Bufalino crime family

Bufalino crime family
Foundedc. 1900; 124 years ago (1900)
FounderStefano LaTorre
Named afterRussell Bufalino
Founding locationPittston, Pennsylvania, United States
Years activec. 1900–2008
TerritoryPrimarily Northeastern Pennsylvania (especially the counties of Lackawanna and Luzerne), with additional territory in Northwestern New Jersey, Southwestern New York, Eastern Ohio and South Florida
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)30–40 made members (1960s)[1]
ActivitiesRacketeering, counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, fraud, bid rigging, narcotics, automobile theft and murder
Allies
RivalsVarious gangs in Northeastern Pennsylvania

The Bufalino crime family,[2] also known as the Pittston crime family,[3] the Scranton Wilkes-Barre crime family,[3] the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family,[4] the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia,[5][6] or the Scranton Mafia,[7] was an Italian-American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston.[8][9]

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  2. ^ Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988. (The Nevada Observer. August 16, 2006) Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Devico, Peter J. The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra pp. 188–189
  4. ^ Abadinsky, Howard (2016). Organized Crime. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781305633711.
  5. ^ Birkbeck, Matt (2013). The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino. Penguin. ISBN 9781101618264.
  6. ^ Ecenbarger, William (2012). Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.6 Million Kickback Scheme. New Press. ISBN 9781595587978.
  7. ^ Martinelli, Patricia A. (2008). True Crime: Pennsylvania: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811741699.
  8. ^ "The American Mafia.com "Scranton crime Bosses"". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  9. ^ 26 Family Cities "Northeast PA" Archived December 14, 2004, at the Wayback Machine by Mario Machi Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com