The Godfather centers around the criminal activities of five mafia families, but the way the acclaimed movie is structured means you may have only noticed three of them. Based on the novel by ...

An account of the founding and history of the Gambino, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno and Colombo families -- also known as the famed five crime families of New York.

DeLeo was a “street boss” of the Colombo crime family, one of five Mafia families that controlled organized crime activities in New York City. He pleaded guilty in November 2012 to ...

The True-Life Story of the Only Man to Work for All Five of New York's Mafia Families," in which he claimed to have "worked for each of New York’s big five [Mafia] families, refusing to pledge ...

Finally, he analyzes how the Mafia once controlled New York ... He explains how wars broke out between New York's Five Families in "The Godfather," starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and James ...