Carlo Gambino

Carlo Gambino was an Italian-American organized-crime boss who led New York City’s Gambino crime family from 1957 until his death in 1976.

Paul Castellano: A New York mobster who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family. Gambino selected Castellano as his successor, bypassing underboss Aniello Dellacroce.
Gambino crime family: A New York Mafia organization that became one of the Five Families under Carlo Gambino’s leadership. It was the organization Gambino led and the base of his criminal authority.
Palermo: A city in Sicily and the birthplace of Carlo Gambino. Gambino emigrated from Sicily to the United States as a young man.
1970s United States: The decade from 1970 through 1979, marked in the United States by political upheaval and changing law-enforcement priorities. Gambino’s final years coincided with growing federal attention to organized crime.
Aniello Dellacroce: A Gambino crime family underboss whose faction favored a more traditional approach to organized crime. His supporters resented Gambino’s succession choice and later became central to family tensions.
Mafia Commission: A governing body of American Mafia families that mediated disputes and coordinated shared interests. Gambino’s influence among New York bosses was reinforced through Commission leadership.
Italian immigration to the United States: The large-scale movement of people from Italy to the United States, especially from the late nineteenth century onward. Gambino’s migration belonged to the broader Italian diaspora in which Mafia networks developed.
RICO Act: A 1970 United States federal law allowing prosecution of people involved in patterns of organized criminal activity. Its use against Mafia organizations expanded after Gambino’s death.
Joseph Colombo: A New York mobster who led the Colombo crime family and founded the Italian-American Civil Rights League. Colombo’s public campaign against anti-Italian stereotyping intersected with Gambino’s Mafia world.
Five Families: The five principal Mafia families that controlled organized-crime networks in New York City. The Gambino organization operated alongside four rival families within this structure.

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