Newark, New Jersey. This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ("crime families"). The faction started as a bootlegging crew under the control of New York City Masseria family boss "Joe the Boss" Giuseppe Masseria. Tony’s wife and kids weren’t just set decoration or narrative prop, they were actual characters, with actual motivations. Michael Coppola refused to testify against Fiumara in the murder trail of Lawrence Ricci and was sentenced on December 18, 2009 to 16 years. He continued to hold power within New Jersey and influence over his crew by promoting soldier Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola as acting capo. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. On the other hand, despite a somewhat more positive critical revisiting, the film was largely derided upon its original release. That makes her a fantastic character. Charles "Lucky" Luciano established the Commission and the Jersey faction continued working for his family. In the 2018 book, The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America. As the vice president of Local 560 Provenzano was able to embezzle money from the union pension fund. The alliance between them was over, Provenzano had been banned from any type of union activities. Vito Genovese on the other side had gained the support of Lucchese family boss Gaetano Lucchese and Mangano family underboss Carlo Gambino. Angelo "The Horn" Prisco became a capo in the Genovese Jersey faction in the late 1980s after the murder of capo John "Johnny D." DiGilio. This is the lineup we are looking at: Dominic Toretto, Brian O’Conner, Mia Toretto, Roman Pearce, Tej Parker, Han Seoul-Oh, Letty (not in Fast Five), and frenemy Luke Hobbs. Moretti a cousin to Costello was promoted to Underboss of the crime family. They’re production and facilitation centers for vice and violence, oppressors of their members and their communities. They are a truly timeless fictional crime family. The Barksdales are a drug syndicate in the Baltimore of The Wire. The Springfield Mafia, and more specifically Fat Tony, have been operating longer than almost any other family on this list – Fat Tony’s first appearance on The Simpsons was in a 1991 episode, titled Bart The Murderer. According to the 1963 Valachi hearings the upper administration of the Genovese family included acting boss Thomas Eboli, New Jersey based underboss Jerry Catena and consigliere Michele Miranda. But, if you’ve seen The Wire, and let it worm its way into your soul, you probably agree with it. The main antagonists from The Departed, the film that finally won Martin Scorsese his Best Picture Oscar, have to rank highly here. ^ The Changing Face of Organized Crime in New Jersey: A Status Report (PDF). There is a well-known stand-up bit by John Mulaney, in which the comedian says that comparing films like The Godfather and Scarface is no different from comparing foods like lobster and skittles. This is one of the most sophisticated criminal organizations in the world. Michael Crincoli – soldier; released from prison on July 12, 2010[33][34]