Pittsburgh crime family

Pittsburgh crime family
Founded	c. 1888
Founder	Salvatore "Banana King" Catanzaro
Named after	Sebastian "Big John" LaRocca
Founding location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Years active	c. 1888–present
Territory	Primarily Greater Pittsburgh (especially New Kensington, Arnold and Bloomfield), with additional territory throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia
Ethnicity	Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Activities	Racketeering, murder, loansharking, extortion and gambling
Allies	Bufalino crime family; Chicago Outfit; Cleveland crime family; Detroit Partnership; Genovese crime family; Patriarca crime family; Philadelphia crime family; Outlaws MC; Pagans MC;
Rivals	Various gangs in the Pittsburgh area

The Pittsburgh crime family,^[4] also known as the LaRocca crime family^[5] or the Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[1]^[6] The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 Mafia families in the United States.^[7] The boss and last known "made" member of the family, Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti, died in 2021.^[8]

^ ^a ^b Jason Cato. Reputed mob boss linked to "old-time Mafia" Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (November 2, 2006) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
^ 1986 Report of the Organized Crime Consulting Committee National Criminal Justice Reference Service p.7 (1986) Archived June 30, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
^ Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don Paul N. Hodos (2023) ISBN 9781467153751
^ Capeci, Chapter 5 "Mafia Families Poison the Northeast"
^ 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
^ Devico, (pp. 185–187)
^ "Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - 26 Mafia Families and Their Cities". www.americanmafia.com. Retrieved Aug 5, 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference Ciancutti died was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Jason_Cato-1] Jason Cato. Reputed mob boss linked to "old-time Mafia" Archived 2009-02-22 at the Wayback Machine (November 2, 2006) Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

[1986_Report-2] 1986 Report of the Organized Crime Consulting Committee National Criminal Justice Reference Service p.7 (1986) Archived June 30, 2022, at the Wayback Machine

[Steel_City_Mafia-3] Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don Paul N. Hodos (2023) ISBN 9781467153751

[Capeci_guide-4] Capeci, Chapter 5 "Mafia Families Poison the Northeast"

[Pennsylvania_1988-5] 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

[Devico_pg._185-187-6] Devico, (pp. 185–187)

[7] "Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com - 26 Mafia Families and Their Cities". www.americanmafia.com. Retrieved Aug 5, 2022.

[Ciancutti_died-8] Cite error: The named reference Ciancutti died was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Founded	c. 1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Founder	Salvatore "Banana King" Catanzaro
Named after	Sebastian "Big John" LaRocca
Founding location	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Years active	c. 1888–present
Territory	Primarily Greater Pittsburgh (especially New Kensington, Arnold and Bloomfield), with additional territory throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and West Virginia^[1]
Ethnicity	Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Activities	Racketeering, murder, loansharking, extortion and gambling
Allies	Bufalino crime family Chicago Outfit Cleveland crime family Detroit Partnership Genovese crime family Patriarca crime family Philadelphia crime family Outlaws MC^[2] Pagans MC^[3]
Rivals	Various gangs in the Pittsburgh area