John Gotti
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John Joseph Gotti Jr. was an American mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in December 1985 and took over the family shortly thereafter, leading what was described as America's most powerful crime syndicate.
1990 mugshot
FBI surveillance photograph of Gotti, Gravano, Amuso and Casso
Mugshots of Gotti during his 1990 arrest
Photo of John Gotti after he was beaten by a fellow inmate in July 1996
American Mafia
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The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group.
Paolo Antonio Vaccarelli (also known as Paul Kelly), founder of the Five Points Gang
Al Capone's culturally publicized violent rise to power in Chicago made him an ever-lasting criminal figure of the Prohibition era.
FBI chart of American Mafia bosses across the country in 1963.
Charles "Lucky" Luciano in 1948