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| Founded | c. 1900 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Stefano LaTorre |
| Named after | Russell Bufalino |
| Founding location | Pittston, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Years active | c. 1900–2008 |
| Territory | Primarily Northeastern Pennsylvania (especially the counties of Lackawanna and Luzerne), with additional territory in Northwestern New Jersey, Southwestern New York, Eastern Ohio and South Florida |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 30–40 made members (1960s)[1] |
| Activities | Racketeering, counterfeiting, loansharking, extortion, illegal gambling, cartage theft, fraud, bid rigging, narcotics, automobile theft and murder |
| Allies | |
| Rivals | Various gangs in Northeastern Pennsylvania |
The Bufalino crime family,[2] also known as the Pittston crime family,[3] the Scranton Wilkes-Barre crime family,[3] the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family,[4] the Northeastern Pennsylvania Mafia,[5][6] or the Scranton Mafia,[7] was an Italian-American Mafia crime family active in Northeastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston.[8][9]
- ^ The Irishman: Real Life Gangsters From Philly and New York Tony Sokol, Den of Geek (November 29, 2019) Archived November 6, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Organized Crime in Pennsylvania: Traditional and Non-Traditional. Pennsylvania Crime Concession. April 15, 1988. (The Nevada Observer. August 16, 2006) Archived November 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Devico, Peter J. The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra pp. 188–189
- ^ Abadinsky, Howard (2016). Organized Crime. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781305633711.
- ^ Birkbeck, Matt (2013). The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino. Penguin. ISBN 9781101618264.
- ^ Ecenbarger, William (2012). Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.6 Million Kickback Scheme. New Press. ISBN 9781595587978.
- ^ Martinelli, Patricia A. (2008). True Crime: Pennsylvania: The State's Most Notorious Criminal Cases. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811741699.
- ^ "The American Mafia.com "Scranton crime Bosses"". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
- ^ 26 Family Cities "Northeast PA" Archived December 14, 2004, at the Wayback Machine by Mario Machi Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com
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