Buffalo crime family

Buffalo crime family
Stefano Magaddino, source of 1922–1974 name Magaddino crime family
Foundedc. 1910; 114 years ago (1910)
FounderAngelo Palmeri
Founding locationBuffalo, New York, United States
Years activec. 1910–present
TerritoryPrimarily the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area and Southern Ontario, with additional territory throughout Upstate New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania, as well as Las Vegas
EthnicityItalians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)30 made members (2018)[1]
ActivitiesExtortion, bookmaking, drug trafficking, loan-sharking, gambling, racketeering, labor racketeering, conspiracy and murder
Allies
Rivals

The Buffalo crime family, also known as the Magaddino crime family, the Todaro crime family, the New York State crime family, the Buffalo Mafia, the Upstate New York Mafia, and the Arm,[4] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York. Criminal investigators assert that the family operates throughout Western New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[5][6] The Buffalo family is purported to hold strong connections with the Hamilton-based Luppino and Papalia families.[7] According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the current boss of the Buffalo crime family is Joseph A. "Big Joe" Todaro Jr., having assumed the role after his father, Joseph E. "Lead Pipe Joe" Todaro Sr., retired.[8][9]

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  2. ^ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs USA Overview p. 13 United States Department of Justice (May 1991) Archived May 26, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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  4. ^ "Mob's Control of Local 210 Has a Long History". The Buffalo News. December 5, 1999. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
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  7. ^ "Four charged in 2018 stabbing at mobster Nat Luppino's home". Welland Tribune. May 2, 2019. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
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