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|name= The Five Families
 
|name= The Five Families
|in= [[New York City]]
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|years active= 1930s-present
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|territory=
|territory= [[New York City]], [[New Jersey]], [[Atlantic City]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Reno]], [[Miami]], [[Havana]]
 
|ethnicity= Italian, Italian-American
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|membership=
 
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|criminal activities= Labor racketeering, illegal gambling, drug trafficking
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|criminal activities= Labor racketeering, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, bribery, extortion, contract killing, counterfeiting, fencing, hijacking, political corruption, loan sharking, money laundering, murder, fraud, prostitution
|allies= [[Commission]], [[Murder, Inc.]], [[Roth syndicate]], [[Bocchicchio clan]], [[Indelicato clan]]
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|allies= [[Commission]], [[Murder, Inc.]]
|rivals= Various gangs
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|}}The '''Five Families''' are major crime families, each operating in specific territories and owning a seat on the [[Commission]]. After the [[Five Families War]], only the Corleone family remained in a position of power, the other families were given over to lesser men who quickly sued for peace.
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The '''Five Families''' are [[New York City|New York's]] major crime families, each operating in specific territories and owning a seat on the [[Commission]]. After the [[Five Families War]], ónly the [[Corleone crime family|Corleone family]] remained in a position of power, the other families were given over to lesser men who quickly sued for peace.
 
 
In [[1979]], the [[Don]]s and most of the Commission were [[Atlantic City Massacre|wiped out]] by [[Joey Zasa]] and [[Osvaldo Altobello|Don Altobello]] in Atlantic City, effectively removing the old guard from power.
 
   
 
==Families==
 
==Families==
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*Corleone [[Corleone crime family|crime family]] (current strongest)
 
*Tattaglia [[Tattaglia crime family|crime family]]
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*Barzini [[Barzini crime family|crime family]] (former strongest)
 
*Cuneo [[Cuneo crime family|crime family]]
 
*Stracci [[Stracci crime family|crime family]]
   
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==Gallery==
*[[Corleone crime family|Corleone family]] (residing in [[Manhattan]], [[Brooklyn]], [[The Bronx]] and [[Long Island]])
 
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<center><gallery widths="150" spacing="medium" position="center" captionalign="center" captionposition="below" bordersize="small" bordercolor="#707070">
*[[Barzini crime family|Barzini family]] (residing in [[Manhattan]], [[Queens]], [[Brooklyn]], [[The Bronx]], and [[Staten Island]])
 
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File:Vito Corleone.jpg|Don [[Vito Corleone]] of the Corleone family
*[[Tattaglia crime family|Tattaglia family]] (residing in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Manhattan]])
 
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File:Vlcsnap-2010-07-08-19h51m32s221.png|Don [[Emilio Barzini]] of the Barzini family
*[[Stracci crime family|Stracci family]] (residing in [[Manhattan]], [[Staten Island]] and [[New Jersey]])
 
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File:Vlcsnap-2010-02-24-18h45m07s133.png|Don [[Philip Tattaglia]] of the Tattaglia family
*[[Cuneo crime family|Cuneo family]] (residing in [[The Bronx]], [[Manhattan]] and [[Buffalo|Upstate New York]])
 
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File:Vlcsnap-2010-07-08-19h25m35s88.png|Don [[Carmine Cuneo]] of the Cuneo family
 
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File:Vlcsnap-2010-02-24-18h47m05s20.png|Don [[Victor Stracci]] of the Stracci family
==Behind the scenes==
 
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</gallery></center>
In the real world, the ''Five Families'' are as follows:
 
*[[wikipedia:Genovese crime family|''Genovese family'']]
 
*[[wikipedia:Gambino crime family|''Gambino family'']]
 
*[[wikipedia:Bonanno crime family|''Bonanno family'']]
 
*[[wikipedia:Lucchese crime family|''Lucchese family'']]
 
*[[wikipedia:Colombo crime family|''Colombo family'']]
 
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Crime family]]
 
*[[Crime family]]
 
==External links==
 
*{{WP|Five_Families|Five Families}}
 
 
[[Category:Families]]
 
[[Category:Families]]
[[Category:Real world articles]]
 

Latest revision as of 11:49, 23 August 2023

The Five Families are major crime families, each operating in specific territories and owning a seat on the Commission. After the Five Families War, only the Corleone family remained in a position of power, the other families were given over to lesser men who quickly sued for peace.

Families

Gallery

See also