List of Mafia crime families

This is a list of independent Italian crime families around the world that are considered to be part of Cosa Nostra (the Mafia). This list does not include all Camorra, 'Ndrangheta or Sacra Corona Unita clans ("crime families").

In Italy there are different Mafia-like organizations operating:

The clans are united under a Mandamento, led by a Capomadamento, that represents the clans' bosses to the Cupola. In Sicily, there are 94 Mafia families subject to 29 mandamenti.

According to the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation there were 24 active Mafia families in the United States in 2004. Thomas Milhorn has reported that the Mafia was active in 26 cities across the United States during the same year.

Western New York

Las Vegas is considered open territory allowing all crime families to operate in the city's Casinos. Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles families, the Five Families of New York and the Midwest families have owned and operated in Casinos in the Las Vegas Strip.

In Southern Ontario there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra (Sicilian) and 'Ndrangheta (Calabrian).

In Quebec there are two types of Italian organized crime Cosa Nostra and 'Ndrangheta. Both the Rizzuto and Cotroni crime families are considered by the FBI to be part of the Bonanno crime family's Canadian faction.

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