If the Hong Kong gangster world is controlled by the four great black gangs, then in the US, the mafia underworld is in the hands of five powerful Italian families.
Coming up from nothing
The founder of the Gambino family crime organization was Carlo Gambino, an Italian immigrant in the United States.
The fortunes of the dwarf Carlo Gambino came in 1946, when tycoon Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano was deported to Italy and forced to transfer power to his comrade Frank Costello.
Albert Anastasia of the Mangano family acted as Costello’s tool of repression against opposing gangs.
The assassination of Alber Anastasia
One of the tycoons confronting Frank Costello is the head of the Genovese family – Vito Genovese.
Too afraid of retaliation, Genovese offered a contract to assassinate Albert Anastasia.
The arrest of Vito Genovese and the birth of the Gambino family
The Gambino family officially became part of the Italian mafia system in the US after Carlo Gambino seized power from Vito Genovese.
Carlo Gambino took advantage of Frank Costello and Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano’s hatred of Genovese to devise a plan to frame Genovese.
Vito Genovese was later arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
