Īfter Monastero's murder Giuseppe Siragusa became the new boss of the Pittsburgh family. Pittsburgh Police suspected that Joe "the Ghost" Pangallo, was responsible for ordering Monastero's murder, but were unable to prove it. Monastero and his brother Sam Monastero were murdered on Augin front of St. During Monastero's reign he was suspected of ordering the bombings of rival bootleggers facilities and for ordering the murder of his competitor Luigi "Big Gorilla" Lamendola in May 1927. Monastero, controlled a large organization of bootlegging supplies throughout several warehouses on the North side of Pittsburgh. īy 1925, Stefano Monastero, became the new boss of the Pittsburgh Mafia family, as Salvatore Calderone stepped down and retired. It was recorded that between 1926 to 1933, there were over 200 murders in Allegheny County. In the suburbs of Pittsburgh, the Mafia factions fought for control of New Kensington, Arnold, Wilkinsburg, McKees Rocks, Wilmerding and Braddock. Within the city of Pittsburgh, the Italian neighborhoods of Larimer, Homewood, the Hill District and Downtown became battle grounds as Mafia factions fought for territorial control of bootlegging rackets. As bootlegging operations expanded throughout America violence erupted as criminals fought for dominance. Prohibition presented a very lucrative opportunity for both Mafia factions, as they began bootlegging, the illegal making, selling and transporting of alcohol. On January 17, 1920, Prohibition began in the United States, banning all production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Calderone controlled the Mafia Network from Apollo a town north of Pittsburgh. After Conti's death, his nephew Peppino Cusumano, led the Pittsburgh Mafia group, but worked in the shadow of Salvatore Calderone, who became the most powerful boss in the Western Pennsylvania's Mafia network. On September 24, 1919, Pittsburgh Mafia boss Gregorio Conti was shot and murdered. Months later Congress passed the Volstead Act declaring that liquor, wine and beer all qualified as intoxicating liquors and were therefore prohibited. In 1919, the United States government passed the Eighteenth Amendment declaring the production, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal. As the new boss Gregorio Conti waged a war against the Neapolitan Camorra factions and by 1917, he won as the Neapolitan Camorra factions surrender and disbanded joining the Sicilian Mafia network. This allowed Catanzaro's protege Gregorio Conti to assume control of his Sicilian Hill District Mafia family. In 1914, Catanzaro was stabbed and stepped down as boss, he later died on February 17, 1916. Catanzaro worked alongside a network of Sicilian Mafia bosses in Western Pennsylvania. The earliest known Pittsburgh Sicilian Mafia boss was Salvatore "Banana King" Catanzaro, who during the early 1900s, operated wholesale produce firm in downtown Pittsburgh. Territory within the city was also divided as the Sicilian's controlled the North and South sides, while the Neapolitan's controlled the East End. In the city of Pittsburgh the Italian Mafia was divided into two ethnic factions the " Sicilian's" and the " Neapolitan's". Main article: History of Pittsburgh § Prohibition In 2021, the boss Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti died, he was also the last known made member of the family. The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in United States. The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca crime family or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Racketeering, murder, loansharking, extortion and gambling Italians as " made men" and other ethnicities as associates Primarily Pittsburgh (especially in New Kensington and Bloomfield), with additional territory throughout Allegheny County, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. ( June 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as Reflinks ( documentation), reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation).
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