Italian American Mafia crime family based in Buffalo, New York, operating throughout Western New York, Erie, Pennsylvania, and Hamilton, Ontario. Founded around 1910 by Angelo Palmeri, later led by Stefano Magaddino, a member of The Commission. Currently led by Joseph A. Todaro Jr., the family is involved in racketeering, gambling, loansharking, and drug trafficking.
CRIMENET has extracted 134 linkages for this organization, including 99 cooperative ties across 23 organizations, 22 conflicts across 8 organizations, 13 other connections and footprints in 3 countries.
Criminal investigators assert that the family operates throughout Western New York , Erie, Pennsylvania , and Hamilton, Ontario , Canada.
set up a betting service based in the Dominican Republic
international drug-trafficking between Buffalo and Sicily