Lupertazzi crime family
| Founded | 1920s |
|---|---|
| Named after | Carmine Lupertazzi |
| Founding location | New York City, United States |
| Years active | 1920s–present |
| Territory | The only territories known are Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island, South Florida, Long Island and Northern New Jersey |
| Ethnicity | Italian and Italian-American made men, with other ethnicities as "associates" |
| Membership | 200+ made men, unknown number of associates |
| Criminal activities | Racketeering, waste management, bootlegging, bookmaking, bribery, highjacking, loan sharking, extortion, contract killing, conspiracy, robbery, drug trafficking, fencing, illegal gambling, murder, prostitution, pornography, corruption, fraud, construction management, theft, and money laundering |
| Allies | The other four New York Mafia families and the DiMeo crime family |
| Rivals | Various street gangs in NYC and their allies at times |
The Lupertazzi crime family is a fictional Mafia family from the HBO series The Sopranos. It is thought to be loosely based on the real Lucchese and Gambino crime families.
The Lupertazzi crime family consists of an administration and various crews, but only eight crews are known.
The following is a listing of fictional characters from The Sopranos that are associated with the Lupertazzi crime family.
The Lupertazzi crime family is a major partner of the DiMeo crime family and one of the Five Families. They are larger and more powerful than the DiMeo family. It is assumed that the other crime families in New York are fictional; however, there have been references to real-life mob figures Lucky Luciano, Joe Profaci, Carmine Galante, John Gotti, Joe Massino and Paul Castellano as well as to the Colombo crime family. At least three or four other families are known of; the Teresi family, the Mangano family (which historically was headed by Vincent Mangano, a forerunner of the Gambino crime family), and the Paglieri family. One was run by George Paglieri until his retirement, and another is controlled by John Sacrimoni's brother-in-law, Andy, whose last name and family is not known. He may be the brother of Ginny Sacrimoni and Anthony Infante, or the husband of an unnamed sister of John's. Due to its large size, the Lupertazzi crime family likely represents either the Gambino, Genovese or Lucchese crime families.
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