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| Founded | c. 1920 |
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| Founder | Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo |
| Founding location | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Years active | c. 1920–present |
| Territory | Primarily Greater Cleveland, with additional territory throughout Ohio, Northern Kentucky, Western Pennsylvania and Western New York, as well as South Florida and Las Vegas[1] |
| Ethnicity | Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates |
| Membership (est.) | 60 made members (1950s)[2] |
| Activities | Racketeering, murder, bombing, drug trafficking, skimming, labor racketeering, extortion, prostitution, illegal gambling, construction, garbage collection, loansharking, bookmaking, bribery, assault[3] |
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The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, as leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations. In 1930, Frank Milano became boss and was able to bring some stability to the family. Under the control of the family's longest-serving boss, John T. Scalish, who led the organization from 1945 until 1976, the Cleveland Mafia exerted influence over the Teamsters union, profiting from labor racketeering and the skimming of revenue from Las Vegas casinos.
Following Scalish's death, a violent gang war erupted in the streets of Cleveland during the late 1970s after Irish mobster Danny Greene attempted to take over criminal rackets in the city. The war drew significant law enforcement attention reducing membership and influence of the Cleveland family. The crime family nearly ceased to exist in the 1990s, after many high-ranking members were imprisoned. During the early 2000s, law enforcement agencies believed the Cleveland family was a smaller group but was attempting to rebuild itself.
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- Crime: Mob's Labors Lost Time (November 28, 1968) Archived April 29, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- John Tronolone, reputed Cleveland mob family chief Larry Keller, South Florida Sun Sentine (June 1, 1991) Archived May 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- End of the Line Mike Tobin, Cleveland Scene (April 8, 1999) Archived December 11, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- The Cleveland Mafia: The end of an era and demise of a Don John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer (November 23, 2015) Archived August 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- How one Kentucky town almost became Vegas Chez Chesak, Los Angeles Times (August 3, 2019) Archived May 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- Kentucky constable's disappearance linked to mafia Shay McAlister and Taylor Weiter, WHAS-TV (May 6, 2021) Archived May 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- Cleveland Mob – Ohio Mafia History clevelandcrib.org Archived August 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Northern Kentucky, The State’s Stepchild: Origins and Effects of Organized Crime Richard Challis Archived May 7, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Notable organized crime figures throughout Cleveland history Evan MacDonald, The Plain Dealer (July 29, 2015) Archived June 3, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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- The day the Cleveland mob died Ken Prendergast, AmericanMafia.com (October 2002) Archived August 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
- The Cleveland Mafia: The end of an era and demise of a Don John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer (November 23, 2015) Archived August 7, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- End of the Line Mike Tobin, Cleveland Scene (April 8, 1999) Archived December 11, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs USA Overview p. 13 United States Department of Justice (May 1991) Archived May 26, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
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