New Orleans crime family
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The New Orleans crime family, also known as the Marcello crime family or the New Orleans Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in the city of New Orleans. The family had a history of criminal activity dating back to the late nineteenth century.[6][7] These activities included racketeering, extortion, gambling, prostitution, narcotics distribution, money laundering, loan sharking, fencing of stolen goods, and murder. Operating along the Gulf Coast, with its main criminal activity centered in the New Orleans area, the organization reached its height of influence under bosses Silvestro Carollo and Carlos Marcello.
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Founding location | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
Years active | c. 1860–present[1][2] |
Territory | Primarily the New Orleans metropolitan area, with additional territory throughout Louisiana and Texas, as well as Las Vegas and Havana |
Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
Membership (est.) | 4–5 made members and 100+ associates (1980s)[3] |
Activities | Racketeering, extortion, gambling, prostitution, narcotics, money laundering, loan sharking, fencing and murder |
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Rivals | Various gangs in the New Orleans area |
A series of setbacks during the 1980s, including the imprisonment of Marcello, reduced the family's influence, and law enforcement dismantled most of what remained of the organization shortly after Marcello's death in 1993. Despite the family's apparent downfall, is believed that at least some elements of the American Mafia remain active in New Orleans today.[8][9]