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4 unusual facts about Gambino


Giorgio Ambrosoli

According to the Mafia turncoat (pentito) Francesco Marino Mannoia, Sindona laundered the proceeds of heroin trafficking for the Bontade-Spatola-Inzerillo-Gambino network.

Michele Sindona

According to the Mafia pentito Francesco Marino Mannoia, Sindona laundered the proceeds of heroin trafficking for the Bontade-Spatola-Inzerillo-Gambino network.

Rudaj Organization

Prosecutors say the Albanian gang was headed by Alex Rudaj and an Italian named Nardino Colotti who had ties to the late Gambino soldier Skinny Phil Loscalzo.

Nardino Colotti (born 1963) of the Bronx, New York, is an Italian American protégé of the late Gambino soldier Phil (Skinny Phil) Loscalzo and co-leader of the Albanian Mafia Rudaj Organization.


1985 in organized crime

Gambino boss Paul Big Pauly" Castellano and nine others were accused of operating an international auto-theft ring that shipped stolen cars to Kuwait and Puerto Rico, among other destinations.

Anthony Russo

Ettore Zappi (1904–1986), aka Tony Russo, Gambino crime family figure and nephew of mobster Andrew Russo

Attilio Bitondo

LoFaro wore a wire during meetings with Bitondo at the Queens social club of Gambino captain Ralph Mosca.

Frank Amato

His marriage to Constance was an Old World traditional Sicilian style wedding that was attended by many powerful Gambino mobsters.

Green Haven Correctional Facility

Operating out of the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, Gotti quickly rose to prominence, becoming one of the crime family's biggest earners and a protégé of Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce.

James McBratney

James McBratney (November 17, 1941, New York City, New York – May 22, 1973, Staten Island, New York) was an Irish American gangster, believed to have been involved in the 1972 kidnappings of Emanuel "Manny" Gambino (nephew of Carlo Gambino) and Lucchese crime family caporegime Francesco Manzo and Gambino crime family mafioso Vincent D'Amore.

On December 28, 1972, McBratney made arrangements to kidnap a Gambino crime family loanshark who Jerry Capeci and fellow investigative journalists only identify as "Junior".

Joseph Vollaro

Vollaro was responsible for getting the Gambino family involved in a NASCAR speedway that was planned for Staten Island; Andrews Trucking received a lucrative hauling contract at the site.

Ludwig Göransson

Ludwig Göransson (born September 1, 1984), also known under the stage name Ludovin, is a Swedish composer best known for his work on US TV sitcoms Community, Happy Endings, and New Girl, as well as composing the music for 30 Minutes or Less and collaborating with Donald Glover on the Childish Gambino albums Camp and Because the Internet.

New Springville, Staten Island

In 2005, Gambino family capo Carmine Sciandra was shot outside of his Top Tomato supermarket store located in New Springville by a former NYPD officer who was in the presence of two Bonanno crime family gangsters.

Weiss was indicted, and out of fear that he would cooperate, Gambino crime family boss John Gotti ordered Weiss's murder, and delegated the work to the DeCavalcante crime family.

Richard J. Gambino

In 1992 Gambino received the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award together with Praveen Chaudhari and Jerome J. Cuomo, "for the discovery of amorphous magnetic films used in magneto-optic data storage systems".

Richard Martino

A major earner for the Gambino family, Martino owned expensive homes in Harrison, New York and Southampton, New York, wore Prada brand shoes, and drove an expensive Mercedes-Benz automobile.

Richard V. Gotti

On June 5, 2002, Richard was indicted on racketeering and extortion charges, mainly involving Gambino crimes at an International Longshoremen's Association local and the attempted extortion of actor Steven Seagal.

Rosario Gambino

Gambino made headlines again in 2001 when reports surfaced that in 1995 President Bill Clinton's half-brother Roger Clinton, Jr. had allegedly accepted $50,000 and a Rolex watch from Gambino's children.

Sid Roams

Sid Roams have worked with artists including Eminem, Bad Meets Evil (Eminem & Royce da 5'9"), Prodigy (Mobb Deep), Evidence, Dilated Peoples, Hard White, Infamous Mobb, Big Twins (AKA Twin Gambino from Infamous Mobb), Phil da Agony (Strong Arm Steady), Agallah, Purple City, Chino XL, Lil' Fame (M.O.P.) and many others...

Victor Amuso

The Gambino, Colombo, Genovese and Lucchese families had together created a cartel in 1978, which eventually controlled over $150 million in contracts from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).

Wacky Packages

The ANS sets have been very successful with the return of original 1970s Wacky Packages cartoonist Jay Lynch plus newcomers David Gross, Strephon Taylor, Neil Camera, Fred Wheaton, Smokin' Joe McWilliams, Mark Parisi, Brent Engstrom, Sam Gambino and Joe Simko.


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